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Ogilvy to lead the Internationals at Medinah AS September approaches, Australian golf fans will once again focus on Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, where the 2026 Presidents Cup promises another fascinating chapter in international match play. Yet for Australians, this contest is about far more than the United States taking on the International Team. It […]
A Kiwi and a Korean to head up International challenge RYAN Fox’s victory at the Open Championship has thrust him into the spotlight, while the high level of play delivered by South Korean Si Woo Kim over the past two years has the pair atop the team rankings and in line to lead the International […]
Jay Maakenzie, the winner of the Lismore qualifier for the Ford NSW Open. Local boy Mackenzie wins in Lismore JAY Mackenzie claimed the first of six Regional Qualifiers for the 2026 Ford NSW Open following a thrilling final day at Lismore Workers Golf Club. Mackenzie recorded seven birdies and an eagle in his 9-under-par second […]
THE 100th staging of one of Australian golf’s most historic championships, new homes for two popular tournaments and a move from Brisbane to Sydney for the BMW Australian PGA Championship headlines the 2026-27 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. The new season begins in the now traditional style with the PNG Open at Royal Port […]
By Gavin Kirkman – CEO, PGA of Australia and Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia PROFESSIONAL golf is in the middle of its most significant structural shift in decades. While much of the commentary has focused on what is changing in the United States, the implications and opportunities for golf in Australasia are significant. The PGA […]
Jonty Lunson, pictured during the Interstate Teams Matches in South Australia this year. FOR A young man who, at the age of 19, is considered one of the best amateurs in the country, Tasmania’s Jonty Lunson was a latecomer to golf. More interested in soccer when he was growing up in Devonport, Lunson’s focus did […]
Queenslander Shyla Singh has headed back to college in the US, but not before claiming two amateur titles on home soil. IT WAS supposed to be a month of rest back home on the Gold Coast after completing her first year of study at the University of Oregon, but Shyla Singh thought she’d test her […]
WHILE none were able to emulate the achievement of Gabriela Ruffels, the only Australian to have won the US Women’s Amateur Championship, there were a number of strong performances from those contesting the event at The Honors Course at the Lancaster Country Club in Tennessee. Ella Scaysbrook and Rachel Lee progressed to the round of […]
A readiness framework for Australian clubs Robotic mowing has moved from novelty to genuine option for Australian golf courses, but most of the conversation around it jumps straight to the sell: cost savings, labour relief, better turf. What’s had less airtime is the step before any of that — how a course actually works out whether it’s ready, and what the transition looks […]
FOR those outside Kingaroy, the name Trudi Petrie might not mean much, despite the golfer finishing a commendable fourth in the Queensland Senior Amateur Championship at Bribie Island in late July. But 30 years ago, before she married and moved away from southeast Queensland, Trudi Jeffery – as she was then known – was one […]
Gympie captain Brett Groundwater with Michael Smoothey and championship sponsor Russell Behrens. THERE aren’t a lot of similarities between the newly crowned club champions at Gympie Golf Club, north of Brisbane. The men’s champion is a legend of the club, an evergreen competitor who notched his 21st title when he claimed A grade honours in […]
YOU don’t turn 100 every day of the week and it’s fair to say Royal Canberra really dressed up for the occasion last month. Enthusiastic members gathered at the club, complete with period dress, and keen to experiment with hickory-shafted clubs for one of many birthday celebrations planned for what has become the biggest year […]
DURING the week of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, the inaugural R&A Spirit of Golf Award was presented to Adam Scott for his significant impact on golf around the world. The award has been introduced by The R&A to recognise an individual who exemplifies the spirit of the game on a global scale and […]
WITH a thrilling victory at Royal Birkdale, Kiwi Ryan Fox joined New Zealand golfing legend Bob Charles as a winner of the Open Championship. The 39-year-old Fox moved into contention with a record-equalling 62 on Saturday, before producing a series of clutch shots over the closing holes on Sunday to claim the coveted Claret Jug, […]
For the record – three 62’s With a par at the final hole he had the chance to claim a special place in golfing history all for himself, however despite the bogey on 18, there was still plenty to celebrate when Bendigo boy Lucas Herbert equaled the lowest score ever shot in a major championship […]
DAVID Graham joined one of golf’s most exclusive roll calls in June when he was named the honouree of the Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. The annual induction, which recognises legendary contributors to the game, has previously honoured fellow Australians Peter Thomson (1998) and Greg Norman (2017). “This is one of the greatest […]
CAM Smith will look to add an historic fourth BMW Australian PGA Championship title to his trophy collection and resume, while the Ripper GC star has also confirmed his entry and participation in the Capital.com men’s Australian Open the week following. A winner of 12 professional tournaments around the globe, including the 2022 Open Championship, […]
THE Vic Open will return to 13th Beach Golf Links in 2027, with next year’s tournament marking the 70th anniversary of the men’s championship and the 20th staging of the women’s event. Golf Australia will again partner with the Victorian Government to deliver the tournament, with the 2027 Vic Open to be played from January […]
HOW often does one play a course, and think how it may have looked 50, or even 100 years ago? This thought passes often through the minds of Catalina Club’s course superintendent, Darcy Jones, and general manager Guy Chapman. On the South Coast of New South Wales, Catalina Club have unveiled an inaugural tournament that […]
FOR many Australians, public golf is where the game begins. It’s where juniors hit their first drives, families spend a morning together, friends reconnect after work, and experienced golfers enjoy a quality round without the barriers often associated with private courses. Golf is growing. As participation continues to rise, accessible, high-quality public facilities have never […]
