World No.47 Nicolai Højgaard will grace both Sydney and Melbourne with his presence when he tees it up at the BMW Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes Golf Club from November 26-29 and the Capital.com Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club from December 3-6.
Australian No.1 Min Woo Lee has confirmed for the BMW Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes and the Capital.com Australian Open at Kingston Heath, chasing a second Joe Kirkwood Cup and a first Stonehaven Cup.
Matt Jones will play the BMW Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes and the Australian Open at Kingston Heath, chasing a third Stonehaven Cup. Harold Varner III returns to the Australian PGA almost a decade after his 2016 win.
The Ripper GC star will be part of the Australian Summer of Golf for three consecutive weeks before Christmas, including defending his Victorian PGA Championship title at Moonah Links.
Reigning BMW Australian PGA Championship winner David Puig will return to The Lakes from November 26-29, chasing the first successful title defence since Cam Smith’s back-to-back wins in 2017-18.
The 35-year-old Mexican has established himself as one of the leading players from Latin America in the past decade, winning on the PGA Tour before becoming a regular contender on LIV Golf.
Travis Smyth will compete at the Capital.com Australian Open this December, returning to Kingston Heath after a breakthrough year that included a DP World Tour card, an Open exemption and two LIV team titles.
The Sydney venue will host the championship in 2026 as part of an agreement between the PGA of Australia and the NSW Government through Destination NSW, bringing the event back to the state for the first time since 1998.
Spanish professional David Puig has become the first international winner since 2016 and just the second from his homeland to claim the BMW Australian PGA Championship.
For all the eclectic ingredients this BMW Australian PGA Championship has offered up for three days, the most compelling of all is the complete absence of any certainty in the outcome.
Some of Australian golf’s biggest names in Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee backed Cameron Smith to bounce back from a horror run of form after the former major winner missed the cut at his home event, the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland.
A day after recording a hole-in-one, New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori carded a sensational 63 to upstage big names such as former champions Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott on day two at the Australian PGA, before darkness suspended play Friday at Royal Queensland.
One moment in round two at the Australian PGA was a snapshot that explains why Steve Williams was one of history’s greatest golf whisperers. He’s caddieing for Anthony Quayle, in contention at Royal Queensland this week, and next.
Australian Golf Digest
