sandbelt invitational

Green revelling in an opportunity to support Australian golf

Green revelling in an opportunity to support Australian golf

Some of the most endearing images that you get to witness at each Sandbelt Invitational – aside from the magnificent holes, green complexes and native vegetation in every direction – are often the interactions between the veteran players and the up-and-comers playing not only the event, but Sandbelt golf for the first time. 17 Dec 2024
The Ace: Not seen, but heard, around the ‘Belt.

The Ace: Not seen, but heard, around the ‘Belt.

Daniel Gale will not be able to defend his Sandbelt Invitational title in 2024 and listening to him speak about it during the recent Australian PGA Championship, there would be none more disappointed about it than he. 16 Dec 2024
Gale makes ace to snatch Sandbelt Invitational win

Gale makes ace to snatch Sandbelt Invitational win

For 65 holes of the 2023 Sandbelt Invitational, Sydney pro Daniel Gale led or shared the lead in the tournament. He started the final round four strokes clear of his nearest pursuer and was in complete control. 14 Dec 2023
Birthday girl Hammett impresses at the Sandbelt Invitational.

Birthday girl Hammett impresses at the Sandbelt Invitational.

Watching Sarah Hammett play golf and maintain a consistently placid demeanour through thick and thin these past three days at the Sandbelt Invitational, you’d be forgiven for thinking that she’s back home on the Gold Coast in familiar surrounds, playing with her friends around a home course she knows well. 14 Dec 2023
Weather & bogeys can’t stop Gale’s Sandbelt Invitational march

Weather & bogeys can’t stop Gale’s Sandbelt Invitational march

Journeyman pro Daniel Gale endured two weather delays and two late bogeys in his round to remain a four-shot leader heading into the final day of the Sandbelt Invitational in Melbourne. 13 Dec 2023
Komulainen’s pre-college study session at Sandbelt Invitational

Komulainen’s pre-college study session at Sandbelt Invitational

Queensland teenager Kai Komulainen is the latest Australian to tread a well-worn path to the U.S collegiate system – first trod back in the 1980s by Steve Elkington – when he takes up a full scholarship at the University of Tennessee in 2024. 13 Dec 2023
Gale storms to four-stroke lead at Sandbelt Invitational

Gale storms to four-stroke lead at Sandbelt Invitational

Sydney’s Daniel Gale has fired a course record equalling seven under 64 to open up a four-stroke lead at the Sandbelt Invitational in Melbourne. 12 Dec 2023
Playing From The Tips Ep.44: Mauritius & Saudi Opens

Playing From The Tips Ep.44: Mauritius & Saudi Opens

The year is crawling to a close with just two events on the world’s major Tours this week. 12 Dec 2023
Jack & Jaz star at Sandbelt Invitational

Jack & Jaz star at Sandbelt Invitational

Teen amateur star Jazy Roberts and young South Australian pro Jack Thompson have a share of the lead after the opening round of the 2023 Sandbelt Invitational in Melbourne. 11 Dec 2023
Morri: Sandbelt is golf for golf’s sake

Morri: Sandbelt is golf for golf’s sake

It’s not the most prestigious, most cherished or most lucrative. But among the most important? In terms of tournaments, the Sandbelt Invitational is in the conversation. 11 Dec 2023
Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Final Round

Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Final Round

The rain didn't keep the crowds or the low scores away on day four of the Sandbelt Invitational. Here are the best images from Thursday at Peninsula Kingswood. 22 Dec 2022
Opinion: It’s just the vibe of the thing

Opinion: It’s just the vibe of the thing

It is one of the quintessential moments of Australian cinema when Dennis Denuto utters the immortal line “It’s just the vibe of the thing” during the 1997 film The Castle. 22 Dec 2022
Driver off the deck delivers Davis Sandbelt Invitational

Driver off the deck delivers Davis Sandbelt Invitational

Over eight millimetres of rain greeted the field of the 2022 Sandbelt Invitational for the final round at Peninsula Kingswood on Thursday, but the weather couldn’t damp the scoring of leading pair Cam Davis and Momoka Kobori. 22 Dec 2022
Winner's Bag: Cam Davis – Sandbelt Invitational

Winner's Bag: Cam Davis – Sandbelt Invitational

Cam Davis showed his class on the final day of the Sandbelt Invitational on Thursday at Kingston Heath to win the second staging. Here is what he had in the bag. 22 Dec 2022
Creating the new Kobori

Creating the new Kobori

To watch Momoka Kobori place and putt her golf ball around Kingston Heath, Royal Melbourne and Yarra Yarra over the first three days of the Sandbelt Invitational, one would expect she was born swinging the club the way she does now at 23. 21 Dec 2022
Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Day Three

Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Day Three

There are just 18 holes to go at the 2022 Sandbelt Invitational. But before we get to Peninsula Kingswood, take a look at the best images from day three at Yarra Yarra. 21 Dec 2022
Momoka vs Goliath at the Sandbelt

Momoka vs Goliath at the Sandbelt

For much of the third day at the Sandbelt Invitational at Yarra Yarra Golf Club it looked as though Cam Davis would once again carry a multiple shot lead into the fourth and final day at Peninsula Kingswood on Thursday. 21 Dec 2022
Opinion: Royal Melbourne just gets it

Opinion: Royal Melbourne just gets it

The host venue is one of the crucial elements of tournament golf that if done well can go unnoticed. But in the case of the Sandbelt Invitational is one of the key tenets for the Geoff Ogilvy/Mike Clayton shared vision. 20 Dec 2022
Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Day Two

Gallery: Sandbelt Invitational Day Two

It was Royal Melbourne and the West Course for the second day of action at the 2022 Sandbelt Invitational. Here are the best images from Tuesday's round/ 20 Dec 2022
Not all fun and games for Cam at the Sandbelt

Not all fun and games for Cam at the Sandbelt

Given it is the week of Christmas, without Tour sanctioning and with few of the usual bells and whistles of tournament golf, you would be forgiven for thinking the Sandbelt Invitational is something of a hit and giggle. 20 Dec 2022
Momoka learning on the job at the Sandbelt

Momoka learning on the job at the Sandbelt

The Sandbelt Invitational is built on something of a unique premise in golf that realistically shouldn’t be. 19 Dec 2022