We know this isn’t an Old Course first. Still, the improvisational nature of the shot, plus the lovely Scottish summer weather seen in the video, elevates it to legendary status.
Finally getting the chance to show off its best side after the two previous tournaments were hampered by heavy rain, the Cypress Lakes course is becoming familiar for the tour’s regulars, even more so for those who competed in Jack Newton Junior Golf events here as youngsters.
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.
Harrison Crowe knows exactly what it’s like to play Augusta National, but he urges all those chasing the lure at this month’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Melbourne to ignore the outcome and focus on the present.
With five amateur victories under his belt, Crowe feels ready to turn professional. He would have done it at the end of last year, but the chance to play in two major championships put the plans on hold.
New South Wales claimed a first win in the event since it became a combined format and first victories at all since the 2019 women’s team at Royal Hobart and the 2016 men that triumphed at Brisbane Golf Club.
The week golf fans have been waiting for has finally arrived and there will be wall-to-wall coverage for everyone to savour as five Australians strive to win the iconic green jacket.
Newsmaker of the month: Harrison Crowe As is the modern way, the worldwide awareness of Aussie amateur Harrison Crowe came via a viral video posted by Erik Anders Lang of Random Golf Club Films that at last count boasted 271,000 views. It showed Crowe recreating a shot from the pavement in front of the Dunvegan Read more…
New Asia-Pacific Amateur champion Harrison Crowe joined an illustrious group of just three Australians (Antonio Murdaca in 2014 and Curtis Luck in 2016) to win the prestigious amateur event, but the Sydneysider remains in another club all on his own after pulling off this miraculous
With one more circuit of Amata Spring Country Club to play, Australia’s Harrison Crowe on 13 under par has a two-shot lead, the pack piled up behind the 21-year-old from New South Wales not quite as heavily populated as it was on Days 1 and 2.
The most recent of Australia’s four Eisenhower Trophy wins came in 2016 when Cameron Davis, Harrison Endycott and Curtis Luck triumphed in Mexico, while Australia has lifted the Espirito Santo Trophy three times with Minjee Lee, Su Oh and Shelly Shin the last to do so in Japan in 2014.