Victorian Andrew Martin has broken through for the biggest win of his professional career but it took a world record four eagles and his lowest score in 15 years on tour to do it.
Australian golf’s three newest professionals intend to make a strong first impression as they chase a healthy first pay cheque at this week’s The Players Series Sydney presented by Cisco Webex at Bonnie Doon Golf Club.
The rising stars, the first women confirmed into the championship from March 11-14 at Pelican Waters on the Sunshine Coast, have both taken huge steps in their golf careers in the past year.
A three-time winner on the Asian Tour – two of which came in consecutive weeks in 2004 – Pilkadaris has regularly featured on Australasian leaderboards without ever ending the week as the one on top.
The ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia will forge ahead with its seven-event schedule to start the new year despite the ongoing border uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Six-time European Tour winner Brett Rumford is adamant that it is only time – and an injection of self-belief – that stands between Jarryd Felton and a place on one of the world’s top golf tours.
It is with regret that the Australian golf industry announces this summer’s premier events – the Australian PGA Championship, Australian Open and Women’s Australian Open – have been cancelled.
Despite parts of Victorian golf being shuttered for extended periods of 2020, year-to-date rounds played nationally are down only 1 per cent by the end of August.
It means fans will have the ability to see the Australian PGA Championship played twice in a calendar year, with the 2021 edition also to be staged later that year.
The Australian Golf Industry Council has released a first-of-its-kind three-hour-long slow TV production that promotes the mental health benefits of golf.
Golf clubs in Australia’s worst bushfire affected regions have received a funding boost, thanks to the generosity of the golf community around the world.
Australian Golf Digest
