This will be only the second time that the Ryder Cup is staged outside of Britain and Ireland after Spain's Valderrama in 1997.

Mukesh Kumar secured his maiden Asian Tour victory at the weekend's $400,000 Panasonic Open India by one stroke and became the circuit's oldest winner in the process.

Rory McIlroy laid the foundations for a two-stroke victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship over England's Paul Casey with a bewitching front nine performance, sinking five birdies to be five under at the turn

Great Britain's Justin Rose pitched the ball 18 inches from the cup on the par-5 18th hole and sank the birdie putt to beat Henrik Stenson by two strokes.

The lead changed hands several times during the round but it was Justin Rose who finally prevailed with a two-under-par 70, which included four birdies and two bogeys, for a final total of 17-under.

World No. 6 Justin Rose said Anirban Lahiri is a great putter and a tough competitor.

From historic champion Jordan Spieth to old-timer Tiger Woods and India's Anirban Lahiri, here are the top five performers of the Augusta Masters.

Holders Europe outscored the US side 3 1/2 to 1 1/2 in afternoon foursomes for the second day in a row, the final blow a six-foot birdie putt by Justin Rose allowing him and Martin Kaymer to halve with unbeaten US rookies Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed.

Despite sharing the lead, Rory McIlroy said he felt a little frustrated coming off the course because he felt he should have been better than what he finished with.

Tiger Woods, who missed the cut in Washington on his comeback from back surgery, stayed in fifth place behind two other Americans, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar.