• Adam Pengilly

European Tour regular Jason Scrivener is closing in on a breakthrough win as a professional after taming a day of strengthening winds to hold the NSW Open ascendancy heading into the final round.

• Adam Pengilly

He can walk into Jordan Spieth's trophy room any time he pleases and sneak a peek at a Claret Jug, the spoils of a US Masters triumph or Australian golf's most cherished trophy in the Stonehaven Cup. Yet this week the former world No.1's housemate is lying low at Rooty Hill RSL.

• Adam Pengilly

Brett Coletta had only months earlier made his first cut on the US PGA Tour and met Jack Nicklaus, but knew he had to have a break from competitive golf. His first round back showed why it was a smart move.

• Adam Pengilly

A 15-year-old Wollongong school student who turned down a trial with Manchester United wrote a remarkable chapter in Australian golfing history when he fired a hole-in-one in his first round of a professional tournament.

• Neil Harvey

​New dad Peter Lonard is hoping to use the next fortnight of Australian golf as a springboard to a new career path on the PGA Tour Champions.

Australia's Sarah Kemp is one of a group of four players three shots off the lead after two rounds of the women's Indian Open.

• Caden Helmers

Sophie Yip certainly wasn't expecting to finish the opening day in the lead.

Jason Day has revealed he'll miss the US Open for the first time in his career if his third child is born during the second major of 2018.

Marc Leishman believes Tiger Woods can upstage the likes of Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and world No.1 Dustin Johnson and win his comeback event in the Bahamas.

• Marnie Banger

Marc Leishman, favourite to be named Australia's best golfer of the year, will play the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast.

Tiger Woods said he is "excited" to return to tournament play for the first time in nine months after selecting himself for the World Challenge event at the end of November.

• Victor Mather

Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and will be put on probation for a year and attend a rehabilitation program.

• Evin Priest

One month out from the Australian Open, Robert Allenby says he's on the cusp of a career renaissance after fending off legitimate intentions of retiring from golf this year.

• Adam Pengilly

It was a tournament he was just happy to finish after a severe bout of food poisoning last year, but a golden ticket to the US Masters and British Open is much more of a reality for Travis Smyth at this year's Asia Pacific Amateur Championship.

• Andrew Parkinson

After having to make the gut-wrenching decision to miss defending his Australian Open title last year, 2015 champion Matt Jones will return for this year's event with one thought on his mind – to win it again.

WELLINGTON: Shane Warne's presence as a playing partner made the day even sweeter for strong-starting Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox at the latest European Tour event.

Adam Scott has urged tournament organisers in Australia not to miss an opportunity to land golf's biggest stars when the 2019 Presidents Cup heads to Melbourne.

The US have won a seventh straight Presidents Cup, completing a dominant victory early on the final day at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey.

• Evin Priest

The Internationals are on track for their heaviest defeat at the Presidents Cup after a star-studded US team almost swept the entire third day at Liberty National.