A day after decorated British amateur golfer Sir Michael Bonallack was laid to rest, the amateur course record he held for 55 years at Royal Melbourne’s Composite course was beaten. If the five-time winner of Britain’s Amateur Championship could have seen the howling winds on Day 3, he would have impressed at Sampson Zheng’s six-under 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.
Lukas Michel, the 2019 US Mid Amateur champion, had wrestled with a decision for years. Turn professional and begin life as a touring golfer, or use his engineering degree and love of design to pursue a career in golf course architecture? Chase birdies, or bulldozers?
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.
A difficult week in which partisan crowds have heckled Patrick Reed in the wake of his rules violation at the Hero World Challenge got even worse on Saturday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
The strange on-course meeting between Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith on Thursday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club was so difficult to characterise that one of the two protagonists still is befuddled by it.
Patrick Reed walked in smiling to his Tuesday press conference at Royal Melbourne, and the smile turned into a laugh – shared with Justin Thomas – when he saw the buzzing scrum of reporters gathered in front of his podium spot.
Australian Golf Digest
