Defending champion Jarryd Felton has challenged his fellow male professionals to end the female dominance of the Webex Players Series at this week’s TPS Sydney at Bonnie Doon Golf Club.
West Australian rookie professionals Kirsten Rudgeley, Connor McKinney and Hayden Hopewell along with second-year Queensland professional Cassie Porter are the new additions to the squad.
Sarah Jane Smith broke a long drought and added her name to the handful of women to have beaten the men in Webex Players Series events with a brilliant close-out performance at Cobram Barooga today in the TPS Murray River tournament.
While this month’s Vic Open won’t have the prizemoney or co-sanctioning from major tours it enjoyed until only recently, the beloved Bellarine tournament will press on with its trailblazing men’s and women’s mixed format.
Every event in the 2023 Webex Players Series will now be worth a minimum of $250,000 after an increase of prizemoney announced on the eve of TPS Victoria at Rosebud Country Club.
Two of Australian golf’s newest stars and a seven-time Major-winning Hall of Famer will feature in the 2023 WPGA Tour of Australasia season that begins next Monday.
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A year headlined by two Major winners reinforced the magnitude of the golf talent emanating from our shores.
The prizemoney was small, but the stage was huge as the Australian Open pulled off the historic first of running a men’s and women’s national championship simultaneously on the same courses. And the payoff for Adrian Meronk’s victory in men’s tournament will be far more valuable than the $306,000 he bagged for defeating local hero Adam Scott in an exciting finish on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt.
Buhai is the third woman to claim the British and Australian Open titles in the same year after a nail-biting, one-stroke victory at Victoria Golf Club.
Adam Scott has let slip a golden opportunity to win a second Australian Open crown, outplayed by big-hitting Polish golfer Adrian Meronk at Victoria GC.
Smith was visibly gassed yesterday, and said the magnitude of his five-win year wouldn’t sink in for a least a couple of weeks.
David Micheluzzi is confident he can stay atop the Australian Open leaderboard after upstaging World No.3 Cameron Smith with a hot start on the Melbourne Sandbelt.
Harris, who is currently completing Year 9 at Melbourne’s Rowville Sports Academy, secured her spot for the week at Monday’s pre-qualifying at Sanctuary Lakes.
When cricket power couple Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy aren’t guiding Australia to victories around the world, you’ll find them on a golf course battling for the ‘Stealy Cup’. Just don’t get in their way.
Women’s professional golf in Australia will celebrate its 50th anniversary this month. We look back at the best moments from five incredible decades.
Also victorious in 2020, Smith claimed Australian golf’s highest honour ahead of a stellar field, including the 2021 winner and 2022 US Women’s Open champion, Minjee Lee.
Ko grabbed her 19th career LPGA title plus Rolex Player of the Year honours for the second time and secured the Vare Trophy for low stroke average for the season.