CAMERON SMITH

Jordan Spieth can speak with authority on the remarkable run of Scottie Scheffler, except that Spieth never liked that term when he was the subject. Spieth had won seven times in 13 months — two majors, a shot at all four of them, No. 1 in the world and a FedEx Cup title — when he showed up at Kapalua to start 2016 and was asked what he had planned for an encore. Golf has a couple of hit shows, and for now Scheffler is top billing.

Jordan Spieth's final tee shot at the Players Championship on Friday was heading toward the water, and he was set to miss the cut — but a fan was at the right place at the right time.

The bad news for area golf fans — no Tiger Woods at The Players Championship.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is describing a landscape of two rival leagues going down different paths.

Jon Rahm shares the lead at the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a 64.

No one should expect Notre Dame and South Carolina to look — or probably play — like they did late in the regular season.

The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive hired to be the chief operating officer of LIV Golf has resigned after one year as the Saudi-backed rival circuit moves toward a league format, The New York Times reported. Atul Khosla was expected to lead LIV Golf into its franchise model of 12 four-man teams in which players and the LIV Golf League would have equity. LIV commissioner Greg Norman confirmed the news Friday in a statement to The Times.

Tiger Woods is returning to competition next month in the Bahamas.

Dustin Johnson has finished his LIV Golf season with nearly $36 million in earnings and the team title.

Phil Mickelson is back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the Saudis were published.

Richard Bland, Branden Grace and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra upstaged their more-illustrious opponents to shoot 7-under 65s and take the lead after the first round of the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok.

Tiger Woods has another loaded field for the Bahamas and his Hero World Challenge.

Saudi-funded LIV Golf is denying a report that it was close to a U.S. television deal in which it would buy time to be shown on FS1.

The Presidents Cup stays with the Americans, just like it always does.

The matches were close at the end.

The Americans have the stronger team and they looked the part at the Presidents Cup.

The Presidents Cup is set to tee off Thursday afternoon at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the field looks a bit different.

Fifty LIV Golf players sent a letter to the chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking to request to be included in its rankings, dating to when the circuit first applied July 6.

The Americans are big favorites in the Presidents Cup.

LIV Golf is turning up the heat on the Official World Golf Ranking.

The Presidents Cup has been one of the least-competitive events in sports and things aren't looking any better after high-profile LIV Golf departures.

Bryson DeChambeau got caught up in a gallery rope in the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational Chicago on Sunday and appeared to be briefly hurt.

So much has changed since the International team nearly won the Presidents Cup the last time.

British Open champion Cameron Smith has his first LIV Golf trophy.

Cameron Smith made a pair of 7-foot birdie putts to finish off his round of 4-under 68 and allow him to overtake Dustin Johnson going into the third and final day of the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago. As easy as Johnson made it look in the opening round, Saturday at Rich Harvest Farms was such a struggle that he shot over par for the first time in the 14 rounds he has played in the Saudi-funded series. Johnson was lucky the deficit to Smith was only two shots.

Dustin Johnson is on a roll in the Saudi-backed LIV series.

Jimmy Walker was so frustrated by ordinary golf and lingering health issues that he quietly walked away from the PGA Tour in April.

Billy Horschel finally gets to play golf for the Stars and Stripes as a pro.

Trevor Immelman is using five of his six captain’s picks on Presidents Cup rookies.

Dustin Johnson is finally a winner again for the first time in 19 months.

Talor Gooch has a one-shot lead over Joaquin Niemann in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston event.

Matthew Wolff is now a footnote in LIV Golf history.

Matthew Wolff became a footnote in LIV Golf history with the first hole-in-one, an ace that carried him to a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead over a pair of newcomers Friday in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. One of those newcomers was British Open champion Cameron Smith, among six players who recently joined the Saudi-funded league. Smith broke a wedge with a shot from behind a tree that allowed him to save par, and he finished with a 45-foot eagle putt for a 64.

LIV Golf has made it official.

Rory McIlroy jokingly referred to himself as a “Super Bowl champ” by winning the FedEx Cup.

Scottie Scheffler has a one-shot lead over Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy can each claim a roller coaster day in the Tour Championship.

Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion when he three-putted from 60 feet on the final hole of the regular season.

Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion in the final tournament of the regular season. Needing a par on the final hole to finish among the top 125, Lower ran his 60-footer some 6 feet by and missed for a three-putt bogey. Thanks to Saudi-funded LIV Golf, Lower is among players who might get a reprieve.

Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team.

Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Delaware to Florida to attend.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

Cameron Smith is out of the BMW Championship with soreness in his hip, The agent for the British Open champion describes it as a lingering issue.

Will Zalatoris is finally a winner on the PGA Tour.

Cameron Smith's two-stroke penalty, assessed Sunday for an improper ball placement at PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs, elicited a widespread reaction

British Open champion Cameron Smith and his chase for No. 1 in the world got a little tougher even before he teed off in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

British Open champion Cameron Smith and his chase for No. 1 in the world got a little tougher even before he teed off Sunday in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The PGA Tour penalized Smith two shots upon learning he took a drop in the wrong place after hitting into the water on the par-3 fourth hole in the third round Saturday. Smith signed for a 67 and was two shots behind.

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A federal judge in California has ruled three golfers who joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf will not be able to compete in the PGA Tour’s postseason.

Geoff Ogilvy is a U.S. Open champion and three-time winner of the World Golf Championships.

It was all smiles Friday at Sisters Creek Marina as the 42nd Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament opened the scales.

This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.

Cameron Smith is a tough-as-nails Aussie.

Cameron Smith’s dad is kicking himself that he didn’t make the journey to St. Andrews to see his son win the 150th British Open.

Henrik Stenson, a five-time Ryder Cup player, has been heavily linked with the LIV Golf Invitational Series since its launch earlier this year.

The birdies that flowed so freely for Viktor Hovland over the first three days of the British Open finally dried up.

Rory McIlroy's wait for his fifth major goes on.

Cameron Young was very briefly tied for lead on the 18th hole on the final day of the British Open with only three other golfers still out on the course.

Cameron Smith charged his way into history on the Old Course, a Sunday stunner at St. Andrews that gave the Australian his first major win.

The Australian shot 8-under 64 to overturn a four-shot deficit in the final round. It's his first major title.

Cameron Smith is the British Open champion not many saw coming.

Expect Cameron Smith to celebrate his British Open victory with a drink or two.

Cameron Smith started the third round of the British Open with a two-shot lead and finished it four strokes back.

Cameron Smith stepped into a fairway bunker about 3 feet below his ball, which was perched precariously on the lip of the trap. The Australian had seen his overnight lead disappear in a frustrating third round at the British Open and here he was on 13th hole of the Old Course with a big decision to make. Reaching up and out of the bunker with his iron, Smith skimmed a low, ugly shot about 100 yards into a heather bush and swung his club in anger.

Rory McIlroy is one round away from ending eight years without a major.

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will share the lead heading into the final round of the British Open.

Cameron Smith believes he is playing the best golf of his life, and it shows. Smith elicited one of the loudest cheers of a glorious afternoon Friday at Muirfield Village — another anomaly for this weather-plagued tournament — when he holed out with a downhill chip from beyond the green on the par-3 12th that carried him to a 3-under 69. “I think I'm just happy with the way I stuck in there,” Smith said.

Scheffler, who finished at 10-under 278, won $2.7 million from the $15 million prize fund.

Cameron Smith closed his eyes once, closed them twice, then let his club slip from his right hand. Before Smith's tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the Masters splashed into Rae's Creek — taking the 28-year-old Australian's hopes of winning his first major along with it — he was already looking away in disgust. Another iffy pitch and two putts later, he tapped in for a triple bogey that dropped him six shots back of eventual champion Scottie Scheffler.

And just 14 months after a horrific car crash, Tiger Woods completed all 72 holes at Augusta.

Tiger Woods is expected to return after a 17-month hiatus from official competition.

Tiger Woods is expected to return after a 17-month hiatus from official competition.

'Mad' Mike Hughes stands beside his rocket in his roadside launch area near Amboy, California on Nov. 27, 2017. Hughes aims to launch to high highest altitude ever this upcoming Sunday, Aug. 11. Saturday, "Mad" Mike Hughes, with the help of his partner Waldo Stakes, will try (after a couple of close-call attempts) to reach 5,000 feet (1.5 km) in the air while riding his steam-powered rocket. Related: 'Mad' Mike's Steam Rocket Grounded by Craigslist Water HeaterOne of the other two teams is led by Ky Michaelson, described by the Science Channel as the "real-life 'Rocketman,'" is the first civilian to ever build and launch a crewless rocket to space. He hopes to become the first civilian to both build and successfully launch a crewed craft to space.