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2020 April
- Thu, Apr 02, 2020
Golf Australia has admitted confusion over the closure of courses due to the coronavirus but stands by its position that they should be closed for play.
- Wed, Apr 01, 2020
Australian major winner Ian Baker-Finch believes golf's four majors could be crammed in late in the year, culminating with the Masters at Augusta.
- Wed, Apr 01, 2020
Victoria is the only state to follow Golf Australia's advice to close golf courses after NSW Golf backflipped on a decision so play is now permitted.
2020 March
- Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Golf Australia chairman Andrew Newbold has told courses and facilities to shut until further notice given the nation's COVID-19 restrictions.
- Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Sweeping new local rules are allowing golf to continue providing an outlet for relaxation during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Sat, Mar 14, 2020
The 2020 Masters has been postponed in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.
- Sat, Mar 14, 2020
The 2020 Masters has been postponed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis but Australia's Lukas Michel may hold off turning professional to be able to play.
- Fri, Mar 13, 2020
The PGA has scrapped the rest of the Players Championship and has shut down the Tour for the next three weeks.
- Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Australia's Jason Day underwent surgery last week to relieve pain related to a chronic back injury.
- Fri, Mar 13, 2020
World No.1 Rory McIlroy says the PGA Tour should be shut down immediately if any player or caddie tests positive for the coronavirus.
- Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Adam Scott has a chance to become just the second Australian to win the Players Championship in its 46-year history.
- Thu, Mar 12, 2020 Rory McIlroy has a chance to become the first golfer to successfully defend the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
- Wed, Mar 11, 2020
US PGA Tour commentator Brandel Chamblee has expressed concern for Jason Day, who may not contest the Players Championship due to an ongoing back injury.
- Wed, Mar 11, 2020
US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has addressed the Coronavirus outbreak, but says there are no immediate plans to cancel or move golf tournaments.
- Tue, Mar 10, 2020
Jason Day will continue to go through preparations for the Players Championship but is under an injury cloud.
- Mon, Mar 09, 2020
England's Tyrrell Hatton has won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Florida's Bay Hill course while Australia's Marc Leishman was runner-up.
- Mon, Mar 09, 2020
Rory McIlroy has reached 100 total weeks as world No.1, the third-highest tally behind Tiger Woods and Australia's Greg Norman.
- Sun, Mar 08, 2020
Marc Leishman will play in Sunday's final group after he finished the third round just two shots behind the leader at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
- Sun, Mar 08, 2020 Rory McIlroy is out to earn his first win as the recently-minted world No.1, starting the final day at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two shots off the pace.
- Sat, Mar 07, 2020
Tiger Woods will not contest the Players Championships next week due to a back injury that casts doubt over his title defence at Augusta National next month.
- Sat, Mar 07, 2020 Just five weeks out from the Masters, Jason Day has withdrawn from the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a back injury.
- Sat, Mar 07, 2020 Former winner Marc Leishman sits just three shots off the pace after 36 holes at the US PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.
- Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Rory McIlroy has declared he 'didn't like where the money was coming from' during discussions with the proposed Premier Golf League.
- Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Matt Every leads the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida while former winner, Australia's Marc Leishman, sits six shots behind.
- Thu, Mar 05, 2020 Augusta National have confirmed the Masters and Augusta National Women's Amateur will be contested but will monitor the Coronavirus in the lead-up.
- Thu, Mar 05, 2020
Adam Scott's enthusiasm for a world golf tour hasn't changed despite Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka distancing themselves from a proposed rival league.
- Wed, Mar 04, 2020 With a healthier back, Jason Day has stepped up his putting practice to reclaim his world-class form on the greens before the Masters in April.
- Wed, Mar 04, 2020 A winner on the US PGA Tour once again, Australia's Adam Scott is hungry to finally win the Arnold Palmer Invitational after some close calls.
- Mon, Mar 02, 2020
Capturing a second New Zealand Open title has left Brad Kennedy pondering whether to follow through on his retirement plans.
- Sun, Mar 01, 2020 Queensland golfer Brad Kennedy has won his second New Zealand Open title, charging past compatriot Lucas Herbert on the final day to add to his 2011 triumph.
- Sun, Mar 01, 2020Swedish golfer Julia Engstrom has claimed a two-stroke victory in the Women's NSW Open in Dubbo.
2020 February
- Sat, Feb 29, 2020At 15-under par, Belgium's Manon De Roey is setting a blistering pace after 54 holes of the Women's NSW Open. Soo Jin Lee leads the home charge at four-under.
