The WPGA Tour of Australasia and Ladies European Tour (LET) co-sanctioned swing of events comes to a conclusion this week at the Ford Women’s NSW Open at Wollongong Golf Club.
In playing this week’s NSW Open, Cam Smith and Lucas Herbert have simply been moved by the charming, country-town reminders that meaningful golf isn’t only played when there are millions of dollars on the line.
They say good things come in threes and, for Golf NSW, nothing could be more accurate thanks to another huge coup that it has secured Ford as the naming-rights sponsor of its men’s and women’s NSW Opens, along with its Jack Newton Junior Golf (JNJG) Masters Series.
A week after making his PGA Tour debut in America, Australian golf sensation Jeffrey Guan’s world was tipped upside down when a stray golf ball struck him in the eye during a pro-am in regional New South Wales. After multiple surgeries, the 20-year-old has come to terms with irreversible vision loss but remains hopeful for a comeback to the sport’s elite level.
Lucas Herbert says he’s got more weapons in his arsenal to attack leaderboards during the Australian summer of golf after a year spent learning from Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones on LIV Golf’s Ripper GC team.
West Australian Michael Sim has sent a not-so-subtle reminder of his prodigious talent as he heads into the weekend here at Concord with a two-shot lead and a serious crack at yet another Open title on Australian shores.