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February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au THE FIRST TEE 5 After two years at RQ, following comments from some of the professionals, the event moved to the Sunshine Coast, where it became a favourite destination of the players, and an event of international significance. If it wasn’t for Clive Palmer’s shenanigans, it might still be there. There’s something special about a tournament being played at the same place year after year – providing, of course, it’s a special destination. That’s one of the reasons the US Masters is such a legendary event. Right now, we have the chance of making the Australian Open an event of similar standing. Last month’s Open was a fabulous tournament – made so by the inclusion in the field of Rory McIlroy, everybody’s favourite golfer; watched by a gallery of unprecedented size, enthusiasm and respect; and played at one of the world’s finest golf courses. The 2026 Australian Open will be played at Kingston Heath, another superb Melbourne golf course. But I’d be surprised if Golf Australia officials weren’t already holding discussions with Royal Melbourne about bringing the next Aussie Open back to that course in 2027. And leaving it there forever. Just as Brisbane is the place for the PGA, the Australian Open is best played in Melbourne. An Australian Open at Royal Melbourne in early December each year would be an unbeatable combination – one that would attract sponsors, the world’s best players, and the sort of 30,000-strong galleries that made the 2025 Open one of the best played in all of the years. It would again make the Australian Open an event of true global significance. Played in tandem with an Australian PGA in south-east Queensland, maybe a new event in Sydney (perhaps the Australian Masters could be reborn), and the LIV tournament in Adelaide in the New Year, Australia would once again become a powerhouse of world-class golf. And we’d all have a golf tournament we’d be proud to call our own. The Australian PGA – should it stay or should it go? I GREW up in Melbourne, but I’ve lived in Queensland for the past 50 years during which period I’ve become a proud, passionate and, perhaps, parochial supporter of most things maroon. It saddens me to think that next year we might lose the right to host the Australian PGA, and it frightens me that, once lost, we might not get it back. Queensland has hosted the Australian PGA for the past 25 years – firstly at Royal Queensland, then at the Hyatt Regency at Coolum, followed by a few years at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast before returning to RQ in 2020. Apart from the Australian Open it’s our most significant golf event of the year, a highlight of Queensland’s sporting calendar, and a rare opportunity for Queenslanders to see their golfing heroes in person. With RQ preparing to host the golf tournament at the 2032 Olympics, the course will be renovated next year and won’t be able to host the 2026 Australian PGA. Though there are some wonderfully suitable alternate venues on the Golf Coast, Sunshine Coast and in Brisbane, there’s no guarantee that next year’s event will even be played in Queensland. Southern states, most notably NSW and Victoria, are already lobbying heavily for the national PGA to be played in their major cities next year – no doubt backing their arguments with the quality of their courses and the old furphy that a late November/early December tournament in southeast Queensland is always going to be vulnerable to lightning and rain storms. But isn’t that just part of the drama? And aren’t we forgetting that when Queensland picked up the event all those years ago, nobody else wanted it? In the mid-1990s the Australian PGA Championship was a dead duck. In 1995 they couldn’t find a sponsor and the event wasn’t even played, and officials didn’t know what to do with it until the Queensland Government and Greg Norman’s Great White Shark Enterprises threw the event a lifeline. I was a board member of the state-owned Queensland Events Corporation at the time and was involved, to some minor extent, in the negotiations. Part of the deal with the Australian PGA was that organisers had to ensure 10 of the world’s top 100 players would be in the field. In 2000, that final spot was filled by Brandel Chamblee, now a regular US Golf Channel commentator, who told me during the pro-am that the only reason he was there was that his kids insisted on him coming so they could visit Aussie Zoo and, hopefully, catch a glimpse of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. 