West Australian Haydn Barron will debut as a DP World Tour player at next week’s Fortinet Australian PGA Championship after securing a 2024 Tour card at final stage of Qualifying School in Spain.
Tasmanian Simon Hawkes is a two-time winner on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia thanks to a brilliant up-and-down on the 72nd hole of the WA Open.
West Australian rookie professionals Kirsten Rudgeley, Connor McKinney and Hayden Hopewell along with second-year Queensland professional Cassie Porter are the new additions to the squad.
Cameron SmithAge: 29From: Brisbane, QueenslandTour: LIV GolfWorld ranking: 32022 highlights: Won 150th Open Championship, Players Championship, Sentry Tournament of Champions, LIV Golf Invitational ChicagoWhat you need to know: If Cameron Smith ever compiles a better season than his 2022 effort, it will have been something to behold. Even removing his exceptional Major-championship breakthrough, it was Read more…
In the year that has passed since Connor McKinney made his debut in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, a lot has happened to the 20-year-old Australian (who was born in Scotland).
The most recent of Australia’s four Eisenhower Trophy wins came in 2016 when Cameron Davis, Harrison Endycott and Curtis Luck triumphed in Mexico, while Australia has lifted the Espirito Santo Trophy three times with Minjee Lee, Su Oh and Shelly Shin the last to do so in Japan in 2014.