Australian Open
‘Good as a major’: local ace wins Women’s Aussie Open
With her one-stroke victory at Adelaide’s Kooyonga Golf Club, Perth-born Green became only the fourth Australian - and first in a dozen years - to win their national open.
- Steve Larkin
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‘The players didn’t really like me’: How a sex symbol paved the way for Australia’s female golfers
Australian golfer Jan Stephenson was a sex symbol in the ’80s. Her profile helped the world appreciate the skill of female golfers. Now, as the current generation of Australian women golfers begin to make their presence felt on the world stage, her legacy is being appreciated.
- Peter Ryan
- Investigation
- World golf
How Ricky Ponting missed the membership cut at Royal Melbourne Golf Club
We reveal how the former Australian cricket captain – one of the country’s most successful sporting figures and a mad-keen golfer – failed in his bid to join an exclusive club.
- Sam McClure
From stiff to sought-after: Australia’s ‘healthy addiction’ to golf
The sport’s growing popularity has extinguished calls for courses to be converted to housing or parkland, Golf Australia says.
- Madeleine Heffernan
- Exclusive
- Adam Scott
Behind the Lleyton Hewitt friendship driving Adam Scott towards his second major win
Two of Australia’s greatest athletes lived in the Bahamas. One was in his prime, the other battling badly.
- Sam McClure
‘Wow, I might’ve made a mistake’: Why world stars are keen to join Rory at the Australian Open
Rory McIlroy’s presence at Royal Melbourne helped organisers “exceed expectations” for the Australian Open this year, at home and abroad.
- Iain Payten
- Exclusive
- Adam Scott
The country golf course aiming to lure McIlroy and be Australia’s Augusta
The exclusive club north-east of Melbourne already attracts some of the biggest names in Australian golf to its annual invitational. Now, it’s chasing an even bigger profile.
- Sam McClure
The putt that sank Cameron Smith – and his Australian Open hopes
Royal Melbourne played host to a dramatic finish to the Australian Open as Cam Smith missed a five-foot putt on the final hole to hand Denmark’s Rasmus Neergard-Peterson a one-shot victory.
- Sam McClure
Australian Open as it happened: Great Dane Neergaard-Petersen beats Smith after last-putt heartbreaker
A gutted Cameron Smith has come up agonisingly short in his bid for a coveted maiden Australian Open title as Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen broke home hearts with a last-hole up-and-down for the ages at Royal Melbourne.
- Iain Payten