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.
Former world No.1 Jiyai Shin will get the chance to complete a rare Summer of Golf double after confirming she will be back at 13th Beach Golf Links for the 2025 Vic Open next month.
Victoria’s Brett Coletta came out on top in a head-to-head duel with Jordan Zunic to claim the biggest victory of his career at the Vic Open. Meanwhile, it was 23-year-old Lau’s first win as a professional after a stellar college career at the University of Michigan.
With back-to-back victories at Webex Players Series Murray River and Victoria, the 22-year-old New Zealander has rocketed to No.2 in this season’s Order of Merit.
With the exception of an appearance at the flood-affected Melbourne International at Latrobe Golf Club, Davidson will make her WPGA Tour of Australasia 2024 debut at this week’s Vic Open ahead of her return to the US for her third season on the LPGA Tour.
Fresh off an outstanding 2023, Travis Smyth is kicking off the new year with high expectations at this week’s Vic Open where he arrives as the highest-ranked player in the men’s field.
The winner of seven major championships and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Sport Australia Hall of Fame is keen to play more events as she approaches her 50th birthday in December
A crowd favourite and long-time supporter of Australian women’s golf, Shin is coming off an outstanding 2023 campaign where she again showed she is one of the major forces in women’s golf.
While this month’s Vic Open won’t have the prizemoney or co-sanctioning from major tours it enjoyed until only recently, the beloved Bellarine tournament will press on with its trailblazing men’s and women’s mixed format.
In 2023, 144 men and 84 women will start out in the first round of the Vic Open, with the top 35 men and 35 women and ties making it through to Sunday.
It was not as smooth sailing as many expected it would be but Hannah Green held her nerve to claim her biggest win on home soil at 13th Beach on Sunday.
Superstar Hannah Green has a stranglehold on the Vic Open while New South Welshman John Lyras will sleep on the lead in the men’s tournament for a third consecutive night.
John Lyras leads the men’s event for the second day in a row, but Western Australian Whitney Hillier upstaged her more famous WA compatriot Hannah Green at 13th Beach today in the second round of the Vic Open.
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