DEREK LAWRENSON IN SHANGHAI: Rory McIlroy rose from his sickbed to post a gutsy four under par 68 in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Championship on Thursday. Just as well, too, for this was the day Englishman Danny Willett breathed new life into their duel for the Race to Dubai.
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The greatest shots ever played at Augusta National, from 10-1
Featuring Jack Nicklaus, Bubba Watson, Gene Sarazen and, of course, Tiger Woods
The greatest shots ever played at Augusta National, from 20-11
Featuring Seve Ballesteros, Phil Mickelson, Nick Faldo and more
Top 10 PGA Tour shots of 2014: Tiger, Rory, Bubba and more...
Rory McIlroy dominated but that doesn't mean he was the only man to play some sparkling shots
Who hit the best shot on European Tour 2014?
From McIlroy's wins at Wentworth and Hoylake to Stenson's flying finish in Dubai, via a Ryder Cup victory for Europe
Meet Jason Palmer - one of the rookies on the 2015 European Tour who overcame the yips by playing chip shots ONE HANDED
Extraordinary golf!
It's Bubba Claus! Masters champion set for biggest hit yet with Christmas song
Bubba Watson is got back on the mic and recorded a new tune
Rory's ex Wozniacki shows off her skills at the driving range (and hits one 200 yards)
Not content with her status as a world-class tennis star
Watch Donald get chased by baboon at Nedbank Golf Challenge
Luke Donald was stood over his approach when he was alerted to the presence of a baboon
McIlroy beats Fallon in chipping game on The Tonight Show... and Tiger was caddie!
Tiger Woods's career took another odd twist in fun TV competition
Open highlights... the best and worst shots, and McIlroy's triumph
Sit back and enjoy all the best action from the final day at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Ian Poulter is latest golf star to brave Ice Bucket Challenge
Ian Poulter took up the craze sweeping - and freezing - professional golf right now
Langley's cliffhanger putt stays on lip for 24 SECONDS before dropping into cup
And you thought Tiger Woods' Masters chip-in had a dramatic pause...
Long drive champion Joe Miller destroys a watermelon (and Wentworth's famous par-fives!)
Rory McIlroy is long... but you've seen nothing yet!
Bubba sinks a monster putt playing a crazy golf hole... backwards!
Is this shot even more miraculous than the one Bubba Watson hit to win his first Masters?
Li hits 20 drives in a row without pausing aged just EIGHT (no wonder she'll be youngest ever player at US Open)
Prodigious golf talent
Wild Thing! Watch golf bad boy John Daly drive a ball out of blonde model's MOUTH
Crazy and dangerous stunt from two-time major champion
Scott masterclass - hitting it right off the tee
The first thing on the list to tick off on any hole is getting it right off the tee - Adam Scott explains his approach
Scott masterclass - tips on getting out of a greenside bunker
Bunkers scare the life out of amateur golfers but Aussie Adam Scott is here to help
Scott masterclass - how to chip out of rough
Instead of facing a birdie putt you're left with a tricky chip from the rough beside then green. What would Adam Scott do?
Scott masterclass - Aussie on how to putt
Former Masters champion Adam Scott delivers his tips on how to lower your scores on the greens
Beau-tee and the beast! Playboy model sues after golf stunt goes wrong and leaves her with horrific injury in a very painful place!
Ouch!
England stars Farrell, Foden and Marler take on trick shot challenge... so who could not even hit the ball off the (very high) tee?
Wentworth skills test
Woods is back in the record books after sinking stunning 91-foot putt at Doral...
... but it still doesn't beat Terry Wogan's famous 100-footer!
Watch Stenson suffer the ultimate golfing embarrassment at Doral: a cold SHANK!
Henrik Stenson suffered the worst sight in all of golf at the WGC-Cadillac
Watch touches of genius by 'Golden Hands' Dubuisson that have stupefied golf's short-game greats
Have you ever seen anything like it?
Ouch! McIlroy's shot has painful consequences as fan ends up with cactus needles stuck all over his back!
Perils of desert golf
Now that's a drive: Watch Garcia, Donald, Casey and Manassero race around F1 track... in golf buggies!
The golf stars proved to be a big hit on the track
Stenson scoops shot of the year award for incredible eagle that clinched glory in Dubai
Henrik Stenson has clinched European Tour prize for 2013
The road to success: Schwartzel's stunning recovery off TARMAC and over trees... and he nearly holed it!
Golf's miracle shot of 2014?
Ecstasy to agony as Manley wins a Merc for a hole-in-one... and then implodes with an 11 on the next after being told it's not his!
Ouch...
Tiger lines up mammoth golf swing to hit ball from Europe to Asia across Istanbul's iconic Bosphorus Bridge
Tiger Woods sent his ball from Asia to Europe
Now that's what I call a water hazard!
