The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Copenhagen, has announced that golf and rugby union sevens will be included as sports at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The International Olympic Committee's executive board selected rugby sevens and golf as potential new sports for the 2016 Olympic Games. Seven sports have been shortlisted, but only two of them will be added to the 26 sports already scheduled.
Tiger Woods won a record seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title - and 70th PGA title - on Sunday as Padraig Harrington bowed under pressure after both players were put on the clock, a decision criticised by the American world number one.
Stewart Cink has won his first major tournament at the British Open in a play-off drama against veteran Tom Watson. The 59-year-old player would have become the oldest major winner.
World number one Tiger Woods surprisingly crashed out of the British Open after ending up five over par in the second round after a series of errors. Veteran Tom Watson, aged 59, and Steve Marino are now leading the competition.
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez moved ahead with a one shot lead in the British Open on a day which saw Tom Watson produce a masterclass in links golf. Tiger Woods made a poor opening with a one-over-par 71.
World number one Tiger Woods won the PGA National in the US, an event he helped organise to benefit his own foundation's youth work. Woods had to battle until the last hole to beat his oppenent Hunter Mahan and notch up his 68th career victory.
29-year-old Lucas Glover, whose only previous PGA Tour victory came at the 2005 Disney Classic, kept his composure in difficult conditions to clinch his first Grand Slam title at the US Open.
Ricky Barnes took advantage of rain-softened conditions, and a break in the weather, to post a record 36-hole total of eight-under 132 to lead the U.S. Open. Defending champion Tiger Woods is a huge 11 strokes behind.
