Australian golfer Marc Leishman is desperate to ditch the bridesmaid tag as he looks to better his two runner-up finishes at the famed Torrey Pines golf course.

Tiger Woods says world No.1 Jason Day could be poised to play some of his best golf.

• James Corrigan

Lee Westwood had to make an emergency caddie replacement for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here because of tragic circumstances, but by the look of his scorecard he found a more than capable substitute - his girlfriend.

Golf has come a long way since Tiger Woods changed the nature of the sport following his maiden major triumph 20 years ago - courses are longer, players are fitter and equipment is advancing as quickly as technology will allow.

Australian youngster Cameron Smith is raring to rediscover his career-best golf after shaking off an intestinal illness that plagued the majority of his 2016 US PGA Tour campaign.

Red-hot Justin Thomas has become the youngest and only the seventh overall player to break 60 on the US PGA Tour.

• Oliver Brown

A stubborn fallacy persists that golf's sexism problem is generational. If only it were so seamless.

Jim Furyk could lead the United States' attempts to defend the Ryder Cup in France next year as both captain and player.

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.