US Kids Golf Foundation Australian Open at Rockhampton Golf Club September 26-28

More than 100 of Australia’s best junior golfers as well as two overseas players will hit the fairways for the US Kids Golf Foundation Australian Open next week. Here’s every rising golf star named. SEE THE LIST.

More than 100 juniors from Australia as well as two overseas players will hit the Rockhampton Golf Club fairways for the US Kids Golf Foundation Australian Open.

They will compete in 13 age groups - from boys six years and under and girls eight years and under through to boys 15 to 18 years.

The tournament will be officially opened on Monday, before the two-day competition starts on Tuesday.

The six years and under, seven and eight years boys and the eight and under and nine to 10 years girls will play nine holes each day, while the older age groups will play 18.

The field includes a player from China and one from Indonesia.

Central Queenslanders Riley Milliner, Lincoln Beckett, Eli Parsons, Lachlan Williams and Zane Blackborough will tee off in the US Kids Golf Foundation Australian Open at the Rockhampton Golf Club.

Organisers have to date received 109 entries but expect they could have as many as 120 by the time registrations close on Saturday.

Among them are close to 30 Central Queenslanders who will be looking to make their mark.

The field also includes the Gold Coast’s Alicia Ludi, who is the US Kids Golf reigning world champion in the nine-10 years girls division.

Tournament director Gary Wright said it was great to have the tournament back after it was not played in 2021 due to Covid.

He was also excited for the event to be staged in a regional centre.

Alicia Ludi, who won the US Kids Golf Foundation 9/10 girls world championships, will play in the Australian Open at the Rockhampton Golf Club. She is pictured with the Australian Open tournament director Gary Wright.

Wright said he knew Geoff Parsons, who was a driving force in getting the event to the Beef Capital.

“Rockhampton has a reputation for putting on great events and that was a big part of the motivation to take it there,” he said.

“We’re certainly getting great support from the ground staff, the pro shop and the junior committee.

“They’re all on board to make this a great event so I couldn’t have asked for any more.

“They’ve just gone above and beyond to make this tournament a success.”

The golfers playing the Australian Open have the chance to qualify for the world championship to be held at the prestigious Pinehurst Resort in the United States.

Local golfers Tahlia Puet, Bodee Dillon, Martin Applewaite and Lachlan Applewaite will be in the 100-plus strong field.

Wright said the course was “scaled” for the different age groups, with each of them having a different tee so they could reach the greens in regulation.

Rockhampton ground staff have installed turf inserts so the younger groups will have a grassed area to tee off from.

Play will start about 9.30am Tuesday and 7am Wednesday.

The golfers will play in their age divisions and be seeded for the final day’s play.

Those in the leading groups will have scoreboards attached to their bags so spectators can stay across the play.

Boys six years and under

Mason Slavin (Brisbane, Queensland)

Tom Guy (Gold Coast, Queensland)

George Whyte (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Charlie Simpson (Brisbane, Queensland)

Nixon Smith (Peregian Springs, Queensland)

James Culhane (Brisbane, Queensland)

Toowoomba's Kogen Yoshida.

Kogen Yoshida (Toowoomba, Queensland)

Martin Applewaite (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Joseph Sommerfeld (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Boys seven years

Zorawar Singh (Morningside, Queensland)

Angus Zhang (Kew, Victoria)

Gus Balharry (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Thomas Dunne (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Boys eight years

Archie Lethbridge (Black Mountain, Queensland)

Rockhampton's Richard Pershouse.

Richard Pershouse (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Gilmat Zhang (Wakerley, Queensland)

Tucka Andrews (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Anthony Robb (Noosa, Queensland)

Rory Travers-Jones (Windaroo, Queensland)

Jack Sones (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Boys nine years

Sam Clauscen (Richmond, Victoria)

Jai Potts (Spring Mountain, Queensland)

Enoch Mu (Sydney, New South Wales)

New South Wales player Cooper Holman.

Cooper Holman (Woolgoolga, New South Wales)

Zachary Fleming (Sydney, New South Wales)

Ethan Pak (Sydney, New South Wales)

Owen Weston (Townsville, Queensland)

Callum Casafus (Sydney, New South Wales)

Sebastian McLeod (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Boys 10 years

Gracemere’s Eli Parsons.

