Jon Rahm sat in a room in New York City wearing a LIV Golf varsity jacket and confirmed the worst kept secret in world sport: the reigning Masters champion has signed with the league.
With two concurrently held ISPS Handa Australian Opens in the books, organisers now have twice the data – and twice as many opinions – to draw from when assessing what our national championship should look like from 2024 onwards. And it should tell them plenty.
He may not have completed the Aussie ‘majors’ double, but Min Woo Lee is still delighted with his work during the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS Handa Australian Open.
Admitting that losing a lunch bet to Lee is probably a more significant financial loss than the other way round, Hopewell is well placed to improve his Australian Open record that includes a T-10 last year.
Former winner Cameron Davis, 16-year-old schoolgirl Rachel Lee and all-abilities champion Cameron Pollard sit atop the leaderboard, spearheading the local challenge to reclaim the three Australian Open titles swept by foreigners a year ago.
The 45-year-old former world No.1 is Europe’s first repeat skipper since Bernard Gallacher rounded off his third successive captaincy with an unlikely triumph at Oak Hill in 1995.
Adopting a more aggressive approach to course management appears to have Adam Scott trending in the right direction as he aims for a second Australian Open to break a three-year winning drought.
The tournament favourite spent the past few days working with coach Grant Field on tweaking his swing for the ISPS Handa Australian Open being staged this week in Sydney at The Australian and The Lakes.
Australian Golf Digest
