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.
As weekend choppers, there is nothing better than seeing a tour pro do something we do on the weeked, i.e., chunk one, top one, blade one, s-word one, etc.
Adam Scott will go head-to-head with Poland’s Adrian Meronk on the Melbourne Sandbelt as he looks to become the 20th golfer to win multiple Australian Opens.
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.
Tired and understandably a little hungover, Cameron Smith says his dream of finally winning an Australian Open after several heartbreakingly close calls will give him the lift in energy he needs after an incredible, but exhausting, Australian PGA Championship victory.
Major champion Hannah Green will be among the headline acts at December’s mixed-gender ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne but says a showdown with fellow West Australian and World No.2 Minjee Lee remains in doubt.
The new-look Australian Open has received two exceptional outcomes with the commitment of ISPS Handa as naming rights partner for the next three years and Major champion Hannah Green committing to the historic mixed-gender event in Melbourne this year.
The DP World Tour (formerly-named European Tour) has made a call about LIV Golf players who intended on contesting this year’s Australian Open and PGA, which the European circuit co-sanctions.
Catching up with the CEOs of Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia, James Sutherland and Gavin Kirkman, after the announcement of the dual Australian Opens and the recent unveiling of the Australian Golf Centre.
Australian Golf Digest
