Articles by Evin Priest

January 20th, 2025

Aussie wrap: Jason Day’s hot PGA Tour finish in the California desert, David Micheluzzi bags top-10 in Dubai

Australian Jason Day kickstarted his 2025 PGA Tour season with a podium finish at the American Express event in California today and will head to his beloved Torrey Pines course for the Famers Insurance Open this week with a spring in his step.

January 20th, 2025

A day after smashing a tee marker, Tyrrell Hatton holds it together in Dubai to collect his eighth DP World Tour victory

The ever-volatile Englishman saved his composure for when it counted most.

January 16th, 2025

‘I wouldn’t make that decision’: Rory McIlroy has some heartfelt advice for protégé contemplating LIV Golf move

Even as the four-time major winner tried to take his mind off the minutiae of pro golf, he was called back into it.

January 15th, 2025

The two-word reason why Jon Rahm is pleading his DP World Tour appeal over LIV fines doesn’t happen soon: Ryder Cup

While Rahm hopes to be on the European team in September, he also made an impassioned plea for his countryman and fellow LIV golfer, Sergio Garcia, to be at Bethpage as well.

January 6th, 2025

PGA Tour: Adam Scott hits ground running at Kapalua, Cam Davis in bizarre rules incident

Opting out of the Australian summer for only the third time in his long career did not appear to have any effect on Adam Scott, who carried his 2024 form into the new year with a top-15 result at The Sentry on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

January 2nd, 2025

Adam Scott, Jason Day and Cam Davis in Aussie tilt at PGA Tour event on Maui

Adam Scott, Cam Davis and Jason Day will attempt to add to a strong Australian history in the PGA Tour event on the Hawaiian island of Maui this week when the trio tee up at The Sentry startingThursday morning (Friday afternoon AEDT) in Hawaii.

December 31st, 2024

Opinion: 18 ways to fix men’s pro golf in 2025 (or at least plan for it)

[Photo/inset: Getty images] The year 2024 in men’s professional golf, outside of a handful of captivating moments, lacked juice. TV viewership was down across the board, a strange development when golf has never been healthier at the participation level. Yes, there were moments like Bryson DeChambeau’s epic US Open win at Pinehurst, Scottie Scheffler’s emotional Read more…

December 28th, 2024

Ryan Ruffels’ pro career hasn’t matched high expectations. He’s hoping YouTube can help boost a comeback

Ryan Ruffels, a tour pro born in Florida and raised in Southern California and Australia, felt a misconception about his career developed this year. He didn’t enter a top-level official tournament, while a YouTube channel he launched was showing promise.

December 24th, 2024

Ryan Ruffels to launch YouTube channel with Jason Day

Australian professional golfer Ryan Ruffels will expand his YouTube offering to include a new channel with former world No.1 Jason Day, in a sign of the video search engine’s rapid growth in golf content.

December 24th, 2024

‘Puts golf on the map here’: Ryan Fox praises Rory McIlroy visiting New Zealand’s Tara Iti, Te Arai

DP World Tour winner Ryan Fox has praised superstar Rory McIlroy for travelling Down Under on a mates trip to play Tara Iti and Te Arai Links, saying the Northern Irishman’s journey puts New Zealand golf “on the map.”

December 19th, 2024

News You May Have Missed: January 2025

Aussie of the month: Elvis Smylie Smylie broke through on the professional stage in October by winning the WA Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia – the left-hander’s maiden victory as a pro. He then stepped up on the DP World Tour at the co-sanctioned Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. He stared down 2022 Read more…

December 19th, 2024

Ian Baker-Finch: Full Circle

Ian Baker-Finch, Australia’s 1991 Open champion, is settling into his new role as chairman of the PGA of Australia. In this wide-ranging Q&A, “Finchy” addresses the current stand-off in men’s professional golf, his vision for PGA members and tournament golf Down Under.

December 12th, 2024

‘LIV Golf’, ‘Tiger Woods’ top the most Googled golf categories of the year for Australia

“Tiger Woods” and “LIV Golf” have been confirmed as the most Googled golfer and golf-related term of the year, according to data provided by the search engine to Australian Golf Digest.

December 12th, 2024

Tiger Woods was Google’s most-searched golfer for 20 years. Someone beat him in 2024

For the first time in the 20-year history of Google Trends, Tiger Woods was not the most searched-for golfer of the year. Scottie Scheffler’s whirlwind season of seven official wins, including the Masters—and his notable arrest during the PGA Championship at Valhalla—gave him a marginal victory over Woods as the most Googled golfer of 2024, according to data provided by the search engine.

December 10th, 2024

LIV Golf Promotions: 12 Australians hoping to join lucrative league

Young guns Jack Buchanan and Phoenix Campbell, as well as Asian Tour winner Travis Smyth, are among 12 Australians teeing up at LIV Golf’s qualifying school in Saudi Arabia this week, where just one spot on the lucrative league in 2025 is up for grabs.