TASMANIA has long been recognised as one of Australia’s great golf destinations, renowned for its spectacular coastal layouts and world-class links courses. Now, Country Club Tasmania is preparing to add a new dimension to the state’s golfing landscape with the development of its new Championship Golf Course, scheduled to open in summer 2026/27. While anticipation […]
By Golf Australia and PGA of Australia The PGA of Australia today announced that Challenger, Australia’s leading retirement income provider, has signed a landmark five-year extension as Title Partner of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia. The agreement represents the largest commercial partnership in the Tour’s history and extends Challenger’s commitment through to the end […]
By Golf Australia and PGA of Australia The 100th staging of one of Australian golf’s most historic championships, new homes for two popular tournaments and the next chapter of the BMW Australian PGA Championship headline the 2026-27 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule announced today. The new season begins in the now traditional style with […]
Ryan Fox, who learnt the professional game playing the Australasian Tour, has birdied the 72nd hole to become New Zealand’s fourth major champion and second winner of The Open Championship. The 39-year-old Kiwi made four birdies over the closing six holes to edge out American Cameron Young in joining Bob Charles as only the second New […]
GOLF Australia has entered into a partnership with the DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR to continue to elevate the men’s Capital.com Australian Open. Covering 2027, 2028 and 2029, the new agreement will see the national championship again co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, continuing the tournament’s […]
The Open Championship | Royal Birkdale | July 16-19 FROM Peter Thomson, twice successful at the Southport Links course, to Ian Baker Finch in 1991, Australians have enjoyed a measure of success at Royal Birkdale, venue for this year’s 154th Open Championship. So too the Americans, who have won the Claret Jug in six of […]
Can Smyth upstage Smith? And lead the Aussie charge at the Open Championship WITH his recent return to something like the form which saw him claim the Open Championship in 2022, Cameron Smith will arrive at Royal Birkdale with a level of confidence, with a number of golfing experts predicting a bold showing. Smith recorded […]
THERE’S no doubt that if not for the great Jack Nicklaus, we’d be lauding major championship wins for two of Australian golf’s genuine trailblazers. So, it was hardly surprising when Bruce Crampton and Bruce Devlin were last month awarded life membership of the PGA of Australia, alongside West Australian Rob Farley. Crampton, now aged 90, […]
SCOTT Hend’s five-shot victory at the 50th Trophy Hassan II in Morocco was his first win on the PGA Tour Champions circuit — and the perfect addition to an already stellar international resume. The 52-year-old Queenslander has claimed victories in Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Macau, Australia, Canada, Germany, Barbados and now Morocco. […]
FRESH from guiding his star pupil Lucas Herbert to his first LIV Golf tournament win, coach Dom Azzopardi is now focusing on establishing a new arm of his golf academy at Noosa Springs, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Azzopardi, who relocated to the Sunshine Coast from country Victoria nearly a decade ago, flew to the United […]
THE WA Open heads south and to the City of Rockingham for the first time in its history when Secret Harbour Golf Links hosts the championship later this year. The 102nd staging will take place from October 15-18, the tournament once again forming part of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. Owned by TenGolf […]
IT was a showdown of Bledisloe Cup proportions before young Sydney amateur golfer Coby Carruthers made it a first for his country with success in Vietnam last month. The 21-year-old Sydneysider became the first Australian to win the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final after a gripping sudden-death playoff at the Sir Nick Faldo Signature Course […]
By James Sutherland – CEO, Golf Australia AUSTRALIAN golf clubs are entering one of the most important periods of change and opportunity the game has seen in decades. Participation continues to grow, new formats and experiences are attracting more Australians into golf, and clubs are increasingly recognised not only as sporting venues, but as important […]
AFTER winning her 57th honour board event at Headland Golf Club, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, evergreen Josie Ryan is quick to downplay her remarkable achievement. Instead, she apologises for having a handicap of 16, a mark she seems to find embarrassing for somebody who once played off four. She claims she hasn’t broken 80 in […]
THE WORD ‘legend’ is probably used way too often in golfing circles. Yet at Gundagai Golf Club in the state’s south-west, it has been well-earned . . . three times over. That’s because there’s a healthy trio of golfers treading their fairways with almost 170 years of competitive golf between them. At the head of […]
Huntingdale President, Nick Harvey with George Oshlack. GEORGE Oshlack, a Huntingdale member recently transferring from Cranbourne Golf Club who turned 100 in April, plays three to four times a week and drives himself to golf. A holocaust survivor, Oshlack was a Cranbourne member for 65 years before the course closed in March and has had […]
MELBOURNE public school, St Kevin’s, has an enviable reputation for producing some of the country’s best cricketers, footballers and athletes. But to our knowledge not too many champion golfers have emerged from the popular boys’ school. That might change down the track judging by the performance of a young St Kevin’s student, Will Fitzpatrick, who […]
THERE wasn’t much grass on the fairways of Mt Coolum golf course when Brian Simpson first joined the club in 1989, with players allowed a free drop in areas declared to be a ‘bare patch.’ “We took a preferred lie on almost every shot,” Simpson recalls. “That’s how rough and ready the course was in […]
IS 18 holes of golf too many – and maybe too time-consuming? Is nine holes not enough to hone your game? Then maybe here is the answer and possibly a future for golf in Australia’s biggest city, Sydney. It’s Newgreens Chatswood Golf Club, the first purpose-built 12-hole course in Australia. And it seems Moore Park […]
Winners are grinners: Brad and Cheryl Fortescue, Division 1 winners in Fiji. An incredible week in paradise! A sold-out field travelled to Fiji for the 2026 Fiji Masters, staying at the luxurious InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa and playing multiple rounds at the breathtaking Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course. Congratulations to Brad Fortescue and […]
