Australia’s Minjee Lee captured the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic with a clutch birdie putt from 20ft at the first extra hole to beat France’s Celine Boutier in a thrilling shoot-out under the Middle Eastern moonlight. Following in the footsteps of previous champions including Annika Sorenstam, Lexi Thompson and Shanshan Feng, Lee came into the week […]
This summer’s premier Australian golf events – the Australian PGA Championship, Australian Open and Women’s Australian Open – have been cancelled. PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman, ALPG chief executive Karen Lunn and Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland confirmed all three events, which were to have been played in February, won’t proceed because of […]
Australia’s number 1 female golfer Minjee Lee has just finished 3rd and 4th in back-to-back tournaments on the LPGA Tour, following the tour’s enforced break for Covid-19. For her efforts, Minjee picked up a total of $US153,083 in these two events, taking her career earnings to over $US6.3 million, not bad for a 24-year-old in […]
Add to the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open trophy the name of Inbee Park, South Korea’s quiet, humble champion of the game. She sits there comfortably on the Patricia Bridges Bowl with the likes of Annika Sorenstam, Lydia Ko, Dame Laura Davies, Karrie Webb and Jan Stephenson, all legends of the game. It is a […]
The boards of the PGA and the ALPG met recently to celebrate a world-first collaboration, with the two organisations agreeing to an alignment. “Together we can create an exciting future that retains the independence of the individual bodies, respecting and growing on the great heritage of both the PGA and ALPG,” said a joint statement by […]
Perth’s Hannah Green, defending champion Nelly Korda of the United States and Australia’s top-ranked female golfer, Minjee Lee, have committed to play the 2020 ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, 13-16 February. Green is making a triumphant return to Australia from a wonderful 2019 campaign overseas, aiming to fulfil her dream of winning […]
Hannah Green is a major champion, just the third woman in Australian history to have the honour. The 22-year-old from Mt Lawley Golf Club in Perth rolled in a par putt from just inside two metres at Hazeltine National Golf Club just outside Minneapolis today to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship by a shot […]
Seven Australians will tee it up at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota later this evening at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the third of the LPGA Tour season’s five major championships of the 2019 LPGA Tour season. A field of 144 players will face a stern test this week, competing over a demanding […]
The 2019 ALPG Tour kicked off in January at the Ballarat Golf Club at the first ever ALPG Tour Qualifying Tournament. We had anticipated around 30-40 players competing for a chance to get a start in all of our 2019 events, however we were overwhelmed by the interest in the event and ended up with […]
The ALPG and PGA of Australia have entered into a cooperation agreement that proposes to analyse the two governing body’s operations, assets and services. As the bodies responsible for the administration and governance of professional golf in Australia mutual respect has always existed but a formalised intent to build commercial opportunities is anticipated to strengthen […]
Marianne Skarpnord ended a six year drought to claim her fourth title on the Ladies European Tour after a closely fought battle for the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville. Skarpnord fired a final round of 69 to earn a two stroke victory on eight-under-par ahead of Australian Hannah Green and Nuria Iturrios […]
Our 2019 ALPG Tour and 2019 ALPG ClubCar Series will kick off on 4th January 2019 with an exciting new pro-am on our schedule, The Blitzgolf Curlewis, where 20 ALPG professionals will join 40 of their counterparts from the PGA in what should be a fun-filled, action-packed day. Blitzgolf is a relatively new format of […]
Australian Ladies Professional Golf Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. BLUE BAY CLASSIC SANYA, CHINA NOV 7-10 Prizemoney: US$2,100,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Hannah Green T15 US$28,888 71 Sarah Jane Smith T15 US$28,888 64 Su Oh T22 US$21,272 47 Japan LPGA […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. ALPG Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by CTBC Prizemoney: US$2.2m Player Result Earnings Race to CME Minjee Lee 2 US$203,675 2 Su Oh T60 US$6,022 45 Katherine Kirk T60 US$6,022 61 Sarah Jane Smith T26 US$19,347 65 Hannah Green […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Here are the results for our Australian women for the week ending August 20 LPGA Indy Women in Tech Championship Driven by Group 1001 Indianapolis, INDIANA Purse: US $2,000,000 ($300k to winner) Next Tournament: August 23-26 CP Women’s Open, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Purse: US $2,250,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. LPGA Tour No event this past week Next Tournament: ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS LADIES SCOTTISH OPEN EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND JULY 26-29 Purse: US$1,500,000 Symetra Tour DANIELLE DOWNEY CREDIT UNION CLASSIC ROCHESTER, NEW YORK JUL 19-22 Prizemoney: US$225,000 Next Tournament: Fuccillo […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. MARATHON CLASSIC PRESENTED BY OWENS CORNING AND O-I SYLVANIA, OH JUL 12-15 Purse: $1,600,000 ($240,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings Race to CME Notes Rebecca Artis MC Sarah Kemp MC Next Tournament: Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open East […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. THORNBERRY CREEK LPGA CLASSIC ONEIDA, WISCONSIN JULY 05-08 Purse: $2,000,000 ($300,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis T72 US$3,823 120 Hannah Green DNP 63 Katherine Kirk T20 US$22,186 61 Minjee Lee T23 US$18,755 […]