December 2nd, 2024

Young American pro with a ‘Lethal Weapon’ name leaves Australia with huge victory, spot in British Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian Open on its world-renowned Melbourne Sandbelt region was not meant to have a Hollywood element. The 120-year-old championship being played across Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Club was supposed to be as Aussie as the Aussie Open gets. Yet on a rainy Sunday, there was Ryggs Johnston, a rookie pro Read more…

December 1st, 2024

Australian Open 2024: Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston wins, Curtis Luck runner-up

American Ryggs Johnston won the Australian Open at Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club by three shots over Curtis Luck.

December 1st, 2024

Australian Open 2024: Former world No.1 Jiyai Shin grabs second big win Down Under

Jiyai Shin has won a second Women’s Australian Open title 11 years after her first with a two-shot triumph over defending champion Ash Buhai on Sunday at Kingston Heath.

December 1st, 2024

Returning to separate Australian Opens for men, women ‘not quite that easy’: James Sutherland

Splitting up the men and women from a mixed Australian Open after three years would not be easy nor a good move financially, Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Sunday in Melbourne.

November 30th, 2024

Australian Open 2024: Lucas Herbert to take on ‘RYGGS!’ as Elvis and the defending champ chase

[Photo: Getty images] In boxing terms, it’s “Herbert vs Hollywood.” But Elvis may jump into the ring and he may be joined by the title holder. The Australian Open began with controversy over the course set up and the format. Bouts of torrential rain tried to dampen it. But the national championship is set for Read more…

November 30th, 2024

Australian Open 2024: Where do our two national championships go from here?

The future of the Australian Open remains unclear with player frustrations boiling over in Melbourne this week after three years of the mixed men’s and women’s format.

November 29th, 2024

Australian Open 2024: Lucas Herbert soars as Cam Smith stumbles on back nine

Lucas Herbert has signalled his intentions grab a second victory at home by taking a sizeable 36-hole lead at the Australian Open courtesy of a hot second round that validated his tournament-opening 63.

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The American Express - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sepp Straka	-25	F	4
2	Justin Thomas	-23	F	4
T3	Jason Day	-22	F	4
T3	Justin Lower	-22	F	4
T5	Patrick Cantlay	-20	F	4
T5	Charley Hoffman	-20	F	4
T7	Max Greyserman	-19	F	4
T7	Ben Griffin	-19	F	4
T7	Taylor Moore	-19	F	4
T7	Camilo Villegas	-19	F	4
11	Alex Smalley	-18	F	4
T12	Frankie Capan III	-17	F	4
T12	Beau Hossler	-17	F	4
T12	Mark Hubbard	-17	F	4
T12	J.T. Poston	-17	F	4
T12	Nick Taylor	-17	F	4
T12	Will Zalatoris	-17	F	4
T18	Cam Davis	-16	F	4
T18	Trey Mullinax	-16	F	4
T18	Kevin Roy	-16	F	4
T21	Daniel Berger	-15	F	4
T21	Jacob Bridgeman	-15	F	4
T21	Rickie Fowler	-15	F	4
T21	Doug Ghim	-15	F	4
T21	Harry Hall	-15	F	4
T21	Billy Horschel	-15	F	4
T21	Ben Kohles	-15	F	4
T21	Keith Mitchell	-15	F	4
T29	Sam Burns	-14	F	4
T29	Tom Hoge	-14	F	4
T29	Vincent Norrman	-14	F	4
T29	J.J. Spaun	-14	F	4
T29	Car Young	-14	F	4
T34	Quade Cummins	-13	F	4
T34	Nick Dunlap	-13	F	4
T34	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T34	Lanto Griffin	-13	F	4
T34	Harry Higgs	-13	F	4
T34	Lee Hodges	-13	F	4
T34	Chris Kirk	-13	F	4
T34	Ryan Palmer	-13	F	4
T34	Victor Perez	-13	F	4
T43	Ricky Castillo	-12	F	4
T43	Harris English	-12	F	4
T43	Ryo Hisatsune	-12	F	4
T43	Rikuya Hoshino	-12	F	4
T43	Michael Kim	-12	F	4
T43	Matt Kuchar	-12	F	4
T43	Matteo Manassero	-12	F	4
T43	Sam Ryder	-12	F	4
T51	Brian Campbell	-11	F	4
T51	Ryan Gerard	-11	F	4
T51	S.W. Kim	-11	F	4
T51	Matthew Riedel	-11	F	4
T51	Brandt Snedeker	-11	F	4
T51	Sam Stevens	-11	F	4
T51	Davis Thompson	-11	F	4
T58	Rico Hoey	-10	F	4
T58	Mackenzie Hughes	-10	F	4
T58	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	4
T58	Taylor Montgomery	-10	F	4
T58	Alejandro Tosti	-10	F	4
T58	Kris Ventura	-10	F	4
T64	Jeremy Paul	-9	F	4
T64	Vince Whaley	-9	F	4
T66	Will Gordon	-8	F	4
T66	Joe Highsmith	-8	F	4
T68	Eric Cole	-7	F	4
T68	Mac Meissner	-7	F	4
70	Patrick Rodgers	-6	F	4
71	Chez Reavie	-5	F	4
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	3
CUT	Nate Lashley	-8	F	3
CUT	Luke List	-8	F	3
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-8	F	3
CUT	Chad Ramey	-8	F	3
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-8	F	3
CUT	Norman Xiong	-8	F	3
CUT	Kevin Yu	-8	F	3
CUT	Tony Finau	-7	F	3
CUT	Chris Gotterup	-7	F	3
CUT	Zach Johnson	-7	F	3
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-7	F	3
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-7	F	3
CUT	Jake Knapp	-7	F	3
CUT	K.H. Lee	-7	F	3
CUT	Francesco Molinari	-7	F	3
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-7	F	3
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-7	F	3
CUT	Tim Widing	-7	F	3
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	3
CUT	Nico Echavarria	-6	F	3
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Sungjae Im	-6	F	3
CUT	Chan Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Tom Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Peter Malnati	-6	F	3
CUT	Ben Martin	-6	F	3
CUT	Matt McCarty	-6	F	3
CUT	Henrik Norlander	-6	F	3
CUT	John Pak	-6	F	3
CUT	Jesper Svensson	-6	F	3
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-6	F	3
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	-5	F	3
CUT	Zac Blair	-5	F	3
CUT	Wyndham Clark	-5	F	3
CUT	Greyson Sigg	-5	F	3
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	-4	F	3
CUT	Nick Hardy	-4	F	3
CUT	Brian Harman	-4	F	3
CUT	Max McGreevy	-4	F	3
CUT	Paul Peterson	-4	F	3
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	-4	F	3
CUT	Matti Schmid	-4	F	3
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	3
CUT	Danny Walker	-4	F	3
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	3
CUT	Mason Andersen	-3	F	3
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	3
CUT	Lucas Glover	-3	F	3
CUT	David Lipsky	-3	F	3
CUT	Jackson Suber	-3	F	3
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-3	F	3
CUT	Hayden Buckley	-2	F	3
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	-2	F	3
CUT	Rafael Campos	-2	F	3
CUT	Jason Dufner	-2	F	3
CUT	Steven Fisk	-2	F	3
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	3
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	3
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-2	F	3
CUT	Will Chandler	-1	F	3
CUT	Trevor Cone	-1	F	3
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-1	F	3
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	-1	F	3
CUT	Sami Valimaki	-1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Velo	-1	F	3
CUT	Taylor Dickson	E	F	3
CUT	William Mouw	E	F	3
CUT	Antoine Rozner	E	F	3
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+1	F	3
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+1	F	3
CUT	Kyle Mendoza	+1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+1	F	3
CUT	Danny Willett	+1	F	3
CUT	Bill Haas	+2	F	3
CUT	Kevin Kisner	+2	F	3
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	F	3
CUT	Cam Young	+2	F	3
CUT	Philip Knowles	+4	F	3
CUT	Davis Riley	+4	F	3
CUT	Andrew Novak	+5	F	3
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	+13	F	3
WD	Adam Schenk	-	-
WD	Brendon Todd	-	-

