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Jason Day will seek to bring 2024 to a close with a successful title defence as a host of fellow Aussies look to secure status on a variety of tours for 2025.
Day will team up again with Kiwi Lydia Ko at the Grant Thornton Invitational in Florida, the duo paired with women’s world No.1 Nelly Korda and American Tony Finau for the opening round at the Tiburon Golf Club.
Not only do Day and Ko have positive memories to call upon from their victory of 12 months ago but both had previously won at the venue.
Ko is a two-time winner of the CME Group Tour Championship, an official stop on the LPGA, while Day was on the winning team in the 2014 edition of what was then the QBE Shootout consisting only of PGA TOUR golfers.
The pair are among four teams that have carried over from 2023 with the format remaining the same. A traditional fourball takes place on day one, day two sees teams play foursomes and then on the final day a modified fourball is played where each player tees off and then plays their partner’s ball for the remainder of the hole.
While it is fun and games in Naples, elsewhere in Florida Rhein Gibson and Kiwi pair Harry Hillier and Tim Wilkinson are seeking to play their way onto the PGA TOUR in 2025.
After finishing 88th on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, Gibson had to come through Second Stage to earn a spot at PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry while Hillier was exempt by virtue of finishing top 10 on the PGA TOUR Americas Fortinet Cup Points List. Wilkinson is exempt by virtue of a medical category.
The top five finishers and ties at Q-School’s Final Stage will earn 2025 PGA TOUR membership while the next 40 finishers and ties will earn guaranteed starts on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour.
In Saudi Arabia, 12 Aussies are among the 93 competitors vying for the single spot on offer at LIV Golf Promotions.
Winners on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia this season, Jack Buchanan and Phoenix Campbell are among the Aussie contingent that also includes Wade Ormsby, Jed Morgan and Daniel Gale.
Pre-qualifying is currently underway for Final Stage of Ladies European Tour Qualifying School next week in Morocco, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Justice Bosio, Kristalle Blum and amateurs Abbie Teasdale and Belinda Ji all hoping to join Kelsey Bennett in the final field.
After the completion of the final round was delayed a day due to rain, the LPGA Q-Series wrapped on Wednesday with Australia’s Robyn Choi missing out on retaining her card by a single stroke.
Tied for 19th entering the final round, Choi dropped three shots prior to the suspension of play on Monday but returned to post 1-over 73 and finish tied for 27th, the top 25 and ties earning full status for 2025.
Round 1 tee times AEDT
PGA TOUR
PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
Dye’s Valley Course and Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
1:10am Rhein Gibson
1:10am* Tim Wilkinson (NZ)
2:10am* Harry Hillier (NZ)
2023 champion: Harrison Endycott
Past Aussie winners: Harrison Endycott (2023)
TV times: Live 5am-9am Sunday; Live 4am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo.
Grant Thornton Invitational
Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
2:45am Jason Day/Lydia Ko (NZ)
2023 champions: Jason Day and Lydia Ko (NZ)
Past Aussie winners: Jason Day and Lydia Ko (2023)
TV times: Live 5am-8am Saturday; Live 6am-9am Sunday; Live 5am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.
LIV Golf
LIV Golf Promotions
Riyadh Golf Club, Saudi Arabia
Australasians in the field: Maverick Antcliff, Travis Smyth, Jak Carter, Brett Rankin, Jed Morgan, Nick Voke (NZ), Ben Campbell (NZ), Wade Ormsby, Daniel Gale, Jack Buchanan, Phoenix Campbell, Will Bruyerers, Brett Coletta, Matthew Griffin.
2023 champion: Kalle Samooja
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live on 7 Plus
Canberra-based Brendan Jones will return to Arizona for his PGA TOUR Champions debut after securing his 2025 Tour card in dramatic fashion at TPC Scottsdale.
Tied for fifth entering the final round of Final Stage of the Qualifying Tournament that distributes five Tour cards at the completion of 72 holes, Jones fell outside the top 10 with three bogeys in his opening eight holes.
With full status slipping away, Jones (pictured far right with fellow qualifiers Mark Walker, Felipe Aguilar, Soren Kjeldsen and Freddie Jacobson) conjured six birdies in his final 10 holes to finish tied for third at 14-under par.
A bogey on the final hole by American Dicky Pride ensured a playoff would not be required, fellow Aussies Andre Stolz and Scott Barr relegated to a tie for sixth as a result of Jones’s stunning finish.
Q-School drama on 18.
