• Chris Dutton

Canberra golfer Josh Armstrong's name now sits alongside Adam Scott's.

• Peter Barrett

The latest home landscaping trend has arrived and it has a decidedly man-child feel to it: introducing backyard putting greens.

Tiger Woods has made his first commitment for the 2017 season after agreeing to play in the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.

• Adam Pengilly

As recently as a few weeks ago before the Australian PGA the country's latest worldwide winner was thinking about chucking it in. But Sam Brazel can now look forward to a spot of summer fly fishing and lawn mowing in the northern rivers safe in the knowledge his future is sorted after a life-changing Hong Kong Open win.

Unheralded Australian Sam Brazel has birdied the 18th hole to narrowly edge Rafa Cabrera-Bello and win the Hong Kong Open, his first title on the European Tour.

• Phil Lutton

The return of Tiger Woods tops our biggest stories of the year in golf, while Jordan Spieth's Masters' meltdown and the rant of Danny Willett's brother also earn themselves a start.

Tiger Woods has finished his first tournament in just over 15 months, and the rust was clearly evident during the final round of the Hero World Challenge.

• Phil Lutton

The American took his risky approach to the fairways of Royal Pines and walked away with a breakthrough victory, with Adam Scott unable to bridge the gap at his hometown tournament.

Tiger Woods failed to turn a brilliant start into a round which would have put him in contention at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, but there were more positive signs as he continued his competitive comeback.

• Phil Lutton

The world number seven will launch his assault from four off the pace on the final day of the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast.

• Phil Lutton

Peter O'Malley says the return of Woods has electrified the golfing world and has extended the invitation for the 14-time Major winner to make another trip to Australia.

Tiger Woods, in his second round of competitive golf since returning from a chronic back injury that kept him out for almost 16 months, shot a flawless seven-under 65 at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Friday.

• Phil Lutton

The hometown hero will be breathing down the neck of the leaders going into the weekend as Scott tries to close out his year with another Australian triumph.

• Chris Dutton

Matt Millar beat a 3.15am alarm and a bung back to sneak into the final two rounds of the Australian PGA Championship.

• ANALYSIS
• Malcolm Knox

A man, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, is what he thinks about all day long. What then was Tiger Woods? What he thought about all day, or what he thought about all night?

• Karen Crouse

NASSAU, Bahamas ??? As he made his way to the first tee for his first competitive shot in 466 days, Tiger Woods breezed right by the Golf Channel reporter Notah Begay, his former Stanford teammate and good friend. His focus before the opening round of the Hero World Challenge provided the first sign that Woods was back.

• Phil Lutton

Local Andrew Dodt will drink rum in Coke on his balcony after taking a two-stroke lead in the Australian PGA Championship before menacing storms sent players scattering late on day one at the Gold Coast.

• Phil Lutton

The 2012 champion has been on the wrong end of a flipped golf cart but support from Ricky Ponting has helped him find some welcome form at the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast.

World No.1 Jason Day has indicated he is prepared to take the slow road back to golf, as he continues to sit out with a back injury.