His talent was so good that he lined up in the Australian Open – which has a top prize of $320,000 – aged just 17.Not long afterwards, Peake swapped chasing his golfing dream for life in the outlawed Rebels motorcycle…
Benefits would see the budgeted revenue boosted by more paying amateurs. There are currently 156, about half of whom are paid for by sponsors and half who contribute $20,000 + GST for places in the pro-am. Participants might also enjoy…
Neither Herbert nor Smylie currently have a major on their 2025 schedule – or an Order of Merit title.“There’s certainly a lot going on this week and to be honest, it’s a week that I’ve looked forward to for a…
“The numbers are always really staggering and the dollar amount that [the charities] need to sustain that is always quite large,” Alex said.“This year we raised over $27,000 – a new record for us. It was only possible with the…
Ko sat in a three-way tie for the lead walking up the 18th and then birdied the final hole to move to seven-under. She then had to wait 34 minutes. Behind her was the world number one Nelly Korda and…
Craig Parry with the trophy he picked up after winning the 2002 NZ Open. Picture / Mark MitchellEverybody calls it the Tiger Woods Open, the 2002 New Zealand Open at Paraparaumu, which starred the world’s No 1 player and generated…
Dame Lydia Ko. Photo / Getty ImagesDame Lydia Ko is by every metric one of the greatest women’s golfers in history and therefore one of the sport’s top earners.The 27-year-old Aucklander is ranked as the No 2 player in the…
But 14 months after the first deadline to complete talks on uniting LIV and PGA talent under one banner, no deal has been finalised.There have been concerns about a Saudi investment in a US business by the Department of Justice,…
The odds of the average golfer getting a hole-in-one are about 12,500 to one. Based on those odds, the likelihood of a female golfer scoring two holes-in-one 128 days apart is 144 million to one.Tauranga golfer Shania Cooke scored her…
The odds of the average golfer getting a hole-in-one are about 12,500 to one. Based on those odds, the likelihood of a female golfer scoring two holes-in-one 128 days apart is 144 million to one.Tauranga golfer Shania Cooke scored her…