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Australia’s major golf tournaments pushed back

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 admin 0 Comments

The Covid-19 pandemic, the need to ensure public safety and concerns over quarantine requirements have forced the postponement of the nation’s most prestigious golf tournaments, the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship, until early-2022. Media release via Australian Golf MediaThe ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia and Golf Australia jointly announced today that the Australian PGA Championship, scheduled for December 2-5 at Royal Queensland, has been pushed back to January 13-16, 2022, while the Open has moved from 25-28 November at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney to a date yet to be announced in late-January or February. Read more

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Australian Open golf returns for summer 2021

June 29, 2021 admin 0 Comments

It is with great delight that Golf Australia confirms the Australian Open will be played in 2021.

Media release

The battle for the time-honoured Stonehaven Cup, one of world golf’s oldest trophies, will take place at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney from 25-28 November.

It is the week before the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland, giving the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia a two-week block of world-class golf.

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Check out these old classic ABC TV Australian Open golf intros

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Journey back to the days when golf on TV began with big band music, floating graphics and checkerboard fades.

We stumbled upon a bunch of old, classic TV intros for Australian Open’s of yesteryear and thought they were worth a share.

Specifically, here are the opening spots for the ABC TV Sports coverage of the 1979, 1984 and 1987 Australian Opens.

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Australia’s major golf events cancelled

October 16, 2020 admin 0 Comments

It is with regret that the Australian golf industry announces this summer’s premier events – the Australian PGA Championship, Australian Open and Women’s Australian Open – have been cancelled.

Media release via Australian Golf Media

PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman, ALPG chief executive Karen Lunn and Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland confirmed all three events, which were to have been played in February, won’t proceed because of the global pandemic.

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The Australian Open will not be played in 2020

July 28, 2020 admin 0 Comments

The Australian Open will be rescheduled after it was confirmed today that it won’t be played in 2020.

Media Release courtesy of Australian Golf Media.

Golf Australia operations manager Simon Brookhouse remains very hopeful that the national championship, the fifth oldest in professional golf, will still be played this summer.

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Matt Jones edges out Louis Oosthuizen to win second Australian Open

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 admin 0 Comments

Matt Jones was cruising to his second Australian Open victory until a little pine cone got in the way of his golf ball.

In the end, it was a single pine cone that nearly turned the 2019 Emirates Australian Open on its head.

For most of the day, it appeared that local boy and 2015 champion Matt Jones was cruising towards a second Australian Open victory until a fairway bunker shot came out a little higher than expected.

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2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Matt Jones winning press conference video

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 admin 0 Comments

A very relaxed Matt Jones fronted the media after winning the 2019 Emirates Australian Open to chat about that final hole, that final putt and his biggest golfing regret.

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2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Matt Jones wins, final round video highlights

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 admin 0 Comments

Matt Jones has won a second Australian Open title today at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney, beating South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen by a single shot.

Check out the video highlights from today’s final round of the Emirates Australian Open. In particular, a dramatic finish after Jones almost saw the Stonehaven Cup slip out of his fingers after a late eagle from Louis Oosthuizen.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN Watch this birdie putt hang on the edge before dropping into the hole

December 7, 2019December 9, 2019 admin 0 Comments

The world number one ranked men’s amateur golfer Takumi Kanaya went from despair to delight as a birdie putt appeared to miss before dropping into the hole.

Playing the par-3 15th hole during the third round of The Australian Open, Kanaya put his head in his hands as his golf ball looked to come to rest of the edge of the hole.