The Australian Open has a dilemma:can men and women keep playing together?

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?

  • byAdam Pengilly

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Smith hangs tough to keep Masters dream alive,DeChambeau leads after opening round

Smith hangs tough to keep Masters dream alive,DeChambeau leads after opening round

Former British Open champion Cameron Smith was “absolutely chuffed” to have ground out a first-round 71 after spending almost a week battling food poisoning.

  • byTom Decent
Why food poisoning and a freak gym accident have dented Australia’s Masters dream

Why food poisoning and a freak gym accident have dented Australia’s Masters dream

For a tournament unlike any other,this year has one worrying theme:few high-profile stars seem to be in form apart from the world No.1.

  • byAdam Pengilly
A chef’s hat,a mo and a sensational game:Golf’s $10m rock star

A chef’s hat,a mo and a sensational game:Golf’s $10m rock star

Australia’s Min Woo Lee is the hottest property in world golf,with a suite of sponsors lining up to cash in on his popularity on and off the course.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Why Norman’s top rebel golfers are desperate to play Australian Open

Why Norman’s top rebel golfers are desperate to play Australian Open

The civil war in men’s golf has prompted two stars to head to Sydney as they try to qualify for The Masters.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘It was a crazy moment’:Australian hits hole in one on British Open debut

‘It was a crazy moment’:Australian hits hole in one on British Open debut

Travis Smyth was momentarily the toast of the golfing world after recording an ace on a hole that has proven treacherous for some of the game’s elite players.

  • byAdam Pengilly
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Smith’s pressure play to make British Open cut,Day in the hunt

Smith’s pressure play to make British Open cut,Day in the hunt

As the bunkers wreaked havoc at Hoylake,Brian Harman was in the lead and Cameron Smith nailed an eagle to make the cut.

  • byMark Tallentire
Fleetwood off to a flyer as Aussies struggle to take off

Fleetwood off to a flyer as Aussies struggle to take off

Tommy Fleetwood,amateur champion Christo Lamprecht and Emiliano Grillo are the early leaders after the first round of the British Open.

  • byMark Tallentire
Blowing in the wind:Why Open contenders are tinkering for brutal test

Blowing in the wind:Why Open contenders are tinkering for brutal test

Lucas Herbert reckons he’s using a club he’ll only pull out of the closet once a year as treacherous conditions set to take over at Royal Liverpool for the last men’s major of 2023.

  • byMark Tallentire
Asian Tour boss calls on golf’s new world order to look after Australia

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.

  • byAdam Pengilly
The mud-caked,mid-round bath in a creek that punctuated day one of the US PGA

The mud-caked,mid-round bath in a creek that punctuated day one of the US PGA

The storied history of golf’s majors has seen few episodes like the one that took place in Rochester,New York.

  • byPaul Zalunardo andDarren Walton