Former New South Wales amateur star and LPGA winner Grace Kim will headline next week’s Australian Women’s Classic at Coffs Harbour Golf Club, bringing her rising international reputation home to where her career began.
A 12-time winner on the WPGA Tour of Australasia, Kemp will step onto the Palms course at Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club to mark her first competitive golf tournament in more than six months.
A winner on the world’s premier women’s circuit in 2023, Kim will be one of the stars of the show when the contest for the Karrie Webb Cup is played for the first time at the renowned Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club.
One of the pioneers for women’s golf in Australia has been honoured, while one of the country’s most prominent all abilities players has also received recognition in the annual Australia Day honours list.
LPGA-bound Cassie Porter is the cheery, effervescent person you have seen emerge on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the Epson Tour the past three years, but there is so much more sitting just beneath the surface.
WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn has won a major international award for her contribution to golf’s engagement with women and girls.
The WPGA Tour of Australasia will visit four states across the first half of 2025, with three Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned events, including the Australian WPGA Championship, headlining the schedule announced today.
Set to be played from November 28 to December 1, the Australian Open will again feature its unique combined format with players in the men’s, women’s and all abilities tournaments over two courses, showcasing the best of Australian golf.
Although winner’s status and LET points are not awarded for a one-round event, the records will show Australia’s Jess Whitting, Denmark’s Nicole Broch Estrup and Taipei’s Peiying Tsai as joint winners after their rounds of six-under 66 on Saturday.
Twelve players in Australia’s new era of women professional golfers are locked in for The Athena, a ground-breaking tournament set to take place from February 24-25 at Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club.
The Athena is returning for its fourth iteration in 2024 and will have a spectacular new host venue, with Peninsula Kingwood Country Golf Club on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt hosting the unique two-day event on February 24-25.
Flooding has forced the cancellation of this weekend’s Drummond Golf WPGA Melbourne International official event at Latrobe Golf Club, but an “Athena” style special exhibition has been arranged in its place for Sunday afternoon.
Australian Golf Digest