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even more meritorious when considering it came on a day where temperatures in Sydney topped out at 42 degrees, with 40 km north-westerly winds adding to the challenge. Starc’s spectacular shot also oneupped his Ashes teammate Travis Head, who just a day earlier holed a long-range putt from off the green, and in front of a large crowd, at a Blitz golf event in Adelaide, with Head’s hole-out going viral on social media. With a long break until the next Test series, look out for a few more golfing success stories from the cricketing fraternity, many or who are said to enjoy a day on the course. HE enjoyed an exceptional cricketing summer, one in which he would take 31 wickets while being named Player of the Series in Australia’s 4-1 Ashes trouncing of England. However, as good as his exploits against the ‘Old Enemy’ may have been on the cricket field, Mitchell Starc was said to have celebrated another sporting achievement with equal enthusiasm in the days following the Sydney Test Match. Playing at his home course, Long Reef, alongside wife Alyssa Healy, Starc recorded a hole-in-one, his ‘perfect’ shot coming at the par three 13th, the signature hole at the northern Sydney beachside course. The first for the Australian fast bowling superstar, Starc’s ace was February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au 6 INSIDE NEWS INSIDE NEWS IN THIS ISSUE AMATEUR GOLF 14 CLUB NEWS 26 CLUB OF THE MONTH CLUB OF THE MONTH TRAVEL 40 34 44 PRO NEWS 7 INDUSTRY NEWS 16 LETTERS 43 BUNKER-TOBUNKER 42 News, views and observations from around the golfing world With Inside Golf Editor Rob Willis rob@insidegolf.com.au NSW SOUTH COAST FEATURE 56 LIFESTYLE 49 64 63 INSTRUCTION EVENTS NEW GEAR 60 DEMO DAYS 65 19TH HOLE 66 RUMOURS of Elvis Smylie joining the LIV Golf League were confirmed with the 23-year-old Queenslander to become the fourth member of the allAustralian Ripper GC team in 2026. “To join Ripper GC, led by my longterm mentor, Cam Smith, at a time when Australian golf is growing the way it is means a lot to me. I’m proud to be part of something that embodies where the game has been, and where it’s going next,” Smylie expressed. The winner of the 2024 Australian PGA Championship and an emerging star of Australian golf, Smylie was welcomed by Ripper GC captain Smith at the January announcement. “Signing Elvis is a huge moment, not just for Ripper GC, but for Australian golf,” Smith said. “He represents the next wave of Australian talent coming through at a time when the sport is absolutely booming back home. Elvis has already shown he can win under pressure, compete against worldclass fields, and perform on big stages.” The PGA championship triumph was part of a defining stretch for Smylie in late 2024, a period which included his first professional victory at the Bowra & O’Dea Nexus Advisement Western Australia Open, before backing it up one month later with the win at Royal Queensland. Smylie, who would win the 2024/2025 Australasian Tour Order of Merit, finished 23rd on the DP World Tour rankings list in 2025 and threatened for a time to claim a PGA TOUR membership for 2026, before falling just short of earning one of the 10 exemptions on offer. He is said to be planning to play a limited DP World Tour schedule, along with the major Australasian Tour events, in addition to the LIV Golf tournaments. Smylie is also in the field for the Open Championship in July. First up for Smylie will be LIV Golf Riyadh, from February 4-7, before LIV Golf Adelaide, where the Ripper GC team of Smylie, Cam Smith, Marc Leishman and Lucas Herbert tee off at The Grange Golf Club from February 12-15. The 2026 Team Ripper GC team - Marc Leishman, Elvis Smylie, Lucas Herbert and Cam Smith. It’s a ‘Ripper’ - Elvis joins LIV While Jones departs Odd man out for Ripper GC with the inclusion of Elvis Smylie is twotime Australian Open winner Matt Jones. The 44-year-old from Sydney, now resident in the US, was released after playing all 50 LIV events as a member of Ripper GC since the Tour’s inception in 2022. Jones was unsuccessful in his bid to return to LIV in 2026 after competing in the LIV Promotions tournament in Florida during January. Only the first three players from that event progressed, Richard T. Lee, Bjorn Hellgren and Anthony Kim, with Jones finishing tied for eighth. Experienced American Kevin Na has also been replaced and will leave LIV, his spot as captain of the newly branded Korean Golf Club team to be taken by Byeong Hun An. Matt Jones has been released by LIV Golf after being a member of team Ripper GC since its inception. Starc an ‘ace’ on and off the cricket field GOLF DIRECTORY 68 A DOMINANT win at the Webex Players Series Perth event in early January has continued the upward career trajectory of Scottishborn Western Australian Connor McKinney. Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, but making Australia his adopted home since his family emigrated when he was 13, the now 23-year-old McKinney scored a four-stroke victory at the Royal Fremantle Club in the event hosted by the brother-sister pairing of Min Woo and Minjee Lee. An ace on the 17th hole, then a birdie on 18 in his third round propelled McKinney into the lead, before a birdie-eagle start on the final day put a gap in the field. And from there McKinney, who at one point enjoyed an eight-stroke lead, was able to cruise to victory. Curtis Luck tied with ALPG stars Kirsten Rudgely and Abbie Teasdale for second, while DP World Tour visitor Andrew ‘Beef’ Johston, playing in the final group with McKinney, struggled on Sunday in finishing tied sixth. A talented youngster in Scotland, McKinney continued to develop his game after landing in WA, winning both the Australian Amateur and the prestigious St Andrews Links Trophy in his final year as an amateur in 2022. Turing professional later that year, McKinney has since competed on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Tartan Tour in Scotland and in 2025 on the Hotel Planners Tour, the secondary circuit to the DP World Tour. He recently progressed through 252 holes and all three stages of the DP World Tour Qualifying School to earn exempt status for 2026. “It just gives me of confidence heading to Bahrain in a few weeks and looking forward to get going over there,” McKinney said following his success in Perth. A new star emerges Mitchell Starc was all smiles after scoring his first hole in one. Scottish born Western Australian Connor McKinney is a young star on the rise.
February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au PRO NEWS 7 Brooks is back on the PGA TOUR AFTER his departure from the LIV Golf Tour, came the announcement that Brooks Koepka, a five-time major championship winner, would return to the PGA TOUR as early as the Farmers Insurance Open on January 29. One of the original ‘defectors’ to LIV when the breakaway tour was established, Koepka took advantage of the Returning Member Program, which applies to players who’ve won a major championship, or the PGA TOUR’s Players Championship, since 2022. The 35-year-old, a nine-time PGA TOUR champion, is eligible to return under the newly created criteria based on his win at the 2023 PGA Championship. Koepka and those players eligible to return needed to apply and accept the terms of the program by February 2, 2026. Other eligible players included Australian Cam Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, however those three have since indicated they remain committed to LIV for the 2026 season. “When I was a child, I always dreamed about competing on the PGA TOUR, and I am just as excited today to announce that I am returning to the PGA TOUR,” Koepka said in a statement. “I believe in where the PGA TOUR is headed with new leadership, new investors and an equity program that gives players a meaningful ownership stake.” While reaction to the announcement and terms surrounding his return was mixed, Rory McIlroy was one prepared to welcome Koepka, and if need be, other current LIV players, back to the PGA TOUR. “They’ve made the money, but they’ve paid their consequence in terms of the reputation and some of the things they’ve lost by going over there,” McIlroy said. “If it made the overall tour stronger to have Bryson DeChambeau back and whoever else, I would be OK with it.” Wyndham Clark, the 2023 US Open champion who previously knocked back an opportunity to join LIV, had mixed feelings as to whether he supported or opposed Koepka’s return. “I personally really like Brooks, and I think it’s ultimately really good for the PGA Tour. But also … it’s kind of frustrating that he’s able to get the cake and also eat it,” Clark said, speaking on Sirius XM Radio. “At the end of the day, I want whatever’s best for the PGA Tour. If guys come back, especially top players like Brooks, it’s only going to help the Tour which is only going to help me.” Cam remains loyal to LIV Included in the penalty imposed by the Tour as a condition of Koepka’s return, were heavy financial consequences, “to ensure fairness to current members”. Koepka will not receive any payment from the FedExCup Bonus Program for the 2026 season and will be ineligible to earn equity from the Player Equity Program for the next five years (2026-2030). This could mean he misses out on potential equity earnings estimated to be around $50-85 million. Additionally, Koepka won’t be eligible for sponsor exemptions into Signature Events and must play his way into those fields through existing pathways. He has also agreed to make a $5 million charitable contribution, the recipient(s) of which will be determined jointly by Koepka and the PGA TOUR. – ROB WILLIS FOLLOWING on from the decision made by Brooks Koepka to leave the LIV Golf League to return to play on the PGA TOUR in 2026, came a statement from Cameron Smith in rejecting the opportunity to join him. “I made a decision to come here, and I stand by it,” Smith stated at LIV Golf’s 2026 season launch. “I’m gonna stay. I’m really excited for 2026, and I think our team is going to have one of its best years yet.” Though Smith captured two LIV tournaments in London and at Trump National Golf Club (Bedminster) during 2023, victory has eluded him ever since. The Australian ended up 18th in the individual LIV rankings in 2025. As team captain, Smith’s Ripper GC claimed LIV’s Team Championship in 2024, scoring a memorable win at LIV Adelaide along the way. Struggling in 2025 to produce the level of golf which saw Smith win the 2022 Open Championship, the popular Queenslander found some form in finishing second at the recent Australian Open, where he was denied victory by a spectacular up and down from Dane Rasmus NeergardPeterson on the 72nd hole. (See page 6). Joining Smith, Marc Leishman and Lucas Herbert on Ripper GC in 2026 will be promising young Australian Elvis Smylie. Brooks Koepka has left LIV Golf and will return to the PGA TOUR in 2026. A soft outer feel with an engineered interior for a grip built for comfort without sacrificing control.
