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In the opening match of our search for Australia’s Greatest Golfer we pit two Peters against each other, the incomparable Peter Thomson and the irrepressible Peter McWhinney.
His moniker of ‘Five Times’ only goes part of the way to describing the extraordinary accomplishments and contribution that Peter Thomson made to the game of golf in this country.
Winner of the British Open Championship in three straight years from 1954, Thomson added a fourth in 1958 and fifth in 1965 but it was his sustained mastery of British links that remains unparalleled.
Starting with his tie for sixth in his Open Championship debut in 1951, Thomson finished outside the top 10 on just three occasions in the subsequent 21 years, either on top of the leaderboard or just one spot behind every year from 1952 until 1958.
Perhaps even more remarkable was that for many of those championships he would pen a column for The Age newspaper in Melbourne at the completion of the day’s play.
His accomplishments on the golf course included 10 national Open wins – including the Australian Open on three occasions – and the 1967 Australian PGA Championship but he was just as prolific off it.
Thomson was an acclaimed golf course architect, imprinting his design philosophy on more than 250 courses in some 30 countries, pot bunkers that are so often a feature of golf in Britain transferred to all corners of the globe.
President of the PGA of Australia from 1962 until 1994, Thomson’s influence on generations of players was profound, his legacy one of excellence and humility.
Peter McWhinney’s resume shows just one Australian tour win – the 1983 Queensland PGA Championship – and the 1996 Tsuruya Open on the Japan Golf Tour yet in a golden era for Australian golf his name was a regular feature on Aussie leaderboards.
In 1992 alone McWhinney was on the verge of completing one of the great performances in Australian tournament history yet on three separate occasions went home without the trophy.
At the Australian PGA Championship he finished three shots behind Craig Parry at Concord Golf Club, was runner-up to Steve Elkington at the Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club and was then defeated by Mike Clayton in the final of the Australian Matchplay Championship, all in the space of just a few months.
McWhinney would finish runner-up in the Australian Open again in 1995 in dramatic fashion, Greg Norman draining a monster birdie putt at the 71st hole on his way to a two-shot victory.
Popular amongst fans for his knockabout nature, perhaps McWhinney’s greatest contribution to professional golf in Australia was leading the campaign to allow the provision of short socks to be worn during pro-am tournaments.
Peter Thomson
Career wins: 95
Major wins: 5 (British Open 1954-56, 1958, 1965)
Australasian Tour wins: 44
Australian Open: Won (1951, 1967, 1972)
Australian PGA: Won (1967)
Peter McWhinney
Career wins: 2
Major wins: Nil
Australasian Tour wins: 1 (1983 Qld PGA)
Australian Open: Runner-up (1992, 1995)
Australian PGA: Runner-up (1992)
The mantle as Australia’s Greatest Golfer will be put in the hands of the public as the PGA of Australia launches a head-to-head battle of Australia’s 64 most accomplished professionals.
To be conducted through the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Facebook page and in a matchplay-bracket formula that will see 32 first-round matches, the best players our country has seen will have to progress past fellow legends in a fan vote in order to ultimately be crowned our No.1 of all time.
Five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson has been seeded No.1 and will face Japan Tour winner and all-around larrikin Peter McWhinney in Monday’s first match.
Greg Norman, the No.2 seed, has been pitted against Stewart Ginn and third favourite Karrie Webb against two-time Australian PGA and 1949 Australian Open champion Eric Cremin in other first-round matches.
Whenever Australia’s greatest ever golfer is discussed the names Thomson, Norman and Webb come to the fore but PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman says the path to get to the final will provide some compelling matches along the way.
“What excites me the most is seeing all the different generations of golfers mixed in together and it will be interesting to see how the different generations of Australian golf fans vote over the coming weeks,” said Kirkman.
“I’ve worked in golf for the past 35 years of my life and I know myself I have had so many favourites throughout that time.
“Growing up I was a huge Greg Norman fan but when my father was alive it was Norman von Nida, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle.
“Working in golf retail during Norman’s 331 weeks as world No.1, I saw first-hand the influence he had on the entire industry. People were flooding into pro shops wanting to buy something with the Shark logo on it and go and play nine or 18 holes.
