The PGA Tour of Australasia continues to grow its schedule, showcasing the country’s best professionals in events being staged across six states and territories in August, October, November and December.
The Beach and Creek courses at the superb seaside facility near the town of Barwon Heads will host men and women competing for equal prizemoney on the same courses at the same time, with $420,000 on offer for each event.
South Australia will play host to its first professional mixed golf tournament in October with TPS South Australia coming to Willunga Golf Club in the famous McLaren Vale wine region.
West Australian Minjee Lee will need to break her own major championship record to complete a successful defence of her US Women’s Open crown at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
The 2023 event will feature the continuation of the joint tournament format that will allow fans to see some of the best men and women golfers playing for different titles on the same course at the same time.
Golf Australia’s 2021-2022 Participation Report has revealed that more than 2.7 million Australians play golf, with each state and territory experiencing another year of significant club membership growth.
Emerging superstar Min Woo Lee is the first player signed on for the $2 million Fortinet Australian PGA Championship to be played at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane from November 23-26.
New South Wales claimed a first win in the event since it became a combined format and first victories at all since the 2019 women’s team at Royal Hobart and the 2016 men that triumphed at Brisbane Golf Club.
The PGA of America has sent out an invitation for Micheluzzi to compete next week. He is already in the US and preparing to compete in his first PGA Tour event, the Byron Nelson tournament in Texas, this week on an invitation.
Golf Australia has partnered with Youth on Course to provide the opportunity for TeeMates members to play golf for $5 at a selection of courses across the country.
Golf Australia has confirmed its commitment to enriching the digital experience for golfers and golf clubs across the country by announcing a new partnership with golf technology platform, DotGolf.Â
The week golf fans have been waiting for has finally arrived and there will be wall-to-wall coverage for everyone to savour as five Australians strive to win the iconic green jacket.
David Micheluzzi, Andrew Martin and Tom Power Horan will take their games to the world stage after being confirmed as the three recipients of DP World Tour cards for season 2024.
Some of Australia’s best professional and amateur female golfers will return to Bonville Golf Resort this week for the fifth edition of the Australian Women’s Classic.
The scholarships are awarded based on performance in the Karrie Webb Series, the World Amateur Golf Rankings, community work inside or outside of golf and performance and demeanour as an ambassador for golf in Australian and overseas.
For the first time since Jo Mills defeated Sarah Kemp at the fifth extra hole in the inaugural Women’s NSW Open in 2006, the tournament went into extra time, but not before a wild chain of events that saw the lead change hands numerous times on the back nine.
The 26-year-old Victorian has clinched the ISPS Handa PGA Tour Order of Merit with his two-shot win in the $400,000 tournament, more than 400 points clear at the top with just one tournament remaining.
MyGolf, the national body’s junior participation program, with registrations reaching more than 21,000 and an impressive 31 percent of those registered being young girls – a record for MyGolf.
Seven world-class female professionals will join four of the top amateurs in Australia in the field for the ground-breaking The Athena tournament next month in Melbourne
Australian Golf Digest
