Chasing a fourth BMW Australian PGA Championship title and second in his home city of Brisbane, Cameron Smith is the latest Australian superstar to confirm his place at Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 27-30 this year.
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The WPGA Championship will be a highlight of a swing of co-sanctioned events between the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the Ladies European Tour, which also includes the 2026 Women’s Australian Open to be held the week before in Adelaide.
This year’s championship, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour, will again be hosted by Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 27-30.
PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman on the state of tournament golf, answering to nearly 3,000 members and the ever-changing role of a PGA professional.
Day will make his first appearance in a PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club, joining defending champion Min Woo Lee as feature players for the event co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour.
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.
The Athena is returning for its fourth iteration in 2024 and will have a spectacular new host venue, with Peninsula Kingwood Country Golf Club on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt hosting the unique two-day event on February 24-25.
The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS Handa Australian Open have rounded off two exciting weeks for Australian golf, with Min Woo Lee’s wizardry driving huge ratings and attendance results.
A two-time winner on the LPGA Tour in 2023, Lee beat the strongest field of contenders in the award’s nine-year history, including reigning Australian PGA Championship winner Cameron Smith, and Minjee’s younger brother, Min Woo Lee.
Part of a legendary sporting family in South Australia, Ormsby impacted the game of golf in countless ways in his 47 years as a member of the PGA of Australia.
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