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: Min Woo Lee Min Woo Lee had a bittersweet season on the PGA Tour in 2025. On one hand, he bagged his breakthrough first win in the US, but on the other he endured a frustrating end when he failed to advance past the first week of the FedEx Cup Playoffs Read more…
Aussies of the month: Aces Galore! Yes, you read that correctly as plural – Aussies of the Month. We saw several professional tour winners across the world, but no clear standout. So, the obvious development in the past month was the string of Australian weekend golfers (and one truly elite junior golfer) bagging aces: Talk Read more…
Aussie of the month: Minjee Lee We’ll get to Grace Kim, believe us, but late June belonged to Minjee Lee, who secured her place in Australian golf history by winning her third major championship: the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. At PGA Frisco in Texas, Lee overcame fierce winds, brutally fast greens and high final-round pressure Read more…
Aussies Of The Month: Seniors’ Moment The Australian contingent on senior tours around the world continues to be a force. There are quite a few recognisable names – Cam Percy, Michael Wright, Steve Allan, Mark Hensby and Richard Green – performing well on the PGA Tour Champions, while Scott Hend has been excellent on the Read more…
Aussie of the Month: Australian Open After a tough three years of player and fan frustration over the dual-gender format, the Australian Open has put itself back on the map. Firstly, by returning the men’s and women’s events to their own deserved stages and, secondly, by signing the Masters champion, and arguably the biggest golf 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: Cameron Smith The 2022 Open champion generated exciting headlines – that even travelled as far as a golf website in the UK – in late August when it was announced he would play in the NSW Open on the Murray River from November 14-17. The biggest star in Australian golf will Read more…
Aussie KIWI of the Month Kia ora, Lydia Ko OK, so this past month’s headline act isn’t an Australian, but as a New Zealander and incredible ambassador for golf overall, it’s hard not to focus on Lydia Ko in this space. You probably didn’t miss the news of Ko’s one-under par 71 in the final Read more…
Aussie of the month: Cameron Davis Take a bow, Cameron Davis. The Seattle-based, Sydneysider claimed the second win of his PGA Tour career – at the same tournament – by winning the recent Rocket Mortgage Classic in Michigan in dramatic scenes. The 2021 champion at Detroit Golf Club, Davis looked all but certain to go Read more…
Aussies Of The Month: Senior PGA Trio You don’t see this too often at a major. Australians Richard Green (runner-up), Greg Chalmers (third) and Scott Hend (equal fourth) filled the three positions on the leaderboard after winner Richard Bland at the recent Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Michigan. Think that’s rare? Read more…
Aussie of the month: Jesse Linden The 12-year-old from Campbelltown in Sydney travels regularly to the US to compete against the best junior golfers in the world. His parents’ investment, and Jesse’s hard work on his game, paid off in April when he became the first Australian to compete in the 10-year history of Augusta Read more…
Aussie of the Month: Lucas Herbert Lucas Herbert. The boy from Bendigo was the subject of intense speculation from mid-December until late January that he was going to join Cam Smith and his Ripper GC team on LIV Golf. The speculation grew so heavily that even News Corp found a leaked photo of Herbert posing Read more…
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