An Order of Merit champion crowned, global opportunities created and futures secured on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia. All will unfold this week at the final event of the 2023-2024 season, The National Tournament presented by BMW at the iconic The National Golf Club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Takahiro Hataji has created history with his first victory as a professional, becoming the first player from Japan to win the New Zealand Open in its 103-year history.
They got there in wildly fluctuating fashion, yet Aussie pair Matthew Griffin and Scott Hend will start the final round tied for the lead at the 103rd New Zealand Open.
The agreement marks a significant milestone in the sport’s growth and allows Golf NSW to showcase the game’s brightest talent to a greater audience across Australia.
Gale is eyeing one of the three cards on the DP World Tour on offer, a target that is now clearly in view with just two events left in the PGA Tour of Australasia season.
Gale now has the DP World Tour in his sights, with a jump on the Order of Merit potentially putting one of the three available cards in reach with two tournaments remaining on this season of the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Fresh off an outstanding 2023, Travis Smyth is kicking off the new year with high expectations at this week’s Vic Open where he arrives as the highest-ranked player in the men’s field.
The New Zealand Open is also ensuring that every professional that competes in the tournament and doesn’t make the cut will take away at least $NZ1,000 to help support their travel and other related costs.
The brilliant young New Zealander, just eight tournaments into his professional career, completed back-to-back wins on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, a feat not managed since Adam Scott in 2013.
The New Zealanders are emerging as one of the best brother-sister acts in the world of golf and on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia.
Jarryd Felton married Hannah Green last Friday, but there was no time for a honeymoon let alone any normal home life in Perth for Australian golf’s power couple.
[PHOTO: Gary Lisbon] In the brief but blossoming history of the Webex Players Series, Rosebud is becoming a ‘traditional’ venue. This week’s Webex Players Series Victoria hosted by Geoff Ogilvy is the fourth to be played in consecutive years at Rosebud Country Club on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula. Some of the major highs of the Read more…
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