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) December 7, 2024
A closing bogey from Dicky Pride helped Aguilar, Jones and Walker earn their status and avoid a playoff. pic.twitter.com/sotFwLjSFh
Not due to celebrate his 50th birthday until March 3, Jones will miss the opening three events of the 2025 season before being eligible to debut at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson from March 7-9.
It continues Australia’s recent run of success at Champions Tour Q School after four secured status last year and two the year prior.
Although heartbroken by their near miss, both Stolz and Barr are eligible to play in open qualifiers in 2025. It is the same status that Greg Chalmers used to play his way into 20 events this year and ultimately finish 25th in the Charles Schwab Cup to secure full status in 2025.
Queenslander Cameron Smith has returned to the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking with a fourth top-three finish in his past five starts.
Teeing off an hour before the final group, Smith’s bogey-free final round of 9-under 62 saw him post 21-under par.
It would hold up all afternoon, the 31-year-old joining eventual champion Joaquin Niemann and American Caleb Surratt in a playoff.
“I think it was a bonus to even get in there, to be fair, sitting down for an hour and a bit,” said Smith, who climbed 21 spots to 80th in the world ranking.
“I was thinking my percentage of having a top five was very slim.
“It’s kind of lucky that there wasn’t any beers in the clubhouse because I would have had a few, I think.
“It’s a weird game sometimes, and you never really know what’s going to happen.”
BMW Australian PGA champion Elvis Smylie is second on the DP World Tour Race to Dubai rankings after finishing in a tie for 14th at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa while Robyn Choi remains in the hunt to earn back LPGA Tour status at LPGA Q Series for the second straight year.
Medallist 12 months ago, Choi is in a tie for 19th entering the fifth and final round, the top 25 and ties to secure full status for 2025 where she intends to build on her 2024 performances.
“I feel like if I can just keep playing the way I am right now and get my card again, I think I can take some revenge,” said Choi.
“I feel like I’m a little bit more comfortable going into next year.”
Photo: Rudy Ramirez/PGA TOUR Champions
Results
Asian Tour
PIF Saudi International
Riyadh Golf Club, Saudia Arabia
1 Joaquin Niemann 65-66-65-67—263 $US1m
Won in sudden-death playoff
2 Cameron Smith 67-64-70-62—263 $412,500
4 Ben Campbell (NZ) 68-68-64-64—264 $235,000
T9 Matt Jones 67-66-68-67—268 $90,035.71
T17 Travis Smyth 66-66-68-69—269 $62,600
T22 Jak Carter 70-66-66-68—270 $50,500
T29 Brett Coletta 70-69-64-68—271 $41,600
T42 Lucas Herbert 68-69-67-70—274 $27,375
T50 Nick Voke (NZ) 68-68-73-66—275 $21,583.33
T50 Wade Ormsby 70-68-66-71—275 $21,583.33
MC Daniel Gale 72-69—141
MC Maverick Antcliff 71-70—141
MC Jed Morgan 70-71—141
MC Marc Leishman 70-72—142
MC Danny Lee (NZ) 74-73—147
PGA TOUR
Hero World Challenge
Albany Golf Club, Albany, Bahamas
1 Scottie Scheffler 67-64-69-63—263
T19 Jason Day 75-70-73-71—289
DP World Tour
Nedbank Challenge
Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
1 Johannes Veerman 70-71-73-69—283 €969,273.82
T14 Elvis Smylie 71-72-73-72—288 €82,506.48
PGA TOUR Champions
Qualifying Tournament – Final Stage
TPC Scottsdale (Champions Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
1 Søren Kjeldsen 64-65-65-66—260
T3 Brendan Jones 67-69-66-68—270
T6 Andre Stolz 69-70-66-66—271
T6 Scott Barr 67-67-67-70—271
T14 Mathew Goggin 69-68-67-72—276
T26 Brad Kennedy 71-68-71-69—279
T62 Dominic Barson (NZ) 73-70-74-74—291
Legends Tour
MCB Tour Championship Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
1 Peter Baker 70-62-68—200
T27 Scott Hend 68-75-69—212
T41 Michael Long (NZ) 75-71-71—217
T47 Michael Campbell (NZ) 70-80-69—219
LPGA Tour
LPGA Q-Series: Final Qualifying
Magnolia Grove Golf Course, Mobile, Alabama
Through four of five rounds. Top 25 and ties earn LPGA status
1 Chisato Iwai 67-69-68-62—266
T19 Robyn Choi 70-67-73-70—280
Brendan Jones is the latest Australian to earn playing rights on the PGA Tour Champions, and he will begin his life as a 50-something on the most lucrative senior tour in the world.
