Looking like his old imposing self, Tiger Woods surged into the third round lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Saturday, setting his sights on winning an eighth Bay Hill title and retaking the number one ranking.

Spain's Beatriz Recari had an eagle and one birdie in a three-under par 69 on Saturday to stretch her lead in the LPGA Kia Classic to two strokes.

Corey Pavin birdied his first six holes and finished with a 5-under 67 to join Bernhard Langer, Roger Chapman and Joe Daley atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Champions Tour's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic on Saturday.

Big-hitting Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Malaysian Open on Saturday as world number three Luke Donald missed his first cut on the European Tour.

Bill Haas and Justin Rose shared the second-round lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Friday while Tiger Woods's bid for an eighth Bay Hill triumph took a hit when he bogeyed the final three holes.

Jane Park shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to take the lead after the opening round of the Kia Classic on Thursday at Aviara.

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.