- Sat, Feb 29, 2020
Lucas Herbert's third-round 65 has put him joint top of the New Zealand Open leaderboard, with a group of fellow Australians also in the mix for the final day.
- Fri, Feb 28, 2020
Australia's Cameron Percy is in the mix at the Honda Classic in Florida after shooting 69 in the opening round.
- Fri, Feb 28, 2020Belgian golfer Manon De Roey has hit an eight-under par 64 to lead the Women's NSW Open after two days' play. Australia's Soo Jin Lee lies 11th at three-under.
- Fri, Feb 28, 2020 After being whistled up off the reserve list to contest the NZ Open, Ben Eccles is making the most of it, with the Australian golfer second at the midway point.
- Thu, Feb 27, 2020Three Australians lie a shot back in second place after teenage Korean golf sensation Joohyung Kim grabbed the first-round lead the NZ Open.
- Thu, Feb 27, 2020Michele Thomson and fellow Scottish golfer Gemma Dryburgh are joint leaders after the opening round of the Women's NSW Open in Dubbo.
- Thu, Feb 27, 2020
Seven-time major winner Karrie Webb believes teen star and fellow Australian, Stephanie Kyriacou, will thrive on the Ladies European Tour.
- Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Zach Murray will put a bout of food poisoning and some long haul travel behind him when the Australian golfer bids to repeat last year's victory at the NZ Open.
- Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Australian Ladies Classic winner Stephanie Kyriacou has turned professional ahead of the NSW Open.
- Mon, Feb 24, 2020
Australian Ladies Classic winner Stephanie Kyriacou says she's weighing up whether to turn professional before this week's NSW Open.
- Sun, Feb 23, 2020 Sydney teen amateur golfer Stephanie Kyriacou has won the Australian Ladies Classic by eight shots at Bonville.
- Sat, Feb 22, 2020Australia amateur Stephanie Kyriacou has a two-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Australian Ladies Classic at Coffs Harbour.
- Fri, Feb 21, 2020David Bransdon has followed his course record with another solid round to lead the Queensland Open by one shot at 12-under from Brad Kennedy.
- Fri, Feb 21, 2020 World No.1 Rory McIlroy leads with a six-under 65 in the first round of the WGC-Mexico Championship. Zach Murray is the best-placed Australian on 71.
- Fri, Feb 21, 2020Lauren Stephenson's eagle on the 18th has given the American a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the Australian Ladies Classic at Coff Harbour.
- Thu, Feb 20, 2020David Bransdon has smashed the course record to lead the Queensland Open by two shots after the first round.
- Thu, Feb 20, 2020Cape Wickham on King Island in Bass Strait has leapfrogged Kingston Heath into second place on the Australian Golf Digest top 100 list.
- Thu, Feb 20, 2020Lauren Stephenson took advantage of friendly conditions and a soft layout to take the first round lead at the Australian Ladies Golf Classic in Coffs Harbour.
- Wed, Feb 19, 2020 Gearing up for the WGC event in Mexico, Adam Scott says confidence levels are high following his drought-breaking PGA Tour win in Los Angeles.
- Wed, Feb 19, 2020Teenager Sarah Wilson has qualified to compete against the men at the Queensland Open on her home Pelican Waters course, but says she isn't done yet.
- Tue, Feb 18, 2020Stephen Pitt has quit as chief executive of Golf Australia.
- Mon, Feb 17, 2020 Adam Scott's winner's cheque, world ranking and everything else that changed after his victory at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles.
- Mon, Feb 17, 2020
Adam Scott became the third Australian to win on the US Tour in 2020 and he says the recent home Presidents Cup is a reason why.
- Mon, Feb 17, 2020 Adam Scott has won the Genesis Invitational to edge closer to Greg Norman's 20 victories, the most by an Australian on the US PGA Tour.
- Sun, Feb 16, 2020
Hannah Green says she is all the wiser for being the face of the Women's Australian Open golf tournament in Adelaide.
- Sun, Feb 16, 2020
South Korean golfer Inbee Park has won the Women's Australian Open by three strokes at Royal Adelaide for her 20th LPGA title.
- Sun, Feb 16, 2020South Korea's Inbee Park enters Sunday's final round of the Women's Australian Open with a three-stroke lead from compatriot Ayean Cho.
- Sun, Feb 16, 2020Stephen Leaney is vying for a maiden US Seniors Tour having taken the 36-hole lead at the event in Naples, Florida.
