Call it the innocence of youth or the misplaced bravado of the naïve but a younger Stuart Appleby had no intention of ever joining the Champions Tour.
Major champion Hannah Green will devote part of her preparation to making fellow West Australian Kirsten Rudgeley feel at home among the elite of world golf at this week’s AIG Women’s Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland.
Currently ranked 121st in the FedEx Cup standings, Scott needs a solid result at this week’s Wyndham Championship to maintain his record of qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs every year since their inception.
With just two weeks left in the PGA Tour’s regular season that has spanned two years due to COVID-19, Scott is sitting 123rd on the moneylist and has just this week and next week’s Wyndham Championship to shore up his spot in the playoffs.
Eleven years can be a lifetime in sport yet for our young golfers now making their way into the professional game Brisbane 2032 is now a career ambition they can set their minds to.
Cameron Smith will look to make a second-round surge after enduring difficult winds to lead the Aussie charge in Round 1 of The Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club overnight.
The timeless advice from Peter Thomson, the memories of Greg Norman’s 1993 victory and a driver setup that made him a Masters champion. This is the formula that Adam Scott believes can finally deliver the Open win he craves above all others.
Marc Leishman enters this week’s US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course as the No.2-ranked Australian of the seven in the field but with arguably the greatest sense of expectation.
The two icons of Australian golf have been recognised for their contribution to the game in this country by receiving the Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced today.
The addition of Allan takes the Australian representation at Torrey Pines to seven, joining Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Brad Kennedy, Wade Ormsby and Matt Jones.
Andrew Getson’s influence on Phil Mickelson was immediate, but it took more than five years for the pair to create a slice of golf history that stunned the world.
Denis McDade, long-time coach of world No.37 Marc Leishman, reveals how an adjustment to his pre-shot routine turned the Victorian around and why he is excited to return to Kiawah Island for this week’s PGA Championship.
Jones has served as the national coach for the Japan Golf Association since October 2015 and has no doubt that Matsuyama’s win will inspire the next wave of Japanese golfers to chase equally lofty goals.
His short game has been his saviour but Adam Scott knows he must overcome recent struggles with his ball-striking to contend at this week’s Honda Classic at PGA National’s Champions course and its infamous ‘Bear Trap’.
Rip driver and go for the green? Fly the cross-bunkers that split the fairway and squeeze a 3-wood towards the front-left edge of the putting surface? Or lay right back with a mid-iron and trust your wedge game to make birdie?
Australian Golf Digest
