Australian PGA – Australia’s Oldsest Event Becomes European Tour’s Newest Tournament.
This week’s Australian PGA Championship will mark a new era in The European Tour when the oldest and most prestigious event on the PGA Tour of Australasia is co-sanctioned for the first time at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
No fewer than 20 different nationalities will be represented in the field, with European Tour winners such as Scott Jamieson, Edoardo Molinari and Peter Uihlein lining up alongside a host of Australians who have tasted success on The European Tour including Stephen Allan, Robert ...
Jordan Spieth Hosting Texas-Theme Bar-B-Que At 2016 Augusta ‘Former Champions Dinner’.
In keeping with his Lone Star State up-bringing Masters champion Jordan Spieth intends hosting a ‘Texas Bar-b-que’ at next April’s Augusta National ‘Champions Dinner’.
The 22-year old Spieth gets to play dinner host after having stormed his way earlier this year to a maiden Major triumph by four strokes at the Georgia golfing gem.
And in a recent Masters tradition Spieth has chosen to host an outdoors bar-b-que as South African Charl Schwartzel did in 2012.
However it won’t be South African ...
Matt Jones Australian Open Celebrations Ruined If He Misses Out On Masters Invitation.
Matt Jones celebration in winning the Australian Open could be soured later next month should he miss out on an invitation into next year’s Masters at Augusta National.
Jones victory at the Australian Club in Sydney has seen him jump 30 places to the new World No. 51.
However it just one place, and just 0.0142 of a World Ranking point shy from earning an automatic exemption into the New Year’s traditional first Major by ending the year inside the top-50.
The 35-year olf Arizona-based ...
Historic Occasion At Association Of Golf Writers Australia Annual Dinner – First Time Two U.S. Open Winners Together In Australia.
It was an historic occasion on the eve of the final round of the 100th Australian Open at the annual Association of Golf Writers Australia (AGWA) Annual Dinner.
Present at the dinner held at the Bonnie Doon Golf Club was four Australian-born Major Champions – Five time Open winner Peter Thomson, double Major winning David Graham, 1991 Open winner Ian Baker-Finch and 2006 US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy.
However in a first it was the first occasion the now Texas-based Graham and Ogilvy were together ...
Matt Jones Deservedly Commands Sydney Home Town Newspaper Headlines.
For a first time in his career Sydney-born Matt Jones has commanded the sports headlines in the city where he grew up.
Jones captured only a second tournament since turning pro in denying World No.1 and defending champion Jordan Spieth to win the Australian Open.
Headlines of ‘No Stopping The Jones Boy’ greeted readers of Sydney’s Daily Telegraph while the Sydney Morning Herald chose the strange headline ‘It was Cement To Be’.
Jones grew-up around a 20-minute drive ...
Darren Clarke Rules Out ‘Meltdown’ As He Continues Two-Month, Eight Nation, Three Continent Golfing Crusade.
European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke ruled out concern of ‘meltdown’ as he continues a whirlwind two month, eight nation and three continent golfing crusade this week in Vietnam
Clarke jetted out of Sydney this morning local time (MON) bound for the inaugural Ho Tram Open ahead of also teeing-up in next week’s Asian Tour season-finale Thailand Masters outside of Bangkok.
Clarke had been mobbed at every turn by autograph and ‘selfie’ hunters at the completion of his Australian ...
Matt Jones Joins Boyhood Idol Greg Norman As An Australian Open Champion.
Matt Jones has followed in the footsteps of boyhood idol and fellow Australian Greg Norman to claim victory in the Australian Open in Sydney.
Jones, 35 fought back from a horror start to his final round by dropping three shots in his opening two holes and also taking a triple boyey at the ninth on the Australian Club course.
The local Oyster Bay born Jones, who had been a junior member at the Australian Club, managed to find some pearly form to record a final round two over par 73 and win by a shot ...
