australian open

Perspective driving performance for Quayle

Perspective driving performance for Quayle

It is hard to believe, but Anthony Quayle’s first real step into the big time at home when he opened the Australian Open in strong fashion was almost five years ago in 2017. 9 Feb 2022
Shearer’s legacy lives on with looper

Shearer’s legacy lives on with looper

The passing of Bob Shearer last week was felt by the entire golf fraternity. And there was a touch of serendipity at this week’s Fortinet Australian PGA at Royal Queensland. 15 Jan 2022
Clayton: Remembering everyone’s mate ‘Shears’

Clayton: Remembering everyone’s mate ‘Shears’

This week the Australian PGA begins at Royal Queensland, but it will do so with heavy hearts as everyone remembers Bob Shearer, the champion of 1983. ‘Shears’ died suddenly on Sunday, aged only one over the par at Royal Melbourne. 10 Jan 2022
Vale Bob Shearer

Vale Bob Shearer

PGA of Australia Life Member and Australian PGA and Australian Open champion Bob Shearer has passed away at age 73. 9 Jan 2022
Ancer and Saso join Callaway Tour staff

Ancer and Saso join Callaway Tour staff

Today, Callaway Golf officially announced that Abraham Ancer and Yuka Saso have joined their Professional Staff in multi-year agreements. 5 Jan 2022
Past champion Fowler ‘devastated’ by Aussie Open’s plight

Past champion Fowler ‘devastated’ by Aussie Open’s plight

1983 Australian Open champion Peter Fowler says he was ‘devastated’ when the national championship was cancelled for the second consecutive year. 22 Dec 2021
Ogilvy: ‘We will showcase the Melbourne Sandbelt, something we haven’t really done for the last 20 years.’

Ogilvy: ‘We will showcase the Melbourne Sandbelt, something we haven’t really done for the last 20 years.’

First things first. When my fellow Golf Australia columnist, Mike Clayton, mentioned to me that we should try to set up what has since become the ‘Sandbelt Invitational’, we were both aware that this was not a new idea. 17 Dec 2021
Sutherland using women’s cricket experience for golf

Sutherland using women’s cricket experience for golf

Australian golf's leaders want more female events and more women on professional Tours as they attempt to shed perceptions of the sport being pale, male and stale. 17 Dec 2021
Opinion: A week of celebration and disappointment

Opinion: A week of celebration and disappointment

This week sets up as a celebration for Australian golf. 8 Dec 2021
Aussie PGA set to shine spotlight on new stars

Aussie PGA set to shine spotlight on new stars

Big-name PGA Tour players Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith likely won't make it home for January's delayed instalment of the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. 9 Nov 2021
Exclusive: Inside the OGPA

Exclusive: Inside the OGPA

The cancellation of the men’s and women’s Australian Opens and postponements of a number of other PGA Tour of Australasia events due to Covid have proven frustrating for locally-based players. 1 Nov 2021
WA PGA and WA Open postponed

WA PGA and WA Open postponed

Originally marked as the restart point of the PGA Tour of Australasia season, the West Australian swing of tournaments, including the WA PGA and WA Open, will be postponed until 2022. 27 Oct 2021
Ogilvy behind new Sandbelt Invitational

Ogilvy behind new Sandbelt Invitational

When Golf Australia magazine columnist Geoff Ogilvy speaks, most listen. And the 2006 U.S. Open champion had the ear of the golfing world again on Tuesday when he announced a new tournament, The Sandbelt Invitational. 20 Oct 2021
Dates confirmed for three Webex Players Series events

Dates confirmed for three Webex Players Series events

The return of Webex Players Series events in Victoria and Sydney and the addition of a third TPS tournament in the Hunter Valley has provided a timely boost to the 2021/2022 PGA Tour of Australasia summer of golf. 18 Oct 2021
No Australian Open disappoints top players

No Australian Open disappoints top players

Australian No.1 Cameron Smith has expressed his disappointment at the cancellation of the men's and women's national golf championships for the second year running. 15 Oct 2021
Tournament golf ready to resume across NSW

Tournament golf ready to resume across NSW

Clear your diary – tournament golf is set to resume across NSW. 15 Oct 2021
Men’s and Women’s Australian Opens cancelled

Men’s and Women’s Australian Opens cancelled

The 2021 Men’s Australian Open and the 2022 Women’s Australian Open have been cancelled as the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting travel restrictions continue to play havoc with international golf in Australia and around the world. 14 Oct 2021
PGA Tour of Australasia set for back-to-back weeks in QLD

PGA Tour of Australasia set for back-to-back weeks in QLD

The recently re-designed Nudgee Golf Club will appear on the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia schedule for the first time in the club’s history as the new home of the Queensland PGA Championship. 1 Oct 2021
NZ Open date change bolsters Australasian Tour

NZ Open date change bolsters Australasian Tour

A stronger field and a greater certainty of proceeding are the driving forces behind the decision of tournament organisers to delay the 102nd staging of the New Zealand Open at the Millbrook Resort in Queenstown. 23 Sep 2021
Australian Open and PGA postponed until 2022

Australian Open and PGA postponed until 2022

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 3 Sep 2021
Exclusive: Australian Open decision imminent

Exclusive: Australian Open decision imminent

For a second straight year the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown men’s Australian Open plans into disarray, with the planned November 25-28 date at Sydney’s The Australian Golf Club appearing more and more unlikely by the day. 18 Aug 2021