Preparation is key, but Smith & Block showcase different approaches – ISPS HANDA Australian Open 2023
Words: Paul Prendergast Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media. Most golf watchers who have attended professional golf tournaments for any length of time will have noted the seismic change in approaches to pre-round routines across the years. What was de rigueur 20 or more years ago was the range session pre-round was literally to […]
Min Woo Lee all class in claiming the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
Words: Release/Paul Prendergast Photo: Getty Images. Min Woo Lee became the first winner on the 2024 Race to Dubai as he claimed his third DP World Tour title with an emphatic performance at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship. The 25-year-old, who started the day with a three-stroke lead over eventual runner-up Rikuya Hoshino of Japan, […]
Cameron Davis commits to defend Sandbelt Invitational.
Words: Paul Prendergast. Photo: Mark Wilson – GolfplusMedia. In the wake of his dramatic one-stroke victory at the 2022 Sandbelt Invitational, Cameron Davis was quoted as saying: “It was such a good week playing these courses, I’d love to do this as many times as I can.” And true to his word, Davis has announced he […]
Stubbs claims Asia-Pacific Amateur title in playoff at Royal Melbourne.
Words: Release. Photo: Australian Golf Media Melburnian Jasper Stubbs has earned himself life-changing start in the Open Championship and The Masters in 2024 after he won a dramatic playoff victory in the Asia-Pacific Championship at Royal Melbourne. Just before 5.30pm on the 18th green of the famous Composite course, the 21-year-old Stubbs tapped in a […]
Ryder Cup 2023 – Key holes and other sundry tales from a Golfplus Media drop-in at Marco Simone.
Words: Paul Prendergast Photo: Golf Plus Media Most who have been been fortunate to have visited at this time will agree that Rome in September is just magical. Just out of the peak of the summer heat, (ever so) slightly less tourists in town and a chance to spend some time just wandering and soaking […]
Harrison Crowe goes Pro.
Words: Media Release Photo: Australian Golf Media New South Welshman Harrison Crowe has made the decision to turn professional, bringing to a close a stellar amateur career both in Australia and abroad. The 22-year-old from St Michael’s Golf Club in Sydney declared his desire to turn professional today, capitalising on the PGA Tour of Australasia […]
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 […]
