Hannah Green is positioned to make history as the first woman to win a Webex Players Series event as the West Australian took a share of the lead on day one of the TPS Murray River in memory of Jarrod Lyle.
The frat-party atmosphere inside the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale was made for players like Harry Higgs and Joel Dahmen, two “people’s golfers” who don’t take themselves too seriously and know how to have a good time.
It was not as smooth sailing as many expected it would be but Hannah Green held her nerve to claim her biggest win on home soil at 13th Beach on Sunday.
Superstar Hannah Green has a stranglehold on the Vic Open while New South Welshman John Lyras will sleep on the lead in the men’s tournament for a third consecutive night.
Zach Johnson is a two-time Major champion, a 12-time PGA Tour winner, and a likely future Hall-of-Famer. He also might just be the GOAT when it comes to one of the most amateurish bloopers a golfer can make.
John Lyras leads the men’s event for the second day in a row, but Western Australian Whitney Hillier upstaged her more famous WA compatriot Hannah Green at 13th Beach today in the second round of the Vic Open.
Golf Australia today announced record growth in club participation and total participation, with a 6.4 percent increase in club members and a 21 percent (210,000) year-on-year rise in round players, according to AusPlay data.
Judging the pace and line perfectly, Varner made what is surely the unlikeliest winning putt of his life to reach 13-under, claim the title and the $US1 million first prize.
Inevitability finally gave way to reality for Leona Maguire of Ireland on Saturday, when she won the LPGA Drive On Championship for the first victory of her LPGA career and likely not her last.
Todd Sinnott has been to hell and back as a professional but with a steady par at the 72nd hole at Rosebud Country Club he secured an emotional first victory on home soil to take away the pain.
How hard was Royal Greens Golf & Country Club playing on Saturday at the Saudi International? Of the 74 competitors who teed-up, only 24 broke the par of 70.
Sweet-swinging veteran Richard Green has a chance to wind back the clock while Todd Sinnott will join him in the final group with a huge opportunity at the TPS Victoria Rosebud tomorrow.
For the moment, the proposed Super Golf League remains just that, hearty in concept but short on substantive matter. What is clear is the PGA Tour’s stance towards the wannabe global tour, a position Commissioner Jay Monahan has not strayed from since the threat materialised two years ago: them, or us.
Boxing legend Canelo Álvarez once said that when he turns 37, he plans to retire and “play golf every day.” Judging by the shot he hit on Wednesday at Pebble Beach, it appears the 31-year-old from Mexico has already gotten a head start on those plans.