The latest Australian golf news
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our Australian Ladies Professional Golf member performances. LPGA Buick LPGA Shanghai Prizemoney: US$2.1m Player Result Earnings Race to CME Minjee Lee T9 US$30,642 2 Su Oh T9 US$30,642 43 Katherine Kirk 65 US$16,946 60 Sarah Jane Smith 4 US$6,009 67 Symetra Tour […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s PGA Tour action, and the Australian golfers’ performances on the world golf stage PGA Tour CIMB Classic TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $7,000,000 ($1,260,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings FedExCup Standing Notes Stuart Appleby DNP — Aaron Baddeley DNP — Greg Chalmers […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s Australian Ladies Professional Golf action and our ALPG member performances. LPGA Tour LPGA KEB HANA BANK CHAMPIONSHIP, Incheon, Korea Prizemoney: US$2m Player Result Earnings Race to CME Minjee Lee T3 US$96,411 2 Su Oh T27 US$16,387 41 Katherine Kirk 65 US$4,608 60 Sarah Jane Smith 4 […]
Eddie Pepperell provided a moment of pure magic on the way to winning the Sky Sports British Masters wire-to-wire, holing out from the heavy rough for an eagle two before battling to a second European Tour title of the season. The victory, which came courtesy of a level par final round 72, means the Englishman […]
Australian golf professional Aaron Pike has won his first professional tournament, taking out a thrilling edition of the Victorian PGA Championship at RACV Cape Schanck Resort. Pike, who began the final round two shots off the lead, shot 2-under 68 to finish at 10-under the card. He faced a nervous wait as New Zealander Ryan […]
Marc Leishman secured a stunning victory at the CIMB Classic to become the first Australian and non-American to win the US$7 million tournament. The 34-year-old Leishman posted a final round seven-under-par 65 to claim his fourth PGA TOUR title and broke the stranglehold of the Americans, who have triumphed in the last eight editions. With […]
The casual golf fan may not have known much about Brooks Koepka when he first hoisted the U.S. Open Championship trophy in 2017. He had only won PGA TOUR win to his name at the time—the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open—and was part of America’s winning Ryder Cup team. Beyond that, he was a relative […]
England’s Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston will make his debut at the Australian PGA Championship from November 29 – December 2 at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. “I’m really looking forward to getting back to Australia in the summer and I definitely couldn’t call myself a proper Englishman if I haven’t ticked the Gold […]
Australian golfer Jan Stephenson will officially be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame next year, joining world golf legends Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Dennis Walters and the late Peggy Kirk Bell as the Class of 2019. These five new members will be enshrined at the World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Monday, […]
PGA TOUR winner and 5-time ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia champion Andre Stolz will make his return to top-level golf tomorrow when he tees it up in the Victorian PGA Championship at RACV Cape Schanck Resort. The 2009 Victorian PGA champion took a break from the game after wrist surgery just under five years […]
Australia’s Most-Read Golf Magazine, Inside Golf, has announced an expansion of their market-leading print distribution model, as well as a variety of online initiatives to further boost the title and provide a stronger voice to golfers than ever before.
Here is the recap from this past week’s golf action across the globe and our Australian Ladies Professional Golf member performances. UL International Crown, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, Incheon, Korea Prizemoney: US$1.6m Team Result Earnings Republic of Korea 1 US$400,000 England T2 US$225,000 USA T2 US$225,000 Thailand 4 US$190,000 Sweden 5 US$170,000 Australia 6 […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action on the PGA TOUR and its affiliated golf Tours, and the Australian golfers’ performances. PGA Tour Safeway Open Silverado Resort and Spa North, Napa, Calif. Purse: U.S. $6,000,000 ($1,116,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings FedExCup Standing Notes Stuart Appleby DNP — — Aaron Baddeley T4 […]
The Lincoln Place NSW Senior Open has received a significant boost on the eve of the Championship with the NSW Minister for Sport, The Honourable Stuart Ayres MP, announcing The NSW government will support the tournament for the next two years. The Minister, flanked by the Member for Albury, Mr Greg Aplin, said the State […]
Keegan Bradley will contest the 2018 Emirates Australian Open. The popular American, the 2011 US PGA Championship winner and four times a winner on the US PGA Tour, has confirmed he will play at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from 15-18 November. “I’ve heard a lot about the Aussie Open and all the historic […]
The World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum has released the names of 15 finalists who will be considered for class enshrinement in 2019. The list of finalists includes men and women representing four different countries, and consists of candidates from the following four categories: Male Competitor, Female Competitor, Lifetime Achievement and Veterans. Below is […]
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boast a large roster of Australian golfers as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australian golfers’ performances. PGA Tour Champions PURE Insurance Championship Pebble Beach Golf Links, […]
The Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG) Association, in partnership with title sponsor ActewAGL and Royal Canberra Golf Club have announced that the ActewAGL Canberra Classic will be once again returning to The Royal Canberra Golf Club from the 1st – 3rd March 2019. The tournament will be an official event on the ALPG Tour schedule […]
Golf Australia’s One Golf structure has officially launched, bringing together nearly all of Australian golf’s state and territory governing bodies under a single, unified structure that is aimed at boosting golf in Australia. The state/territory governing bodies of golf in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have signed service agreements with Golf […]
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC), one of the world’s leading amateur golf events, will be televised across 160 countries and reach millions of homes around the world. The Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A – the event’s Founding Partners – have announced that there will be three hours of live […]
