The 2026 women’s Australian Open returns to Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide, featuring top LET stars Shannon Tan, Casandra Alexander, Alice Hewson, and Australia’s leading players.
Eugenio Chacarra, once a rising star in LIV Golf, will tee off at next week’s Puerto Rico Open on a PGA Tour sponsor exemption. Here’s why his return matters.
After five years of unprecedented growth, Australian golf stands at a financial, strategic and ethical crossroads. Australian Golf Digest’s senior writer dissects the business of Golf Australia and how the national governing body is dealing with the many challenges confronting the sport. He asks: What is Golf Australia trying to become?
The talks form part of LIV’s broader strategy to explore partnerships with national federations worldwide, with the stated aim of injecting significant funding into traditional national championships and elevating their commercial and broadcast profiles.
Billy Dowling and Jazy Roberts have been crowned the 2026 adidas Australian Amateur champions, both delivering final-round masterclasses to close out the championship in style at the Western Australian Golf Club.
Reports indicate Victoria Park Golf Range – one of Australia’s busiest and most accessible golf facilities – will close at the end of May this year to make way for the proposed Olympic stadium precinct ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
Golf Australia High Performance Squad members Jazy Roberts (VIC), Raegan Denton (SA), Shyla Singh (QLD) and Grace Rho (QLD), along with Golf NSW representatives Ella Scaysbrook and Rachel Lee, will travel to New Zealand to compete next month.
After taking some time to lick his wounds, Cameron Smith said on Wednesday he can see a healthy silver lining to a heartbreaking close call at the recent Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
Elvis Smylie says a breakthrough DP World Tour win and a solid year on the European circuit prepared him to upstage Rory McIlroy and other more experienced stars on day one at the Australian Open at a windy Royal Melbourne.
Enormous crowds greeted Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne on Thursday morning as Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith and others lived up to their billing with solid starts to the tournament.
Rory McIlroy has never shied away from speaking his mind, but even by his standards this one was a bold swing on the eve of his first appearance at Royal Melbourne Golf Club as a professional for the 2025 Crown Australian Open.
Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy has set his sights on an Australian Open victory at Royal Melbourne after applauding tournament organisers for ditching the mixed format and returning the 121-year-old event to Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt region.
Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott are the headline group for the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne as officials revealed the draw for the opening two rounds.
This week’s Crown Australian Open at venerable Royal Melbourne Golf Club offers the 2022 Open champion one final chance to right an otherwise lost year.
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