Australian will draw on his past-champion status for final bid in the Players Championship in Florida.

• Evin Priest

​Adam Scott is confident the drama of TPC Sawgrass will help his and Jason Day's quest to chase down the equal-largest 36-hole deficit in Players Championship history.

Mysterious hopeful endures a dismal round, including a 14 on one par-five.

American William McGirt and Canadian Mackenzie Hughes shared the first round lead at The Players Championship on Thursday after Adam Scott dropped four strokes in the final two holes at Ponte Vedra, Florida.

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Jason Day has made a solid start to his title defence in the opening round of the Players Championship.

Masters champion Sergio Garcia enjoyed a four-week celebration after his Augusta triumph highlighted by the ceremonial kick-off at El Clasico in Madrid, but he gets back to business on Friday at The Players Championship.

On the eve of his Players Championship title defence, Jason Day has set himself the considerable task of reeling in runaway world No.1 Dustin Johnson in 2017.

• Andrew Both

Adam Scott believes his best days are ahead, even though almost three years have passed since he enjoyed a brief spell as world No.1.

Royal Melbourne Golf Club will host the Presidents Cup for the third time in 2019.

Cameron Smith's long-time coach believes his star pupil is on the path to major championship success after the young Australian's breakthrough US PGA Tour victory at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

Young Australian golfer edges near a maiden victory after surging to a four-shot lead with partner Jonas Blixt in US PGA team tournament.

Former Australian Open champion John Senden announced his son Jacob has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

An unrepentant Lexi Thompson again broke down in tears while discussing the controversial penalty that upended her title bid at the year's first major three weeks ago and has since led to an expedited rule change.

• Bill Pennington

The governing bodies that oversee golf's rule book relied on a dose of common sense on Wednesday by swiftly and decisively mitigating how much video evidence can influence rules decisions at televised events.

WELLINGTON: South African caddie Gary Matthews has criticised women's world No.1 Lydia Ko after being fired by the New Zealander's camp after only nine events.

Tiger Woods took his first public golf shots in over two months during an event to announce his first public course on Tuesday but the former world number one remained noncommittal about his return to competitive action.

After signing off on a stellar amateur career at the Masters, Curtis Luck is eager to kick off life in the professional ranks at the US PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open.

• James Corrigan

Sergio Garcia once declared there were "outside agencies" at work in his long quest for a Masters title.

• Barry Svrluga

In his knees and his legs and in his uncontrollable bend at his waist was everything from the past two decades, self-doubt and self-loathing and all the pain both can bring.