Coming to the end of her remarkable rookie season on the LPGA Tour, Australian Grace Kim has confirmed she will return home for the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney alongside former world No.1 and 2013 champion Jiyai Shin of Korea.
The prizemoney was small, but the stage was huge as the Australian Open pulled off the historic first of running a men’s and women’s national championship simultaneously on the same courses. And the payoff for Adrian Meronk’s victory in men’s tournament will be far more valuable than the $306,000 he bagged for defeating local hero Adam Scott in an exciting finish on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt.
Inbee Park sized up a 12-metre birdie put at the last hole at Royal Adelaide Saturday and surely must have felt – with a two-shot lead already – that two putts and a par would do.
American Lizette Salas will take a two-shot lead in the final round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, but 20-year-old Australian Su Oh has roared into contention with today’s best round in tough, breezy conditions.
American Lizette Salas will take a two-shot lead in the final round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, but 20-year-old Australian Su Oh has roared into contention with today’s best round in tough, breezy conditions.