Whether you are a Mario Kart Director or the O’Doyles in BillyMadisonyou learned it the hard way: banana peels are bad news. But they are not often an obstacle in professional golf. So when Rory McIlroy’s ball landed in a tuft of tall grass during Saturday’s third round of the Australian Open at the vaunted, […]
Cam Smith was the first to admit it: 2025 wasn’t his year. Look no further than his big record: MC, MC, MC, MC. Smith even entered this year’s Australian Open without scoring once in seven attempts. He spoke at length after last week’s Australian PGA about feeling lost and confused. But Royal Melbourne has brought […]
You don’t have to spend long in the Australian sand belt to learn about the variety of exotic objects that could lead to your eventual demise. On a local golf course, Kingswood Peninsulathe staff enjoy scaring foreign visitors with a reminder: three of the world’s deadliest snakes live in the Melbourne region, and all three […]
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Viktor Hovland spends most of his year shuttling between airports, courtesy cars and practice t-shirts, the disciplined life of a modern Tour professional. That’s why it stood out when he stuffed his bag into the trunk of a car in Oslo a few summers ago and headed out with three friends on a 16-hour road […]
For the 2025 Australian Open Golf, a total prize fund of $2 million AUD is available for the DP World Tour event. The prestigious event returns to the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in 2025, returning to a men-only tournament. Last year, both the DP World Tour and the Australian LPGA were sanctioned. The tournament dates […]
There was no way to ease it. No way to minimize it. There is no way to cover up the truth. The PGA Tour’s decision to cancel the final round of the second leg of the PGA Tour Q-School had a number of people fooled – and one of them was James Nicholas. “That. Sucked,” […]
There seem to be conflicting messages. On the one hand, PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp argues that the middle class matters. “You can’t build a lifelong sport that outlives your stars if you don’t build a system that outlasts your stars,” Rolapp said last month during a CNBC leadership forum. On the other hand, Rolapp […]
MELBOURNE, Australia – Not before experiencing a bit of back-nine drama at Royal Melbourne, Rory McIlroy has made it to the weekend at the Australian Open after shooting a 3-under 68 on Friday to finish inside the 36-hole finish line. McIlroy, who was two under at the tournament, was seven strokes behind leaders Daniel Rodriques […]
NASSAU, Bahamas – US Open champion JJ Spaun converted two of his three Eagle chances, Cameron Young shot 30 on the back nine and Hideki Matsuyama was bogey-free, all part of a new five-way tie for the lead Friday in the Hero World Challenge. Part of the lead was missing from Scottie Scheffler, who briefly […]