GOLF/US Tours: Darren Clarke got his season's debut off to the perfect start by opening with a birdie four in yesterday's first round of the Buick Invitational at a soggy Torrey Pines in California.
But the Ulsterman was then called off the course after just two holes when play was interrupted for several hours by bad weather.
Tiger Woods has accepted an apology from Phil Mickelson after an unpleasant remark about Woods' "inferior" equipment. Less than an hour after Mickelson acknowledged he was wrong to criticise Woods' equipment, his cell phone rang.
"I did call him back," Woods said. "We talked and cleared the air. Everything is fine."
Des Smyth, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday, opens his new career on the seniors tour, or Champions Tour, when he tees it up today in the ACE Group Classic at TwinEagles in Florida.
Sweden's Annika Sorenstam has accepted an invitation to play in the PGA Colonial in Texas at the end of May. She will become the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias competed in the 1945 Los Angeles Open.
