Augusta, Georgia - Pre-tournament favourite Tiger Woods and Open and US PGA champion Padraig Harrington suffered huge blows to their hopes of winning the Masters in early third round action on Saturday. Saturday is traditionally called "Moving Day" at the Majors, but both men were going in the wrong direction.

The pair began on 2-under-par, but Woods double-bogeyed the first hole to drop back to even par, while Harrington had a nightmare with a nine at the par-five second to fall back to 1-over-par.

Washington, April 11: Tiger Woods may be having more grey matter in his brain than others that keeps him winning, if the findings of a new study are to be believed.

University of Zurich researchers have found that expert golfers have a higher volume of the grey-coloured, closely packed neuron cell bodies that are known to be involved with muscle control.

The finding attains significance as it suggests that golfers who start young, and commit to years of practice, can also grow their brains while their handicaps shrink.

Augusta, Georgia - American Chad Campbell enjoyed a small piece of Masters history Thursday and missed out on a bigger one as he set the pace on the first day of the opening major of the year. He became the first man ever to birdie each of the first five holes in the tournament, but after threatening to break the course record he had to settle for a 7-under-par 65.

Augusta, Georgia  - Camilo Villegas gets to the Masters in Augusta as the new star of Latin American golf, but the Colombian knows that good players are defined by their performances in Majors.

"I still have a long way to go to get where (the Argentine Angel) Cabrera is," Villegas told German Press Agency dpa. "He sleeps with a US Open trophy by his bed, and I do not know whether I can win a major some day."

London, Apr. 2 : Meet the Russian golfer whose sex appeal matches her playing skills.

Maria Verchenova has made a huge impression on the Ladies European Tour circuit, but there is much more to her than her skills on the fairway.

When asked which was easier, modelling or golf, The Sun quoted Verchenova as saying: " Are you kidding me? Definitely modelling. You just put some clothes on and pose. If golf was that easy we'd all be 20-under-par every tournament."

Madrid - Seve Ballesteros said he is fighting to win his "sixth major" in his first public interview since undergoing several operations to remove a malignant brain tumour.

"This is the most important shot of my life, I'm battling to win my sixth major," the 51-year-old golfer said in an interview published Tuesday in the Spanish Marca sports newspaper.