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Lawrence Donegan

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Woods rejects Pines for Abu Dhabi green

Woods rejects Pines for Abu Dhabi green

Lured by the match fee, much less than he earned at his peak, the champion faces a stiff challenge from the top four golfers in the world.

Top players keen to tame the Tiger

Nevermind racing to Dubai, the world of golf would not mind fast forwarding to next month in Abu Dhabi.

Cool hand Donald gives McIlroy space

Cool hand Donald gives McIlroy space

Luke Donald is happy to be patient and let Rory McIlroy take the media spotlight at the British Open.

Not out of the Woods yet

Not out of the Woods yet

Tiger Woods is expected to return to golf in time for the United States PGA Championship in Atlanta next month.

How Monty’s better side brought out best in Europe

He can be charming and inspirational but he can be jaw-droppingly rude, the last man you might want to call upon in your moment of greatest need.

Tiger returns to hijack Masters

Tiger returns to hijack Masters

With Tiger Woods returning to golf, the mea culpa circus rolls into town for the first major tournament of the year.

Tiger Woods: From $100m man to nowhere man

The agony and ignominy continue for Tiger Woods as the list of alleged mistresses grows longer and the list of friends shorter.

Tiger retracts his claws

The golf star has shunned publicity for years. But after the rumours surrounding his bizarre car crash last weekend he faces a huge PR crisis.

Plenty stars, no spine

Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan may well be involved, but the Presidents Cup lacks drama, passion and history, writes Lawrence Donegan.

Meet YouTube’s self-made superstars

Four years after YouTube was founded it is still some way short of making money for its owners.

Newman factor still on track

The green flag won’t fall on the 29th grand prix of Long Beach for another 24 hours and 45 minutes, which means it’s time to stand in the pit lane and watch the competitors in…

It’s Open without Tiger

Walk towards the Royal Birkdale course and you pass banners welcoming the world to the 2008 Open Championship that show Tiger Woods mid-swing.

Watching athletes go cold turkey

If the death of a racehorse is a sad event, then the death of a racehorse on live television is an obvious starting point for national catharsis. So it has been in the United…

A question of prestige?

In May a golfer’s thoughts turn to the summer ahead and, if they have trainspotter tendencies, the age-old question of the prestige and status of the Players Championship. The…

Rightly won, but the thrill has gone

Even in defeat Tiger Woods left his mark on the 2008 Masters, a tournament deservedly won by South Africa’s Trevor Immelman on Sunday, but depressingly lost in the eyes of those…

Landis fights to clear his name

If appearances counted for anything, then Floyd Landis would be arriving in London for the start of the Tour de France next week as the pre-emptive favourite to defend his…

Wie’s comeback ends in chaos

Controversy, never a stranger to the career of Michelle Wie, turned into downright calamity this week amid suggestions that the game’s most famous prodigy feigned an injury…

Carnoustie is tempered, but not tamed

The playing of this year’s British Open championship will not be accompanied by the sound of golfers whining, it seems, after the Royal & Ancient on Thursday unveiled a…

Tiger changed the game, but its colour remains the same

Of the countless stories about Clifford Roberts, the southern banker who founded Augusta National Golf Club along with Bobby Jones and who was the club’s chairperson from 1931 to…

Singh: India’s man at the Masters

In a country that worships its athletes like no other, Jeev Milkha Singh has intimate knowledge of what it is like to be a sporting deity. His father, Milkha ”The Flying Sikh”…