Jones, who turns 50 in March, birdied the last two holes in an extraordinary finish at TPC Scottsdale’s Champions course to achieve his aim and sneak into the top five from Tour School who earn cards for next year.
But it was close and there were heartbreak stories including a couple of Australians – Scott Barr bogeyed the 18th hole to miss out by a shot, and Andre Stolz was also in the slot for a big stretch of his final round, also missing out by a shot at 13-under.
Ultimately Soren Kjeldsen at 24-under easily won the Tour School, with Freddie Jacobson (-16) in second, and three others at 14-under – Jones, Mark Walker and Felipe Aguilar taking the last three places. Jones shot 67-69-66-68 to earn his place, making six birdies in the last 10 holes and shooting 31 for the back nine.
His birdie at the last eliminated both Stolz and Barr, his compatriots.
Mat Goggin also was in with a chance but eventually finished tied-14th.
Players who reach final stage but finish from sixth to 30th earn rights to play qualifying in 2025.
Jones has won 15 tournaments on the Japan Tour. His most recent win at home was the 2023 New Zealand Open.
Australians are a powerful force on the tour, with Richard Green finishing third on the points list this year, and at least 10 players competing regularly.
PHOTO: Brendan Jones is headed to the senior tour in America.
Queenslander Elvis Smylie has wasted no time in putting his recently acquired status on the DP World Tour to good use, teeing it up in this week’s $US6 million Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.
Exempt on the DP World Tour for the 2025 and 2026 seasons courtesy of his stirring victory at the BMW Australian PGA Championship a fortnight ago, Smylie flew straight from the ISPS HANDA Australian Open to Sun City to take on the likes of defending champion Max Homa, Presidents Cup representatives Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes and Christiaan Bezuidenhout and DP World Tour stars Danny Willett and Nicolai Hojgaard.
Australian Open champion Ryggs Johnston is also in the field as he and Smylie seek to further entrench their positions on the Race to Dubai rankings.
With his victory at Royal Queensland and tie for fifth at Kingston Heath, Smylie sits atop the rankings after just two events.
The 22-year-old had no status just three weeks ago yet is now leading the Order of Merit with the global tour card he has been chasing since turning professional more than three years ago.
It’s a quick turnaround for a host of Aussies who played the Australian Open and are now in Saudi Arabia for the PIF Saudi International.
With Round 1 teeing off on Wednesday preparation time was limited for the Ripper GC trio of Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Lucas Herbert, Brett Coletta, Jak Carter and Daniel Gale.
Travis Smyth was out early in Round 1 and was the best-placed Aussie in a share of seventh at 3-under through nine holes.
Two Aussies have also started well at Final Stage of the PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament in Arizona.
Brendan Jones and Scott Barr are both in a share of fifth after Round 1, Mathew Goggin and Andre Stolz two shots further back in a tie for 22nd with three rounds left to play.
Photograph: Dan Peled/Golf Australia
Round 1 tee times AEDT
Asian Tour
PIF Saudi International
Riyadh Golf Club, Saudia Arabia
2:40pm Maverick Antcliff
3:10pm Nick Voke (NZ)
3:10pm* Ben Campbell (NZ)
3:20pm Jed Morgan
3:20pm* Danny Lee (NZ)
3:30pm Travis Smyth
3:50pm* Matt Jones
7pm Lucas Herbert
7:30pm Cameron Smith
7:40pm Marc Leishman
7:40pm* Brett Coletta
7:50pm Wade Ormsby
8:10pm Jak Carter
8:20pm* Daniel Gale
2023 champion: Abraham Ancer
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live 7:30pm-12:30am Wednesday on Fox Sports 503; Live 7:30pm-12:30am Thursday; Live 7:30pm-12am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.
PGA TOUR
Hero World Challenge
Albany Golf Club, Albany, Bahamas
3:52am Jason Day
2023 champion: Scottie Scheffler
Past Aussie winners: Nil
TV times: Live 5:30am-8:30am Friday, Saturday; Live 4am-9am Sunday; Live 3:30am-8:30am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.
DP World Tour
Nedbank Challenge
Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa
6:54pm Elvis Smylie
7:16pm* Daniel Hillier (NZ)
2023 champion:
Past Aussie winners: Marc Leishman (2016)
TV times: Live 8pm-1:30am Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.
