2028 Presidents Cup comes to the ‘Heath.
Words: Paul Prendergast/Media Release Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media 27/6/23 We’ve known for a while it was coming back to Melbourne but it was only today that the PGA TOUR’s official announcement would confirm exactly ‘where’ it would be played. With many clubs on the Sandbelt rumoured to be in the running, the news […]
Peace deal announced to ‘unify’ men’s professional golf.
Words: Paul Prendergast/Media Release 7/6/23 It’s the news we didn’t see coming so quickly, so quick that it seems, members of each Tour might not have had an inkling it was coming either. (Oh, to be a fly on the wall at a players meeting to be chaired by PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan at […]
PNG to host 2023/2024 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia season opener from May 4-7.
Words: Paul Prendergast. Image: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media 28/4/2023 Only a month on from David Micheluzzi concluding a memorable season atop the 2022-2023 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, a new season is already upon us with the return of the PNG Open at Royal Port Moresby next week. To be […]
Lennon due good karma at Womens NSW Open after gracious Athena gesture.
Words: Paul Prendergast. Image: Australian Golf Media The third staging of the WPGA Tour of Australasia’s innovative The Athena tournament again served one of its many key aims in that it exposed Australian audiences to a cross section of players with stars in their eyes and aspirations for greater things in the game. Prior to The […]
WPGA Tour of Australasia launch exciting 2023 Schedule.
Words: Release. Image: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media The release of an 11-tournament schedule for the 2023 WPGA Tour of Australasia is getting back towards pre-pandemic levels, with over $1.6 million dollars up for grabs and a host of stars competing including Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, major winner Jiyai Shin and LPGA card holders […]
The Field – ’22 Sandbelt Invitational
Meronk, Buhai and Popert clinch titles at an historic ISPS HANDA Australian Open.
Words: Paul Prendergast Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media An historic Australian Open staged at the Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Clubs is in the books, following the conclusion of three concurrently-staged Open Championships won in spectacular fashion by Poland’s Adrian Meronk, South Africa’s Ashley Buhai and England’s Kipp Popert. In the Men’s event, the […]
A second Stonehaven Cup is within Scott’s grasp
Words: Paul Prendergast Photo: Golfplus Media Much has been said about the Australian Open’s 20-year hiatus from the Melbourne sandbelt, For fans of Adam Scott and for Scott himself, the reality that the years since his sole victory in an Australian Open have tick into double digits will not be lost on them., Back in […]
Illness deprives Ogilvy after lengthy Open wait.
Words: Paul Prendergast Photo: Golfplus Media Bathed in glorious sunshine and with massive crowds creating scenes of colourful pageantry, there can hardly have been a better place to be than at Victoria Golf Club on Saturday during the ISPS HANDA Australian Open. An Australian Open on the Melbourne Sandbelt has been a long time coming […]
Cam triumphant in PGA Championship return.
Words: Release & Paul Prendergast Photo: Australian Golf Media Cameron Smith has won his third Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in five years to continue to build on his magnificent 2022 season. The 29-year-old Brisbane native joins some of Australian golf’s all-time greats in winning the Joe Kirkwood Cup three times – including Kel Nagle, Norman […]
