Golfers across Australia are being encouraged to thank their local PGA Professional this Friday, part of a world-first initiative recognising the coaches, club managers and mentors behind the game.
Ian Baker-Finch’s return to Royal Birkdale has doubled as a recruitment mission, with the Australian PGA chair talking to Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm about playing big-money golf in Australia.
PGA chair Ian Baker-Finch proudly announced the induction of the new life members at the PGA of Australia Annual General Meeting, in recognition of their extraordinary contribution to golf and the PGA profession.
Ian Baker-Finch, the longtime CBS Sports golf analyst and former winner of the Open Championship, announced his retirement from broadcasting overnight, Australian time, closing the chapter on a 30-year career in the industry, including the past 19 years with CBS Sports.
Ian Baker-Finch, Australia’s 1991 Open champion, is settling into his new role as chairman of the PGA of Australia. In this wide-ranging Q&A, “Finchy” addresses the current stand-off in men’s professional golf, his vision for PGA members and tournament golf Down Under.
Eleven Aussie golfers – the country’s strongest representation since 2017 at Birkdale – will hope two historical omens hold true when they contest the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club starting Thursday.
These four Aussie golf legends are not only astute in their thinking, they knew a thing or two about one thing in particular all those years ago – winning.
Televising golf tournaments will be even more complicated and more expensive when CBS Sports begins airing them again this week as the PGA Tour resumes its 2020 season at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Joining Melbourne’s sporting festival in the early months of the year is just one idea Aussie icon Ian Baker-Finch has put forward as the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia begins to plot a revamped summer schedule.
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