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Leishman fades, Johnson leads in Maui

Dustin Johnson plays his shot from the 14th tee.

As Maui's trade winds blew Marc Leishman's hopes of winning the Tournament of Champions away, world No.1 Dustin Johnson rocketed to favouritism to claim the title in even tougher final day conditions.

Leishman stays hot to share PGA Maui lead

Marc Leishman

Marc Leishman has fended off charges from big guns Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth to stay atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

Marc Leishman leads in Hawaii

Focused: Marc Leishman hits from the fourth fairway during his round of 67.

Marc Leishman has rolled on from his groundbreaking 2017 season by seizing the lead in the new year's first United States PGA Tour tournament in Hawaii.

Woods to start 2018 campaign at Torrey Pines

Tiger Woods

Former world number one Tiger Woods will make his much-anticipated 2018 debut at this month's Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, his first official PGA Tour event since missing the cut at the same tournament last year.

PGA Tour gets behind Jarrod Lyle

Jarrod Lyle is undergoing more treatment.

The US PGA Tour is lending its support to Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle as he gets treatment for a recurrence of cancer.

Gamble that helped Artis land LPGA jackpot

"It's a long, hard grind": Rebecca Artis.

A hugely relieved Rebecca Artis is eyeing golf's big time in 2018 after a career gamble that helped her join Australia's select group of stars on the LPGA Tour.

Trump's Ireland golf links gets green light for sea wall

Golf fairways

Ireland gave the green light for a company owned by US President Donald Trump to build a scaled-down sea wall at its golf course in the west of Ireland that environmental groups say could damage protected wildlife habitats.