Tiger Woods is a “wonderful person” and criticism of the 14-time major champion is “out of hand,” the golfer’s swing coach Sean Foley told a radio interviewer. “It has just …

England’s Lee Westwood made a strong start in his title defence at the Indonesian Masters on Thursday with an opening round seven-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead. Rick Kulacz …

Australia’s Scott Strange sits one shot off the pace after firing a six-under 66 in the first round of the China Open on Thursday. The 35-year-old Western Australian is one …

Australian Karrie Webb shot an opening-round 71 on Wednesday to be three shots off the lead at the inaugural LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii. American Beth Bader fired a four-under-par …

Australian golfer Gavin Coles believes better putting can push him from obscurity into the top 50 of the US PGA Tour money list. Coles is probably the least recognisable Australian …

Masters champion Bubba Watson has withdrawn from the US PGA Wells Fargo Championship next month at Quail Hollow, citing his schedule and the need to spend time with his family. …

The US House of Representatives has voted to award the US Congressional Gold Medal to golf legend Jack Nicklaus, the winner of a record 18 major championship titles. The 72-year-old …

Australian Peter Senior has finished third with a seven-under 67 at the Champions Tour’s Encompass Insurance Pro-AM in Lutz, Florida. Michael Allen won the event for his second Champions Tour …

Sweden’s Carl Pettersson fired a two-under par 69 in Sunday’s final round to win the $US5.7 million ($A5.48 million) US PGA Heritage tournament by five strokes over American Zach Johnson. …

England’s Luke Donald will surrender golf’s World No.1 ranking to Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy on Monday after a poor showing at the US PGA Heritage tournament. Donald fired a level-par …

South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen won the co-sanctioned Malaysian Open by three shots on Sunday, just a week after his US Masters play-off loss to Bubba Watson. Oosthuizen shot rounds …

Brendan Jones fired a nine-under-par 62 on Sunday to win the Japanese golf tour’s season-opening Token Homemate Cup by two strokes. Jones, who started the final round tied for sixth, …

Louis Oosthuizen clung to a one-shot lead after three rounds of the rain-affected Malaysian Open on Sunday as he eyed immediate atonement for his US Masters heartbreak. The South African, …

Michael Allen shot a four-under 67 to take a five-stroke lead after Saturday’s second round of the Champions Tour’s Encompass Insurance Pro-Am. Allen played the front nine in even par, …

Five birdies in a row pushed Sweden’s Carl Pettersson to the third-round lead on Saturday at the US PGA Heritage, where Luke Donald is poised to lose the World No.1 …

Rain brought an early halt to the Malaysian Open golf for the second day in a row on Saturday with Louis Oosthuizen holding a one-shot lead in the third round. …

Louis Oosthuizen accelerated his remarkable comeback from US Masters heartbreak as he seized control of the rain-interrupted Maybank Malaysian Open on Saturday. The world No.19, completing his second round after …

Bruce Fleisher shot a six-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Michael Allen and Chien Soon Lu after the first round of the Champions Tour’s Encompass Insurance …