amateur golf

Pine Valley to host 2034 Curtis Cup

Pine Valley to host 2034 Curtis Cup

Pine Valley Golf Club, will host the 2034 Curtis Cup, the United States Golf Association announced. The venerable golf club has previously hosted the 1936 and 1985 Walker Cup. 6 Jul 2023
Aussies out as Amateur Championship Quarterfinalists set

Aussies out as Amateur Championship Quarterfinalists set

Ireland’s Alex Maguire reached the quarter-finals of The 128th Amateur Championship at Hillside after a thrilling victory at the 23rd hole against Daniel Rodrigues from Portugal. 23 Jun 2023
Aussies Greer and Stubbs to face off at Amateur Championship

Aussies Greer and Stubbs to face off at Amateur Championship

Australia’s hopes remain alive of claiming The Amateur Championship at Hillside, but after the Round of 32, those hopes will rest with one man. 22 Jun 2023
Germany’s Horder wins The Women’s Amateur Championship

Germany’s Horder wins The Women’s Amateur Championship

Chiara Horder has won The 120th Women’s Amateur Championship after a convincing 7&6 win over Annabelle Pancake in the 36-hole Final at Prince’s. 19 Jun 2023
Horder and Pancake to face off in Women’s Amateur Final

Horder and Pancake to face off in Women’s Amateur Final

Germany’s Chiara Horder defeated the world’s leading women’s amateur golfer Ingrid Lindblad to set up a Final with Annabelle Pancake in The 120th Women’s Amateur Championship. 18 Jun 2023
Quarterfinalists set for Women’s Amateur Championship

Quarterfinalists set for Women’s Amateur Championship

Leading stroke play qualifier Beth Coulter and the world’s leading women’s amateur golfer Ingrid Lindblad continued their title challenges by reaching the quarterfinals of The 120th Women’s Amateur Championship at Prince’s. 17 Jun 2023
Peirce and Wong reach round of 32 at Women’s Amateur

Peirce and Wong reach round of 32 at Women’s Amateur

As a group, it wasn’t the day the Australians were hoping for at The Women’s Amateur Championship at Prince’s, but hopes remain alive in the form of Caitlin Peirce and Jeneath Wong. 16 Jun 2023
Crowe targeting more Aussie success at Hillside

Crowe targeting more Aussie success at Hillside

Harrison Crowe is not short of inspiration as he prepares to tee it up in two of golf’s biggest and most prestigious championships. 14 Jun 2023
West Australian teen's ace earns $60,000 car

West Australian teen's ace earns $60,000 car

A 16-year-old girl, who is still on her L-plates, has made a hole-in-one to win a $60,000 car during one of Western Australia’s biggest regional tournaments. 6 Jun 2023
Aussie Jang and Kiwi Swanwick claim Australian Junior titles

Aussie Jang and Kiwi Swanwick claim Australian Junior titles

Sydney’s Ann Jang and New Zealander Zack Swanwick are the Australian Junior Amateur champions for 2023. 14 Apr 2023
After final round struggles Rose blossoms amongst the azaleas

After final round struggles Rose blossoms amongst the azaleas

After four attempts, a three-plus-hour weather delay, a mid-round grip change and a two-hole play-off, World No.1 amateur Rose Zhang claimed one of the few titles that had eluded her in an illustrious career: the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. 2 Apr 2023
Zhang shows her class at Augusta National Women's Amateur

Zhang shows her class at Augusta National Women's Amateur

The 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur began on Wednesday with 72 of the world’s top amateur golfers competing in Georgia. World No.1 Rose Zhang carded a bogey-free six-under 66 to set a new 18-hole Championship record and claim the first-round lead. 30 Mar 2023
Amateur stars continue winning ways at Junior Invitational

Amateur stars continue winning ways at Junior Invitational

The 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion and 2022 British Amateur champion have claimed titles at a prestigious event in the U.S. 20 Mar 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #86 – Elaine Farquharson-Black

The Thing About Golf Podcast #86 – Elaine Farquharson-Black

Playing professional golf is a dream for millions but not everyone who has the skill to pursue it ends up enjoying it. 15 Mar 2023
Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific returning to Thailand

Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific returning to Thailand

The R&A and Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) have announced that the 2024 edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship will be played on the Waterside Course at the Siam Country Club in Thailand from February 1-4 in 2024. 13 Mar 2023
NSW Amateur titles head interstate

NSW Amateur titles head interstate

Abel Eduard pulled the big surprise while Shyla Singh exacted some "revenge" after last year's final heartbreak to win their respective New South Wales Amateur finals at Pennant Hills. 30 Jan 2023
Bosio Augusta bound

Bosio Augusta bound

Justice Bosio was at an airport waiting to fly to Victoria for this week’s TPS Victoria when she saw the email on her phone that raised her eyebrows. 25 Jan 2023
Australian Amateur titles head overseas

Australian Amateur titles head overseas

New Zealander Kazuma Kobori and Japan’s Mizuki Hashimoto have stamped themselves as future superstars of golf by winning the Australian Amateur championships for men and women at New South Wales Golf Club. 16 Jan 2023
Winner’s Bag: Ting-Hsuan Huang – Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

Winner’s Bag: Ting-Hsuan Huang – Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

Ting-Hsuan Huang has won the first Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific for Chinese Taipei after a thrilling final day battle with long hitting local Natthakritta Vongtaveelap. Here is what the 17-year-old had in her bag in Thailand. 6 Nov 2022
The Preview: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

The Preview: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Despite only coming into existence in 2009, the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship has established itself as one of the premier events in world golf and certainly the local region. 26 Oct 2022
Jeffrey Guan – Rising star, wise guy

Jeffrey Guan – Rising star, wise guy

Jeffrey Guan is no ordinary Aussie teenage golf star. Inspired by Ben Hogan, he believes any future success he has is as much about the power of the mind as it is about the power of his swing. 19 Oct 2022