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Gender behind call to make Australian Open course easier: Green
Champion Australian golfer Hannah Green says the course for the Australian Open was set up to be easier because women were playing alongside men, after compatriot Cam Smith delivered a blistering assessment of the conditions.
- by Peter Ryan
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Minjee and Min Woo Lee might not see each other in Paris. Why aren’t they playing together?
The star golfers will be the 16th set of siblings to compete for Australia at the Olympic Games in the same sport but admit their paths might not cross. Why isn’t golf moving to team events?
- by Adam Pengilly
The Australian Open has a dilemma: can men and women keep playing together?
Five months out from this year’s event, there is still no official venue. Is the viability of one of the most historic golf tournaments under threat?
- by Adam Pengilly
‘I kind of blew up’: Implosion sinks Minjee Lee as Yuka Saso claims second title
Australian Minjee Lee was top of the leaderboard in the final round of the US Open until it all started to unravel on the ninth hole at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania.
- by Adam Pengilly
Minjee Lee surges into share of Women’s US Open lead
Minjee Lee is closing in on Australian golf history after producing the round of the week to surge into a share of the third-round lead at the mega-money Women’s US Open in Pennsylvania.
- by Darren Walton
Why Australia’s emerging golf star owes Ash Barty a text message
Grace Kim says she struggled to adapt to her newfound status after a win on the LPGA Tour.
- by Adam Pengilly
She was good enough to play alongside a future world No.1 in tennis. She gave it up for golf
As a tennis prodigy, she was mixing in the same circles as Ash Barty’s successor. But before she was 15, she switched to another sport and has now reached a new height.
- by Adam Pengilly
Golf brass warned ball-change proposals could harm women’s game
The plan is designed to limit the lengths male pros are hitting and would restrict the type of ball used in elite competition, but would not affect recreational players.
- by James Corrigan
Asian Tour boss calls on golf’s new world order to look after Australia
Cho Minn Thant has staked his claim for a seat at the sport’s top table, urging powerbrokers to consider Australasian fans strongly after the LIV-PGA merger this week.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘It’s been a long few years’: Emotional Green snaps LPGA Tour drought
The world No.27, who hasn’t won on the elite women’s circuit since 2019, survived a three-way play-off to triumph in California.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘It’s nuts’: Barty message stuns Australia’s newest golfing star
Grace Kim spent two years hating golf when her father introduced her to the sport. A decade later, she has Ash Barty and James Tedesco blowing up her phone.
- by Adam Pengilly
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