Westwood and Co try their luck pitching on to a man-made green in the middle of the Persian Gulf
That's why they call him Wild Thing! Watch John Daly hit a drive out of fan's MOUTH (in the middle of a pizza restaurant car park)
Drive for show...
Watch as Schwartzel snaps his club in TWO in fit of anger as Muirfield gets better of him
Charl Schwartzel suffered a tough time at Muirfield
Van de Velde, Bjorn, Nicklaus and Scott... the gut-wrenching major meltdowns
There have been plenty of players who gifted victory to rivals
It's McIlroy v Jeff the robot!
Watch as world No 2 takes on his stiffest challenge yet... beating a golf-lab computer in a driving range contest
Rory, G-Mac and European Tour stars play BLINDFOLDED... but can any of them chip in without seeing the ball?
Chipping in is hard enough anyway!
Woods helps launch campaign to finally stop slow play
Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Clint Eastwood are among the stars in the clip
The most precise tee-shot ever?
It may not quite have been what Brandon Crick had intended - but he could not have been any more accurate
Tiger's Pebble dash, record-breaking Rory, Arnie and the 'fat boy'... and a rubber snake! The 10 greatest US Opens in history
Enjoy classic footage
No Tiger but the alligators on the fairways are a hazard in New Orleans
Tthe local alligators held up play in the Zurich Classic opening round
Bonkers Bubba transforms his boring old golf buggy into... a HOVERCRAFT!
Bubba Watson owns a Green Jacket, General Lee and now this...
Meet Fantastic Max, the man taking on the elite with two fingers on one hand...
Max Glauert has only a thumb and little finger on his right hand
Crane and Cauley play Sawgrass... with glowsticks and glowballs!
The island green at TPC Sawgrass is hard enough to hit in the day!
Watch out One Direction! Golf Boys Watson, Fowler, Mahan and Crane's latest song
Hip-hop beat, boy-band dance moves, golf clubs - it can mean one thing
EXCLUSIVE: Cricket with golf clubs! European Challenge Tour trick shot...
This one was Inspired by Sachin Tendulkar's presence in Gujarat
Tiger's miracle par from the pond and golf's greatest water shots (plus one where it all went horribly wrong!)
Very occasionally, miracles do happen!
Klopp hails 'big talent' Ibe after teenager nets Europa League winner
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp piled praise onto young forward Jordon Ibe
Ronaldo names his top five young players in world football
... but which Barcelona star joins Paul Pogba and Eden Hazard on the Portuguese's list?
Everton slap £45m price tag on Lukaku
Everton have put a £45million price tag on Romelu Lukaku in an attempt to ward off Juvenuts and PSG
Rubin Kazan 0-1 Liverpool
DOMINIC KING: They were becoming a side that travelled badly. But Liverpool have ended their bad run in style
Tottenham 2-1 Anderlecht
A late goal from sub Mousa Dembele put Spurs top of Group J, and within striking distance of the last 32
Celtic 1-2 Molde
STEPHEN MCGOWAN: Manager of the month in Scotland. A manager of chaos in Europe after a fourth successive game without a win for Celtic
Burgess departs for South Sydney Rabbitohs
SPECIAL REPORT: Exactly 371 days after being unveiled as a Bath player, Sam Burgess left the West Country club
Burgess fiasco has made English rugby a laughing stock
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I said that Sam Burgess is not to blame for this mess and I stand by it
Ozil adamant his goal against Bayern Munich should have stood
Mesut Ozil thought he had equalised when he diverted a cross past Manuel Neuer
Forster may return for Saints in four or five weeks, says Koeman
Fraser Forster could be back in action with Southampton before the new year
Diack investigation could implicate athletes outside Russia in drugs test cover-ups
MATT LAWTON: Athletes beyond Russias borders may be implicated
Tottenham pair Dier and Alli named in England squad for friendlies
Strong squad for friendlies against France and Spain
Murray drops just one game as he makes short work of Goffin at Paris Masters
Beat David Goffin 6-1, 6-0 as he builds up to the Davis Cup final
Blatter goes up in flames on Bonfire Night
A giant effigy of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter was set alight as part of Lewes' Bonfire Night festivities
Ronaldo names his top five young players in world football
... but which Barcelona star joins Paul Pogba and Eden Hazard on the Portuguese's list?
Kebbie's amazing story
Ruddy knows the meaning of Remembrance Day...
John Ruddy has been close to the military his whole life, but it almost cost him his best friend
Giants design special glove for Pierre-Paul
Jason Pierre-Paul hopes to play in the NFL again after losing his right index finger following a fireworks incident
Tottenham's English axis of Dier, Alli and Kane has potential...
