Kiwi Kazuma Kobori’s chase for a third consecutive Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia title, a feat not achieved in almost two decades, and the appearance of a couple of women’s major golf champions will provide two of the major storylines at the Vic Open, which starts today.
The winner of seven major championships and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Sport Australia Hall of Fame is keen to play more events as she approaches her 50th birthday in December
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.
Two of Australian golf’s newest stars and a seven-time Major-winning Hall of Famer will feature in the 2023 WPGA Tour of Australasia season that begins next Monday.
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.
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