PGA TOUR Champions
Qualifying Tournament – Final Stage
TPC Scottsdale (Champions Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
Round 1 scores
T5 Brendan Jones 67
T5 Scott Barr 67
T22 Mathew Goggin 69
T22 Andre Stolz 69
T37 Brad Kennedy 71
T57 Dominic Barson (NZ) 73
2023 champion: Cameron Percy
Past Aussie winners: Peter Senior (2009), Richard Green (2022), Cameron Percy (2023)
LPGA Tour
LPGA Q-Series: Final Qualifying
Magnolia Grove Golf Course, Mobile, Alabama
Australasians in the field: Robyn Choi
Legends Tour
MCB Tour Championship Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
Australasians in the field: Scott Hend, Michael Long (NZ), Michael Campbell (NZ)
2023 champion: Peter Baker
Past Aussie winners: Nil
A host of Aussie greats will seek to extend their country’s recent dominance when Final Stage of the PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament tees off in Arizona on Tuesday.
A 15-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour with more than ¥1 billion in total prize money, Brendan Jones turns 50 next March but is hoping to join the growing band of Aussies plying their trade on the over-50s tour in the US.
Twelve months ago, medallist Cameron Percy, Steve Allan, David Bransdon and Michael Wright took four of the five spots on offer while Victorian Richard Green was medallist in 2022 to secure his status.
Joining Jones in trying to complete an Aussie hat-trick are Mathew Goggin, Brad Kennedy, Andre Stolz and Scott Barr.
A three-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour, Goggin (pictured) has two top-five finishes on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia in the past 18 months and was runner-up at both the NSW Senior Open and Australian PGA Senior Championship in the past month. He made two starts on the Champions Tour in 2024 at the US Senior Open and Sanford International before taking medallist honours at First Stage of Q School two weeks ago.
A four-time PGA Legends Tour Order of Merit winner, Stolz won a second Australian PGA Senior at Richmond by five strokes and is making a return to Q School.
Kennedy’s three Japan Golf Tour wins and five PGA Tour of Australasia victories have all come after the age of 35 and is making his first Q School appearance after celebrating his 50th birthday in June.
A three-time winner on the PGA Legends Tour this season, 52-year-old Barr continues to make appearances on the PGA Tour of Australasia, finishing tied for 21st at the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie in October.
As the seniors look ahead to 2025, West Australian Kirsten Rudgeley brought her Ladies European Tour season to an end in Spain.
Needing to finish top 10 on the Order of Merit to earn an exemption into Final Stage of LPGA Tour Q Series, Rudgeley had to settle for 12th after finishing tied for 37th at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana.
A tie for 37th was the best the Aussie contingent could muster also at the International Series Qatar, Justin Warren, Travis Smyth, Jed Morgan, Matt Jones and Zach Murray all coming in 15 strokes adrift of champion Peter Uihlein.
Photo: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images
Round 1 tee times AEDT
PGA TOUR Champions
Qualifying Tournament-Final Stage
TPC Scottsdale (Champions Cse), Scottsdale, Arizona
2:41am* Dominic Barson (NZ)
3:03am Mathew Goggin
3:14am* Andre Stolz
3:36am Brad Kennedy
4:09am Brendan Jones
4:42am Scott Barr
2023 champion: Cameron Percy
Past Aussie winners: Peter Senior (2009), Richard Green (2022), Cameron Percy (2023)
Prize money: $200,000
Results
Asian Tour
International Series Qatar
Doha Golf Club, Qatar
1 Peter Uihlein 68-64-71-69—272 $US450,000
T13 Ben Campbell (NZ) 70-70-71-72—283 $33,916.67
T37 Justin Warren 71-71-74-71—287 $14,510.42
T37 Zach Murray 72-69-72-74—287 $14,510.42
T37 Jed Morgan 73-70-73-71—287 $14,510.42
T37 Travis Smyth 75-69-73-70—287 $14,510.42
T37 Matt Jones 74-70-73-70—287 $14,510.42
T49 Jack Thompson 68-73-72-75—288 $11,500
T49 Aaron Wilkin 70-74-75-69—288 $11,500
T52 Wade Ormsby 71-73-69-76—289 $9,900
T66 Maverick Antcliff 70-71-76-77—294 $6,500
MC Kevin Yuan 71-77—148
MC Scott Hend 72-76—148
MC Andrew Dodt 70-78—148
MC Marcus Fraser 74-76—150
Japan Golf Tour
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, Tokyo
1 Shaun Norris 67-68-65-68—268
T25 Michael Hendry 70-71-72-72—285
Ladies European Tour
Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana
Real Club Guadalhorce Golf, Spain
1 Carlota Ciganda 67-66-66-71—270 €105,000
T37 Kirsten Rudgeley 74-69-73-70—286 €4,382
It was not a decision made lightly but the lure of an LPGA Tour card was enough to convince Kirsten Rudgeley to skip this week’s ISPS HANDA Australian Open in favour of the Ladies European Tour season finale.