Team Finals 2024

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300

Articles by Evin Priest

Aussie wrap: Jason Day’s hot PGA Tour finish in the California desert, David Micheluzzi bags top-10 in Dubai

A day after smashing a tee marker, Tyrrell Hatton holds it together in Dubai to collect his eighth DP World Tour victory

‘I wouldn’t make that decision’: Rory McIlroy has some heartfelt advice for protégé contemplating LIV Golf move

The two-word reason why Jon Rahm is pleading his DP World Tour appeal over LIV fines doesn’t happen soon: Ryder Cup

PGA Tour: Adam Scott hits ground running at Kapalua, Cam Davis in bizarre rules incident

Adam Scott, Jason Day and Cam Davis in Aussie tilt at PGA Tour event on Maui

Opinion: 18 ways to fix men’s pro golf in 2025 (or at least plan for it)

Ryan Ruffels’ pro career hasn’t matched high expectations. He’s hoping YouTube can help boost a comeback

Ryan Ruffels to launch YouTube channel with Jason Day

‘Puts golf on the map here’: Ryan Fox praises Rory McIlroy visiting New Zealand’s Tara Iti, Te Arai

News You May Have Missed: January 2025

Ian Baker-Finch: Full Circle

‘LIV Golf’, ‘Tiger Woods’ top the most Googled golf categories of the year for Australia

Tiger Woods was Google’s most-searched golfer for 20 years. Someone beat him in 2024

LIV Golf Promotions: 12 Australians hoping to join lucrative league

Young American pro with a ‘Lethal Weapon’ name leaves Australia with huge victory, spot in British Open

Australian Open 2024: Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston wins, Curtis Luck runner-up

Australian Open 2024: Former world No.1 Jiyai Shin grabs second big win Down Under

Returning to separate Australian Opens for men, women ‘not quite that easy’: James Sutherland

Australian Open 2024: Lucas Herbert to take on ‘RYGGS!’ as Elvis and the defending champ chase

Australian Open 2024: Where do our two national championships go from here?

Australian Open 2024: Lucas Herbert soars as Cam Smith stumbles on back nine

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