A blockbuster Australian Open at the iconic Royal Melbourne has left golf fans craving more national championships on the Sandbelt, after record crowds and global interest in the TV broadcast sent the national championship back to its glory days.
Rory McIlroy capped his topsy-turvy 2025 Crown Australian Open campaign with a brilliant birdie putt on the final hole, sealing a remarkable turnaround after flirting with the cut earlier in the week.
“HE’S MISSED IT!” So said a member of the gallery late on Day 2 at the 2025 Crown Australian Open. Tournament drawcard Rory McIlroy had hearts in mouths as he flirted with disaster at Royal Melbourne’s par-5 14th hole, spraying his tee-shot before a swing-and-a-miss in the shrubs led to a rare par-5 bogey and Read more…
Min Woo Lee delivered the moment of the day in the second round of the Crown Australian Open, holing out for a spectacular eagle on the par-4 10th of Royal Melbourne’s famed composite course.
Adam Scott says there’s no denying an Australian Open victory at Royal Melbourne sits in its own league of career accomplishments as he eyes the first opportunity of his long career to hoist the Stonehaven Cup at the famed Sandbelt course.
With the start of the 2025 Crown Australian Open just 13 days away, the field is taking its final form with a late dash of international flavour added this week from the DP World Tour.
Lucas Herbert says he gets goosebumps at the thought of trying to win an Australian Open at Royal Melbourne and snare its newly-created invitation to the Masters at Augusta National.
Cameron Davis will end 2025 at home when the Sydneysider tees it up at the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Queensland and men’s Australian Open in Victoria later this year.
Having already enjoyed a win and playing in two major championships in 2025, Marc Leishman is about to turn his attention to Australia and three tournaments in three states.
Ahead of superstar Rory McIlroy headlining the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne, organisers have announced a rebrand in a bid to take the 121-year-old championship into a new era.
The Australian Open has been given an enormous boost by being named as one of a handful of national championships that will award the champion an invitation to the Masters, after a bombshell announcement by Augusta National and the R&A.
In the week leading up to Rory McIlroy’s emotional green jacket victory at Augusta National in April, the Northern Irishman was wearing another green garment—an ancient and sacred stone gifted to him in New Zealand late last year.
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