As her fellow countrywomen tee it up at Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Clubs, Rudgeley is the lone Aussie at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana.
A member of the Golf Australia Rookie Squad, Rudgeley sought the advice of the national body before committing to a hit-and-run mission to Spain.
Currently 11th on the LET Order of Merit, a good result this week would propel Rudgeley inside the top 10 and secure a place at LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying next week in Alabama.
“Talking to Golf Australia, they turned around to me and said definitely play [in Spain],” Rudgeley told LET Media.
“They know your goal is to be on the LPGA. Best of both worlds, I’ll be able to do both next year.
“[But] it was very good to be at home and have some heat. It was nice to be home and see family and friends in Australia.”
Currently 168th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking, Rudgeley continues to establish her international credentials.
She has missed just one cut on the LET this season while amassing six top-10s – a run which included losing in a playoff to Chiara Tamburlini at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.
It’s opened up a pathway to join a growing list of Australians with status on the LPGA Tour in 2025, albeit not one she had considered at the start of the year.
“It wasn’t my aim at the start of the season,” said Rudgeley, who currently trails Alexandra Försterling in 10th by 43.13 points.
“You know me, I just play golf and see what happens. But an opportunity has opened up so why not.
“It’s a long way to come for one event but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.“
While Rudgeley flies solo in Spain, there is a healthy Australian contingent teeing it up on Wednesday in Round 1 of the International Series Qatar.
Two-time Australian Open champion Matt Jones has been paired with Asian Tour Order of Merit hopeful Ben Campbell of New Zealand, New South Welshman Travis Smyth hoping to push into the top 10 on the Order of Merit.
Photo: Tristan Jones/LET
Round 1 tee times AEDT
Asian Tour
International Series Qatar
Doha Golf Club, Qatar
2:15pm Aaron Wilkin
2:15pm* Wade Ormsby
2:35pm* Ben Campbell (NZ), Matt Jones
2:45pm Kevin Yuan
2:55pm Zach Murray
2:55pm* Jack Thompson
3:05pm Scott Hend
3:15pm Andrew Dodt
3:25pm* Justin Warren
6:35pm Travis Smyth
7:25pm* Maverick Antcliff
7:35pm Jed Morgan
9:45pm* Marcus Fraser
2023 champion: Andy Ogletree
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US2.5 million
TV times: Live 8pm-12am Wednesday, Thursday; Live 7:30pm-11:30pm Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.
Japan Golf Tour
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, Tokyo
11:50am Michael Hendry (NZ)
2023 champion: Yasuka Semikawa
Past Aussie winners: Paul Sheehan (2004), Brendan Jones (2007)
Prize money: ¥130 million
Ladies European Tour
Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana
Real Club Guadalhorce Golf, Spain
9:39pm Kirsten Rudgeley (AUS)
2023 champion: Aditi Ashok
Past Aussie winners: Corinne Dibnah (1987), Rachel Hetherington (1995), Nikki Garrett (2007), Stacey Keating (2012)
Prize money: €700,000
TV times: Live 12am-3am Friday, Saturday, Sunday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.
Adam Scott’s remarkable resilience was on display again as he rallied to finish tied-third in the DP World Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in Dubai.
The 44-year-old, who had already climbed into the top spot among Australian men on the world rankings at No. 20, shot a closing 68 at Jumeirah Golf Estates to slide into the top three behind winner Rory McIlroy and Rasmus Hojgaard.
Had the eagle putt from 15 feet that missed the left side of the hole by a fraction on Sunday dropped in, he would have been within a shot of McIlroy, who almost simultaneously birdied the par-4 16th hole and then iced his win with another birdie at the 18th.
McIlroy won both the tournament and the season-long Race to Dubai bonus prize, his sixth season triumph in Europe. Only Colin Montgomerie (eight) has more titles.
Scott has had an excellent but in some ways quirky year, with four top-10s on the DP World Tour and more than €2 million in earnings without a win in 11 starts, finishing eighth on the tour’s points standings. On the PGA Tour, he was twice runner-up and made 17 cuts in 19 events.
His most recent victory around the world was the Cathedral Invitational at home in 2023, and overseas he has not won since the Genesis Invitational in the US in 2020.
But he shows few signs of slowing up.
Meanwhile in the US, Minjee Lee shored up her place in the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship in Florida this week by finishing tied-14th in The Annika tournament behind rampant Nelly Korda, who won her seventh event of the season.
Lee, a former world No. 2 and twice a major champion, began the week in 56th on the points rankings, needing to be inside the top 60 to get to Florida where the prize pool this week is $US10 million.
