Gale needed his first hole-in-one in competition since his very first as a 12-year-old over the closing stages and a gritty par at the last for a 12-under total and one-shot win over Matt Griffin.
The club has been so proactive in the gender equality space that many baseline requirements Golf Australia has set to become a signatory had already been completed, including board diversity.
The prizemoney was small, but the stage was huge as the Australian Open pulled off the historic first of running a men’s and women’s national championship simultaneously on the same courses. And the payoff for Adrian Meronk’s victory in men’s tournament will be far more valuable than the $306,000 he bagged for defeating local hero Adam Scott in an exciting finish on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt.
Adam Scott has let slip a golden opportunity to win a second Australian Open crown, outplayed by big-hitting Polish golfer Adrian Meronk at Victoria GC.
It is one of golf’s most-asked questions, but in December we’ll find answers at Kingston Heath and Victoria golf clubs. By Steve Keipert. Photography by Gary Lisbon
If you want a bunch of top players to show up to a tournament, a good way to go about it is to have a $10.5 million purse and no 36-hole cut. That’s usually the recipe for a deep field in the world of touring professional golf.
Hosting two significant tournaments at opposite times of the year is illustrating Rosebud Country Club’s versatility while also highlighting the 36-hole facility’s value to the busy Mornington Peninsula golf scene.
The incredible golf courses in south-eastern Melbourne will soon benefit from a new pipeline delivering recycled water that will provide a climate-resilient source of water.
Not far from Melbourne CBD you have the world class golf destinations of the Mornington Peninsula and Bellarine Peninsula. Throw in the Murray River region and you have some of best golfing in the country, if not the world.