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australians as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances. TOUR Championship East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia Purse: $9,000,000 ($1,620,000 to the winner) Note: The TOUR Championship is the last of four events of the FedExCup […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. Symetra Tour GUARDIAN CHAMPIONSHIP PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, SEP 21st-23rd Purse: $150,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Stephanie Na MC 64 Liv Cheng MC 77 Celina Yuan MC 136 Ladies European Tour Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, Club de […]
Australian duo Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith will face a field that includes the defending champions, major championship winners and leading players from previous Presidents and Ryder Cups at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf, with each country’s leading player having selected his partner for the unique team format. England’s Ian Poulter […]
Americans Matt Kuchar and Brandt Snedeker have signed on to play the 2018 Emirates Australian Open. Kuchar, a seven-time winner on the US PGA Tour and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup stalwart, confirmed last month he would play at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from 15-18 November. “I’m really looking forward to being a […]
Golf’s new Rules have been published by the USGA and The R&A ahead of their effective date on Jan. 1, 2019. For the first time, a new Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf is being introduced to provide a shorter, more user-friendly version of the Rules for golfers at all levels of the game. […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. LPGA The Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France, 13th-16th September Purse: US$3,850,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis DNP 121 Hannah Green MC 74 Katherine Kirk T10th US$69,096 59 Minjee Lee T16th US$47,995 2 Su […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances. PGA TOUR No tournament this week Next Tournament: TOUR Championship (Atlanta, Georgia, September 20-23) PGA Tour – Champions The Ally Challenge Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan Purse: $2,000,000 ($300,000 to the winner) Players Result Earnings […]
THE clubhouse at Keysborough Golf Club in Melbourne was virtually untouched following a ferocious fire that destroyed the buggy storage area and damaged a section of the pro shop recently. Keysborough Golf Club director of golf Darren Eckhardt told Inside Golf the blaze was so intense the buggy storage area had to be bulldozed. “I […]
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will celebrate its 10th anniversary in style next month when a field featuring the top men’s amateur golf talent throughout Asia and Australasia will gather in Singapore The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, created by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A, will be played at the New […]
Australia’s Marc Leishman will partner with debutant Cameron Smith when Australia takes on the world at the ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf this November. The 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf will be contested at The Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne from 21-25 November, 2018. The 59th staging of the event […]
Australia will be represented by a team of eight players hoping for a “blinder” when competing at the forthcoming IBGA HANDA World Blind Golf Championship and Italian Open in Rome 1-5 October 2018. World Blind Golf Championships are held every two years in one of the 14 member countries where blind golf is played. The […]
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The ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia will bunker down in Gippsland with a brand new tournament teeing off at Yallourn Golf Club (YGC) next year. A proliferation of professional players will permeate the region for the inaugural ‘Gippsland Super Six’ – a fast-paced four-day major competition – and a plethora of community activities in […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and ALPG member performances. LPGA Tour Cambia Portland Classic, Portland, OREGON Purse: $1,300,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis T42nd US$5,562 120 Hannah Green MC 73 Katherine Kirk T30th US$9,441 63 Minjee Lee 4th US$66,736 2 Su Oh T9th US$24,780 […]
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australians as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances. PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship TPC Boston, Norton Massachusetts Purse: $9,000,000 ($1,620,000 to winner) Note: The Dell Technologies Championship is the second event of the FedExCup Playoffs […]
The top 28 countries have officially qualified for the 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf based on the Official World Golf Ranking for the week of 3 September. The rankings were finalized on 4 September following the conclusion of the PGA TOUR’s Dell Technologies Championship, which traditionally concludes on Monday. The ISPS HANDA […]
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will celebrate its 10th anniversary in style next month when a field featuring the top men’s amateur golf talent throughout Asia and Australasia will gather in Singapore The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, created by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A, will be played at the New […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. CP WOMEN’S OPEN REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. AUGUST 23-26 Purse: US$2,250,000 Next Tournament: Cambia Portland Classic, Portland, OR Purse: $1,300,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis MC 125 Hannah Green 69th US$4,801 68 Katherine Kirk T28th US$16,949 […]
Matt Kuchar will contest the 2018 Emirates Australian Open. The popular American, seven times a winner on the US PGA Tour and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup stalwart, this week confirmed he would play at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from 15-18 November. “I’m really looking forward to being a part of the championship […]
Peter Fowler won his first Staysure Tour title in three years as he emerged victorious at the Willow Senior Golf Classic at Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & Country Club. The Australian, now a six-time winner on the European over-50s circuit, started the day in a four-way share of the lead on nine under par and […]
