New governance and transparency measures for PGA TOUR, Tiger Woods joins as Policy Board Member
Words: Media Release Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media 2/8/23 PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan and the TOUR’s player members, Player Directors and Player Advisory Council members have announced a new agreement to ensure that the TOUR lives up to its mission of being a player-driven organization, “for the players, by the players.” As part of […]
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 […]
Scottie and Steve – 10-years on.
Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media. Adam Scott’s 2013 Masters triumph remains the first and only Green Jacket ever donned by an Australian. What are the chances of a repeat performance from the Queenslander at Augusta National 10 years on? According to Scott, tidying up the ‘one percenters’ will hold the key to any success. […]
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 […]
Whitsunday Dreaming.
By Paul Prendergast Photo: Golfplus Media One of the more spectacular media famils of 2022 – the glorious Whitsundays region in Queensland – included visits to such wonderful properties as the Coral Sea Resort, Intercontinental Hayman Island and Qualia on Hamilton Island. Helicopters, snorkeling and champagne at the Heart Reef, bush walks to swim at […]
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 […]
