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.
Scott is yet another drawcard for the two Aussie ‘majors’ that had already locked in world No.15 Cam Smith as well as rising stars Min Woo Lee and Cam Davis for their 2023 fields.
Rising star of Australian golf Cam Davis has locked in both of his country’s ‘majors’ – the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane and ISPS Handa Australian Open in Sydney – to his end-of-year schedule.
PGA of Australia and Webex by Cisco have announced the addition of an All Abilities field to all four Webex Players Series events in 2023, reaffirming their commitment to advancing inclusivity in sports.
Every event in the 2023 Webex Players Series will now be worth a minimum of $250,000 after an increase of prizemoney announced on the eve of TPS Victoria at Rosebud Country Club.
Also victorious in 2020, Smith claimed Australian golf’s highest honour ahead of a stellar field, including the 2021 winner and 2022 US Women’s Open champion, Minjee Lee.
Australian Golf has welcomed the exciting news that golf will appear in a Commonwealth Games for the first time when the Games come to Victoria in 2026.