Eli Parsons (Gracemere, Queensland)

Carter Bryce (Brisbane,Queensland)

Mason Capner (Gatton, Queensland)

Oscar Simpson (Brisbane, Queensland)

Levi Faulks (Kensington Grove, Queensland)

Duncan Zhang (Wakerley, Queensland)

Leo Brumm (Brisbane, Queensland)

Lucas Wilkinson (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Lachlan Symons (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Rory MacLean (Wynnum West, Queensland)

Eli Griffiths (Calliope, Queensland)

Sam Griffiths (Calliope, Queensland)

Mason Palumbo (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Jacob Brown (Yeppoon, Queensland)

Boys 11 years

Dhylan Patel (Sydney, New South Wales)

Jack Myles (Tannum Sands, Queensland)

Chinese golfer Oliver Zhang.

Oliver Zhang (Chongqing, China)

Cooper Milne (Ipswich, Queensland)

Brisbane's Oliver Wright.

Oliver Wright (Brisbane, Queensland)

Oscar Hermann (Mackay, Queensland)

Kamran Barden (Nambour, Queensland)

Jacob Roncal (Aintree, Victoria)

Lachlan Applewaite (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Bodee Dillon (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Riley Cameron (Ambrose, Queensland)

Louis Ludi (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Boys 12 years

Cody Anderson (Miriam Vale, Queensland)

Oliver Duffy (Brisbane, Queensland)

Lele Li (Bayview, New South Wales)

Riley Milliner (Gracemere, Queensland)

Zane Stowers (Hervey Bay, Queensland)

Daniel Brown (Brisbane, Queensland)

Matthew Cotter (Brisbane, Queensland)

Cayden Hoy (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Boys 13-14 years

Aidan Carey (Sarina, Queensland)

Lachlan Williams (Norman Gardens, Queensland)

Alexander Clark (Griffin, Queensland)

Reid Beckett (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Kingston Ormonde (Mornington, Victoria)

Keanu Faulks (Kensington Grove, Queensland)

Henry Wright (Brisbane, Queensland)

Kiedyn Heddle (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Declan Hudson (Noosa, Queensland)

Lucas Roncal (Aintree, Victoria)

Kobe Kirkman (North Rockhampton, Queensland)

Boys 15-18 years

Lincoln Beckett (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Wallace McVey (Tannum Sands, Queensland)

Zane Blackborough (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Harrison Milne Rockhampton, Queensland)

Girls eight and under

Lilian Bu (Beaconsfield, Victoria)

Kitty Anderson (Maryborough, Queensland)

Frankie Mae Flett (Adelaide, South Australia)

Tiana Belcher (Brisbane, Queensland)

Chloe Tennent (Loganholme, Queensland)

Indonesian golfer Milanka Azwar .

Milanka Azwar (Jakarta, Indonesia)

Annabelle Sommerfeld (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Girls nine-10 years

Taniesha Parkinson (Ormeau, Queensland)

Emilia Patrizi (Hope Island, Queensland)

Mingming Li (Anguilla, New South Wales

Chelsea Milne (Ipswich, Queensland)

Alexandra Thorne (Sydney, New South Wales)

Jaimee Taylor (Laidley, Queensland)

Jacqui-Helen ‘JJ’ Wipiiti (Brisbane, Queensland)

Billie Thompson (Pimpama, Queensland)

Mary Thomson (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Lexie Curtis (Rockhampton, Queensland)

The Gold Coast’s Alicia Ludi.

Alicia Ludi (Gold Coast, Queensland)

Girls 11-12 years

Jordyn Deen (Castle Hill, New South Wales)

Jordyn Wilson (Mt Evelyn, Victoria)

Jazarah Kamu (Brisbane City, Queensland)

Cayenne Stephens (Brisbane, Queensland)

Zoe Weatherhead (Brisbane, Queensland)

Yeppoon's Lily McGuiness.

Lily McGuiness (Yeppoon, Queensland)

Skyla Taylor (Laidley Heights, Queensland)

Siena Travers-Jones (Windaroo, Queensland)

Jett Matthews (Maroochydore, Queensland)

Tahlia Puet (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Girls 13-14 years

Océane Desmarais (Manly West, Queensland)

Alyanna Antonio (Taigum, Queensland)

Kitty Thomson (Rockhampton, Queensland)