February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au PRO NEWS 8 New event for NZ in March NSW Open returns to Wollongong THE 2026 Ford Women’s NSW Open shapes as the largest edition of the championship to date, underlined by a record €350,000 (approx. AUD $600,000) prize purse that reflects the continued rise of women’s professional golf in Australia. Returning to Wollongong Golf Club from February 26 to March 1, the event marks another step forward in both stature and opportunity for the women’s game. Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the WPGA Tour of Australasia, the championship will again attract a strong international field, with players competing not only for prize money but for valuable world ranking points and progression on global tours. The ongoing partnership between the LET and WPGA has been instrumental in lifting the competitive depth of the tournament, while also providing Australian players with greater exposure to international pathways. Wollongong Golf Club offers a course well suited to championship golf. Established in 1897, the coastal layout relies on natural movement, firm conditions and the influence of the Pacific breeze. It is a venue that rewards precision and patience, particularly when the wind strengthens, and has proven capable of producing demanding yet fair contests across four rounds. Beyond the main field, the Ford Women’s NSW Open continues to distinguish itself through its Regional Qualifying Series, staged at venues across New South Wales. These events provide a direct pathway into the championship for professionals and elite amateurs, reinforcing the tournament’s connection to grassroots and regional golf while ensuring the field remains competitive and meritbased. For spectators, the event delivers access to elite women’s golf in a relaxed and walkable setting, with Wollongong’s coastal location adding to its appeal. The proximity to Sydney also positions the tournament as a key stop on the national summer sporting calendar. As investment and interest in women’s sport continue to grow, the 2026 Ford Women’s NSW Open stands as a clear indicator of that momentum. With increased prize money, international collaboration and strong local engagement, the championship continues to play a meaningful role in elevating the profile and standard of women’s golf in Australia. The Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club, host venue for the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship. PROFESSIONAL golf will make a major return to New Zealand’s largest city with the launch of the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship, a landmark new event set for March 5-8 at the prestigious Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club. Co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO) - the championship marks the first time in history the tours have partnered together to stage a tournament. The event brings world-class golf back to Auckland for the first time since 2004 and will offer AUD $1.2 million in prizemoney, showcasing leading players from Australasia and Japan. Major global golf supporter ISPS HANDA serves as the title partner of the new event. Dr Haruhisa Handa, Founder and Chairman of ISPS HANDA, one of the longest-standing supporters of golf in Japan, Australasia, and disability golf, was the inspiration behind the Japan–Australasia Championship. “We are delighted to support this first-ever co-sanctioned tournament partnership between the Japan Golf Tour and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia,” said Dr Handa. “The relationship between Japan and Australasia is vitally important, and we are very pleased to help foster it through this championship.” PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman hailed the new event as a significant milestone for golf in the region. “This tournament represents an exciting new chapter for golf in our part of the world,” Kirkman said. “Partnering with the Japan Golf Tour for the first time is a tremendous opportunity to strengthen ties between our Tours and provide our players with a truly international stage. “New Zealand has a rich golfing heritage, and bringing tournament golf back to Auckland is something we’re immensely proud to support.” The addition of the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship creates an unprecedented three-week swing of professional golf in New Zealand. The New Zealand PGA Championship will be played at the world top-100 Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club from February 19-22, ahead of the New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown from