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.
Jed Morgan sauntered into the history books while Su Oh broke a long winless streak as the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and the Fortinet Australian WPGA Championship concluded at Royal Queensland today.
WPGA Tour Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn and long-time touring professional Sarah Jane Smith did the honours on the balcony of Royal Queensland’s clubhouse on Monday in the absence of the seven-time Major champion, who is at her US home in Florida this week.
With a five-shot buffer to the next-best player, American Daniel Berger, and a further shot back to Australian Matt Jones, it seems likely to be a two-man tete-a-tete again tomorrow.
With a new season comes new hope, and for the players teeing it up in the Victorian PGA Championship at Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula from today, there is a sense of optimism.
The world-famous club appears to have led the way with its announcement to members recently that they would have to prove they were vaccinated against COVID-19 – or have a legitimate excuse – before they could play.
Jason Day bounced back from his recent back injuries with a brilliant 62 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut today to give himself a chance of his first win in three years on the tour.
Emily Mahar is nervous, she doesn’t mind admitting, as she prepares for the US Women’s Open this week. But the 21-year-old from Brisbane would not be human if the butterflies were not moving a little.
Australia’s Sarah Kemp set herself up for a thrust towards a first-ever LPGA Tour victory in Williamsburg, Virginia today at the Pure Silk Championship.
A “bummed” Hannah Green had to be content with second place at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore today after bogeys at the last two holes cost her victory.
Marc Leishman kept himself in contention for a Masters victory at Augusta National today but the focus will fall on Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama tomorrow as he chases a piece of history.
Australian Golf Digest
