Golf

Mar 31, 2011: Lee Westwood gave his hopes of Masters glory a major boost with a solid opening round at the Shell Houston Open in Texas

Mar 31, 2011: Former US Open champion Michael Campbell rediscovered his touch from seemingly nowhere to be among the early first round leaders at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco

Mar 31, 2011: Nineteen-year-old Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa has pledged to donate all his prize money from the 2011 season to the relief effort in his homeland, which could be up to £2 million

Mar 31, 2011: Lee Westwood believes his game has never been in better shape ahead to win a major - despite some underwhelming results to start the year

Mar 30, 2011: Last year's US Open winner Graeme McDowell believes that The Masters represents his worst chance of claiming a major triumph in 2011

Mar 30, 2011: Lee Westwood will play the first two days of the Shell Houston Open alongside four-time major champion Phil Mickelson, as both men search for form ahead of The Masters

Mar 29, 2011: Padraig Harrington has admitted he will prepare for golf's "most intimidating course" by heading for a "brain dead" two hours at the movies on the eve of the Masters

Mar 28, 2011: Recently-crowned Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Martin Laird fancies his chances of becoming only the fourth person in the 77-year history of The Masters to win the event on his debut

Mar 28, 2011: Tiger Woods feels on course to launch a push at The Masters after a solid performance at his final tournament before the Augusta major

Mar 27, 2011: Scotland's Martin Laird suffered a dramatic loss of composure but ultimately succeeded in becoming the first European to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday

Mar 27, 2011: Paul Lawrie survived a turbulent final day to record his first European Tour title in nine years at the Open de Andalucia

Mar 26, 2011: Scotland's Martin Laird kept his composure to take the 54-hole lead going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational after an efficient round of 70

Mar 26, 2011: England's Kenneth Ferrie equalled the European Tour record at the Open de Andalucia on Saturday - jumping him up the field to just one off the lead going into Sunday - before instantly labelling his round "unspectacular"

Mar 26, 2011: Graeme McDowell labelled his performance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational "truly awful", and he confessed he had felt unhappy with his game for four weeks

Mar 25, 2011: Tiger Woods enjoyed a much-improved second round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to bring himself back into contention for the weekend

Mar 25, 2011: Paul Lawrie and Jamie Elson found birdies late in their second rounds to put themselves firmly in the hunt going into the weekend at the Open de Andalucia

Mar 24, 2011: Tiger Woods endured a day of frustration at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but he can take comfort from the fact that his round of one-over was seven shots better than that of Graeme McDowell

Mar 24, 2011: Robert Rock and Jamie Elson hold a share of the lead after the first round of the Open de Andalucia

Mar 24, 2011: Colin Montgomerie has admitted he would love to captain Europe in the 2014 Ryder Cup