Monash Council has a vote scheduled for next Tuesday, February 27, after a six-month period of consultation with the community with two options canvassed – to retain the golf course or to close it and create parkland.
Sydney’s Jeffrey Guan and Harrison Crowe and Perth’s Haydn Barron are the new additions to the squad of 12 players who will receive financial support and guidance from the national organisation in the early phases of their careers as professionals.
Quinn Croker has secured the biggest win of his career at the adidas Australian Amateur, but 15-year-old Amelia Harris suffered the cruellest of cuts in the final round at Yarra Yarra Golf Club.
Harris would be one of the youngest-ever winners of the national championship, although Kiwi Lydia Ko’s landmark – she won as a 14-year-old in 2011 at Woodlands Golf Club – stands as the record.
With two concurrently held ISPS Handa Australian Opens in the books, organisers now have twice the data – and twice as many opinions – to draw from when assessing what our national championship should look like from 2024 onwards. And it should tell them plenty.
Australia’s most recent women’s major championship winners, Minjee Lee and Hannah Green, have today announced they will return home to contest the ISPS Handa Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club and The Lakes Golf Club from November 30.
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is looking for volunteer caddies to help the region’s best amateurs in next month’s event at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
The event for golf’s biggest hitters will be held in Melbourne at the Home of Australian Golf – Sandy Golf Links, with the winner and runner-up receiving tickets to the World Long Drive Final in Atlanta from October 18-22.
Australian Golf Digest
