Master of the Amateurs begins Tuesday at the Southern Golf Club
Southern Golf Club plays host for the second occasion – image Australian Master of the Amateurs
Australia’s Master of the Amateurs championship will be played for the 27th occasion when the 72 hole event begins on Tuesday at the Southern Golf Club in Melbourne’s sunbelt.
The championship was first played in 1997 when Australia’s Barry Miles won the inaugural staging at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast although, five years later, Melbourne’s sandbelt became the permanent home for the event with Yarra Yarra, Royal Melbourne and Victorian Golf Clubs and now the Southern Golf Club playing host to a championship which has gained much prestige amongst not only Australian but world amateur events.
Amongst the list of previous winners are names such as Brendan Jones, one of Australia’s most successful ever competitors in Japan, Jason Day who is currently Australia’s leading world-ranked player and a 13-time winner on the PGA Tour and more recently Sahith Theegala who has himself become a star performer on the PGA Tour in recent times.
Not only has the winner’s list been impressive but over the years many other players who would go on to make their mark in world golf have competed including Rickie Fowler, Bryson De Chambeau and Tommy Fleetwood.
Players from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, England, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Scotland and numerous Asian countries at scheduled to tee it up.
The Master of the Amateurs took on a women’s division in 2018, the most notable of their winners to date being the NSW golfer Stephanie Kyriacou who has gone on to success on the Ladies European Tour and is now performing with distinction on the LPGA Tour>
The event is played over 72 holes with a 54-hole cut on Thursday evening followed by the final round on Friday 12th January.
