Match play event has richest prize at a cool $1.8 mil&#39;
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World No.1 Vijay Singh will play Bernhard Langer, who captained Europe to victory in last month&#39;s Ryder Cup, in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, near London, this week.
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Ernie Els beat Lee Westwood 2&amp;1 in a gripping final at Wentworth on Sunday to win a record sixth World Match Play Championship and claim the biggest first Prize in golf.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Ticker) - Top seed Marat Safin of Russia met his match Friday in the quarterfinals of the $1 million St. Petersburg Open.
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Australian Adam Scott came away with $50,000 (Â£26,000) after day one of the showcase Skins Games in California. But Scott and opponents Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam and Fred Couples left Â£250,000 still to play for after the first nine holes.
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IT TOOK an extra hole for Annika Sorenstam to shake off American Cristie Kerr in the ADT Tour Championship at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday, but a victory worth $215,000 (Â£120,000) was a fitting end to another season that has
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Ricardo Mello of Brazil staged one of the biggest surprises at the 380,000 US dollars Millennium International tennis tournament as he outlasted second-seeded American Mardy
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Horseplayers started the Breeders&#39; Cup with a bang heard round the nation&#39;s betting parlors when Ashado, the unwavering favorite, trounced a smart field to win the $1 million Distaff.
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Annika Sorenstam calmly sank a short birdie putt on the ninth hole, earning a hug from Tiger Woods. More importantly, it kept $250,000 in play in the Skins Game in La Quinta, Calif.
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Victorious European Ryder Cup captain  Bernhard Langer has accepted an invitation to play in next  month's World Match Play championship at Wentworth for the  biggest prize in golf.
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There was a great 35th birthday present for Ernie Els on Sunday. The South African won the World Match Play title for a record sixth time, beating Lee Westwood to earn a million pounds, the biggest prize in golf.
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ANTWERP, Belgium  - Top seed, Amelie Mauresmo moved to within one win of a 1 million euros ($1.31 million) prize with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 victory over Russia's Anna Chakvetadze in the semi-finals at the Diamond Games on Saturday.
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Vijay Singh and Ernie Els, the world&#39;s top two players, could not be more confident going into the World Match Play Championship starting at Wentworth on Thursday.
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â¢ World Match Play: Ernie Els beat Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in the final yesterday on his 35th birthday in Virginia Water, England, to capture golf&#39;s biggest payday - $1.
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Ernie Els claimed a record sixth World Match Play title by beating Lee Westwood two and one in a gripping final at Wentworth. The South African world number two celebrated
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The NEC Invitational, a $7m (£4m) affair and a World Golf Championship event, is a huge occasion in its own right. But this year there are three substantial subplots adding interest to a tournament that, over the years, has rarely been less than ...
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Ernie Els has another 1 million pounds and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South African&#39;s agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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Five time winner and number one seed Ernie Els will face Volvo PGA Champion, Scott Drummond in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth&#39;s West Course on Thursday.