Luke Donald may have failed to break his major duck this year, but his attention has since switched to winning both the European and PGA Tour's money races.

J.B Holmes will have brain surgery next week and as a result has withdrawn from the PGA Tour Playoffs the first event of which, The Barclays, starts on Thursday.

David Toms shot a 4-under round of 68 on Friday, adding to his previous days' 66, taking him into the lead with a 10-under total - just ahead of Nick Watney (71).

Here is the leaderboard for The Players Championship at Sawgrass, 2011.

With an unprecedented number of Europeans occupying the top spots in the world rankings, it might come as a surprise that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are considered to be the favourites for this year's US Masters.

Englishman Paul Casey’s bogey-free first round at the Transitions Championship yesterday shot him to the top of the leaderboard with a seven-under score of 64. 

Defending Champion Jim Furyk hopes the Transitions Championship, which starts today, will spur him to regain his pace and magic once again.

Nick Watney overcame a strong field to win the WGC Cadillac Championship with a score of sixteen under.