australian open

Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis Smylie, son of former tennis star Liz, has scored his first professional golf victory, winning the Western Australia Open in a play-off. 20 Oct 2024
Cleary: Is it time for the men's and women's Australian Opens to stand alone?

Cleary: Is it time for the men's and women's Australian Opens to stand alone?

The Australian Open and the Australian Women's Open will again run concurrently this year, taking place at Kingston Heath and Victoria golf clubs from November 28. And for sure we'll get along and tune in. But are both tournaments lesser for it? 20 Oct 2024
Cleary: Build it and they will come? No need - the venue for every Australian Open is already here

Cleary: Build it and they will come? No need - the venue for every Australian Open is already here

Every year, about this time of year, ahead of our ‘Summer of Golf’, players, punters and media pundits highlight, bemoan, call-it-what-you-will, the lack of international star power attendant at our showpiece ‘major’ golf tournaments, the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship. 14 Oct 2024
Herbert and Leishman heading home for multiple starts

Herbert and Leishman heading home for multiple starts

Victorians Lucas Herbert and Marc Leishman will return to their home state for the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open as part of multiple Australian appearances to end the year. 11 Oct 2024
Smith commits to Australian Open

Smith commits to Australian Open

Major championship winner Cameron Smith will complete a four-week stretch of Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia tournaments by confirming his place in the field at the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open. 8 Oct 2024
Hannah heading home for Australian Open

Hannah heading home for Australian Open

Australia’s highest ranked golfer, Hannah Green, will finish off a spectacular 2024 by playing in the ISPS HANDA Australian Open on the Melbourne Sandbelt on November 28-December 1. 2 Oct 2024
Davis aiming to turn Cup snub into home summer success

Davis aiming to turn Cup snub into home summer success

Stung after being overlooked for the Presidents Cup team, Cam Davis is looking to channel his frustration into the Australian summer of golf. 25 Sep 2024
Open champ gunning for 76-year first this Aussie summer

Open champ gunning for 76-year first this Aussie summer

South African golfer Ashleigh Buhai will return to chase her third successive Australian Open title while men's champion Joaquin Niemann has also signed on. 10 Sep 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Lakes Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Lakes Golf Club

When you roll through the gates at premier golf clubs, anticipating what you are about to experience is a thrill that never wanes. 9 Sep 2024
Cam Davis dreams big at second FedEx Cup playoff event

Cam Davis dreams big at second FedEx Cup playoff event

Australian golf star Cam Davis knows a win at the BMW Championship is the best way to qualify for the PGA Tour's season-ending $148 million FedEx Cup finale. 21 Aug 2024
Min Woo Lee set to challenge for Australian Open

Min Woo Lee set to challenge for Australian Open

After nearly securing an historic Australian double last year, Min Woo Lee has today confirmed that he will tee it up at the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne as he chases his first Stonehaven Cup. 20 Aug 2024
Evergreen Scott still the big Aussie hope at Troon

Evergreen Scott still the big Aussie hope at Troon

Adam Scott goes into his 24th Open Championship at the age of 44 in arguably the best form of any of the six-strong Australian contingent. 18 Jul 2024
Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule released

Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule released

“The Chase Is On” for the professionals on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia with a busy schedule of tournaments for the first half of the upcoming 2024/25 season released today. 12 Jul 2024
Australian Open returns to the Melbourne Sandbelt

Australian Open returns to the Melbourne Sandbelt

The ISPS HANDA Australian Open will return to the famed Melbourne Sandbelt in 2024, Golf Australia announced today. 4 Jul 2024
Calls grow for major boost to Australian Open

Calls grow for major boost to Australian Open

Calls are growing louder for the Australian Open to be elevated in global status in a bid to unify world golf after two years of civil warfare. 12 Apr 2024
Australian Open praised as Masters make exceptions

Australian Open praised as Masters make exceptions

Augusta National is receiving praise for inviting Australian Open champion Joaquin Niemann to the Masters – despite the Chilean not meeting the usual entry criteria. 11 Apr 2024
Min Woo ready to ‘cook’ on the PGA Tour full-time

Min Woo ready to ‘cook’ on the PGA Tour full-time

After a blockbuster Aussie Summer, Min Woo Lee has arrived on American shores primed to make a statement at The American Express. 18 Jan 2024
Morri: Aussie Open’s status according to Rory

Morri: Aussie Open’s status according to Rory

It’s hard to pin down exactly when it happened (and it’s never been close to the truth) but the notion of the Australian Open as some kind of ‘fifth major’ is back in the headlines thanks to Rory McIlroy. 15 Jan 2024
Australian Open 'should be golf's fifth major': McIlroy

Australian Open 'should be golf's fifth major': McIlroy

As the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue to negotiate the sport's future, Rory McIlroy says he has a "dream scenario" with a global approach that would include making the Australian Open equivalent to the sport's "fifth major". 10 Jan 2024
Australian Open could depart NSW despite huge success

Australian Open could depart NSW despite huge success

Huge TV ratings have turned up the heat on the NSW government stumping up the money to keep the Australian Open golf championships in Sydney. 7 Dec 2023
Morri: Great golf for all

Morri: Great golf for all

There will be a time and place to continue the debate about the merits of the mixed format of the Australian Opens. But now is not that time. 4 Dec 2023