PGA Tour member Victor Perez heads a group of DP World Tour winners and rising stars who have been added to the fields for the Summer of Golf’s two major tournaments, the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane and ISPS Handa Australian Open in Melbourne.
Weather is more than likely to play a role in the type of golf asked for this week. In particular, the wind can gust erratically due to course’s proximity to the Mediterranean Sea and the nearby Gibraltar Strait.
More than even the major championships, the biennial contest between Europe and the United States takes the game born in Scotland into the hearts and minds of those who elsewhere go about their business blissfully ignorant of all things golf.
Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, Peninsula Kingswood and Yarra Yarra will host one round each in a 72-hole event with 60-strong mixture of male and female pros and amateurs.
We didn’t think the European Tour could top its series of humorous videos involving a kid reporter interviewing some of golf’s biggest names. But a new video of a fake reporter interviewing some of golf’s biggest names might be even better.