Australian superstar Cam Smith will return home this summer with unfinished business on his mind, confirmed for the Capital.com Australian Open as he looks to add the Stonehaven Cup to his list of career achievements, as well as the BMW Australian PGA Championship the week prior.
Golf Australia has confirmed Victoria will host the Capital.com Australian Open in 2027, 2029 and 2030, strengthening the tournament’s future on the Melbourne Sandbelt and bringing the championship to Peninsula Kingswood for the first time.
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.
Golf Australia has today taken another important step in securing the long-term future of the Australian Opens, partnering with the South Australian Government to secure the redeveloped North Adelaide Golf Course as a long-term host of the national championships.
The talks form part of LIV’s broader strategy to explore partnerships with national federations worldwide, with the stated aim of injecting significant funding into traditional national championships and elevating their commercial and broadcast profiles.
Cameron Smith missed a short putt to take the Australian Open into a playoff at Royal Melbourne after Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen made a sublime par save to lift the Stonehaven Cup.
Rory McIlroy capped his topsy-turvy 2025 Crown Australian Open campaign with a brilliant birdie putt on the final hole, sealing a remarkable turnaround after flirting with the cut earlier in the week.
Australian Open contender Cameron Smith is dreaming of a triumphant comeback win from a highly-publicised “crappy year” having salvaged a place in the last group at Royal Melbourne, where a star-studded leaderboard teases a final round for the ages.
Rory McIlroy’s wildly entertaining week at the 2025 Crown Australian Open delivered yet another first on Saturday – this time involving a rogue banana peel that left the Masters champion in a truly slippery situation.
Scanning through some of the best modern players in the game and their best statistical rounds in that period, Els’ 60 at Royal Melbourne in 2004 betters them all.
Australian Golf Digest