But she is safely inside at 54th after Sunday’s finish.
Hannah Green (who had a rare missed cut this weekend), Gabi Ruffels and Grace Kim have all qualified for the season-ender, but Steph Kyriacou’s missed cut saw her slide from 60th to 62nd and out of the tour championship field.
On the Asian Tour, Jack Thompson finished tied-fifth in Taiwan.
Kiwi Steve Alker won the Mexican Senior Open on the Legends Tour with a closing 66.
PHOTO: Adam Scott on his way to a T3 finish in Dubai to finish his year. Image: Getty
Results
DP World Tour
DP World Tour Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth course, Dubai, UAE
1 Rory McIlroy 67-69-68-69 – 273 €2,842,443
T3 Adam Scott 69-71-69-68 – 277 €525,220
T24 Min Woo Lee 70-72-73-70 – 285 €74,732
PGA TOUR
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Southhampton, Bermuda
1 Rafael Campos 70-65-62-68 – 265 $US 1.242m
T70 Aaron Baddeley 73-66-73-74 – 286 $14,007
LPGA Tour
The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
1 Nelly Korda 66-66-67-67 – 266 $US 487,500
T14 Minjee Lee 66-69-69-70 – 274 $44,442
T14 Lydia Ko (NZ) 71-69-65-69 – 274 $44,442
T32 Gabriela Ruffels 68-69-71-70 – 278 $23,391
T69 Hira Naveed 72-69-73-77 – 291 $6672
MC Robyn Choi 68-75 – 143
MC Hannah Green 74-70 – 144
MC Stephanie Kyriacou 73-73 – 146
Asian Tour
Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
Taifong Golf Club, Taiwan
1 Suteepat Prateeptienchai 67-63-68-68 – 266 $US 72,000
T5 Jack Thompson 64-65-73-70 – 272 $14,860
T26 Justin Warren 70-69-71-70 – 280 $3520
T51 Zach Murray 69-73-76-68 – 286 $1640
68 Aaron Wilkin 71-71-76-74 – 292 $960
MC Sam Brazel 79-66 – 145
Japan Golf Tour
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
Phoenix Country Club, Miyazaki
1 – Max McGreevy 66-62-65-69 – 262 ¥40,000
MC Michael Hendry (NZ) 73-71 – 144
Legends Tour
WCM Mexico Senior Open
Punta Mita Golf Club, Nayarit, Mexico
1 Steven Alker (NZ) 66-67-66-199
T34 Michael Campbell (NZ) 71-73-71 – 215
T40 Michael Long (NZ) 71-71-75 – 217
Ghanaian-born Danny List will make his debut as a member of the DP World Tour at next week’s BMW Australian PGA Championship.
Rain had caused delays to the final two rounds of the six-round Qualifying School marathon in Spain but it may have been a blessing for List.
The 26-year-old bounced back from rounds of 71-72 in rounds four and five to shoot 8-under 63 in the final round, climbing 22 spots to clinch one of the final cards on offer for the 2025 DP World Tour season.
That season begins at Royal Queensland Golf Club and in a celebratory post to Instagram List revealed that he would be taking up the opportunity to play both the Australian PGA and the ISPS HANDA Australian Open.
“I checked off a huge childhood dream today. Locking up my DP World Tour card for the 2025 season!” List posted.
“I’m thankful to the Lord, I felt his calming presence on every shot.
“Thanks to my beautiful mother who shared tears of joy with me when the last putt dropped, she knows just how much has gone into this.
“Thank you to everyone on my team and all that have supported me, it means the world.
“Get to go home to San Diego for a few days before we head down under for the Australian PGA Championship and Australian Open!
“Let’s go!”
Born in Ghana to an Australian father who is the CEO of BCM Ghana, List developed his golf at Cottesloe Golf Club in Perth, coming close to selection in a number of Golf Australia national programs on a number of occasions.
List completed his schooling in Berkshire west of London and attended college at the University of Washington before settling in San Diego.
He earned status on the Latin America tour in 2018 and has played sporadically in Canada since 2020.
A win at the California Open in July gave a hint that he had returned to some of his best golf, coming through all three stages of Qualifying School among the most difficult examinations any golfer can pass.
He has established the Danny List Foundation that runs youth programs, encourages player development and does community outreach work in Ghana but remains equally proud of his Australian upbringing.
“Golf Australia has always been great to me and I wish I could have two flags on there,” List told DP World Tour Media.
“I love my heritage, love representing the Aussies.”
Fellow West Australian Haydn Barron shot 65 in the final round but was unable to retain his 2024 status, finishing in a tie for 30th.
