Porter’s rookie campaign comes after two years on the Epson Tour highlighted by a breakthrough win last June at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.

That provided the foundation to finish 10th on the season-long points list and earn a 2025 LPGA Tour card, taking the total number of Australians on the premier women’s tour this year to nine.

The previous record Aussie representation was eight (2008, 2009 and 2022) and Porter believes being surrounded by so many familiar faces will aid in her elevation to the LPGA Tour.

“I know it’s small, but hearing the accent is so big for me,” said the 22-year-old.

“You’re all kind of forced to be mates because you’re all Australian and we all kind of grew up together.

“Gracie (Kim), Steph (Kyriacou) and I, we all played a lot together growing up. They’ve been out there for a couple of years now, so we haven’t had a whole bunch of time to reconnect, but I’m excited for that.

“They’re all great human beings and we’re so lucky to have such a great Aussie community out there. All our physios are Aussie. A lot of the caddies are Aussie or from New Zealand.

“I’m just really excited to have that little community.”

As she settles into her new “community”, Porter was also welcomed into a new one in Tuesday’s practice round where she was joined by 11-time LPGA winner Lexi Thompson.

“Being on the practice green and the range with all the girls I watched play on TV, it’s really surreal,” Porter added.

“I was walking down the fairway yesterday, it was a Monday, and it’s really hard to believe.

“We’ve worked for this for most of our lives and to be here is pretty cool.”

With Grace Kim continuing her pre-season preparation back in Sydney and Sarah Kemp on the comeback trail after breaking her leg last year, seven Aussies are in action this week, including Karis Davidson who is playing her first LPGA Tour event since June last year. The other exempt players in 2025 are Hannah Green, Minjee Lee, Gabriela Ruffels and Hira Naveed.

It’s a season debut, too, this week for the Ripper GC team who will be out to defend their 2024 LIV Golf teams title.

The team of Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones all return at the inaugural LIV Golf Riyadh where Kiwi Ben Campbell will make his LIV Golf debut with the Range Goats.

West Australian Maddison Hinson-Tolchard makes her first appearance as a member of the Ladies European Tour at the Lalla Meryem Cup as seven Aussies tee it up on the PGA TOUR Champions Trophy Hassan II, also being played in Morocco.

Round 1 tee times AEDT

PGA TOUR
WM Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
5:11am            Ryan Fox (NZ)
5:22am            Min Woo Lee

Recent champion: Nick Taylor
Past Aussie winners: Bruce Crampton (1973), Aaron Baddeley (2007)
Prize money: $US9.2m
TV times: Live 1am-12pm Friday, Saturday; Live 3am-10:30am Sunday; Live 2:30am-10am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

DP World Tour
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
Doha GC, Doha, Qatar
3pm*               Elvis Smylie, Daniel Hillier (NZ)
3:50pm*          Daniel Gale
7:25pm            David Micheluzzi
7:55pm*          Kazuma Kobori (NZ)
8:15pm*          Jason Scrivener

Recent champion: Rikuya Hoshino
Past Aussie winners: Adam Scott (2002, 2008)
Prize money: $US2.5m
TV times: Live 8pm-1am Thursday, Friday; Live 8:30pm-1am Saturday; Live 7:30pm-12:30am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

LPGA Tour
Founders Cup presented by US Virgin Islands
Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
11:26pm*         Hira Naveed
12:21am          Minjee Lee
12:21am*         Stephanie Kyriacou
12:32am*         Fiona Xu (NZ)
3:44am            Karis Davidson
4:28am            Hannah Green
4:28am*           Lydia Ko (NZ)
4:39am            Gabriela Ruffels
5:01am*           Cassie Porter

Recent champion: Rose Zhang
Past Aussie winners: Karrie Webb (2011, 2014), Minjee Lee (2022)
Prize money: $US2m
TV times: Live 3am-6am Friday on Fox Sports 507; Live 3am-6am Saturday; Live 6am-9am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.

LIV Golf
LIV Golf Riyadh
Riyadh Golf Club, Saudi Arabia
Australasians in the field: Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Ben Campbell (NZ), Danny Lee (NZ)

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US20m
TV times: Live 11pm-4am Thursday, Friday, Saturday on 7Mate.

PGA TOUR Champions
Trophy Hassan II
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco
6:45pm            Cameron Percy, Stuart Appleby
7:33pm            Scott Hend
7:57pm            Greg Chalmers, Mark Hensby
8:09pm            Rod Pampling
8:45pm            Richard Green
8:57pm            Steven Alker (NZ)

Recent champion: Ricardo Gonzalez
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US2.5m
TV times: Live 12am-3am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 506; Live 12am-3am Sunday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.

Ladies European Tour
Lalla Meryem Cup
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam (Blue Cse), Morocco
7pm*               Momoka Kobori (NZ)
10:40pm*         Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
11:20pm*         Amelia Garvey (NZ)

Recent champion: Bronte Law
Past Aussie winners: Karen Lunn (2012)
Prize money: €450,000

Korn Ferry Tour
Astara Golf Championship
Country Club de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
11:25pm          Harry Hillier (NZ)
12:15am*         Rhein Gibson

Recent champion: Kevin Velo
Past Aussie winners: Rhein Gibson (2023)
Prize money: $US1m

HotelPlanner Tour
Cell C Cape Town Open
Royal Cape Golf Club, Cape Town, South Africa
4:30pm            Sam Jones (NZ)
4:50pm*          Haydn Barron
5:20pm*          Hayden Hopewell

Recent champion: Mikael Lindberg
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US375,000