ADAM SHERGOLD: In the future, Spurs could claim to be the backbone of the England team
Smiles better, JT: Chelsea captain takes stroll with his wife Toni just hours after vital win
Chelsea's defiant captain looked in a relaxed mood
Hamilton ditches Mercedes for a playful jaguar in Mexico ahead of Brazil GP
Lewis Hamilton not afraid of walking on the wild side
You helped me, Ronda! Rousey's pioneering UFC career inspires eight-year-old Britain's Got Talent girl
Showed off her skills in incredible video
World Cup on tour! All Blacks enjoy Christchurch victory parade... on the back of a truck
McCaw held trophy after back-to-back wins
Spurs fans congratulate Bayern as Twitter users rub salt into Arsenal's wounds
Viral fun after 5-1 Champions League humiliation
Klopp wants Gerrard back at Liverpool... but just to train
Steven Gerrard touched down in England and is returning to Liverpool - but not as a player
GRAHAM POLL: Ozil handball was deliberate
Mesut Ozil may have been disappointed not to have equalised but referee Gianluca Rocchi was 100 per cent correct
Alonso delivers 'worst' corner Hargreaves has ever seen
He has a reputation as a dead ball specialist, but Xabi Alonso may want to work on his corners
Neymar and Suarez shine as Messi looks on
Neymar and Luis Suarez were at it again as injured Lionel Messi watched Barcelona win from the stands
Roberts makes debut for Cambridge Blues
Three weeks after World Cup heartache, the medical science Masters student made his bow at Grange Road
Walsall No 1 Etheridge is put through his paces in gruelling training drill
Walsall provided football fans a glimpse of the gruelling routine goalkeepers go through
All Blacks touch down in Christchurch
The World Cup-winners are on the second leg of their homecoming tour in New Zealand following their recent triumph
Ear we go, Boris? Becker's uncanny Van Gogh resemblance
The charismatic Boris Becker found his doppelganger at Paris's Musee d'Orsay
Hamilton poses on Esquire Middle East front cover as Formula One Champion shows he is a fashion icon
Lewis Hamilton struck a pose to show his style
Benteke and Firmino part of strong Liverpool squad to play Rubin Kazan as Klopp's men fly to Russia
Hopes to continue strong start to tenure
Wolff to retire from Formula One as Williams test driver says women are NOT yet ready to compete
She was involved at last year's British GP
'This is not a fashion show!' Allegri fumes after Morata is ordered to change his socks to leave Juve with 10 men
The Old Lady drew with Monchengladbach
Salford City agree five-year deal with Umbro... the same kit supplier Class Of '92 won the treble in at Manchester United
Boost ahead of first FA Cup first round tie
Ronaldo slapped in the face before kick-off by Real president Perez
And after Real Madrid saw off PSG, he shared an embrace with coach Laurent Blanc...
Delph delights away support with slide...
Fabian Delph appears to be in good spirits at Man City despite his lack of playing time for the Premier League leaders
City fans have plenty to boo... but even more to cheer against Sevilla
Would City fans boo the Champions League anthem? We didn't have to wait long to find out...
Cole nets stunning free-kick to open Sky Blues account
Joe Cole struck a beauty to help his side beat Barnsley in the League One tie at the Ricoh
Khan poses with Gayle
Amir Khan seems to be making to most of his first trip to India, posing for a picture with big-hitting West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle
Kansas City Royals receive heroes' ovation
Kansas City natives lined the streets of their town to mark first World Series victory in 30 years with stunning parade
Townsend appears to have row with fitness coach following win
A good night for Tottenham ended on a sour note for winger Andros Townsend
Did the referee celebrate Tottenham's opening strike against Aston Villa? Official Mike Dean sets tongues wagging on Twitter
Hands in the air
Nani blasts off! Former United star reveals 'space shuttle' treatment
Uses vacuum pressure treatment to recover after playing matches
Wozniacki and Williams enjoy party
The WTA tennis season closes in China this week with seven-time major winner Venus and Wozniacki in action
Counting down the days, Jose? Under-fire Chelsea manager bids to save his job as he revs up troubled team ahead of Euro clash
Blues face Dynamo Kiev
Ozil poses with new laceless boots as adidas prepare to launch new 2016 range
Stars show off boot which means no more time spent lacing up
Davids takes motorbike for a spin in London before meeting up with mystery brunette companion
Former Dutch star showed off hot wheels
Liverpool have a scream after spooking Chelsea as Klopp's stars cap off Halloween weekend
Frighteningly good fun at party
McGregor can 'smell the lack of confidence' in Aldo ahead of their UFC world title clash...
'His body is weak and his mind is weaker', says Irish star
Carter named World Player of the Year
Dan Carter has followed up his man-of-the-match final performance by being crowned World Rugby player of the year
Which star was inspired by crime film on Halloween?
