Published - 1 month By - Tony Webeck
Ever since the first event of The Players Series at Rosebud Country Club in late January, promising Australian female professionals have been dominating our TV screens.
First it was Stephanie Bunque and Kirsten Rudgeley emerging from relative obscurity to put their names up in lights at Rosebud before LPGA Tour player Su Oh pushed Elvis Smylie and eventual champion Brad Kennedy all the way on Sunday.
Then ‘Holey Moley’ happened, a million people tuning into the first episode featuring Montana Strauss and more than 500,000 viewers introduced to young Aussie golf pros such as Becky Kay and Kristalle Blum.
Simsby gets unusual shot at WGC and holds his own
The latest World Golf Championship event has gone to nine venues with five title names since it began in 1999. What hasn t changed is a field that pulls in players from all over the world, some of whom have next to no name recognition. Trevor Simsby took that to another level last week at the Workday Championship.
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BRADENTON, Fla. The latest World Golf Championship event has gone to nine venues with five title names since it began in 1999. What hasn t changed is a field that pulls in players from all over the world, some of whom have next to no name recognition.
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Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck
Kim Felton laughs as he looks at the notes from a brainstorming session in March 2019 that would provide the basic blueprint of The Players Series.
A winner on the Nationwide Tour in 2005 and three-time winner of both the WA Open and WA PGA, Felton and fellow PGA of Australia State Manager Nick Dastey were workshopping ideas that would inject new life into the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia.
The world had changed considerably from the halcyon days of Australian tournament golf in the 1980s and 1990s. Female sport was booming and cashed-up companies seeking sponsorship opportunities were now few and far between.