Rory McIlroy says carving out a standalone week for the Australian Open is the only hurdle to attracting more of the world’s top golfers after a creditable but rusty performance at Royal Melbourne that showed signs of fatigue after a career-defining year.
Cameron Smith missed a short putt to take the Australian Open into a playoff at Royal Melbourne after Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen made a sublime par save to lift the Stonehaven Cup.
Australian Open contender Cameron Smith is dreaming of a triumphant comeback win from a highly-publicised “crappy year” having salvaged a place in the last group at Royal Melbourne, where a star-studded leaderboard teases a final round for the ages.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy praised the massive “potential” of the Australian Open for his inspiration to save a near-nightmare missed cut with a champion finish to his second round at Royal Melbourne.
Elvis Smylie says a breakthrough DP World Tour win and a solid year on the European circuit prepared him to upstage Rory McIlroy and other more experienced stars on day one at the Australian Open at a windy Royal Melbourne.
Enormous crowds greeted Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne on Thursday morning as Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith and others lived up to their billing with solid starts to the tournament.
Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy has set his sights on an Australian Open victory at Royal Melbourne after applauding tournament organisers for ditching the mixed format and returning the 121-year-old event to Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt region.
Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott are the headline group for the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne as officials revealed the draw for the opening two rounds.
Fresh off a winning season on the PGA Tour in the United States, rising Australian golfer Karl Vilips will compete in this year’s men’s Australian Open at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December.
Adam Scott made a hot start at the PGA Tour’s Baycurrent Classic in Japan, carding a three-under-par 68 to sit one shot off the pace after the opening round at Yokohama Country Club.
There’s something inherently poetic about a golfer searching for “the one” – not a swing or a coach, but a putter. For Adam Scott, that search has stretched across a decade.
Whatever people see in this Ryder Cup Rorschach Test – real, imagined or somewhere in between – will define what it is and isn’t. Not that McIlroy is losing sleep over it either way.