PGA Golf News

ENGLAND'S Justin Rose, twice a runner-up in the BMW PGA Championship, today wasted little time in getting to the top of the leaderboard as the European Tour's flagship event got under way at Wentworth.

JUSTIN Rose will be looking to go one better than he did last year at the 2013 BMW PGA Championship, which gets under way at Wentworth tomorrow.

McDowell confirmed that McIlroy will be leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management after only 18 months, though neither McIlroy nor Conor Ridge at Horizon have commented on the split.

In this May 27, 2012, file photo, Zach Johnson pumps his fist after winning the Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.

"Last year, I sort of snuck in under the radar," the 54-year-old Englishman said Wednesday, a day before the start of play at Bellerive Country Club.

Before determining whether a putt breaks to the right or left of the cup, golfers will have to make another calculation first.

Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.

Judged on the sizable amount of evidence the world has gathered over the course of his 14-year career in professional golf, Sergio Garcia is capable of being many things.

Jose Maria Olazabal knows it is a long shot at the age of 47 but he has not given up hope of making a Ryder Cup return as a player at Gleneagles next year.

Thanks for being in Fort Worth, as opposed to those who didn't care enough to come, and for the next four days may the Colonial winds be light and breezy and your putts be short and easy.

Two of his fellow Australian major winners believe Adam Scott will rise above the anchoring ban and continue to be a world force, provided he stays positive about the issue.

Tour pros were vocal when the anchored putting ban was proposed in December. When the ban became official Tuesday morning, players didn't have quite as much to say, but some golfers still voiced their support, displeasure and confusion over the ruling.

The number of people calling PGA Tour events after seeing possible rules violations has gone up since Tiger Woods took what turned out to be an illegal drop at the Masters.

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings.

Surrey RCMP are looking for a woman who allegedly assaulted an animal-rights protester at the Cloverdale Rodeo.

Martin Kaymer's popularity has gone down a notch on the other side of the Atlantic after he holed the winning putt for Europe in last year's Ryder Cup against the United States, he said on Tuesday.

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has announced he will have three wildcard selections for next year's match against the United States in Scotland.

Europe captain Paul McGinley has announced he will have three wild cards for next year's Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

The United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club announced Tuesday they are enacting the anchored putting ban as a new rule in 2016.

For the first time since January, the European Tour regains golf's limelight with all 12 of the continent's victorious Ryder Cup team competing in this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.