World No.1 Jason Day expects a two-week training camp in the Californian desert to restore the razor-like sharpness to his golf game for the big 2017 season ahead.

American Justin Thomas has fended off a final-round challenge from in-form Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama to win the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

Rory McIlroy has revealed how he resents the Olympics because of the way he was left feeling when he pulled out of representing Ireland in Rio.

Jason Day struggled with a misfiring putter as he slipped away from the leaders in the third round of the Tournament of Champions in Maui.

• Adam Pengilly

School's out and one of world golf's biggest tours is in for a teenage prodigy who has dumped her books in the hunt for birdies and a slice of history.

Tiger Woods is starting the new year at a familiar place - Torrey Pines, where he has won eight times as a professional.

Lydia Ko has switched golf clubs and signed on a new full-time caddie but has yet to make a decision on her coach for 2017.

Jason Day has found a silver lining to three months sidelined with a back injury – the world No.1 golfer says he's fresh and hungry as he sets his sights high for 2017.

World golf No.1 Jason Day is set to end a three-and-a-half month absence when he returns to action at this week's Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

• James Corrigan

At the end of a year in which Andrew Johnston confirmed his cult status by smashing a cheeseburger off a tee with a driver, he intends to hit the gym.

​US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday took a break from preparing to take office to engage in a pastime beloved by presidents: playing 18 holes of golf.

• 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.