Minjee Lee, Katherine Kirk, Sarah Jane Smith and Su Oh will represent Australia at the UL International Crown, an international biennial team competition to be held from October 4-7 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon City. Team Australia will be the fifth seed for the event, while the remaining seven countries that have […]
LPGA KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP KEMPER LAKES GOLF CLUB, KILDEER, ILLINOIS JUNE 26 – JULY 01 Purse: US$3,650,000 ($547,500 to winner) Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis MC 116 Hannah Green MC 61 Katherine Kirk MC 63 Minjee Lee T25 US$33,958 3 Su Oh MC 48 Sarah Jane Smith T11 US$62,792 […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and Australia’s ALPG member performances. LPGA WALMART NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G PINNACLE COUNTRY CLUB, ROGERS, ARKANSAS JUNE 22-24 Purse: $2,000,000 ($300,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings Race to CME Standing Notes Rebecca Artis T27 US$14,855 112 Best LPGA finish Hannah Green MC […]
French golfer Celine Boutier added a second Ladies European Tour title to her name with a resounding win in the inaugural Australian Ladies Classic Bonville in Coffs Harbour. Despite a rain delay which suspended play for more than three hours, the 24-year-old saw off all challengers to win the Ladies European Tour-sanctioned event in fading […]
Brilliant Korean Jin Young Ko dominated the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, but it was also a victory of sorts for Australia’s Hannah Green. Ko won by three shots when she rolled in a short par putt at the final hole, with Kooyonga’s 18th green surrounded by thousands of spectators. But the 21-year-old Green secured […]
Jiyai Shin’s love affair with Australia continued as she came from three strokes behind Minjee Lee to claim the ActewAGL Canberra Classic by six strokes for her 50th career win and her second at Royal Canberra Golf Club. The 29-year-old from South Korea, who was known as the ‘final-round Queen’ when she held the world […]
It’s a story that reads like a Hollywood fairy tale. Adele Douglas, who was a real estate agent with no golfing experience five years ago, will tee up in the AgtewAGL Canberra Classic on Friday. She had her first golf lesson in 2013 and reached a scratch handicap in three years. This week, she was […]
Australian Ladies Professional Golf announced today that a high-class field has been assembled for the ActewAGL Canberra Classic, with 144 players competing for $150,000 in prizemoney on offer at Royal Canberra Golf Club from 9-11 February. The tournament is co-sanctioned between the ALPG and the Ladies European Tour and will be an official ranking event […]
Cheyenne Woods’ new season will begin in Australia, with her first stop to be at the Oates Vic Open at 13th Beach Golf Links. Woods, the niece of 14-time men’s major champion Tiger Woods, has signed on to tee it up in Barwon Heads for the first time for a share of $650,000 from February […]
Two weeks ago, Perth’s Hannah Green wrote the letters “LPGA” with a smiley face on her golf glove as a constant reminder of the ultimate goal. It became a reality on Sunday at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout as she broke the Mystic Creek course record with a bogey-free 8-under, 64 to win at […]
New South Welshman Dimitrios Papadatos and England’s Mel Reid have won the 2017 Oates Vic Open at Thirteenth Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads. Firing 1-under 71 in the final round, Papadatos won the title by two shots from Adam Bland and Jake McLeod. It was an excellent week for Papadatos who fired rounds of […]
RACV Royal Pines will continue its long association with women’s professional golf when it hosts a new professional tournament in February 2017. Two months after the successful staging of the Australian PGA Championship over the RACV Royal Pines revamped championship layout, Royal Pines will again host a professional event when the inaugural RACV Gold Coast […]
NSW’s Rebecca Artis came from six strokes behind Norway’s Suzann Pettersen to claim her second Ladies European Tour title at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open. Artis shot a six under par 66 – the lowest round of the tournament – in blustery, drizzly conditions at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire to finish on […]
May has been a banner month for Australian golf professionals overseas, as a group of Aussies captured landmark victories in the US, PNG and Japan. Rod Pampling won his fifth career title in style on the Web.com Tour in South Carolina, leading from start to finish and finishing with an amazing 25-under total to win the […]