“Then I went into a time where I got to know people such as Wayne Grady, Peter Senior and Ian Baker-Finch and they became my heroes because it was clear to me that not only were they great golfers but great people as well.
“I was fortunate to deliver so many Australian Ladies Masters titles to Karrie in my time at RACV Royal Pines Resort and you look at her playing record and in Australian golf it is unparalleled. No one has won more majors than Karrie, not to mention her other tournament victories.
“Then you move into the modern-day players such as Adam Scott and although he has only won one major to date, he is another great person who continually gives back to Australian golf.
“Add in those guys slightly younger than Adam such as Jason Day, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith and I am really excited to see how that crop develops and the careers they put together.
“It’s an incredible list of our highest-achieving golfers and I’m sure as we progress everyone is going to have their own favourites who they want to vote for.”
An independent panel of golf experts has assembled a list of 64 of our greatest ever golfers. Each player has been seeded and placed into four brackets.
Each day a golfer will go head-to-head with another of our country’s stars.
The two-month-long competition comprises of 63 matches across 69 days.
Week 1 Matches
Monday: Peter Thomson v Peter McWhinney
Tuesday: Greg Norman v Stewart Ginn
Wednesday: Karrie Webb v Eric Cremin
Thursday: David Graham v Brad Kennedy
Friday: Kel Nagle v Roger Mackay
Saturday: Jan Stephenson v Randall Vines
Sunday: Adam Scott v Jarrod Lyle
It was a parade of global golf talent rarely seen on Australian shores yet golf’s revised 2020 schedule has put Australia in position to once again draw the best of the best to two iconic tournament venues this summer.
Although the dates for the Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club and Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club are still to be finalised, the repositioning of golf’s three majors to potential new dates and current lack of playing opportunities opens the door to more players adding a Down Under plunder to their 2020 calendar.
Two-time Australian Open winner Matt Jones is almost certain to defend his title at Kingston Heath while 2019 champion Adam Scott and fellow PGA TOUR winners this year Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith are all on the hit list to play the PGA at Royal Queensland.
Add in European Tour winners Lucas Herbert and Min Woo Lee and a generous sprinkling of elite players from throughout the world and Australian golf has an opportunity to build on the momentum generated by last December’s Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne and our players since.
Players on the PGA TOUR, European Tour and Asian Tour in particular have been without a tournament to play in since the cancellation of THE PLAYERS Championship on March 13 while a start date for the 2020 Japan Golf Tour season remains very much up in the air.
The announcement on Tuesday of a proposed schedule incorporating PGA TOUR events, the US PGA Championship, US Open and a November Masters at Augusta National gave golf fans hope that a meaningful season can be salvaged in the week that the year’s first major was due to be played.
Health considerations regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside, The Masters is now slated to conclude on Sunday, November 15 and PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman believes Australia’s two most prestigious tournaments would provide players and fans alike with a satisfying conclusion to a disrupted year.
“Depending on what happens with the PGA TOUR’s Fall Series, upon the completion of The Masters there is the opportunity to attract strong fields for both the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship,” Kirkman said.
“Given the success of the Presidents Cup last summer we’re excited to see the Australian Open return to such a highly-regarded venue as Kingston Heath Golf Club and I have no doubt players will be excited at the prospect of an Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
“Around those two we also have the NSW Open, WA Open, WA PGA, Gippsland Super 6 and Vic PGA tournaments before the end of the year which are very important for our player pathways.
“We’ve got to have a good chat now about lining up the dates for those seven events along with what will happen with tour schools around the world.
“We started the year off with all of those wins by our players in Asia, Europe and in America and when I arrived at THE PLAYERS Championship the excitement around what our players were doing and what we were achieving with our tour made us believe we were headed for one of our best seasons.
“The announcement of a revised schedule on Tuesday was certainly a positive indicator of what can still be achieved in 2020 and we’d love to be able to provide both our Australian players and international stars the chance to play on two of our finest courses.”
In line with government recommendations and in the interests of health for both the public and its staff, all PGA Tour of Australasia and PGA sanctioned events such as Pro-Ams and PGA Legends Tour events are currently suspended until June 1.
