Australian Senior Golfer

THE 2009 Veteran Golfers National Championships has proved a huge success with Adelaide senior golfer Colin Angel taking the title in a tense final day struggle with Cairns local Ian Cooke. The one stroke victory at the 54 hole championship in Cairns highlighted a week of veteran golf that delighted organisers and participants. Tournament Director [...]

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MICHAEL SIM has won an instant promotion to the US PGA Tour after claiming his third Nationwide Tour victory at the Christmas in October Classic. The 24 year old West Australian, considered one of the hottest young prospects on the world golf scene, posted rounds of 65, 67,65 & 67 for a total of 20 [...]

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AUSTRALIA’S richest event for senior golfers, the $300,000 Handa Australian Senior Open will move to Perth for the first time this October. After two years at Concord Golf Club in Sydney, the prestigious event is expected to attract a field of 100 “Legends” of international golf – including senior newbie Peter Senior – to Royal [...]

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HAZELTINE NATIONAL GC: CHASKA, MINNESOTA: South Korean Y.E.Yang has become the first Asian born player to win a Major Championship outplaying world number one Tiger Woods to claim the 2009 USPGA Championship at the Hazeltine National Golf Club. In his eighth Major Championship appearance the 37 year old father of two shot a final round [...]

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Update Wednesday, September 9: Daly Withdraws from Aussie Tour.

Big John Daly has been forced to cancel his Australian appearances later this year after a recurring rib injury has seen him sidelined for the remainder of 2009.

Daly, who recently announced his intention to play both the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship in December revealed today (9/9/09) his disappointment at having to cancel his trip to Australia after the injury which he initially suffered at the 2007 Honda Classic flared up and required a surgical procedure last week.

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THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA has joined forces with the PGA’s of the US, Great Britain and Ireland to establish a new international alliance aimed at growing golf globally. The organisation announced today it had entered into a new World PGA Alliance it said was a significant step for world golf The World PGA Alliance will [...]

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THE Australian Masters has announced a multi-year broadcast partnership with the Nine Network and FOX SPORTS. In 2009, Nine will broadcast live coverage from Kingston Heath Golf Club on each of the four days with FOX SPORTS also providing live coverage on pay television. Nine will also incorporate The Today Show into its Australian Masters [...]

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AUSTRALIAN Robert Allenby has finished in a tie for second as world number one Tiger Woods took his record seventh World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational title. Thanks to a new putting grip, Allenby is a new and confident man on the greens and that helped him to a final round four under 66 in Akron, [...]

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TOP NSW senior golfer Denis Dale has won the inaugural The Grange Senior Championship in blustery conditions in South Australia. Strong winds on both days of the amateur championship didn’t allow for low scoring but Dale showed all his class and experience to beat South Australian John Beaumont by two strokes. Dale is a two [...]

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GEOFF OGILVY, Adam Scott, Aaron Baddeley, John Senden and Greg Chalmers have all confirmed they will be joining Greg Norman when the Australian Open takes to the cliffs of La Perouse in December. It should be a magnificent tournament with Ogilvy, current world number eight, heading the charge for the Stonehaven Cup. Former world number [...]

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