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Rory McIlroy and Min Woo Lee at last year’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

Australian Open heads to Peninsula-Kingswood, NSW locked out

The Australian Open will be played at Peninsula-Kingswood Country Golf Club next year, and the event will return to Victoria in 2029 and 2030.

  • Peter Ryan

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Womens Australian Open champion Hannah Green of Australia holds the Patricia Bridges Bowl  during day four of the 2026 Women’s Australian Open at Kooyonga Golf Club.

‘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
Hall of Fame: Jan Stephenson, seen here during her playing days, once had a relationship with Donald Trump.

‘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
From left: James Sutherland, Ricky Ponting, Lyn Swinburne and David Evans.

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
Paige Chrzanowski and her two children Evie (7) and Julian.(5) play golf at Barwon Valley Golf Course.

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
Lleyton Hewitt and Adam Scott struck up a friendship while both lived in the Bahamas.

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
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Elvis has left the clubhouse

Viva Royal Melbourne.

Rory McIlroy attracted massive galleries all week.

‘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
Marac Leishman tees off at the 2023 Cathedral Invitational.

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
Cam Smith holds his head in his hands after missing the putt on 18.

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