This is architect Seth Raynor’s original Redan, meaning the narrow green, flanked by bunkers short and behind, is angled from the tee with the back half of the putting surface running away from the player.
Grace Kim’s front-running quest for the Karrie Webb Cup has been fortified by the level emotions and short-game expertise of former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy. The young Sydneysider absorbed both as big lessons from her 36 holes playing beside the former PGA Tour star at the Fortinet WPGA Championship at Royal Queensland today. Kim Read more…
A member at Royal Queensland Golf Club for the past five years, Morgan has been a professional for less than three months but his course record of eight-under 63 and two-round total of 14-under has thrown down the gauntlet to the more established pros in the field.
The PGA Tour – along with the four bodies that stage the men’s Majors – has granted access to the streaming giant to “capture the intensity of training, travel, victory and defeat through the lens of a diverse group of players and their support teams”.
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.
The 28-year-old Queenslander scored better than any other PGA Tour player ever has during the course of a golf tournament. At least in relation to Old Man Par.
Ongoing travel restrictions have kept recognised names such as Scott, Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman from making the trip home for a second straight year, opening the way for a new breed of young professionals to emerge.
Australian Golf Digest
