Justin Rose started out as another player in Tiger Woods' group Thursday at Bay Hill. He wound up in the lead. Rose put on a show with the putter and ran off four straight birdies late in his round for a 7-under 65, giving him a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Fred Couples returns this week to defend his title at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic and he'll have plenty of competition when the tournament starts on Friday.

Coming off LPGA victories at Singapore and Phoenix, American Stacy Lewis plays her first event as the World No. 1 of women's golf starting Thursday at the US$1.7 million Kia Classic.

Yani Tseng, the world's No.2-ranked female golfer, said yesterday she felt sorry and sad at being dropped from the LPGA Kia Classic tournament after missing a March 20 pro-am tee time.

Twelve-year-old Ye Wocheng became the youngest golfer to qualify for a European Tour event when the Chinese schoolboy survived a late wobble to grab a place at the Volvo China Open on Wednesday.

World No. 3 Luke Donald and past Major winners Padraig Harrington and Charl Schwartzel will look to fine-tune their games for the coming Masters during this week's Maybank Malaysian Open.

When last seen on a golf course, Brandt Snedeker was capping off an amazing run by winning the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He mentioned his ribs being sore, but never let on that the pain began to increase over the last four or five holes that Sunday.

Yani Tseng, Taiwan's top female golfer, said yesterday, a day after losing her world No. 1 title, that she only realized how much pressure she had been under and how she regretted not being able to enjoy every game she played after feeling the tears on her face.

Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Founders Cup on Sunday to jump to No. 1 in the world, taking advantage of Ai Miyazato's collapse on the 16th hole.

Kevin Streelman captured his first PGA Tour title on Sunday with victory in the US$5.5 million Tampa Bay Championship to secure a place in next month's Masters.