The scholarships are awarded based on performance in the Karrie Webb Series, the World Amateur Golf Rankings, community work inside or outside of golf and performance and demeanour as an ambassador for golf in Australian and overseas.
MyGolf, the national body’s junior participation program, with registrations reaching more than 21,000 and an impressive 31 percent of those registered being young girls – a record for MyGolf.
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.
The field of 312 represent 13 countries with the Australians competing against the best from Europe, Japan, South Korea and other parts of Asia, New Zealand and the United States.
The club has been so proactive in the gender equality space that many baseline requirements Golf Australia has set to become a signatory had already been completed, including board diversity.
Buhai is the third woman to claim the British and Australian Open titles in the same year after a nail-biting, one-stroke victory at Victoria Golf Club.
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.
Australians Joel Taylor, Sebastian Twaddell, Matt Stubbs and Thomas Fliniks made their world championship debuts as Bryson DeChambeau created headlines, and social media engagement, worldwide with his charge to the final.
In 2023, 144 men and 84 women will start out in the first round of the Vic Open, with the top 35 men and 35 women and ties making it through to Sunday.
Golf Australia, the PGA of Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia have signed BMW Australia in a multi-year deal as the first joint major partner of Australian Golf in what the collaboration branded a ‘history-making moment’ for the sport Down Under.
The full schedule of the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia has been revealed, totalling 16 tournaments set to be played right across Australia and New Zealand.
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