EUROPEAN TOUR:World number one Tiger Woods will play in next month's Australian Masters, a tournament which represents a late addition to the 2008-09 European season.
The European Tour, co-sanctioning the event with the Australasian Tour, announced yesterday the Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne would stage the November 12th-15th tournament.
According to media reports, Woods will be paid an appearance fee of €2 million.
The Australian Masters will be held at the same time as the Hong Kong Open, another tournament on the European Tour schedule.
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US Masters champion Angel Cabrera's chances of winning Europe's Race to Dubai money-list appear to have ended after his unsuccessful dash to make his start-time in this week's Castello Masters.
The Argentine, ninth on the money-list, will now end his season at next week's World Match Play Championship in Spain.
He will now call it a day without trying to make the field for Dubai by playing in the World Golf Championship event in Shanghai or the Hong Kong Open.
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US TOUR: England's Greg Owen carded a second-round 64 to tie with Rickie Fowler in the clubhouse in the second round of the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Arizona. Owen began this morning fourth behind first-round leader Nick O'Hern. But the Australian could manage only a two-under 68.
But several low scorers were among more than half the field still out on the course, and there was still much to play for - with the projected cut at one under.
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CHALLENGE TOUR: The final day of the Italian Federation Cup is all set up for a battle royal, as Nicolas Colsaerts will take a one-shot lead over fellow Challenge Tour champions Fredrik Andersson Hed, Rhys Davies and Edoardo Molinari.
Colsaerts made light of damp conditions at Olgiata GC in Rome, Italy, to move to 16 under par courtesy of a flawless round of 66.
Ireland's Simon Thornton shares fifth place with Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, on 12 under. Jonathon Caldwell and Colm Moriarty finished six under, with Michael McGeady three under.
