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The Australian Open was the flagship tournament of the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1992 to 2019. It had a special status in the Official World Golf Ranking's points system, awarding a minimum 32 points to the winner regardless of the strength of the field.
Australia's premier golf tournament and national Open is the Australian Open, run by Golf Australia, which has been held since 1904. Other tournaments include the Australian PGA Championship, which has been held since 1929, and the Australian Masters, held from 1979 to 2015. In women's golf, the ALPG Tour has operated since 1972. It became a ...
It features an 18-hole Championship Course, a 9-hole Centenary Course, two golf practice areas, a golf teaching studio, 18 tennis courts, two bowling greens, two croquet lawns, a squash court, a Fitness Centre as well as an elegant Clubhouse. [1] It has hosted the Australian Open on 15 occasions between 1906 and 2016. [1]
Novak Djokovic is vying for a record-extending eleventh Australian Open title and a record-extending 25th major title. [2] [3] His second round match marked his 430th career major main draw singles match, surpassing Roger Federer's all-time record. [4] Carlos Alcaraz is vying to become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in ...
The Australian Golf Club is a golf club located in Rosebery, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Although it survived numerous course location changes, it is arguably the oldest golf club in Australia. To date the course has held 20 Australian Open events and most recently in 2017 the event was won by Australian Cameron Davis. The course has been ...
Its 16 Australian Opens are surpassed by only the 17 hosted by The Australian Golf Club. It hosted the 1959 Canada Cup (now Mission Hills World Cup ), and the 1972 World Cup. Royal Melbourne hosted the Bicentennial Classic , a tournament to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.
Total prize money at the Australian Open is rising to a tournament-record 96.5 million Australian dollars (about $60 million). The two singles champions each will receive 3.5 million Australian ...
Golf Australia is the governing body for the sport of golf in Australia, formed in 2006 after the Australian Golf Union (AGU) and Women's Golf Australia (WGA) agreed to merge. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The decision, which was formally ratified at a meeting in Melbourne in August 2005, [ 3 ] was made after the Australian Sports Commission threatened to ...