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International team captain Ernie Els, left, shakes hands with U.S. team player and captain Tiger Woods after the U.S. team won the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. The U.S. team won the tournament 16-14. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Column: Internationals lacking ownership in Presidents Cup

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

U.S. team player and captain Tiger Woods holds up the trophy after the U.S. team won the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. The U.S. team won the tournament 16-14. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Tiger Woods caps comeback year by leading emotional team win

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

U.S. team player and captain Tiger Woods, right, shakes hands with International team player Abraham Ancer of Mexico after Woods won their singles match 3 and 2 during the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Tiger Woods and US team rally to win Presidents Cup again

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

U.S. team player Justin Thomas, left, celebrates with his playing partner and captain, Tiger Woods, on the 18th green in their foursomes match during the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Americans have momentum, just not the lead in Presidents Cup

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

International team captain Ernie Els, right, waves to the crowd after the International team take a 4-1 lead after the opening round of the President's Cup golf tournament at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

International team rallying around only Presidents Cup win

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

International team captain Ernie Els, left and Joaquin Niemann of Chile during a practice round ahead of the President's Cup Golf tournament in Melbourne, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo / Andy Brownbill)

Scott optimistic about ending years of Presidents Cup losses

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

International assistant captain K.J. Choi, left, captain Ernie Els and player Sungjae Im talk during a practice session ahead of the President's Cup Golf tournament in Melbourne, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Els makes International team feel like one with a new logo

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

USA captain Tiger Woods hits an approach shot during a practice session ahead of the President's Cup Golf tournament in Melbourne, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Patrick Reed still the talk of the Presidents Cup

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2019, file photo, Xander Schauffele of the United States watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Zozo Championship PGA Tour at the Accordia Golf Narashino country club in Inzai, east of Tokyo, Japan. Schauffele, often an afterthought among young American stars, makes his U.S. team debut at the Presidents Cup this week. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Schauffele making a name for himself with his golf

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Tiger Woods hits on the par-5 11th hole on his way to an eagle at Albany Golf Club during the second round of the Hero World Challenge in Nassau, Bahamas, Thursday Dec. 5 2019. Woods shot 66. (AP Photo/Doug Ferguson)

Woodland leads in the Bahamas as Tiger gets within 2 shots

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Tiger Woods is everywhere in this President Cup

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

This undated photo provided on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, by Australian Border Force shows the drugs in sealed packages after its seizure. Three people have been charged with drug offenses over Australia’s largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from Bangkok in stereo speakers. Police estimate the 1.596 metric tons (1.759 U.S. tons) of the drug also known as ice and crystal meth had a street value of AU$1.197 billion ($818 million). The 37 kilograms (82 pounds) of heroin also seized was the largest haul of that drug in Australia since 2017, a police statement said. (Australian Border Force via AP)

3 charged over Australia’s largest crystal meth seizure

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

3 IS-inspired militants sentenced for Australia plot

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 18, 2011, file photo Tiger Woods hits an approach shot to the fourth hole during the second round of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Course, in Melbourne, Australia. Woods will captain the U.S. team at this year's Presidents Cup as Royal Melbourne golf course will host the Presidents Cup in December for the third time, and is where the International Team won its only previous tournament against the United States in 1998. ( AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)

Melbourne’s sandbelt to host world’s best golfers yet again

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. Pell’s appeal against his convictions for child molestation was largely a question of who should the jury have believed, his accuser or a senior priest whose church role was likened to Pell’s bodyguard. Pell’s accuser was a 13-year-old choirboy when he alleged he was abused by then Melbourne Archbishop Pell at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in December 1996 and February 1997. The appeal court will give their verdict on Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

The Latest: Vatican to wait before investigating Pell

Associated Press

Australian prime minister bares self in campaign launch

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

3 convicted of terrorism for arson of Australian mosque

Associated Press

In this April 16, 2019 photo, Leo Cross with Florida Wildlife Trappers, removes bees outside a house in Cocoa Beach, Fla.. He had removed a hive of bees a week ago, but many bees returned to the area inside the homeowner's roof so had to return a week later to remove the rest of them. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

Bee crisis: Pollinators endure countless threats in Florida

By JIM WAYMER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. Pell, the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse, will be sentenced to prison Wednesday in an Australia landmark case that has polarized observers. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Cardinal Pell gets 6 years imprisonment for sexual assault

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Bhumchu Zangmo walks out of the airport carrying her children, conjoined Bhutanese twin sisters Nima and Dawa, followed by their father Sonam Tshering in Paro, Bhutan, Thursday, March 7, 2019. Twenty-months-olds Nima and Dawa flew from Melbourne with their mother Thursday, months after a surgical separation. The girls had been joined at the torso and shared a liver. They were separated in a procedure at Melbourne’s Royal Children's Hospital early November. (AP Photo/Karan Gurung)

Conjoined twins back in Bhutan after separation in Australia

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