Former PGA Championship winner Jason Day will be paired with legendary golfer Phil Mickelson for the second major in a row as tee-times at Quail Hollow revealed several star groupings and a relatively kind time difference for Australian followers.
Rory McIlroy has been locked in to make a competitive return Down Under to play in the Australian Open for two years in a mega coup for the country’s golf landscape.
Legendary coach Col Swatton believes his star student Jason Day can capture a long-awaited second career major victory, but the Queenslander harbours a bigger picture goal fans may have overlooked.
Elvis Smylie says his game has “gone to another level” since becoming a regular presence on DP World Tour leaderboards and the left-hander is feeling a sense of belonging ahead of his US major debut at the PGA Championship.
Newly unveiled Presidents Cup International captain Geoff Ogilvy says it would be “cool” if he were able to select LIV golfers when his men take on the US side in 2026 at Chicago’s famed Medinah.
With dance music blaring, live visual effects erupting and Mexico City fans standing almost on top of the tee box at the par-3 18th at Club Golf Chapultepec, Joaquin Niemann’s path to earning a start at the US Open was unique.
Lucas Herbert pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a chip-in eagle at the par-4 11th during a course record-equalling final round during LIV Golf Mexico City at Club Golf Chapultepec.
In search of his first worldwide win in almost two years, Australian crowd favourite Cameron Smith has thrown his hat into the ring with a final group showdown with 36-hole leader Bryson DeChambeau at LIV Golf Mexico.
Of all the nations, who’d have thought Australia would be the most hellbent on making golf style statements at the Masters? Cameron Smith practiced in a four-way stretch navy sport coat on Wednesday, and there was much handwringing over what Jason Day would wear Thursday.
Each of the five Australians in the Masters field would stop the presses and trigger a tidal wave of back page news stories, but our writer at Augusta dreams up how they could break the internet.
Jason Day has backed Min Woo Lee as the best equipped become Australia’s next male world No.1 golfer if he’s prepared to adopt the lifestyle required to dominate elite golf.
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