DP World Tour Qualifying School – Final Stage
T18 Danny List 72-63-69-71-72-63—410
T30 Haydn Barron 77-61-71-69-69-65—412
WD Hayden Hopewell 68-74-68-69—279
MC Brett Coletta 66-74-66-74—280
MC Todd Sinnott 74-68-68-72—282
MC Matthew Griffin 72-77-69-66—284
MC Andrew Kelly 72-70-72-73—287
MC Tom Power Horan 70-73-69-77—289
MC Cameron John 71-71-74-79—295
Photo: Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images
West Australian Hannah Green has two further chances to join Karrie Webb in rare company as she makes her tournament debut at this week’s LPGA Tour event in Florida.
Already a three-time winner this season, Green is playing The ANNIKA for the first time, the tournament serving as the penultimate event ahead of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.
Currently sixth in the Race to CME Globe standings, Green can join Webb as the only Australians with four wins in a single LPGA Tour season, Webb winning an extraordinary 13 tournaments across the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson won three times in a single season on three separate occasions, Green coming in on the back of her third win at the BMW Ladies Championship and tie for sixth at the Maybank Championship.
As Green chases a shot at history, three other Aussies are playing to ensure their place in the season finale.
With only the top 60 and ties to advance, Minjee Lee (56th), Stephanie Kyriacou (60th) and Hira Naveed (72nd) all need to play well to extend their LPGA seasons by an additional week.
The DP World Tour 2024 season comes to an end this week with Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott to contest the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Aaron Baddeley is the lone Aussie in the field at the PGA TOUR’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship and there are five Australians in action in the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open on the Asian Tour.
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Round 1 tee times AEDT
DP World Tour
DP World Tour Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth course, Dubai, UAE
4:10pm Min Woo Lee
6:30pm Adam Scott
2023 champion: Nicolai Hojgaard
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US10 million
TV times: Live 6pm-12am Thursday, Friday, Saturday; Live 5:30pm-11:30pm Sunday on Fox Sports and Kayo.
PGA TOUR
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Southhampton, Bermuda
3:25am* Aaron Baddeley
2023 champion: Camilo Villegas
Past Aussie winners: Lucas Herbert (2021)
Prize money: $US6.9 million
TV times: Live 5am-8am Friday, Saturday; Live 3:30am-6:30am Sunday on Fox Sports 503; Live 3am-6am Monday on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo.
LPGA Tour
The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
11pm* Hira Naveed
11:22pm Stephanie Kyriacou
11:33pm* Gabriela Ruffels
11:44pm Minjee Lee
3:58am* Lydia Ko (NZ)
4:09am* Hannah Green
5:04am* Robyn Choi
2023 champion: Lilia Vu
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US3.25 million
TV times: Live 2am-5am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 6am-9:10am Sunday on Fox Sports 506; Live 5am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 503.
Asian Tour
Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
Taifong Golf Club, Taiwan
10am* Justin Warren
2:20pm Jack Thompson
2:35pm* Aaron Wilkin
2:50pm Zach Murray
3:05pm* Sam Brazel
2023 champion: Camilo Villegas
Past Aussie winners: Lucas Herbert (2021)
Prize money: $US6.9 million
Japan Golf Tour
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
Phoenix Country Club, Miyazaki
10:50am Michael Hendry (NZ)
2023 champion: Yuta Sugiura
Prize money: ¥200 million
Legends Tour
WCM Mexico Senior Open
Punta Mita Golf Club, Nayarit, Mexico
Australasians in the field: Michael Campbell (NZ), Steven Alker (NZ), Michael Long (NZ)
2023 champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
A Bernhard Langer bomb on the 72nd hole has denied Richard Green a maiden PGA TOUR Champions title at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Arizona.
One of only 10 players in the 36-player field still a mathematical chance of taking out the season-long Charles Schwab Cup, Green’s hopes looked dashed through two rounds at Phoenix Country Club.
He responded with weekend rounds of 63-65 capped by a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole and a back nine of 5-under 30 to set the clubhouse mark at 17-under par.
Langer and Kiwi Steven Alker stood on the final tee both at 17-under, yet when Langer hit his tee shot left and Alker hit his approach shot long over the back of the green, Green was suddenly sitting pretty.
Richard Green is CLUTCH!
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) November 10, 2024
A huge birdie on 18 to tie the lead @SchwabCupFinale 🔥
He can win the Schwab Cup if he wins outright. pic.twitter.com/C1BGNF6Tfi
Yet, as he had done 46 times previously on the Champions Tour, Langer poured in his birdie putt from long range to claim victory and relegate Green to a second-place finish for a fifth time this season.
