AS the Lothians prepare to start an event they've dominated over the past 20 or so years, the bad news for their rivals is they've just got even stronger.

KEVIN CATTANACH, a five-times club champion at Bruntsfield Links, is savouring what is surely the round of his life.

SWEDEN'S Annika Sorenstam, who has dominated women's golf for a decade, said she would quit competition at the end of this year.

WORLD No.1 Tiger Woods says his recovery from left knee surgery is going well and that he hopes to play in the Memorial tournament in two weeks before the US Open.

TIGER Woods expects to be fit to play in the US Open after undergoing surgery on his left knee.