The American needs to finish no worse than outright third at the rain-delayed Nissan Open to regain his status as the game's leading player.\n
The 34-year-old American has been playing like number one, claiming back-to-back PGA Tour titles for the first time in his 12-year career.
The world number three is in confident mood as he bids for a third consecutive title in this week's Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
The World number one's failure to win the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes Championship in Hawaii was the biggest surprise of the week.
Haas, a six-time PGA Tour winner, was scheduled to play in the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades that begins Thursday, but will withdraw to recover at his home in Greenville, South Carolina, his manager said.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal will lead the Indian challenge at the tournament.
Their poor showing on Saturday saw the Indian challenge in Singapore\n\nMasters fade.
The ace Indian golfer was tied for second place after the opening round in the Caltex Singapore Masters.
Fiji's Vijay Singh became the first player in PGA Tour history to earn more than $10 million in a single season by winning the Chrysler Championship on Sunday.
The only two Indian golfers on the Japanese PGA Tour had identical rounds of two-under 70 in the opening round in the 120 million yen ABC Championship.
India's top golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa finished joint seventh at the Acom International in Japan.
The Indian ace had a three-under 67 second round to make the midway cut at Fort Smith Classic golf tournament.
Daniel Chopra fired a four-under 66 to enter the second round of the EDS Byron Nelson golf.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday.
The ace golfer went down to American Stewart Cink in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
"The enormity of the achievement still hasn't sunk in," said the 30-year-old Kolkata pro, who became the first Indian to qualify for the elite US PGA Tour on Monday.
Tetsuji Hiratsuka ran away with the title courtesy a final round 67
Tetsuji Hiratsuka has a three-stroke lead at 13-under 197 after the penultimate round in the Golf Nippon Series JP Cup. \n\n
Local pro Katsumune Imai assumed the sole lead with an error-free round of seven-under 65.
Jeev Milkha Singh, the other Indian in the fray at the VISA Taiheiyo Masters in Japan, was tied 66th.
He also became the first player on the Asian PGA Tour to cross the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
The Indian golfing ace, who carded a superb 66 on the opening day, has a two-day total of six-under-par 138 in the Hero honda Masters.\n\n
The ace Indian golfer produced a magical display in difficult conditions to take the lead on the opening day of the Hero Honda Masters.
The Indian golfer shot a two-under 70 but still slipped down to tied 63rd at the midway stage of the US PGA Tour Qualifying School finals.
The Fijian leapfrogged South African Ernie Els, who had held second place since January.
Tiger Woods equalled Byron Nelson's 54-year-old PGA Tour record of 113 consecutive cuts but it is Vijay Singh who leads the Funai Classic.
The Indian golfing ace cracked a seven-under 65 to climb to move to fifth place at the mid-way stage of the tournament.
The Indian golfing ace is poised to return his best finish of the season on the Japanese PGA Tour.
Shubhankar Sharma, fresh off an impressive outing in his PGA Tour debut that made the golfing world take notice, has accepted an invitation to compete in next month's US Masters, the tournament said on Tuesday.
Jeev was tied for 24th place at one-under 212 after the penultimate round in the Shishido Hills Cup.\n\n
The Indian ace was two shots behind Korea's Chung Joon in the Maekyung Open.
The hotly-contested biennial team competition between the United States and Europe, known for its raucous, partisan crowds, was originally scheduled for September 25-27 at Whistling Straits. It will now be held September 24-26, 2021.
The South African holed a 55-foot birdie putt on the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Australian Aaron Baddeley and win the $4.5 million Hawaii Open.
He is one of a group of young players who have helped to make golf the fastest-growing sport in urban India.
