Tiger Woods took the halfway lead in the Tour Championship after a second round two-under par 68 at East Lakes. The world number one is bidding for his seventh victory in the PGA Tour this season and is one shot clear of his nearest challengers on five-under 135. A closing bogey gave his chasers a glimmer of hope with Ireland's Padraig Harrington (69) and American Sean O'Hair (70) on 136. South African Ernie Els was a further shot back on ...

Tiger Woods shot a four-under-par 67 to share the lead with fellow American Mark Wilson at the halfway stage of the BMW Championship in Illinois on Friday. Wilson had been in front for most of the day after his second-round 66 put him on seven-under 135 and lifted him to the top of the leaderboard before world No. 1 Woods began his charge. Woods had made an inauspicious start to the day when he bogeyed the first after he hooked ...

Tiger Woods claimed his 70th PGA Tour title with a four-shot victory in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Even by the world number one's standards, this was a remarkable victory as he got the better of Ireland's Padraig Harrington in a compelling last-round head to head. The turning point came on the par-five 16th where Harrington, leading by one, ended up making a triple bogey eight to a brilliant birdie by Woods. The four-shot swing all but insured Woods' ...

At least 38 people are feared dead in landslides and heavy rains in two hilly hamlets of northern India, authorities said Saturday. The Irishman, returning to form ahead of the defense of his PGA Championship title, leads by one shot at the World Golf Championships event following a one-under-par 69 in the second round on Friday. Harrington, who will be paired with world No. 1 Tiger Woods and 2002 PGA winner Rich Beem in golf's fourth major of the season ...

Padraig Harrington has retained his lead at the halfway stage of the Bridgestone International after carding a second successive sub-par round for the first time in four months in Akron, Ohio. The Irishman, returning to form ahead of the defense of his PGA Championship title, leads by one shot at the World Golf Championships event following a one-under-par 69 in the second round on Friday. Harrington, who will be paired with world No. 1 Tiger Woods and 2002 PGA winner ...

Padraig Harrington returned to top form ahead of his defense of the PGA Championship with a six-under-par 64 to lead the Bridgestone International. The Irishman has endured a miserable year after reshaping his swing, but his first round showing at Firestone Country Club in Ohio showed his hard work may be paying off. "Compared to the first six months of the year it's obviously my low score of the year, my best score of the year," he told reporters. ...