Kirkman says that the PGA will continue to monitor the advice and policies outlined by government and health organisations with the hope that any PGA-sanctioned events can take place as soon as it is safe to do so.
The Tailor-Made Building Services NT PGA Championship (August 20-23) and rescheduled PNG Open (September 24-27) are the next scheduled four-round events on the Australasian schedule to be followed by the WA PGA Championship and WA Open in successive weeks from October 8.
The Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series and Ladbrokes Legends Tour are often underwritten by the host golf club and although they are experiencing difficult times right now, Kirkman is confident that many will go ahead as planned once the season recommences.
“The regular contact that we’ve been in with clubs, even with the unknowns everyone is still keen to move forward with those events,” said Kirkman.
“Once the governments allow events to be played, when we do recommence it won’t immediately go back to normal. There may still be the physical distancing policy in place which might mean we play in groups of twos and other guidelines that we will have to follow in order to conduct an event in a safe manner.”
From Thursday Fox Sports will show a repeat of Adam Scott’s 2013 Masters triumph; Australian legend Rodger Davis was looking forward to being in Augusta this week to see the Queenslander secure a second green jacket.
Just hours after golf’s governing bodies announced a proposed schedule of events for later in the year in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown, Davis backed the move of The Masters to mid-November.
Provided tournament golf can resume, that is when Scott will take a shot at a second victory at Augusta National Golf Club alongside Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Cameron Smith and US Mid-Amateur champion Lukas Michel.
Twice a participant at The Masters in 1988 and 1992, Davis watched Scott’s pulsating 2013 playoff win over Angel Cabrera from his Gold Coast home and, seven years on, believed that the 39-year-old was in position to repeat the feat.
“That year was being replicated this year,” said Davis, the current Chairman of the PGA of Australia.
“He won the Aussie Masters out here in the summer and then the next year he played well at Riviera (T10 at the Northern Trust Open) and had another good result in Florida (T3 at WGC-Cadillac Championship).
“Riviera in particular is a great warm-up for The Masters and tee-to-green wise he was playing so well. I was thinking, Here we go again, he could knock over a second Masters this year.
“And I was supposed to be there this year so I was really looking forward to it.”
Prior to Scott’s breakthrough, Augusta National had developed into a picturesque place of heartache for Aussie golfers.
Dating back to Jim Ferrier’s runner-up in finish in 1950, Aussies had come tantalisingly close to a green jacket for more than 60 years without success until Scott produced two of the greatest putts of his life at the 72nd hole and first hole of the playoff to enter Australian sporting immortality.
Dismissive of any notion of an Aussie curse at Augusta – “I don’t believe in it, I’m not really that sort of person” – Davis praised Scott for the way he shared his history-making accomplishment with the Australian public.
“What he did for Australian golf that year was just unbelievable,” said Davis, Scott returning that summer and winning the Australian PGA Championship, Australian Masters and finishing second at the Australian Open.
“He did everything that was asked of him in terms of promotions and what have you and in fact, in some ways, I thought he most probably did too much.
“He was at every function he could be at and did a great job as an ambassador for Australian golf and as an ambassador for The Masters.”
Starting at 7am on Thursday morning, Fox Sports will be replaying each of the four rounds of the 2013 Masters on Fox Sports 503 followed each day by replays of last year’s victory by Tiger Woods.
2013 Round 1: Thursday 7-11am
2013 Round 2: Friday 7-11am
2013 Round 3: Saturday 7-11am
2013 Round 4: Sunday 7-11am
The PGA of Australia has confirmed it will extend the current postponement period of all sanctioned events from Friday 1 May to Monday 1 June as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve.
Affected events include those on the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series, Ladbrokes Legends Tour, Volkswagen Scramble Regional Finals and the Championship Final as well as PGA Trainee and Open matches.
The decision has been made with the health and safety of PGA Professionals and stakeholders in mind and in line with government regulations.
“We will continue to work closely with competitors, sponsors and host venues in attempting to reschedule these events where possible,” said PGA of Australia Tournaments Director Australasia, Nick Dastey.
