An Australian golf site for Australian Golfers
Three of the best swings in world golf will be on show at the 2019 Emirates Australian Open.
Press release
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Aussies Jason Day, Marc Leishman and Cam Smith chasing their first Stonehaven Cup, legendary Ernie Els, Paul Casey and Louis Oosthuizen are all coming to Sydney to play spoiler.
Read more
Three of the biggest names in Australian golf will contest the 2019 Emirates Australian Open.
Australians Jason Day, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith have all confirmed as starters for the 2019 Australian Open to be held at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney, December 5-8.
It’s great news for a tournament that has lacked star power over the past few years and had trouble enticing some of Australia’s best golfers to come and play.
Read more
A change of dates for the Australian PGA Championship will see it finish a big three weeks of golf in Australia this December.
The final dates have been finalized for the three big professional golf tournaments to be held in Australia in December.
The Australian PGA Championship was originally slated to be played in early December but it will now be played at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast from 19 – 22 December completing a big three weeks of professional golf in Australia.
Read more
Abraham Ancer has broken through for the biggest win of his career by taking out the Australian Open today at The Lakes in Sydney.
Words by Martin Blake at Golf Australia
It was always going to be Abraham Ancer’s to win or lose, and Mexico’s newest golfing sensation was in no mood to give it away at The Lakes.
Read more
Johan Kammerstad knew he hadn’t shown his best in the early rounds of the Australian All Abilities Championship, presented by ISPS Handa.
Words by Mark Hayes at Golf Australia
But today, when it came, it was simply overwhelming.
The bearded Swede’s stellar short game roasted his opposition; his one-over-par 73 from the same tees remarkably better than 25 players in the concurrent Australian Open field’s final round.
Read more
Attracting the world’s best golfers to play the Australian Open has always been a challenge as suggested in this article from 1964.
While researching the history of the Australian Open, and in particular the first time it was hosted at The Lakes I stumbled upon this article published just prior to the 1964 Australian Open in the Canberra Times.
Read more
Cameron Smith has his mind firmly set on two things this week: The Australian Open and meat pies.
Returning to Australia to play the Australian Open, World Cup of Golf and Australian PGA Championship, Cameron Smith has employed a different strategy this year.
By his own admission he normally relaxes a little after the Asian tournament before coming back home but this time he has his eyes firmly on raising the Stonehaven Cup.
Read more
The Australian Open returns to the Lakes Golf Club and golf tragic Scott Warren takes us on a brief tour of the history of this prestigious event and gives us a preview of what to expect this week.
Words by Scott Warren
While the Australian Open no longer draws a deep “who’s who” of world golf as it did through the 1960s and ‘70s, it has experienced a resurgence in recent years to present fields sprinkled with stars, playing on at times very good courses bathed in summer sunshine at a time of year when much of the Northern Hemisphere has put the clubs away for winter.
Read more
The Australian Open tees off at The Lakes Golf club this week and Channel 7 have all the free-to-air TV coverage.
Channel 7 will be broadcasting live from the Australian Open at the Australian Golf Club in Sydney this week and you can tune in via the regular way, or via online streaming on the PLUS7 app.
Read more
Keegan Bradley add firepower to the 2018 Emirates Australian Open.
Press release from Golf Media Australia
The popular American, the 2011 US PGA Championship winner and four times a winner on the US PGA Tour, has confirmed he will play at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from 15-18 November.
Read more