Callaway has won the latest legal battle in its patent dispute with the Acushnet Company over Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, but Acushnet said this ruling will not impact its ability to manufacture or sell the balls.

Dates and sites for five of the six Fall Series events on the PGA Tour were announced Tuesday, but the next-to-last event of the season remains without a sponsor or home.The six events, plus the Presidents Cup, will begin Oct. 1 and will complete the PGA Tour season. It starts with the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Vernon, N.Y., takes one week off for the Presidents Cup, then goes to Las Vegas for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Lee Westwood will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the South African Open and is hoping to become only the seventh foreign winner of the championship.The European Ryder Cup star posted a third round of 68 for a total of 14 under par, with Ireland's Gareth Maybin and Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera his nearest challengers on 12 under.

The PGA of America are today set to announce their Ryder Cup captain for the defence of the trophy at Celtic Manor in Wales in 2010, with Corey Pavin the firm favourite to land the role. The 49-year-old Californian, who will have a tough act to follow in Paul Azinger, was last involved in the match as one of Tom Lehman's assistants in the crushing defeat in Ireland four years ago.