Australian golf great Geoff Ogilvy will return home to play in both Australian major men’s tournaments this summer, following the completion of his commitments as captain of the International Team at the Presidents Cup.
The 2026-27 Australian golf season is set, with organisers chasing a Bryson DeChambeau appearance at the Australian PGA Championship at The Lakes and Rory McIlroy expected to draw huge crowds at the Australian Open, this time at Kingston Heath. The 19-tournament schedule also features the centenary Queensland PGA Championship and two new venues joining the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.
Ian Baker-Finch’s return to Royal Birkdale has doubled as a recruitment mission, with the Australian PGA chair talking to Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm about playing big-money golf in Australia.
Tour pro Daniel Gale predicted he would make a hole-in-one the night before bagging a spectacular ace that came with a $286,000 BMW during the opening round of the DP World Tour’s Australian PGA Championship.
Among the latest starters are Denmark’s Rasmus Neergard-Petersen, Korea’s Jungwhan Lee, Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa, English trio Alex Fitzpatrick, Eddie Pepperell and Andrew “Beef” Johnston, Italy’s Renato Paratore, Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and China’s Wenyi Ding.
Lucas Herbert believes there are enough similarities between the 54-hole tournaments he plays on LIV Golf and the aggressive mentality needed for this week’s shortened Australian PGA Championship to be in with a chance on Sunday’s final round.
The rarity of Cameron Smith playing two state-level tournaments is not lost on Australian current and former pros like Jake Higginbottom and rookie Phoenix Campbell.
Lucas Herbert says he’s got more weapons in his arsenal to attack leaderboards during the Australian summer of golf after a year spent learning from Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones on LIV Golf’s Ripper GC team.
One of the emerging stars in world golf whose style of play and charisma on and off the course has attracted a vast global fan base, Lee will have his sights on being the first player to defend the Joe Kirkwood Cup since Cam Smith in 2018.
Min Woo Lee has ridden a wave of crowd support that included T-shirts dedicated to the Perth golf star during a blistering first round, upstaging big names Adam Scott and Cameron Smith to sit near the clubhouse lead on day one at the Australian PGA Championship.
Cam Davis is coming in hot after a stellar season on the PGA Tour, and he’s determined to add the Joe Kirkwood Cup to a trophy cabinet already boasting his national open.
Buoyed by winning hosting rights for the 2032 Olympics, Brisbane has reinvented itself as a vibrant tourist destination with waterfront dining, microbreweries and chic rooftop bars to complement an ever-improving golf line-up.