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Australia’s representation at next month’s US Open at Torrey Pines has received a sizeable boost but Jason Day remains on the outside looking in.

Published - 3 weeks By - Tony Webeck In some respects, Cameron Davis is the Aussie on the PGA TOUR that no one saw coming. Certainly not at the speed at which he arrived. His amateur career was one that few can match. The 2014 Victorian Amateur champion, Davis won the Australian Amateur title in 2015 and in 2016 was the individual winner at the Eisenhower Trophy that the Australian team won by 19 strokes in Mexico. Those within the inner sanctum of Australian golf knew Davis had game but when...

Tiger Woods touched by red shirt tribute at World Golf Championships as Collin Morikawa matches his achievement Posted MonMonday 1 updated MonMonday 1 Rory McIlroy, left, and other players wore clothing in honour of Tiger Woods. ( Share Print text only Cancel Tiger Woods has tweeted his gratitude from his hospital bed after players at the World Golf Championships donned red shirts in his honour. Key points: Players at the World Golf Championship wore red shirts and black trousers in imitation ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Webb Simpson ran off three straight late birdies for a share of the lead Thursday in the Workday Championship. Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau ran up some big numbers.Simpson matched Matthew Fitzpatrick with a 6-under 66 at The...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Webb Simpson ran off three straight late birdies for a share of the lead Thursday in the Workday Championship. Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau ran up some big numbers.Simpson matched Matthew Fitzpatrick with a 6-under 66 at The...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck A 7-iron to three feet on the 72nd hole to win your first event in three months was a pressure test Brad Kennedy passed with aplomb; now he’s ready to take it up a notch. The current PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner is making his second appearance in a World Golf Championships event at this week’s WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, almost a decade since he teed it up at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in China in 2012. The Queenslan...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck Aussie pair Jason Scrivener and Cameron Davis have registered career-best finishes on the European Tour and PGA TOUR respectively and set some records along the way. Starting the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship inside the top-10, Scrivener lost ground on the front nine at Abu Dhabi Golf Club before catching fire on the run home. The 31-year-old West Australian eagled the par-5 10th and added five more birdies to play the b...

Published - 3 months By - Tony Webeck A last-minute Zoom call with coach Dom Azzopardi has helped Lucas Herbert to make a bright start to his European Tour season at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi overnight. A 4-under par round of 68 has Herbert as the best-placed Australian with the first round to be completed this afternoon due to the heavy fog that delayed the start of play on Thursday. South Australian Wade Ormsby is one shot behind Herbert at 3-under as is...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck After a wait of more than three months five of Australia’s European Tour contingent return to tournament golf this week at the Abu Dhabi Championship at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates. The disruption to the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia summer of golf and associated border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have meant precious little competitive golf for our elite European Tour regulars, member comps and...