“While we will face another set of challenges when we are given the all clear to proceed, whenever that may be, I would like to thank our Members, stakeholders, host venues, participants and the wider golf community for their continued understanding during this period.”
The PGA – guided by the expertise of the Australian Government and leading health authorities – will continue to monitor the situation closely and will communicate any further changes.
Prolific Ladbrokes Legends Tour winner Brad Burns has described missing out on the chance to make his Seniors major debut as “gut-wrenching” as he faces the prospect of returning to work in the mines in central Queensland.
An official announcement on the postponement of the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship due to be played from May 21-24 at Harbor Shores in Michigan is expected any day now but Burns has already received credit for his flights to America, hopeful that the tournament will still go ahead later in the year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the postponement of all major golf tours around the world yet in a release on Wednesday the PGA of America said they were still in the process of determining the alternatives available for the Senior PGA Championship.
“We hope to have an update in the near future and sincerely appreciate the patience of our wonderful volunteers, fans, supporters and our partners at KitchenAid,” the statement said.
“The health and safety of all involved in this prestigious championship is our highest priority.”
It’s a cruel blow for Burns who was last year denied the opportunity to play in the Insperity Invitational for the second straight year due to a late change in qualifying criteria, a change that meant he forfeited flights and accommodation already paid for.
Burns’ place in the 2020 Senior PGA field was earned by topping the 2019 Ladbrokes Legends Tour Order of Merit with nine wins from 75 starts but he must now wait to see when that opportunity will ultimately present itself.
“They’re going to make a decision in the next day or so but hopefully it’s going to be postponed until later in the year,” Burns said.
“That’s a disappointment, especially after last year. I was supposed to go to the Insperity Invitational and they changed the categories two months before we went.
“I’d already paid for the accommodation and the airfares so that’s two years running.
“I got an e-mail back yesterday and they’re going to make a decision soon but it can’t be on. No chance.
“Even if it is I can’t get there because QANTAS aren’t flying over there.
“It’s gut-wrenching.”
Prior to joining the Legends Tour as a rookie in 2016, Burns spent four years working in the mines, driving trucks for BMA near Blackwater in central Queensland.
Despite the fact that he has enjoyed wins this year at Otago, Long Island, Moonah Links, Portsea and most recently at Bermagui on March 17, Burns has already enquired as to heading back to the mines with little hope of returning to tournament golf anytime soon.
“I spent four years up in the mines until about 2016 so I’m going to apply for something up there and see how we go because any golf we get to play this year is going to be limited,” said Burns, who has been keeping boredom at bay this week by practising at Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast.
“Because I’ve been in there before I’ve got all the paperwork to get back in there, just. Another five months or so and I wouldn’t have been able to do it.
“The paperwork is valid for five years and then you’ve got to do it again but hopefully I can sneak in there and get a job.
“If the mines helps cover me for six months without golf then at least you’re not spending all that hard-earned cash that you’ve earnt playing.
“I really feel for the young blokes who have nothing other than golf. I’ve been fortunate to do a few different things over the years but what do they do?
“Most likely go down to Centrelink and hop in line.”
Reigning ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit champion Ryan Fox has revealed the personal drama he experienced prior to the first of his two Tahiti International triumphs in 2012.
Nominated by Irishman Paul Dunne to participate in the European Tour’s ‘Tour Tales’ series designed to provide some entertainment during the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis that has brought tournament golf to a standstill, Fox shared an incident involving his now wife Anneke and a rental car in the days leading up to the tournament.
Eager to do some sight-seeing whilst in Tahiti, Anneke planned a self-drive tour of the island in a rental car rather than watch Ryan play a practice round, but didn’t even make it out of the hotel car park.
Cheers for the nom @pauldunne11 …prob not the smartest story to share given I’m on lockdown with my wife for a month…? I now nominate @ScrivJ @justinjwalters & @andysulligolf . Hope everyone is staying safe and we will be out the other side soon. @europeantour #tourtales pic.twitter.com/iNLM4G74Ys
— Ryan Fox (@ryanfoxgolfer) March 25, 2020
“Just before she left she realised she had never driven on the opposite side of the road and hadn’t driven a manual in about five years,” Fox recalled in his Twitter post.
