After an abridged inaugural staging in 2022 and a tournament wiped out by Cyclone Alfred 12 months ago, the Australian WPGA Championship gets its time to shine this week at Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club on the Gold Coast.
Five-time champion Karrie Webb has urged Australia’s modern stars to ride the wave of home crowd support in their quest to end a more-than-decade-long drought at the Women’s Australian Open starting today at Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide.
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.
Australia’s most prolific major champion, Karrie Webb, is predicting big things for newly crowned Amundi Evian champion Grace Kim after the Sydneysider’s dramatic playoff victory in France.
Picture: R&ALegendary Australian golfer Karrie Webb AO has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Webb, a World Golf Hall of Fame member, received the invitation in recognition of her successful playing career and the substantial contribution she has made in helping to develop Read more…
Seven-time major winner Karrie Webb’s influence on the next generation of Australian golfers is set to grow with the launch of a new coaching scholarship thanks to a partnership with Nippon Shaft.
A week spent shadowing seven-time major winner Karrie Webb is already paying off for Maddison Hinson-Tolchard ahead of her major championship debut at this week’s US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.
Jan Stephenson is battling breast cancer with the same tenacity she showed during her decorated golf career, revealing that she is reacting to treatment in a positive fashion that will allow the Australian golf legend to attend a series of commemorative events during the American summer, including the 40th anniversary of her 1983 US Women’s Open victory.
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.
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