On a brutal day at 13th Beach, it was always going to be a case of last man (and woman) standing. And it turned out to be Melburnian Su Oh, who began a potential career resurgence with a victory from nowhere in the women’s Vic Open.
Commonwealth Golf Club gets a chance to show off its much-trumpeted restoration, Cranbourne Golf Club goes on display in its final year of operation at the current site, and the best amateurs in Australia and from across the world have congregated as the adidas Australian Amateur begins today.
WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn has won a major international award for her contribution to golf’s engagement with women and girls.
The 2024 Golf Australia Order of Merit winners have been confirmed with Queenslander’s Billy Dowling and Ella Scaysbrook from New South Wales taking out the men’s and women’s open-age titles.
A third win in a stellar LPGA Tour season by Hannah Green has put the West Australian within touching distance of the No.1 world ranking for the first time.
Golf Australia has named an imposing seven-man team for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship to be played in Japan in October, where major starts for 2025 go on the line.
Up to four Australians are in the slot to make the International team for the Presidents Cup in Canada later this year, with Adam Scott leaping the latest to leap into contention.
Commonwealth, which recently completed a significant restoration, is the primary host with play on all four days, with Cranbourne also hosting on the first two days next January.
Hinson-Tolchard has held off turning professional so that she could complete her university degree and also compete in the 2024 Augusta Women’s Invitational tournament, but the time has arrived.
Stubbs has a plan for his future, and it’s not that surprising what it entails. He wants to get back to Augusta one day as a pro, and the journey starts now.
As the Melbourne Sandbelt gem Commonwealth Golf Club enjoys its grand course reopening after three years of changes, the club is adopting best practice in the selection of tee markers based on skill rather than gender.
Monash Council has a vote scheduled for next Tuesday, February 27, after a six-month period of consultation with the community with two options canvassed – to retain the golf course or to close it and create parkland.
Sydney’s Jeffrey Guan and Harrison Crowe and Perth’s Haydn Barron are the new additions to the squad of 12 players who will receive financial support and guidance from the national organisation in the early phases of their careers as professionals.
Quinn Croker has secured the biggest win of his career at the adidas Australian Amateur, but 15-year-old Amelia Harris suffered the cruellest of cuts in the final round at Yarra Yarra Golf Club.
Harris would be one of the youngest-ever winners of the national championship, although Kiwi Lydia Ko’s landmark – she won as a 14-year-old in 2011 at Woodlands Golf Club – stands as the record.
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