“She asked whether we could do a couple of trips around the car park just to make sure she was OK to go on the road.
“The first two trips went OK and we were doing one last trip and randomly she started veering to the right. Before we could really do anything we heard this great big scrape and she had driven into a ditch.
“The motor plate was sitting flat on the edge of the curb and both wheels on the right side of the car were off the ground.
“Thankfully at this time there were a few golfers that had seen it and a car-load of local Tahitians coming in to put up some scaffolding.
“It took 10 of us to lift the car out of the ditch and back onto the road again.
“Anneke decided she’d be better off driving a cart around during the practice round and she did redeem herself.
“She caddied for me that week and I managed to win the tournament.”
Fox, who nominated West Australian Jason Scrivener to share a tale of his own from life on tour, has been indulging a few of his non-golf passions during the hiatus, landing some big fish and sharpening his drumming skills.
Runner-up to Min Woo Lee at the ISPS HANDA Vic Open, Fox was sitting 22nd on the European Tour Order of Merit and 131st in the World Rankings when tours were postponed for the immediate future.
Here’s my audition tape for your virtual Foos covers band @FredVR_ ? Dusted off some different sticks this week, not bad for the fitness either! ? #foxtracker pic.twitter.com/byyH9lHQfX
— Ryan Fox (@ryanfoxgolfer) March 21, 2020
With five wins from the past nine events, Queensland’s Tim Hart leads the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series Order of Merit with earnings of $18,907. Hart has won 22 events in the past 13 months but knows a prolonged postponement of the Aussie pro-am schedule due to the coronavirus will bring with it financial and emotional challenges for many players.
We didn’t know anything about the postponement of the Pro-Am Series until the second round of the Queanbeyan Pro-Am last Tuesday when we got the news that it was probably going to come to an end within the next few days.
It was disappointing because I’d found something that was working for me and was playing well but I can’t complain about not having the chance to play golf. There are a lot of people worse off than me right now.
The PGA and people at Yowani Golf Club were kind enough bring the presentation forward after my win last Thursday so I could make my flight back to Brisbane that night. I was cutting it pretty fine but by the time I got to the airport there were only two people in the line waiting. Whenever I’ve travelled at 6pm during the week it’s usually chaos.
It was an eerie feeling walking through the airport. It kind of felt like the times I’ve been in China where there are big airports but not many people in them.
I was travelling with Chris Wood and there was probably only one or two people per row on the flight back. Chris and I managed to keep our distance; he was in business and I was up the back with the cattle.
It’s hard to know how long guys will be able to go without tournaments to play in; I don’t have the answer to that. I’ve been talking to a lot of the other guys and I don’t think anyone has an answer.
Unless you’ve got some qualifications behind you or have a mate who can give you some work it’s going to be very difficult.
All I’ve done since I was a young fella is play golf so I haven’t got any qualifications or education to fall back on if I can’t play.
Dealing with the mental health battles I’ve been facing the past couple of years, sitting around all day is not going to be too good for me either.
In 2018 I was trying to play through some injuries which put a lot of pressure on me financially and mentally. There was a build-up over six months and then it hit me all at once; I’ve been battling anxiety and depression ever since.
It’s something that is there now which I am well aware of. I’m doing everything possible to keep that at bay, especially at a time like this when sitting on the couch with time to think is not a good thing.
I’ve spoken to one of the other boys and he said he went down to Centrelink today to see what we might be entitled to and the line was 200 metres long. If any of those people in line have got the virus, you don’t want to be there standing around waiting.
I’ll let it cool off for a bit and then talk to the boys who have been to Centrelink and see what they can do for us.
Financially, if you don’t have anything saved away from playing pro-ams or the Aussie tour events it’s going to be very difficult the next six months.
Even when we get the all clear to start playing again it’s going to be difficult for clubs and associations to put up the money for pro-ams to play in.
The past couple of months I’ve been practicing at Golf Central in Brisbane but I haven’t touched a club since I got home on Thursday night because of what’s going on.
It’s hard for me to put the time into practise not knowing when you’re going to be playing next. I always like to peak for events by putting in a good stint of practice rather than going out every day and hitting balls for the sake of it.
