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Australia’s Antonio Murdaca is headed to the 2015 Masters Tournament and The Open Qualifying Series this year after he claimed victory at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club today. The 19-year old Adelaide born Murdaca became the first Australian winner of the prestigious championship, closing with a steady 1-under-par 71 that left him seven shots clear of the field, the biggest winning margin in event history. Starting the final round eight shots ahead, ...

Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen was on top ‘Down Under’ in storming to a second European Tour title success with victory in the ISPS Handa Perth International in Perth, Australia. Olesen went into the final round leading by three shots and a final round 71 handed him a three shot victory over Ryder Cup winning rookie Victor Dubuisson of France. However it was not all plain sailing for the 24 year old, whose previous win came in the Italian Open in Sicily two years ago, as he had seen ...

Fellow Aussie Greg Norman has awarded Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman a six out of 10 for her golf. Kidman lit up the red carpet laid out to welcome the glittering array of stars from entertainment and sport gathered together on the Chinese holiday island of Hainan for the Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am. The superstar was guided by Mission Hills Group Chairman and CEO Dr. Ken Chu through the flashing bulbs and the cheers of thousands gathered at Mission Hills Haikou’s Movie Town theme ...

The PGA of America is in further disarray with Ted Bishop being sacked over his Ian Poulter twitter remarks. During his 23 months as President of the PGA of America Bishop was never afraid to take a risk or share his strong opinions on any subject but the latest controversy has cost him his job. And he’s the first PGA President to be removed from office, and he went down swinging. He said the PGA officers asked him to resign Friday morning over his sexist comments on social media directed at ...

England-born Zane Scotland is celebrating in Muscat after a comprehensive three-shot shot victory in the MENA Golf Tour’s Ghala Valley Open on Wednesday. Starting the third and final day a good four shots ahead, the 32-year-old closed with a four-under 68 to move to 11 under to leave his opponents trailing in his wake. Spain’s Carlos Balmaseda matched the day’s best score of a 67 to finish runner-up on eight under, two shots ahead of Morocco’s Faycal Serghini and three of England’s Christopher ...

Victor Dubuisson will tee up in the world’s remotest capital city relishing being one of the pre-tournament favourites at this week’s ISPS HANDA Perth International. The Frenchman, who followed his impressive Ryder Cup debut with a run to the quarter-finals of last week’s Volvo World Match Play Championship, is predicted by many to be in contention come Sunday at Lake Karrinyup along with the likes of Charl Schwartzel and Jason Dufner in Perth and the capital of Western Australia. However ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has sought to reaffirm his decision to defend next month’s Australian Open title in Sydney. This is after McIlroy earlier this week took the European Tour by complete surprise in declaring he is withdrawing from the opening two events of the Tour’s ‘Final Four Series’ that commence next week in Shanghai. McIlroy was due to tee up in the October 30th starting BMW Masters and the following week’s WGC- HSBC Champions event, and also being staged in Shanghai. The ...