Given the prizemoney at the Masters, the cost of the Champions Dinner is merely a drop in the champagne bucket for the green jacket winners. For us mere mortals, however, the figures are eye-watering.
From proven contenders to rising stars, here are the players to watch at the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, where experience could be everything.
The long-awaited arrival of LIV Golf in South Africa delivered both theatre and a homegrown surge on day one, with the all-South African Southern Guards GC feeding off a charged atmosphere to take the early team lead at The Club at Steyn City.
LIV Golf has stopped shopping at the top of the market and started investing in the future. With young guns like Australia’s Elvis Smylie, Michael La Sasso and Tom McKibbin signing early, the league is no longer just buying stars – it’s trying to build them.
Australian Golf Digest
