The PGA of Australia has announced a record five-year extension with Challenger as title partner of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, securing the Tour’s biggest commercial partnership through the 2030-31 season.
The Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia has unveiled its 2026-27 schedule, highlighted by the 100th Queensland PGA Championship, a new home for the BMW Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes and two exciting new tournament venues.
Before he became the only player to defeat Tiger Woods twice in match play, Nick O’Hern was a four-handicapper from Perth chasing a career in golf. From PGA trainee to PGA Tour winner, O’Hern’s remarkable journey proves there are many pathways to success in the game.
Karis Davidson surges 30 spots up the leaderboard with a bogey-free 5-under 66, putting a first major top 10 within reach at Evian. Fellow Queenslander Cassie Porter also moves into position for her best major finish.
Julia Boland and Grace Kim have been announced as the latest recipients of Honorary Life Membership from the WPGA Tour of Australasia. Boland recently stepped down after eight years as tour president, while Kim earned the honour off the back of her dramatic Amundi Evian Championship win in 2025.
Karis Davidson has posted the lowest round of her LPGA Tour career to sit just two shots off the lead after day one of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Defending champion Minjee Lee leads seven Australians into the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine, a venue that already holds a special place in Australian golf history.
Jason Day’s US Open campaign is over before it began, with the former world No.1 withdrawing after just 10 holes at Shinnecock Hills due to a back injury. Day had made seven bogeys in his opening nine before being spotted hopping into a cart.
Victoria has swept all three titles at the 2026 Australian Interstate Teams Matches, defeating New South Wales in a thrilling grand final at Glenelg Golf Club after a week of dominant team performances.
Australia’s golf industry has unveiled BIG SWINGS 2026–2030, a new national strategy designed to grow and modernise the game. With more than four million Australians now playing golf in some form, the plan focuses on inclusion, flexible participation and connecting more people to the sport through both traditional and off-course formats.
Australian duo Wade Ormsby and Jed Morgan arrive at the Singapore Open full of confidence, inspired by strong countrymen performances and chasing valuable Open Championship spots at Sentosa Golf Club.
Hannah Green and Minjee Lee headline a stacked Aussie lineup heading into the Chevron Championship, with confidence high ahead of the first LPGA major of 2026 in Houston.
Jazy Roberts and Raegan Denton have been named 2026 Karrie Webb Series Scholarship recipients, continuing a proven pathway that has helped shape Australia’s next generation of stars.
Australian Golf Digest
