Aussies of the month: Young and old Seven fine amateur golfers will represent Australia ‘across the ditch’ late this month when the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship returns to New Zealand for the first time since 2017. But are they the right men for the job? Sam Cascio, Harrison Gomez, Richard Heath, Wesley Hinton, Graham Hourn, Kayun Read more…
Aussie of the month: Lucas Herbert Buoyed by his record-tying 62 during the Open Championship and a career-best major finish of T-6, Lucas Herbert wiped the floor with the field at LIV Golf UK a week later as he and Ripper GC both claimed titles. The Victorian reached an astonishing 30-under-par for the week at Read more…
Aussies of the month: Women in Europe BIG things are happening during the northern summer for Australia’s female golfers. Victorian amateur Jazy Roberts [above] claimed the prestigious English Women’s Stroke Play Championship, with the evergreen Nadene Gole [above] continuing her dominance of the over-50s amateur circuit by successfully defending the senior edition. Roberts rode a Read more…
Aussie of the month: Scott Hend Scott Hend isn’t afraid of air travel. In his long career, the veteran touring pro has flown across the world on a whim wherever a start has popped up, yet in his post-50 career, the close geography of the PGA Tour Champions in America still holds high appeal for Read more…
Aussie of the Month: Hannah Green Hannah Green loves to win in bursts. The West Australian was not content with winning the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, so she parlayed that into twin victories at home at the Women’s Australian Open and Australian WPGA Championship. The 29-year-old became the first Australian since Read more…
Aussie of the month: Hannah Green West Australian Hannah Green claimed an emotion-charged victory at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, firing a brilliant three-under 69 to secure a one-stroke triumph with husband Jarryd Felton on the bag. It was Green’s seventh LPGA Tour title and took her career earnings past $US8 million. A Read more…
Aussie of the month: Elvis Smylie He came. He saw. He conquered. LIV Golf debutant Elvis Smylie produced a scintillating display to outclass a field laden with major winners in the league’s season opener in Saudi Arabia. The 23-year-old Queenslander powered the all-Australian Ripper GC to the teams title at ROSHN Group LIV Riyadh. In Read more…
Aussies of the month: Awesome foursome Australia’s four-player squad at the International Crown avenged their runner-up finish at the same event two years ago by going one better. Minjee Lee lifted a star-studded Australian team to a maiden victory at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown in late October. In Seoul, South Korea, a green-and-gold team Read more…
Aussie Of The Month: Win Woo Lee Lee fulfilled the promise he’d shown to Australian golf fans for the best part of 10 years – since becoming the first from Down Under to win the US Boys Junior Amateur – when he broke through for a maiden PGA Tour victory at the Texas Children’s Houston Read more…
Aussie of the month: Karl Vilips The choice between sublimely talented rookie Karl Vilips and the redemption story of Ryan Peake wasn’t easy. But Vilips won the gong for this column, given he signed on as the first brand ambassador for Tiger Woods’ Sun Day Red apparel line and, in his second start wearing the Read more…
Aussie Of The Month: Su Oh A resilient Oh continued her comeback with an unlikely win at the Vic Open. On a brutal final day at 13th Beach, Oh mounted a remarkable charge to claim the title. Starting the final round seven shots behind the lead, the Melburnian battled through howling winds to post a Read more…
Aussies of the month: Minjee and Min Woo Lee Australian golf power siblings Minjee and Min Woo Lee deserve a huge congratulations for hosting a tournament at their beloved childhood home course, Royal Fremantle Golf Club, while back in Australia in January. The Webex Players Series Perth was a great success at Royal Fremantle, where Read more…
Aussie of the month: Elvis Smylie Smylie broke through on the professional stage in October by winning the WA Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia – the left-hander’s maiden victory as a pro. He then stepped up on the DP World Tour at the co-sanctioned Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. He stared down 2022 Read more…
Aussie Of The Month: Cameron Smith And it’s Smith by a literal country mile. For a major champion to go to places like Swan Hill on the Murray River for the New South Wales Open, two weeks after finishing T-3 at the Queensland PGA Championship at Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane, speaks volumes of his Read more…
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