The Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series heads to Western Australia this week with tournaments set to tee off throughout May and June.

After another successful swing of Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series events in South Australian, players will be venturing West to play for record prize money of AU$480k across the WA series.  

Amateurs across Western Australia will also have the opportunity to watch and tee it up with some of Australia’s in form professionals including Dimi Papadatos, Simon Hawkes, Matthew Millar as well as local favourites Jarryd Felton and recently crowned QLD PGA Champion Daniel Fox.  

The WA swing of the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series will tee off at the ADH Club Car Pro-Am hosted by Joondalup Golf Club on Thursday 3 May before moving around some of the region’s best golf courses north and south and drawing to conclusion at the Broome Open at the end of June.

Following the John Hewett West Coast Wines Pro-Am at Hartfield Country Club, the Cottesloe Open will be the first two day event held from 5-6 May boasting a record prize purse of $45,000 as well as a Super Seniors Invitational that will see legends such as Michael Harwood, Michael Clayton and former Australian Open Winner Peter Fowler.

The Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series will take a break for a week when the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia arrives in Western Australia for the TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship to be played at the world class Kalgoorlie Golf Course from 10-13 May, for another record prize purse of $125,000.

Following the TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie, players will head south with the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series playing the Kwinana Pro-Am and moving on to the popular Steelscene Peel Pro-Am. This year’s event will have a purse of $35,000 and will see the players to tee it up on three of the Peel Region’s best courses including Mandurah Country Club, The Cut and Meadows Springs Country Club.

Professionals will base themselves in the City of Perth for the WA State Foursomes Championship, the Handle Property Group Lakelands Pro-Am and the St Johns Brook Pro-Am Golf Day at Gosnells Golf Club.

The swing then heads South again welcoming back to the schedule, Partons IGA Harvey Pro-Am before playing old favourites – the Jetline Capel Pro-Am, Urban Quarter Dunsborough Lakes Pro-Am and the always popular Southwest Open.  In a slight change to the South West swing, the Nexus Risk Services South West Open will have a reduction in playing days but still boasts a purse of $35,000 across the two day event.

The series then heads back towards Perth with the new addition of the Secret Harbour Pro-Am before moving north in the region to the Mitchell and Brown Spalding Park Open boasting prize money of $40,000.

CITIC Pacific Mining Pro-Am Karratha returns to the schedule welcoming players to the warmest events on the swing including the WS6 Broome and the Broome Furnishings, Carpet, Paint and Tile Open.

WA State Manager of the PGA of Australia, Kim Felton said; “We are very proud of the support from the WA Clubs providing an amazing schedule for our PGA Professionals to hone their skills whilst playing a game they love. The WA swing of events is always a favourite stop on Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series for the players and with new opportunities and record prize money, this 2018 series will not disappoint.

“Pro-am’s are an important part of player development for our professionals as they look to build skills and earn further opportunities to compete on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia and progress to other international tours,” added the former Tour Professional.

For the full schedule of the WA swing of the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series and scores please visit pga.org.au

For further information or images from events, please contact: Kim Felton, WA State Manager, PGA of Australia, 0413 404 380 or [email protected]

It was another perfect day at Murray Bridge Golf Club for the final round of the Burke Urban PGA Classic, the sun was shining all week and the course was in magnificent condition.

Matt Millar thrived in the conditions and continued his fine form with a 2-under 66 to finish at 14-under the card.

Millar started his final round a little shaky and was 1-over through five holes before he steadied to fire four back-9 birdies to claim a comfortable victory.

Millar’s rounds of 61, 63 and 66 handed him a seven shot victory over Ruben Lal who finished 7-under the card.

Rory Bourke had a double bogey on the last to drop to third place at 6-under the card.

Scott Laycock fired 2-under 66 with a great 4-under 30 on the back-9 to finish outright fourth while Ben Ford fired the low round of the day with 4-under 64 in the final round.

Max McCardle was the winner of the “Shoot-Out” nearest the pin competition held on the 18^th hole at the completion of play from 75 metres away.

The South Australian knocked his approach shot to within 40 centimetres in front of a huge gallery to win the $500 prize on offer.

Matthew Millar fired an amazing 7-under 61 to lead the Burke Urban PGA Classic by five shots after the first round.

Millar kept a clean card with no bogeys recorded alongside his seven birdies at Murray Bridge Golf Club.

Millar took full advantage of the perfect conditions to put himself in a commanding position for the remainder of the pro-am and was only two shots shy of the course record 59 with plenty of chances to match the elusive sub-60 score.

Tied for second place at 2-under 66 is Glenelg Golf Club Assistant Professional Sam Hughes, Scott Laycock of Victoria and Jin Jeong of Korea.

Local amateur invitee Jack Thompson, a winner of the prestigious Riversdale Cup last month is lurking one shot further back at 1-under 67.

Play continues at Murray Bridge Golf Club today.

PGA Professionals from across Australia are set to excite at the Murray Bridge PGA Classic this April.

The Murray Bridge PGA Classic will again be one of the feature events on the South Australian swing of the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series this April. The event remains a popular one amongst the Professionals especially as it’s one of the only 54 hole tournaments on the pro-am schedule.

“A lot of our Professionals use events like the Murray Bridge PGA Classic to prepare for bigger four round tournaments on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia later in the year,” said Heath McLeod Tournament Coordinator at the PGA of Australia.

“Last year we saw South Australian local Jason Norris win here at Murray Bridge before winning the Fiji International, a tri-sanctioned event by the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, European Tour and Asian Tour,” added McLeod.

Winning the Fiji International earned Norris status on the lucrative European Tour and therefore his schedule won’t permit a return visit to Murray Bridge, however, he sends his best wishes to the tournament organisers.

“The Murray Bridge PGA Classic is always a wonderful event and I was honoured to be the 2017 champion. The prize money I received from my win took a lot of pressure off me financially which helped me win the Fiji International,” said Jason Norris.

“I am disappointed to miss my title defence this year but I will certainly be watching, from afar, with interest to see who is able to claim the win this year.

“I wish everyone involved with the tournament the best of luck.”

The tournament is a major event for the regional city of Murray Bridge with both Professionals and amateurs set to stay in the region over the ANZAC day period.

“This is the third year that the PGA tournament has been held in Murray Bridge which is growing in popularity and does provide a national profile of the region along with its economic benefits,” said Brenton Lewis, Mayor of The Rural City of Murray Bridge.

Play begins at 12pm on Wednesday the 25^th of April, providing the golfing public the perfect afternoon of entertainment following the ANZAC Day observations.