Articles by Tony Webeck via pga.org.au

October 13th, 2024

Jack Buchanan breaks through to win WA PGA

South Australian Jack Buchanan has claimed a maiden Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia title on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the CKB WA PGA Championship presented by TX Civil & Logistics at Kalgoorlie Golf Course. On a day in which three players began with a share of the lead and contenders came and went Read more…

October 8th, 2024

World Deaf champion to debut at WA PGA Championship

Former World Deaf Golf champion Jack McLeod hopes to break down barriers for deaf people within golf when he joins the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia as an exempt player this week.

October 3rd, 2024

Aussies on Tour: Duo within reach of US tour promotions

Only an extraordinary chain of events stands between Karl Vilips and promotion to the PGA Tour in 2025, as Cassie Porter enters the Epson Tour Championship with one hand on an LPGA Tour card.

October 2nd, 2024

Haydn Barron booked in for two upcoming tour events

West Australian Haydn Barron has confirmed that he will play two events coming up on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule.

September 19th, 2024

Aussies On Tour: Minjee Lee’s defence with a difference

The trophy is the same, but the venue is very different as Minjee Lee eyes off a title defence with a difference at this week’s Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio.

September 5th, 2024

David Micheluzzi draws on F1 star’s mindset as the DP World Tour playoffs approach

Victorian David Micheluzzi has adopted the mindset employed by F1 superstar Max Verstappen to play his way into contention for the season-ending DP World Tour playoffs.

July 11th, 2024

Hannah Green is bracing for a Nelly Korda comeback at the Evian Championship

Australia’s highest-ranked golfer, Hannah Green, expects Nelly Korda to break free of a dramatic form slump and be one of the players to beat at the Amundi Evian Championship in France, which begins today.

July 10th, 2024

Meet the new PGA Pro-Am Series power couple

Call it a working holiday or the world’s longest honeymoon, but Darcy Boyd and Danni Vasquez have emerged as the new power couple of the adidas PGA Pro-Am Series.

July 8th, 2024

David Micheluzzi stuns with runner-up finish at BMW International Open

Victorian David Micheluzzi has taken a big step towards securing his future on the DP World Tour with a runner-up finish at the BMW International Open in Germany.

June 18th, 2024

Jason Day and Min Woo Lee officially qualify for Paris Olympics

Both men qualified for the Australian team by virtue of being among the top 59 players eligible for selection on the Official World Golf Ranking.

June 16th, 2024

US Open 2024: Min Woo Lee leads the distant Australian contingent

At four-over par and in a tie for 25th, Lee is the best of the three Aussies who made the cut, his third round of two-over 72 comprised of five bogeys and three birdies.

May 22nd, 2024

Cameron Percy is starting over at the Senior PGA Championship

He knows little of the golf course and has played one competitive round this year, yet Cameron Percy believes he can make an immediate impression on the over-50s circuit at this week’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.

April 24th, 2024

‘Captain’s dream’: Geoff Ogilvy backs Min Woo Lee for Presidents Cup debut

Presidents Cup captain’s assistant Geoff Ogilvy has declared Min Woo Lee a “captain’s dream” as the International team looks to find ways to counter the might of an American team led by rampant world No.1 Scottie Scheffler.

April 18th, 2024

Chevron Championship: Nine Australians in the field is a new benchmark

Australia will have its strongest representation in tournament history with nine Aussies to tee it up at the Chevron Championship in Texas starting tonight (Australian time).

April 17th, 2024

Two-time European Tour winner Noel Ratcliffe passes away, aged 79

Affectionately known as ‘The Rat’, Ratcliffe won 1978 Belgian Open and the 1987 Benson & Hedges International Open.

March 18th, 2024

Daniel Gale, Brett Coletta join Kazuma Kobori in earning DP World Tour cards

Brett Coletta and Daniel Gale secured the two remaining DP World Tour exemptions for 2025 on an enthralling final day of a season that will be remembered primarily for Kobori’s three Webex Players Series wins.

March 17th, 2024

Cameron John triumphs in epic duel to win The National

Victorian Cameron John absorbed every punch Daniel Gale could throw to claim a breakthrough professional victory at The National Tournament.

March 14th, 2024

What’s at stake at the season-ending The National Tournament this week

For all of the possible mathematical permutations at the finale to the 2023-2024 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia season, the equation is relatively simple.

March 13th, 2024

Kazuma Kobori crowned Order of Merit champion for 2023-2024

A three-time winner since January after earning his tour card by winning the qualifying school last April, the Kiwi has an unassailable lead with just one event remaining, this week’s The National Tournament at The National Golf Club.

March 7th, 2024

Greg Chalmers joins Aussie influx on the PGA Tour Champions

Chalmers was already exempt into the Puerto Rico Open on the PGA Tour but, in typical Chalmers style, is instead embracing his new status as a rookie on tour.

March 2nd, 2024

NZ Open 2024: Matthew Griffin, Scott Hend back on top at Millbrook

They got there in wildly fluctuating fashion, yet Aussie pair Matthew Griffin and Scott Hend will start the final round tied for the lead at the 103rd New Zealand Open.

February 27th, 2024

Fellow players reveal secret to Kazuma Kobori’s success ahead of NZ Open

Ask those who have spent the summer finishing second to Kazuma Kobori on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and you invariably get the same response: