Julia Boland and Grace Kim have been announced as the latest recipients of Honorary Life Membership from the WPGA Tour of Australasia. Boland recently stepped down after eight years as tour president, while Kim earned the honour off the back of her dramatic Amundi Evian Championship win in 2025.
WPGA Tour of Australasia boss Karen Lunn opens up on golf’s new golden era, her vision for a bigger Women’s Australian Open and why she hasn’t picked up a club in six years.
WPGA Tour of Australasia boss Karen Lunn opens up on golf’s new golden era, her vision for a bigger Women’s Australian Open and why she hasn’t picked up a club in six years.
Australia’s golf industry has unveiled BIG SWINGS 2026–2030, a new national strategy designed to grow and modernise the game. With more than four million Australians now playing golf in some form, the plan focuses on inclusion, flexible participation and connecting more people to the sport through both traditional and off-course formats.
The LPGA star has confirmed she will play in Australia’s back-to-back women’s golf ‘majors’ – the 2026 women’s Australian Open and Australian WPGA Championship – in March.
Major champion Hannah Green will be one of the star attractions of the 2026 summer of women’s golf, confirming her return home to compete in both the women’s Australian Open and the Australian WPGA Championship.
LPGA star Steph Kyriacou will lead the home charge when the Webex Players Series Sydney hosted by Peter O’Malley returns to Castle Hill Country Club from February 5-8.
The world No.3 comes off a very successful 2025 season, claiming the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and being a member of Australia’s winning team at the International Crown where she was also crowned MVP.
The WPGA Championship will be a highlight of a swing of co-sanctioned events between the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the Ladies European Tour, which also includes the 2026 Women’s Australian Open to be held the week before in Adelaide.
The Women’s Australian Open will make a triumphant return to the schedule as a stand-alone national championship with a home base in Adelaide and Ladies European Tour (LET) co-sanctioning.
As the seriousness of the threat of Cyclone Alfred hit home for the players at the cancelled Australian WPGA Championship, a logical question for professional golfers served to remind again how the golf industry and community comes together in support.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
