The time has come for someone to say no to Tiger Woods, if only to save him from himself. We are about to discover if Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson is that man.

The US PGA Tour has released a statement claiming Dustin Johnson is not under official suspension for drug violations as claimed by Sports Illustrated yesterday.

On Tuesday, Guy Wilson will travel business class to Shanghai, fly to another Chinese province, be escorted to a hotel suite at a client's golf course and coach a local lad for a week before heading to Paris and London to holiday with his partner Abby.

The omission of one of the country's top female golfers for the world teams championship in Japan later this year has caused a storm in amateur circles.

Another tournament win and topping the US$1 million mark were not the only things in the bag for Kiwi golf prodigy Lydia Ko yesterday. She was also sporting new All Blacks-engraved clubs.

Lydia Ko has returned to her career-high spot of No 2 in the women's golf rankings.

Victoria has top golfing, but there's one small - possibly deadly - problem for Kiwis, says Cameron McMillan.

A poor second round of 76 has seen Kiwi golfer Danny Lee drop down the leaderboard at the RBC Heritage tournament in South Carolina to a share of 96th.

Bubba Watson's victory in the Masters continued fine form by left-handers at Augusta, the only golf major where right-handed players don't rule.

The spectacle of Bubba Watson's second Masters coronation in three years was a little like gorging on treacle.

Tiger Woods is a serious chance of missing next month's Masters.

The 23-year-old, who finished runner-up at the Puerto Rico Open last week for his best finish on the tour, carded a three-under 68 yesterday in trying conditions at the Valspar Championship to be in a four-way share of the lead.

Michael Hendry has a strong working relationship with The Hills.

If American golfer Rocco Mediate can play anything like the way he holds court with the media, he won't have too many problems at the New Zealand Open this week.

Ryan Fox is still searching for that big score. The Kiwi golfer has played professionally since the start of 2012 but is still trying to establish himself on the international stage.

Within any other profession, the amount an employee gets paid is directly related to the value of the output that the employee contributes to, writes Christoph Schumacher.

Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko finished the Women's Australian Open with a frustrating one-over 73 during her final round today as she claimed a share of third place.