This unbeaten champion is used to leaving his opponents trembling and did so again
Hamilton says he had fun at Mexican GP despite Rosberg win
The world champion has described the Mexico crowd as the 'most incredible thing I've seen'
Tevez inspires Boca to Argentine league title
Carlos Tevez's emotional homecoming was complete on Sunday night as Boca Juniors sealed the 31st title
Khan joins Indian cricket stars in Delhi at Harbhajan Singh's wedding reception
Amir Khan was a special guest at a star-studded wedding reception
Barcelona apologise after interrupting Getafe press conference in fancy dress
Barcelona's stars have been forced to apologise for their Halloween gag
McGregor spars with Game of Thrones actor ahead of UFC title clash
Conor McGregor is fighting for the UFC's featherweight title against Jose Aldo
Fancy a loan move, Frank? Chelsea legend Lampard watches old club lose to Liverpool
England manager Roy Hodgson was also at Stamford Bridge
Bojan takes selfie as Stoke players enjoy kickabout in team hotel
Stoke obviously couldn't wait to meet Newcastle... and got started in the hotel a day early
Zaha: People said I slept with Moyes' daughter but I've never even met her!
Wilfried Zaha talks to Sportsmail in his most revealing interview yet
A slice of luck! Ranieri makes good on promise to provide Leicester stars with pizza after keeping a clean sheet
Claudio Ranieri bought Leicester team pizzas
Carter reveals his secret superhero obsession as the fly-half prepares to call time on his career
Will fly off into the international sunset
Carneiro dresses up for awards ceremony hours after it's revealed she suing Chelsea for constructive dismissal
Back among football's biggest stars
Herrera enjoys trip to Pizza Express as United star declares he feels 'at home' in Manchester
Ander Herrera was in town and grabbed himself a pizza
Bell charged £166 for Uber from London to Detroit Lions' plush hotel
We've all overspent overseas, but Joique Bell was taken aback by the price of the ride
Finally, some good news! Chelsea handed boost as Ramires signs new four-year deal
Jose Mourinho received a boost ahead of a potentially critical period
Pope signs cricket bat after Archbishop of Canterbury's team take on Vatican's XI
Boosting relations between the Catholic and Anglican churches
Hamilton body slams professional wrestler Mistico in Mexico as Brit celebrates winning third Formula One title
Promoting next grand prix in Mexico City
Mayweather watches Miami Heat beat Charlotte Hornets as Kaka sees Orlando Magic lose to Washington Wizards
NBA season underway
You can keep the bottle, Roberto!
Liverpool's £29m man was crowned man of the match, but did not appear to be familiar with the post-game ritual
Rooney has laser shone in face ahead of penalty miss
Wayne Rooney boldly stepped up while a laser beam shone in his face from the stands
Happy birthday big man! Etzebeth gets chocolate cake from South Africa team ahead of their World Cup Bronze Final
Turned 24
Manchester United WAGs turn out in force
On a night when United lacked cohesion, at least there was some in the stands as players' wives and girlfriends watched
Spieth tribute made up of 24,152 golf balls
Downtown Dallas is the site of an unusual diamond in the rough: a likeness of hometown star golfer Jordan Spieth
Ramos forced to deny he works as security guard in supermarket after fans spot Real star's doppelganger
Not moonlighting, he said on Twitter
Revenge is sweet for Rory with cook-off win against Schwartzel
Four years after his Masters collapse, Rory McIlroy got one over Charl Schwarzel
All aboard the Juve express! Cuadrado and team-mates travel in style aboard a high-speed train
Headed to Sassuolo for their Serie A clash
Rod Stewart's son making a name for himself in hockey
Rod Stewart is well-known for his love of football. Hockey, it turns out, is another matter...
Mayweather parties with his stacks of cash in Miami... as Pacquiao talks up possibility of a rematch
That's why he's the Money Man
Hungry for another world title? All Blacks stars grab a bite to eat before Saturday's Rugby World Cup final
Looking to defend 2011 title against Australia
President Obama courtside to watch Bulls face Cavaliers
As the NBA returns for another season, the most influential man in America was there
DEVANTE COLE: I should have joined Saints... City don't care about the English kids
JOE BERNSTEIN meets Andy Cole's son - he's just as strong-willed!
What a magic goal! Watch footballer in Venezuela celebrate by appearing to make ball levitate in front of stunned team-mates
Celebrated fine volley
Muller double sends Bayern through in German Cup
Thomas Muller scored two and set up another as Bayern Munich knocked Wolfsburg out
Rousey plants smooch on her pooch
Ronda Rousey has shown her softer side away from the UFC ring by posing with her beloved pet dog Mochi
Wambach announces retirement after toasting World Cup win with President Obama
The 35-year-old will play her final match on December 16
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