Cameron Smith and his all-Australian Ripper GC team were were treated like touring rockstars by the 35,000-strong crowds on day one of LIV Golf Adelaide, but it was qualifying school graduate Jinichiro Kozuma who upstaged the home favourites with a scintillating round.
Home and away tournaments held at golf courses designed and owned by players. Events under lights in destinations like Dubai and more exotic overseas locations. These are just a few of the ideas LIV officials and players are considering as it looks to reproduce its successful Australian event across the globe.
Anthony Kim didn’t touch a club for seven years during his publicised absence from golf. He didn’t touch social media, either. In fact, he wasn’t on it until recently. He had no idea that online, his whereabouts had morphed from curiosity to bigfoot levels.
LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman has addressed rumours his league offered superstar Rory McIlroy a $A1.3 billion deal ($US850 million) to join the circuit.
Aussie of the month: Jesse Linden The 12-year-old from Campbelltown in Sydney travels regularly to the US to compete against the best junior golfers in the world. His parents’ investment, and Jesse’s hard work on his game, paid off in April when he became the first Australian to compete in the 10-year history of Augusta Read more…
Are 20 club pros in the PGA Championship field too many? Australians have benefitted from the much-maligned exemption category through the years, but does it really dilute golf’s only all-pro major?
A week before his hometown Adelaide prepares to host the biggest Australian sporting event of the year, Wade Ormsby turned back time with a second place at the Asian Tour’s Saudi Open.
Valero Texas Open winner Akshay Bhatia says his commitment to using an Odyssey broomstick putter is the one constant in a whirlwind week that saw him scrambling to fly to Augusta National after punching the very last ticket into the Masters.
Adam Scott has performed well in his last competitive start before the Masters at Augusta National, registering a tie for 14th at the Valero Texas Open.
With four days until the Masters, excitement for the April major is ramping up. Here are four things you need to know. Today, we’re going with the biggest storylines leading in.
Australian junior Jesse Linden’s journey to Augusta National, for the annual Drive, Chip and Putt competition, is a success story 30 years in the making. It’s also a story about the sacrifices parents make for their children.
Adam Scott says a recent cooling down from a hot seven months is of little concern as he looks to finalise his preparations for the Masters at this week’s Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
The PGA Tour heads to the Lone Star State this week with five Australians teeing up in the Texas Children’s Houston Open. Scottie Scheffler, US Open champion Wyndham Clark and Jason Day are some of the big names teeing up at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston.
Rory McIlroy has shed the burden of boardrooms on the PGA Tour to focus on playing golf. Can a freed-up McIlroy finally complete the last leg of the career Grand Slam at Augusta?Â
A stunning 72nd hole eagle may not have been enough to win the DP World Tour’s Singapore Classic, but fan favourite Kiradech Aphibarnrat logged the best finish by a Callaway player across the major tours last week.
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