CAMERON SMITH

The United States easily won the last event in 2021 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, but hasn’t won a Ryder Cup in Europe since 1993.

Cameron Smith has won his second LIV Golf title of the year.

Phil Mickelson was in the hunt at LIV Golf.

Some LIV Golf players have arrived for the British Open facing the prospect of playing in a major for the last time because of the uncertain future in golf.

R&A chief Martin Slumbers won't rule out taking money from Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund.

Matthew Jordan has been given the honor of hitting the first tee shot at the 151st British Open and he’ll know exactly where to put it.

Cameron Smith never gets emotional about anything.

For an old course, Royal Liverpool offers a new finish.

Cameron Smith has his first victory of the year.

Sergio Garcia shot a 7-under 64 at Sentosa Golf Club to move into a share of the second-round lead with Talor Gooch at the LIV Singapore tournament.

Talor Gooch upstaged the more-fancied names on the LIV Golf tour by shooting a 10-under 62 to take a four-stroke lead after the first round of the inaugural Australian tournament in Adelaide.

Phil Mickelson is still a popular figure at Augusta National, even if the crowds that followed him during the first round of the Masters were smaller than previous years.

British Open champion Cameron Smith refers to Augusta National as his happy place.

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.

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 Americans are big favorites in the Presidents Cup.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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 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.

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.

Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure from the British Open at St. Andrews, perhaps for the last time.

Defending British Open champion Collin Morikawa is set to miss the cut.

The Old Course at St. Andrews was fast as ever.

Billy Horschel figured he didn't have to anything special with a five-shot lead at the Memorial.

The Memorial delivered another big lead after 54 holes.

Cameron Smith doesn't have a great history at the Memorial.

Cameron Young remembers meeting Jack Nicklaus for the first time at the U.S. Open three years ago at Pebble Beach.

Will Zalatoris shot a bogey-free 65 in the PGA Championship, leaving him at 9 under for the tournament and giving him a one-shot lead over Mito Pereira heading into the weekend.

Max Homa played solid, steady golf during a week of cold, wet conditions and a back-and-forth Sunday duel with Keegan Bradley.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele held off Sam Burns and Billy Horschel by two strokes Sunday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to complete a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to five strokes.

FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay birdied the final four holes Friday for a 4-under 67 and take a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb halfway through the RBC Heritage.

Scottie Scheffler is the hottest player in golf who never thinks beyond the next shot.

The Masters was only the beginning to some signature golf events and storylines of 2022.

Masters champions get to go to the Masters Club dinner, and Scottie Scheffler has a permanent seat at that table now.

Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 player in the world and has a Masters green jacket to show for it.

Cameron Smith's hopes of winning his first major vanished on the 12th hole during the final round of the Masters.

Tiger Woods has closed out the worst Masters performance of his professional career.

Tiger Woods has closed out the worst Masters performance of his professional career.

Scottie Scheffler has captured his first major championship with a three-shot victory at the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler has captured his first major championship with a three-shot victory at the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler has never been here before.

With his mullet flapping in the Georgia breeze, Cameron Smith made sure Scottie Scheffler didn’t run away from everyone else at the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler is one round away from winning his first major at the Masters.

Despite big trouble on the 18th hole, Scottie Scheffler has salvaged a 1-under 71 that keeps him on top heading to the final round of the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler left a birdie putt short on the final hole Friday but still shot a 5-under 67 to take a five-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Masters.

Of all the 6,576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered.

With all eyes on Tiger Woods, Sungjae Im quietly turned in the round of the day at Augusta National.

Tiger Woods was back in the Masters some 14 months after a car crash that shattered his right leg.

Australian Cameron Smith overcame a pair of double bogeys to put himself in the mix after the first round of the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama is a Masters champion and apparently a master host.

Tiger Woods had some good moments, some unlucky outcomes and a couple of blunders in his opening round of the Masters.

Golf has a bright future and isn't quite ready to let go of Tiger Woods.

No other tournament in golf is more fickle than Match Play.

The Saudi-funded rival golf league run by Greg Norman has a schedule that pays $255 million in prize money for eight tournaments.

AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson says Cameron Smith can be overlooked because his game is not long and rarely straight.

Cameron Smith wasn’t intimidated. Not on his home course.