His tie for second was enough for Green to lift three spots to third in the final Charles Schwab Cup standings, Alker the season champion for the second time in third years.
“It was a little hard getting going early, but once I sort of got the momentum on my side the back nine, it was just a matter of making the right decisions and playing my game as good as I possibly could and trying to execute the shots needed,” said Green, who finished the year with more than $US2 million in prize money.
“We had a couple opportunities that I even felt let slip, but still really nice to finish the way I did.”
As the PGA TOUR Champions season came to a close, Queenslander Scott Hend kept alive his hopes of winning the Legends Tour Order of Merit in Europe.
With two events left in the season, Hend’s third place finish at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters in Spain saw him bridge the gap to Order of Merit leader Adilson Da Silva.
Trailing Englishman Simon Griffiths by two after a bogey-free 7-under 66 in Round 2, Hend had drawn level with four birdies in the space of six holes to close out the front nine.
Dropped shots at 10 and 12 would prove costly, an eagle at the final hole enough to secure outright third three shots back of Griffiths.
The DP World Tour season finale will feature two Australians as Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott both maintained their position inside the top 50 in the Race to Dubai Rankings.
Lee produced four sub-70 rounds to finish tied for 23rd at the Abu Dhabi Championship with Scott closing with a round of 7-under 65 to finish tied for 46th and 16th entering the DP World Tour Championship.
Grace Kim’s tie for 11th was a strong result in defence of her LOTTE Championship title in Hawaii while Danny List leads the Aussie charge at the halfway mark of Final Stage of DP World Tour Qualifying School in Spain.
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Results
PGA TOUR
World Wide Technology Championship
El Cardonal at Diamante Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Mexico
1 Austin Eckroat 68-67-66-63—264 $US1.296m
T64 Aaron Baddeley 71-68-71-75—285 $15,408
MC Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 74-75—149
DP World Tour
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Yas Links, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1 Paul Waring 64-61-73-66—264 €1,419,771.15
T23 Min Woo Lee 69-67-68-69—273 €88,109.33
T37 David Micheluzzi 69-68-70-69—276 €52,615.05
T46 Adam Scott 71-67-75-65—278 €38,417.34
Qualifying School – Final Stage
Infinitum Golf (Lakes & Hills Cses), Tarragona, Spain
Through three of six rounds
1 Edoardo Molinari 65-61-72—198
T4 Danny List 72-63-69—204
T22 Brett Coletta 66-74-66—206
T37 Sam Jones (NZ) 69-66-73—208
T44 Haydn Barron 77-61-71—209
T79 Hayden Hopewell 68-74-68—210
T79 Todd Sinnott 74-68-68—210
T111 Tom Power Horan 70-73-69—212
T132 Andrew Kelly 72-70-72—214
T141 Cameron John 71-71-74—216
T150 Matthew Griffin 72-77-69—218
LPGA Tour
LOTTE Championship
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
1 A Lim Kim 66-69-67-68—270 $US450,000
T11 Grace Kim 72-68-68-71—279 $52,713
T35 Robyn Choi 70-72-71-72—285 $17,236
T43 Stephanie Kyriacou 70-73-70-73—286 $12,491
MC Hira Naveed 74-72—146
Japan Golf Tour
Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters
Pacific Club (Gotemba Cse), Shizuoka
1 Ryo Ishikawa 66-71-65-67—269 ¥40m
T23 Brad Kennedy 72-69-68-69—278 ¥1.86m
T69 Michael Hendry (NZ) 73-73—146
Korean PGA Tour
KPGA Tour Championship
Cypress Golf & Resort, Korea
1 Daihan Lee 67-67-66-66—266
T49 Sungjin Yeo (NZ) 71-73-70-71—285
PGA TOUR Champions
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
1 Bernhard Langer 69-64-67-66—266 $US528,000
T2 Richard Green 71-68-63-65—267 $276,000
T2 Steven Alker (NZ) 70-68-63-66—267 $276,000
5 Rod Pampling 69-72-65-68—274 $180,000
T15 Greg Chalmers 74-69-69-66—278 $61,500
T17 Mark Hensby 70-69-73-67—279 $55,500
T26 Cameron Percy 70-68-78-68—284 $22,950
33 Stuart Appleby 75-72-71-70—288 $18,750
Legends Tour
Farmfoods European Senior Masters
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
1 Simon Griffiths 64-70-68—202
3 Scott Hend 70-66-69—205
T15 Michael Campbell (NZ) 73-70-67—210
T38 Michael Long (NZ) 74-69-75—218
