A young lion showed he is ready to roar onto one of the world’s biggest golf stages following Harrison Crowe’s win in the National Tournament in Victoria in late March.
This 23-year-old captured the imagination of the golfing public a couple of years ago with his famous shot from outside nearby Dunvegan Hotel, launching a shot over numerous buildings to land on the 18th green at the Home Of Golf, St Andrews.
Now Crowe, who cut his teeth playing St Michaels Golf Club in Sydney’s east, has shown he has much more golf game than that with his most impressive professional win.
And the irony of that is the win earned Crowe a return to St Andrews to play in the Dunhill Links Championship on the DP World Tour in October.
That will see him playing St Andrews (Old) as well as Kingsbarns and Carnoustie and the chance to show the world how far he has come since that night when a few beers saw him accept a challenge.
Crowe defied 50km/h winds that whipped across the Gunnamatta Course to post the only bogey-free round of the final day of the 2024/2025 PGA Tour of Australasia season.
After a win in the final event of the 2024/2025 season, Harrison Crowe has earned a return trip to St Andrews for the Dunhill Links Championship in October.
Crowe shot a four-under 68 to finish at 19-under for the tournament, two strokes clear of Queenslander Anthony Quayle (69).
“I’ve been hanging around for this win for quite a while,” said Crowe.
“It just feels great to finally get it done and I feel like this could be the one that kind of kicks the door down a little bit more.”
A superb five-iron into the 14th gave Crowe a three-shot buffer over the closing holes.
“That was one of the best shots I’ve hit,” said Crowe.
“I think I had 175 (metres) to the pin and I just thought, I’m going to hit five-iron and hit it low.
“To save par on the hole before and then to hit that shot into there just calmed me down.
“It was very testing out there and I had to stay really in the moment.”
“I think I did a really good job of just being present and staying really patient.”
