Australian Senior Golfer

THOSE pesky New Zealanders won the Senior Men’s Amateur Trans Tasman golf championship for the first time this year and here’s hoping the new 12 man Australian team just announced will turn the tables in 2010. The 2010 Trans Tasman Sanctuary Cove Trophy will be played at the Clearwater Resort, Christchurch, New Zealand on February [...]

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THE ASIAN TOUR has brokered a deal with Fox Sports to broadcast their tournaments live in Australia. Under the new agreement, Fox Sports will begin coverage of the Asian Tour for the remainder of the 2009 season and through the new 2010 season. The announcement comes a week after the rival OneAsia Tour, which is [...]

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THE race for the 2009 PGA Legends Tour Order of Merit honours has come down to the wire, with the winner to be decided at the season’s final event, the Fiducian Legends Australian PGA Seniors Championship next month. To be held at the Byron Bay Golf Club from December 18-20, the PGA of Australia’s flagship [...]

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QUEENSLANDER Peter King has finished with three birdies in the final half dozen holes to blitz the field and win the 2009 ACT Seniors Championship. King defeated Denis Dale (NSW) and the overnight leader Roy Vandersluis (NSW) by 3 shots with a final round 72 at the Royal Canberra Golf Club. It was King’s first [...]

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THINGS are looking healthy for the flagship Australian seniors event, the Australian PGA Seniors Championship, with the announcement of a new naming rights sponsor deal. Financial services company The Fiducian Group will inject over $100,000 into the tournament over three years. The Australian PGA Seniors Championship, the season ending event on the Australian Legends Tour, [...]

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Peter Senior has secured one of the hotly contested spots on the US Champions Tour

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PETER SENIOR has capped his dramatic entry to the world’s over 50 professional golf scene by winning a spot on next year’s lucrative US Champions Tour. The Australian golfing great left nothing to chance on the weekend by shooting a five under par 66 to win the 25th Champions Tour’s National Qualifying Tournament at TPC [...]

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TOM WATSON’S heart stopping performance at the British Open this year has led to the Royal & Ancient rethinking its age exemption rules. The 60-year-old five-time Open champion finished runner-up this year but would have lost his exemption status because of the R&A’s age rules. But golf’s governing body said yesterday it had amended one [...]

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FRED COUPLES is a welcome addition to the 2009 Australian Open field and the charismatic former World No 1 golfer has provided an instant extra interest in the Sydney event. Yes, he may not be Tiger Woods and for many his recruitment will not cover the disappointment of losing Greg Norman to injury, but the [...]

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TIGER WOODS has claimed the winner’s gold jacket at the Australian Masters and while it may not mean as much to him as a green one, the world number one seemed to enjoy his sojourn Down Under. The $270,000 first prize cheque should be enough to cover the petrol money for his private jet home, [...]

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