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Overnight leader Ben An made a hole-in-one at the par-3 15th hole during the second round of the Australian Open.
The ace saw the Korean finish the day again atop the leaderboard in a tie for first place at 8-under par.
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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.
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South Korea’s Byeong Hun An leads after a wild and windy opening day of the Australian Open.
Words by Martin Blake, courtesy of Golf Australia
Byeong Hun An comes from a rich pedigree of sports, but it’s not of a golfing hue.
His parents, An Jae-hyung and Jiao Zhimin both won table tennis medals for South Korea and China at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, before they married.
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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.
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On the back of his first victory in almost three years, Matt Kuchar arrives in Australia to play the Australian Open at The Lakes this week.
After winning the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico last week, Matt Kuchar missed his flight to Australia (by an hour) and is feeling a little jet-lagged as he faced the media at the Australian Open today.
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It’s officially tournament golf season in Australia starting with a world-first for the Australian Open at The Lakes this week in Sydney.
The 104th staging of the Australian Open arrives at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney this week and you really should grab yourself a ticket to come and watch for yourself, or tune in to Channel 7 to check out what should be a fantastic tournament.
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World number 30 Keegan Bradley has arrived to play in his first Australian Open and his first tournament in Australia since playing the old Moonah Classic as part of the NAtionwide Tour.
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Check out this fabulous exchange between caddie and European Tour player Ashun Wu during last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.
Wu looked set on trying to hit a low shot under the trees with enough height to carry the water but his caddie suggested it was a bad idea.
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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.
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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.
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