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The biggest event of the PGA Legends Tour season hits Sydney this week, with some notable names in Australian golf contesting the Sharp EIT Solutions Australian PGA Seniors Championship at Richmond Golf Club.
Richmond GC is hosting the event for the 11th time. Defending champion Andre Stolz and fellow winners Jason Norris, Guy Wall, Peter Senior and David McKenzie are in a star-studded over-50s field.
David Bransdon and Brendan Jones have returned from the PGA Tour Champions in the US ready to take on the likes of Peter Lonard, Peter O’Malley, John Senden and Nathan Green. The PGA Legends Tour welcomes a new face in Kiwi Mahal Pearce who turned 50 on Monday.
The tournament’s honour roll includes major champions Orville Moody and Lee Trevino.
In addition to a $160,000 prize purse, the winner earns a place in the field at the BMW Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland later this month. That is co-sanctioned between the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the DP World Tour.
Richmond GC demands accuracy with heavily tree-lined fairways and small greens.
There is also a new hospitality offering at the par-3 ninth hoping to witness a hole-in-one, while no champion is safe until in the clubhouse given the difficult stretch starting at the par-4 13th.
The 54-hole championship tees off on Friday with the second and final rounds to be broadcast live on Kayo Sports and Fox Sports 503.
Sharp EIT Solutions Australian PGA Seniors Championship
Richmond Golf Club, Richmond NSW
Prizemoney: $160,000
Broadcast times
Round 2: Live 3pm-6pm Saturday on Kayo Sports and Fox Sports 503
Final Round: Live 1pm-6pm Sunday on Kayo Sports and Fox Sports 503
Live scores
Players to watch
Andre Stolz – Defending champion
David Bransdon – PGA TOUR Champions player
Peter Lonard – Two-time Australian Open and three-time Australian PGA champion
David McKenzie – 2024 NSW Senior Open champion
Nathan Green – Winner of 2009 Canadian Open
John Senden – Two-time PGA TOUR winner
Brendan Jones – PGA TOUR Champions player and 15-time Japan Golf Tour winner
Peter Senior – Winner of 21 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia events
Recent winners
2018 Michael Long
2019 Peter Senior
2021 Guy Wall
2022 Richard Green
2023 Jason Norris
2024 Andre Stolz
