Masters champion and career grand slam winner Rory McIlroy’s commitment to play in the Australian Open in Melbourne has blown tournament officials away with “unprecedented” ticket sales coming in the first 24 hours.
Rory McIlroy has been locked in to make a competitive return Down Under to play in the Australian Open for two years in a mega coup for the country’s golf landscape.
Jasper Stubbs has won the Asia Pacific Amateur at Royal Melbourne, punching his ticket to next year’s 2024 Masters and Open Championship. Stubbs, 21, who lives 2km from Royal Melbourne, was five-over for the tournament after six holes of the final round but rattled off four birdies in his last 12 holes to shoot 69. Read more…
Chinese Taipei’s Chuan-Tai Lin and China’s Wenyi Ding shared the 36-hole lead at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on a day when Royal Melbourne’s fickle breezes brought many rounds undone. Chinese-Taipei’s ‘Teddy’ Lin fired the day’s lowest score, a 4-under 67 that catapulted him into a tie for the lead. He credited his caddie, a Royal Melbourne member, Read more…
New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori battled Melbourne’s notorious weather, lethargy and a head cold to post a flawless 5-under 66 for the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
The stage is set for an epic Sunday at Royal Melbourne after Ernie Els and Tiger Woods confirmed the singles showdowns that will ultimately decide the 2019 Presidents Cup.
A Unites States team teetering on the brink of rendering Sunday’s singles largely immaterial played its way back into contention in afternoon foursomes in the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne on Saturday.
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