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Published - 1 week By - Tony Webeck A career renaissance that has gone largely unnoticed now carries an extra element of gravitas after Queenslander Brad Kennedy secured the 2020/2021 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit. The outbreak of the coronavirus in early 2020 caused significant disruptions to the Australasian tournament schedule but a run of six events in the space of eight weeks ensured the Order of Merit was completed and Kennedy could be pronounced its champion. Winner of the New Zealand Open in March last year – the final event before the temporary suspension o...

Jan Kruger/Getty Images The PGA Championship will provide opportunities for the likes of Josh Geary, pictured here in the 2018 KLM Open in The Netherlands. As Covid cuts a swathe through sport, golf is swimming against the tide of the virus by announcing on Monday the 2021 NZPGA Championship will be held at Te Puke Golf Club next month. It will even have a “party hole”, a concept used at the Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour, where a mini-stadium is built around a par three green to create a rowdy atmosphere. With the NZ Open, one of the top two events on the New Zealand golfing calendar, th...

After last year's Super 6’s, club manager Warren Collett was enthusiastic about repeating, even with coronavirus uncertainty. The late Trevor Malloch had started the Lawnmasters and later when they briefly lapsed, Ewan Westergaard was the catalyst in reviving them. They have been expensive beasts, especially when the professional versions started in 2013. This one should render a slight financial gain for the club and in the past they have mostly broken even. They need ample prizemoney to attract the best players from sponsors such as property developer Brian Green, again this year aid...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck Geoff Ogilvy’s influence on two rookie professionals may prove to be his downfall as the tournament host carries a one-stroke lead into the third round of The Players Series Victoria at Rosebud Country Club on Saturday. In what is the absolute dream scenario for the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, WPGA Tour and broadcaster Fox Sports, when coverage begins on Saturday at 2pm AEDT the final groups will be littered with our current best players, veterans still capable of mixing it and a group of leading male and female stars of the ...