The 2027 Vic Open will be played from January 21-24 and again form part of both the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and WPGA Tour of Australasia schedules.
This is the first time the PGA Tour has formally partnered with Golf Australia, with the agreement set to ensure the men’s Australian Open will receive a significant boost in prizemoney from 2027, a distinct window in the global golf calendar and optimise the opportunity to attract the world’s best players.
The agreement represents one of the largest commercial partnerships in Australian golf history, connecting Capital.com with both the country’s premier championship, the club members and GA Handicap holders that underpin the game.
The Sydney venue will host the championship in 2026 as part of an agreement between the PGA of Australia and the NSW Government through Destination NSW, bringing the event back to the state for the first time since 1998.
Cameron John delivered one of the shots of the summer at the first playoff hole to complete a three-win season and secure a second victory at The National Tournament in three years.
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A wet Queenstown summer has produced juicier than normal rough for the New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort this week and it’s already forced hometown favourite Ben Campbell into a strategy change as he tries to win his national title for the first time.
It’s a huge week in the Order of Merit race with 760 points going to the winner – four times the points on offer most weeks on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia season.
American Austen Truslow has fought off ferocious winds and a hungry horde of challengers to complete what was in the end a comfortable three-stroke win at the Quinovic NZ PGA Championship.
Sure to attract plenty of support from the local fans, the contingent includes Kazuma Kobori, Michael Hendry, Nick Voke, Kerry Mountcastle, Josh Geary and Tyler Hodge – all established winners on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.
Declan O’Donovan emphatically won his first professional title at Webex Players Series Sydney hosted by Peter O’Malley, storming to a five-stroke victory at Castle Hill Country Club.
Haydn Barron became a champion on the PGA Tour of Australasia for the first time by holding off a surging Jimmy Zheng to win the Webex Players Series Murray River in honour of Jarrod Lyle on Sunday.
Australian Golf Digest
