Ella Scaysbrook announced to the golf world in 2025 that this Australian talent is going to be around the top echelon of women’s golf for years to come.
Thailand’s Pongsapak “Fifa” Laopakdee has a ritual during tournaments where he sings songs to calm the nerves. There were plenty on Sunday during the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, where the Arizona State college golfer won a dramatic playoff at the Emirates Golf Club to punch his ticket to the 2026 Masters and 154th Open Championship.
One of Australia’s most in-form amateurs signed off on his career with a brilliant final round at the Asia-Pacific Amateur championship in Dubai, and now Declan O’Donovan’s professional career will start with his home state open.
Australian Harry Takis made a spectacular eagle at the final hole to finish fourth at the Asia-Pacific Amateur championship at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai.
Australian Harry Takis responded admirably from a nightmarish quadruple-bogey that featured two lost balls, including one up a palm tree, to scratch out a three-round total of 10-under-par that left a ray of hope of reeling in a runaway leader at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
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Australian Harry Takis has starts in the Masters and Open Championship in his sights at the halfway mark of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, after bludgeoning the Emirates Golf Club’s back nine with his firebrand style of golf.
A short history of 2013 Australian Open champion Rory McIlroy’s affinity for our country, which began when a skinny, 16-year-old amateur hopped on a plane from Northern Ireland to Victoria in 2005.
Steve Williams – arguably the greatest caddie in history, having looped for Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and Adam Scott – takes us through his advice for playing each hole of the Composite course at Royal Melbourne.
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley and R&A chief executive Mark Darbon have echoed Rory McIlroy’s sentiments from the recent controversial Ryder Cup at Bethpage that golf should be held to a higher standard of fan behaviour than other sports.
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said a surge in the percentage of international players competing in the Masters in recent years was the inspiration to award the winners of the Australian Open and five other national opens a spot into the April major in the future.
Australian Billy Dowling’s crafty iron play and hot putter contributed to a sizzling round that earned him a share of the lead after day one at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai.
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is headed to a top 40 course in the world, after organisers announced a highly sought-after New Zealand venue will host the 2026 edition.
Sadbhav “Sam” Acharya grew up playing golf at a course perched 4,600 feet above sea level in Kathmandu, Nepal, a city famous for being the gateway to the Himalayas. But his game reached new heights when a lesson from Nick Faldo a year ago contributed to a victory that helped the 20-year-old become the first amateur from his country to play Division I college golf in the US.
Graham Hourn leaves home before the sun rises to work 12 hours a day in a coal mine near Kingaroy, Queensland, about three hours inland of Noosa. He gets home in the dark, too. He does that for five days on, five days off.
Australia’s top-ranked amateur Harry Takis says the step up to US college golf is how he met Xander Schauffele’s putting coach and he’s feeling confident of rolling in enough putts to contend at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai.
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