- Sun, Feb 16, 2020 Adam Scott shares the 54-hole lead at the PGA Tour event in Los Angeles and will play with Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar in the final group on Sunday.
- Sat, Feb 15, 2020 Adam Scott posted a hot 64 at Riviera to sit three shots off the pace after the second round at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles.
- Sat, Feb 15, 2020
South Korean golfer Inbee Park holds a three-shot lead after the third round of the Women's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide.
- Sat, Feb 15, 2020South Korea's golfing great Inbee Park and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff hold a one-stroke lead entering Saturday's third round of the Women's Australian Open.
- Sat, Feb 15, 2020 Australia's Adam Scott says the US PGA Tour "should be concerned" by a proposed rival world golf tour.
- Fri, Feb 14, 2020 Jason Day has started the Tiger Woods-hosted Genesis Invitational with a 68, his best score by two shots at Riviera Country Club.
- Fri, Feb 14, 2020 South Korea's Inbee Park and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff lead the Women's Australian Open golf championship at Royal Adelaide after two rounds.
- Fri, Feb 14, 2020 Matt Kuchar leads the Genesis Invitational after day one, while Australia's Jason Day and event host Tiger Woods are in contention.
- Fri, Feb 14, 2020 Putting will be the key to deciding the winner of the Women's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, Perth golfer Hannah Green says.
- Thu, Feb 13, 2020 Jason Day has finished near the bottom of the leaderboard in all four visits to Riviera CC in Los Angeles but wants to change that.
- Thu, Feb 13, 2020 Perth golfer Hannah Green says there's no reason why she can't win the women's Australian Open starting Thursday at Royal Adelaide.
- Thu, Feb 13, 2020 English golfer Jodi Ewart Shadoff is the leader but local hope Hannah Green lurks ominously after the opening round of the Women's Australian Open.
- Thu, Feb 13, 2020 Fresh off his US PGA Tour win at Torrey Pines, Marc Leishman returns to California to contest Tiger Woods' invitational event at Riviera CC.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020 Australian golfer Hannah Green says she can feel the pressure to win this week's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020
Tiger Woods says it would be fitting to notch a record 83rd win at the Los Angeles course where his US PGA Tour career began in 1992.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020 Australia's top-ranked male golfer Adam Scott begins his year at this week's Genesis Invitational hosted by Tiger Woods in Los Angeles.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020 Golfing great Karrie Webb is battling a severe virus ahead of the Women's Australian Open starting Thursday in Adelaide.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020Key facts about the Women's Australian Open golf tournament starting on Thursday in Adelaide.
- Wed, Feb 12, 2020
Tiger Woods has hinted he is in favour of golf changing its rules to mandate professionals and amateurs using different equipment.
- Tue, Feb 11, 2020American golfer Nelly Korda reckons it's cool to arrive in Adelaide as the defending Women's Australian Open champion.
- Tue, Feb 11, 2020Australia's top-ranked golfer Minjee Lee says she's unusually relaxed entering the Women's Australian Open tournament at Royal Adelaide.
- Mon, Feb 10, 2020Canada's Nick Taylor has secured a Masters debut at Augusta National in April following his four-shot win at the US PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Mon, Feb 10, 2020 Jason Day was unable to reel in Canadian Nick Taylor who cruised to victory at the US PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Sun, Feb 09, 2020 Australian Jason Day will start the final round just three shots off the lead at the US PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Sun, Feb 09, 2020Little-known South Korean Hee Young Park has won the women's Vic Open in a playoff.
- Sun, Feb 09, 2020
Phil Mickelson will start the final round of the US PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am one shot behind the lead, hoping to win a record sixth title.
- Sun, Feb 09, 2020
Australian Min Woo Lee has claimed his first professional tournament win with a two-shot triumph at 13th Beach.
- Sat, Feb 08, 2020 Jason Day sits just two shots behind the lead after the second round of the US PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Sat, Feb 08, 2020Korean teenaged golfer Ayean Cho holds the lead after the third round of the women's Vic Open.
- Sat, Feb 08, 2020
Australian golfer Min Woo Lee will take a three-stroke lead over Marcus Fraser and Travis Smyth into the final round of the Vic Open at 13th Beach.
- Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Australians Jason Day, Matt Jones and Greg Chalmers are four shots off the pace after round one at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Australian amateur Jed Morgan is making waves at the Vic Open at 13th Beach.
- Fri, Feb 07, 2020 Australian Minjee Lee is tied for sixth after two rounds of the women's Vic Open at 13th Beach.
- Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Gutsy Australian golfer Greg Chalmers is struggling to keep his Tour card and is hoping for a strong finish this week at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Thu, Feb 06, 2020 Former world No.1 Jason Day will use a permanent caddie in 2020 after a lean 2019 season.
- Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Former champion Matthew Griffin has made an impressive start to his quest for another Vic Open title at 13th Beach at Barwon Heads.
- Thu, Feb 06, 2020Age shall not weary champion golfer Laura Davies who has made an impressive six-under-par start to the Vic Open.
- Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Big-hitting former world No.1 Dustin Johnson admits he did not even read a report into increasing distances released by golf's governing bodies.
- Thu, Feb 06, 2020 Karrie Webb says golf has to prioritise building pathway opportunities for talented young female athletes.
- Wed, Feb 05, 2020 Jason Day is in danger of dropping out of the world's top 50 for the first time in a decade, but is confident of another hot result at Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- Wed, Feb 05, 2020 Hannah Green is among the star turns in a stacked women's Vic Open field at 13th Beach.
- Wed, Feb 05, 2020 Lucas Herbert is back in love with golf as he chases a first Vic Open title.
- Wed, Feb 05, 2020
Australia's John Senden is using a new, one-time exemption to stay on the US PGA Tour while his son Jacob continues treatment for a brain tumour.
- Tue, Feb 04, 2020 Australia's highest-ranked golfer Minjee Lee is looking to make a flying start to the 2020 season at the Vic Open.
- Mon, Feb 03, 2020Australian great Greg Norman says the proposed Premier Golf League has every chance of succeeding.
- Sat, Feb 01, 2020 Preparing to return to competitive golf next month, Adam Scott says a global golf tour will work if enough big names sign up.
2020 January
- Thu, Jan 30, 2020
Australia Aaron Baddeley's sixth child may arrive during his home event on the US PGA Tour, this week's Phoenix Open.
- Wed, Jan 29, 2020 Having won the US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines last week, Marc Leishman is keen to build on his hot start to the year.
- Mon, Jan 27, 2020
Marc Leishman has won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines for his fifth career title on the US PGA Tour.
- Sun, Jan 26, 2020 Tiger Woods and Australia's Marc Leishman are in contention after day three at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
- Sat, Jan 25, 2020 Tiger Woods, along with Australians Marc Leishman and Jason Day, is six shots off the pace after day two of the US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines.
- Fri, Jan 24, 2020 Marc Leishman sits just two shots off the pace after round one of the US PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
- Fri, Jan 24, 2020 Marc Leishman is two shots off the lead after day one at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods is in the mix to earn a record 83rd PGA Tour win.
- Thu, Jan 23, 2020 Marc Leishman has lost 10 kilograms during the past six months and feels ready to earn a maiden win at Torrey Pines in California.
- Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Gearing up for the US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines, Cameron Smith won't be resting on his laurels after his Sony Open win in Hawaii.
- Wed, Jan 22, 2020Australia's Gabi Ruffels will not compete at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, opting to play the ANA Inspiration, a women's professional major.
- Wed, Jan 22, 2020 Jason Day looks forward to his 2020 PGA Tour debut confident of a "better year" ahead despite a longer than expected recovery for his injured back.
- Wed, Jan 22, 2020 Rory McIlroy has backed the Australian star Cameron Smith to continue his rise after winning the Sony Open in Hawaii.
- Wed, Jan 22, 2020 Tiger Woods will make his 2020 debut at California's famed Torrey Pines where he'll attempt to take US PGA Tour's all-time winning record.
- Wed, Jan 15, 2020
Cameron Smith's coach is predicting a big year for the young Queenslander after his US PGA Tour win in Hawaii.
- Mon, Jan 13, 2020 Cameron Smith has won the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii with a par on the first play-off hole.
- Mon, Jan 13, 2020
South Korean great Inbee Park has entered next month's Vic Open and Women's Australian Open.
- Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Australian golfers Matt Jones and Marc Leishman have enjoyed strong starts to the Sony Open in Honolulu.
- Thu, Jan 09, 2020
Australian golfer Cameron Percy says his game is in good shape just a day out from the US PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii.
- Thu, Jan 09, 2020Royal Queensland will host the Australian PGA Championship for the next three years, replacing Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.
- Wed, Jan 08, 2020 Marc Leishman will make his 2020 debut on the US PGA Tour at this week's Sony Open in Hawaii, where six Australians will tee up.
