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Former NZ Open champion Jones excited for next chapter

Former NZ Open champion Jones excited for next chapter

Brendan Jones relishes getting back to a place he is so fond of, Queenstown, whether he is returning as a past champion of the New Zealand Open or not. 26 Feb 2025
Katsuragawa's maiden title sparks an American dream

Katsuragawa's maiden title sparks an American dream

Yuto Katsuragawa has set his sights on a place on the PGA Tour after claiming a home win at the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan. 29 Apr 2024
Kennedy returns from lengthy layoff for NZ Open

Kennedy returns from lengthy layoff for NZ Open

Such is Australian golfer Brad Kennedy's long love affair with the New Zealand Open that skipping the 2024 tournament at Millbrook was never an option. 27 Feb 2024
Koh records Korean hat-trick, Quayle third

Koh records Korean hat-trick, Quayle third

Korean Guntaek Koh made it a hat-trick of wins in Korea this season when he claimed the Shinhan Donghae Open today after beating Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai on the first hole of sudden-death. Australian Anthony Quayle finishing third two shots out of the play-off. 11 Sep 2023
Hendry: '90 percent' chance of full recovery

Hendry: '90 percent' chance of full recovery

Kiwi golfer, Michael Hendry is involved in the fight of his life and will miss this year's Open Championship while receiving treatment for leukemia. 26 May 2023
Despite travel dramas, Herbert shares lead in Japan

Despite travel dramas, Herbert shares lead in Japan

Scotland's Grant Forrest has shot the lowest round of the week to share the lead with Jazz Janewattananond and Australia's Lucas Herbert at the midway point of the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan. 22 Apr 2023
Kennedy in early mix in Japan

Kennedy in early mix in Japan

Australian veteran Brad Kennedy has fired a flawless five-under 65 opening round at the DP World Tour's ISPS Handa Championship at Ishioka Golf Club in Japan. 21 Apr 2023
From last group to the lead, Wood on top at NZ Open

From last group to the lead, Wood on top at NZ Open

A 35-foot birdie putt on the final hole punctuated a stunning 10-under 61 by Queensland’s Chris Wood to take a four-stroke lead into Round 2 of the New Zealand Open in Queenstown. 2 Mar 2023
Shin shines in the shadows

Shin shines in the shadows

The lead-in to the Australian Open saw plenty of talk about a former World No.1 and past winner of the Patricia Bridges Bowl making her return to our national Open. 1 Dec 2022
Smyth second as Vincent goes back-to-back

Smyth second as Vincent goes back-to-back

Scott Vincent could’ve been forgiven for thinking this wasn’t to be his week when he turned up at Slaley Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort but his clubs didn’t. 6 Jun 2022
Win goes begging for Quayle as Aussies secure Open starts

Win goes begging for Quayle as Aussies secure Open starts

Scott Vincent, Anthony Quayle, Brad Kennedy and Justin De Los Santos have secured their places in The 150th Open at St Andrews after qualifying through the Mizuno Open. 29 May 2022
The Thing About Golf Podcast #64 – Brendan Jones

The Thing About Golf Podcast #64 – Brendan Jones

Brendan Jones is one of Australia’s most successful yet lowest profile international golfers. 20 Apr 2022
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
Singapore Open returns with increased prizemoney

Singapore Open returns with increased prizemoney

The SMBC Singapore Open will make a welcome return in 2022, and with an increased prize purse of US$1.25 million, up from the US$1 million previously on offer. The event will once again take place on the Serapong Course at the Sentosa Golf Club from January 20-23. 16 Dec 2021
DP World Tour expands into Japan

DP World Tour expands into Japan

The DP World Tour has long outstripped its origins of its former European Tour moniker and to underline that it will host an event in Japan for the first time. 24 Nov 2021
Aussies on Tour: Top-50 ranking beckons for Min Woo

Aussies on Tour: Top-50 ranking beckons for Min Woo

West Australian Min Woo Lee is on the verge of the top-50 in the Official World Golf Rankings after recording his second top-five finish in his past three starts at the AVIV Dubai Championship in Dubai. 15 Nov 2021
Prom hurries homes for Asian Tour Phuket series

Prom hurries homes for Asian Tour Phuket series

Thailand’s Prom Meesawat, aka the ‘Big Dolphin’, has returned from a taxing few months in Japan in order to make a splash on Phuket Island when the Asian Tour restarts its 2020-21 season there at the end of November. 19 Oct 2021
Zalatoris aims for winning Asian debut at ZOZO Championship

Zalatoris aims for winning Asian debut at ZOZO Championship

American rising star Will Zalatoris hopes to produce a winning debut in his maiden visit to Asia when he tees up in the ZOZO Championship at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club starting on Thursday. 19 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
ZOZO Championship to go ahead in Japan

ZOZO Championship to go ahead in Japan

PGA Tour and ZOZO Inc. officials today announced that the 2021 ZOZO Championship will be played as scheduled, October 21-24, at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan. 14 Sep 2021
Aussies on Tour: Cam’s gone fishing

Aussies on Tour: Cam’s gone fishing

Cameron Smith has closed out his PGA Tour season with a payout in excess of half a million dollars but it was heartbreak for West Australian Curtis Luck at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Indiana. 6 Sep 2021