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Leishman and Smith Advance to Tour Championship

Marc Leishman - to play his 5th Tour Championship - file photo. Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith have graduated to the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship in Atlanta next week, the pair remaining inside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup…

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Curtis Luck’s Professional Breakthrough in Ohio

Curtis Luck - an important breakthrough in Ohio. West Australian Curtis Luck has today won his first event as a professional with a narrow but impressive win at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Nationwide Children’s Hospitals event in Columbus…

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Cameron Davis Finding His PGA Tour Feet

Davis and caddie Tschudin - file photo 25-year-old Australian golfer Cameron Davis is just two from the lead of Dustin Johnson at the Northern Trust Open in Boston, a second round of 65 added to his opening 64 at the TPC Boston having him…

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Minjee Lee’s Bounce-back Offers Hope

Minjee Lee - file photo courtesy of LET Through four holes of her opening round of the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon in Scotland, Australia's Minjee Lee could have been forgiven for asking just what on earth was going on. Having played…

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Can Minjee Lee Claim Maiden Major Title?

Royal Troon - photo Ladies European Tour Australia’s Minjee Lee has yet to win a major title amongst her five LPGA Championship victories but this week’s AIG Women’s British Open Championship, at Royal Troon on Scotland’s Ayrshire…

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Jack Trent Advances to Match Play at US Amateur

A typical scene at Bandon Dunes during this week's qualifying stage. Photo Steve Gibbons USGA Sunshine Coast golfer, Jack Trent, has safely made it through to the leading 64 golfers to qualify for the match-play phase of the US Amateur…

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Jason Day 4th behind Collin Morikawa at PGA Championship

Collin Morikawa is all smiles after his major breakthrough - photo Darren Carroll PGA of America Jason Day has finished in a share of 4th place after a bogey free final round of 66 at the PGA Championship at the TPC Harding Park near San…

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Agonising Loss for Ruffels at US Women’s Amateur

Zhang at the age of just 17 - the US Women's Amateur Champion - photo USGA A missed putt from less than 3 feet at the 2nd extra hole in today’s final of the US Women’s Amateur Championship in Rockville, Maryland, has cost Australia’s…

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Four Australians Tackle US Men’s Amateur Championship

With the final of the US Women's Amateur Championship, featuring one Australian, up for grabs on Sunday US time, final preparations are underway for four Australians to contend the US Men's Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes in Oregon beginning…

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Jason Day Down But Not Out at PGA

Jason Day - on the 5th hole today - courtesy of PGA of America Jason Day has recorded a third round of 70 at the PGA Championship near San Francisco and although now three shots behind the leader, Dustin Johnson, he remains very much in the…

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Gabi Ruffels Reaches Second US Amateur Final

Gabi Ruffels - in action today - photo courtesy of Chris Keane USGA While much of Australian golfing attention is focused on the performances of Jason Day and Adam Scott on the other side of the USA, a 20 year old US based Australian, Gabriela…

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Jason Day Loses PGA Lead But Remains Well Placed

Day hits his tee shot at the 9th - click to open - Photo courtesy of PGA of America Jason Day might have lost his share of the lead at the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park near San Francisco, but he is well placed heading into the weekend…

Race Against Time Ahead of Masters for Scott and DayOctober 23, 2020
Adam Scott and Jason Day have injury and health issues to overcome ahead of the Masters beginning on November 12th, but the pair who enjoy fine records in the event appear on track to extend their love affair with Augusta National. Scott’s recent diagnosis when testing positive for Covid 19 will mean a disrupted preparation […]
Chalk and Cheese for Hannah GreenOctober 10, 2020
Hannah Green – file photo Defending champion Hannah Green improved 13 shots on her opening round of 79 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia, adding a 4 under 66 to jump a massive 79 places, the West Australian now tied for 46th in the third major championship of […]
Hannah Green Defends at AroniminkOctober 7, 2020
Hannah Green – awarded the Greg Norman Medal in 2019 for her major breakthrough The LPGA Tour will this week play the third of its four 2020 major championships when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is contested at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Only the US Women’s Open in […]