I probably can go and practise but to be 100 per cent honest I won’t for the time being just because I know there’s nothing coming up for me to compete in.
I’ve learnt recently the importance of routine and that’s something I’ll have to put in place these next few weeks. I do meditation every morning when I wake up and I’ve got my head around the idea that I’ll be stuck inside for a fair while now.
My girlfriend is a nurse so I’ll try and stay busy by supporting her as much as I can and the rest of the time I’ll read and listen to audio books and try and do some exercise here at home.
I’d love nothing more than to be back out there playing but I think the reality is that’s probably not going to be possible for a few months now.
Currently 18th on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and 76th on European Tour Race to Dubai, Travis Smyth has been in self-isolation since Monday following his return from Malaysia. Here he shares his thoughts on the impact of coronavirus on Australian professionals and how he is filling his days of solitude.
I found out on the day that I was due to leave Malaysia that I would be subjected to the 14-day self-isolation when I returned to Australia on Monday morning.
Obviously, when we were playing the Malaysia Open as players we were talking about what might happen but we didn’t imagine it would get to this point.
There’s now basically nowhere for any of us to play.
Because America didn’t shut anything down until late last week I was thinking about coming home for a couple of weeks and then going to the States to see my girlfriend, do some Korn Ferry Tour Monday qualifiers. But now there’s nothing at all to play over there either.
How good does self Isolation for 14 days sound. Wonder if I can bribe my favorite barista to bring me coffee every day. Geeze this will be tough to not go and sneak a late 9 in.
— Travis Smyth (@travsmythg) March 16, 2020
The next tournament I’m hoping to play is the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup in Japan in two months’ time and my understanding at this stage is that Japan Tour events are going ahead but without spectators.
Originally the plan was to play the Malaysia Open and then go to Thailand and India but when they were both postponed I decided to spend a few days with some really good friends playing golf in Kuala Lumpur before coming home.
By the time my flight was due to leave last Sunday the Australian Government had announced the self-isolation for all international travellers coming back into the country.
On the plane there were Australian Government health officials who gave us a piece of paper with all the information about the coronavirus and a website to visit to get more information.
At the passenger entry terminal there was also a box asking if you were aware of the 14-day isolation that you had to click, but that was basically it.
I had one night in my apartment in Sydney before my flatmate suggested it would be best for me to head down to my parents’ place in Wollongong. He says if I still haven’t got any symptoms after a week I’m welcome to come back.
I wasn’t sure how strict it was going to be – whether I could play golf by myself for example – but in the last couple of days I heard that if you get caught out of isolation that you could be subject to an $11,000 fine in New South Wales.
It’s day three now and I’ve honestly been doing nothing.
I’ve just been hanging out with Mum and Dad, listening to iBooks, watching Netflix and sleeping in.
The book I’m listening to at the moment is the life story of Navy Seal David Goggins called Can’t Hurt Me.
I don’t have any weights or anything here but I’m going to try and come up with some kind of workout I can do to at least keep the body a bit active.
I’m also going to dig out the net I built as my final project in Design and Tech in Year 12 and see if that still works.
I got a pretty good mark for that net actually.
May as well make the best of a boring situation.
The PGA of Australia will postpone all sanctioned events from Friday as a precautionary measure to help tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
Events such as Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series, Ladbrokes Legends Tour, Volkswagen Scramble Regional Finals, and PGA Trainee and Open matches played from Friday 20 March until Friday 1 May are set to be rescheduled later in the year.
It follows the postponement of the Morobe Open and Papua New Guinea Open, which form part of the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia respectively.
“The health and safety of our Members and stakeholders is at the forefront of everything we do,” said Gavin Kirkman, chief executive of the PGA of Australia.
“We are dealing with unprecedented events worldwide and this measure is a much-needed approach to ensure we are playing our part in flattening the Coronavirus curve.
“We will continue to take the advice of the Australian Government and leading health authorities to decrease the rate of transmission, which will ultimately free up the valuable resources at hospitals and health centres so frontline support staff can appropriately manage the crisis.”
The PGA – guided by the expertise of the Australian Government and leading health authorities – will continue to monitor the situation closely and will communicate any future changes.