February 26-March 1, with the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship to follow. The NZ Open is co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour, with invited players from the Japan Golf Tour. The host venue for the Japan-Australasia Championship, Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club, recently completed a major redevelopment and is recognised as one of New Zealand’s finest championship layouts. The ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship completes the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia’s 2025/26 schedule which now has 20 events, all contributing to the chase for rewards via the Order of Merit. Located by the sea, the challenging layout and Pacific Ocean breezes will ensure Wollongong is a suitable test for competitors in the 2026 Ford NSW Women’s Open.
February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au PRO NEWS 9 Leishman’s Vic PGA win a family affair AS much as golfers who defect to LIV are accused of chasing the almighty dollar and turning their backs on traditional tournaments, they still love playing in the lesser time-honoured events when permitted. Take as evidence the sheer delight etched on Marc Leishman’s face after he edged out good mate, Josh Younger, to win his second Victorian PGA title in gale force winds on the final day at Moonah Links. Granted he was beaming, too, because he had done it playing the first three days alongside his son Harvey, 13, as part of the amateur component of the Moonah event, while his father Paul was on the bag (caddying) over the weekend. Michael Davis michael.davis@insidegolf.com.au Leishman had not won a world rankings event in Australia for almost two decades, although it’s not that he’s under achieved by an means, with six PGA Tour wins, a heartbreaking playoff loss at The Open Championship in 2015 when American Zach Johnson reined him in on the last day, success on the Asian Tour, in South Africa, and a win this year on the LIV Golf Tour to his credit. Yet Leishman, 42, comes back to Australia for the ‘big two’ the BMW Australian PGA and the Crown Australian Open every year, seeing it as being loyal to the Australian tour. He always performs well no matter how exhausted he seems to be, however a big win had eluded him at home. That was until the success at Moonah, with Leishman not winning professionally in Australia since 2008 when in his early 20’s and the local circuit was known as the Von Nida Tour. At Moonah, he survived a brutal test on Sunday in howling winds for a magnificent win where he drew on all his expertise as a world class, seasoned campaigner. The manner in which he played the last two holes enthralled the gallery at Moonah and those watching on TV around the country. Runner-up Josh Younger played beautifully, too. He was just outgunned by a gnarled, wily, talented international golfer. Yes, Leishman was expected to win. But he did it in brutal methodical fashion – a birdie on the last sealing victory. Leishman (-5) coughed up his overnight lead within one hole after Younger (-4) made birdie on the first and he never held it outright again until the superb up-and-down on the par-five 72nd hole. “It feels like I’ve been playing well all year, particularly these last three weeks in Australia,” Leishman said. “I just didn’t really have a whole lot to show for it. Now, I’ve had a win here. “It was a brutally tough day. You hope you can shoot better than (76), but (into the wind) I was hitting full-blooded seven-irons from 100 metres and barely getting there and eight irons from 205 metres (downwind). It was good. You’ve just got to stay in it on days like that. “I played the PGA Tour for a long time, but I’m really, really loving my time on LIV, particularly for this, being able to play the WA Open and now the Vic PGA … I’d never had a chance to do that. It’s nice to get a win on Australian soil again. You don’t take any win for granted.” Making for a special week, Marc Leishman teamed up with son Harvey in the pro-am section of the Vic PGA. Dad Paul was on ‘the bag’ as caddy over the last two rounds of Marc Leishman’s win at the Victorian PGA Championship. HAWAII GOLF TOUR 12 NIGHTS | CRUISE, STAY, PLAY! Set sail on a golf adventure like no other — exploring Hawaii’s most breathtaking islands while teeing off on worldclass courses. This 12-night experience blends the beauty of a Hawaiian cruise with the thrill of championship golf, luxury accommodation, and seamless travel from start to finish. Enjoy the best of island life — from lush volcanic landscapes to pristine beaches — all while playing at iconic venues like Royal Hawaiian, Kapalua Plantation, and Poipu Bay. Between rounds, relax on board the Pride of America, where you’ll enjoy gourmet dining, first-class entertainment, and ocean views that redefine “a room with a view.” Tour Highlights • 12 night cruise, stay and play package with 8 rounds of golf • 7 night round trip cruise aboard NCL Pride of America in mid ship Balcony cabin including drinks package, wifi package, $100 per cabin OBC, $50 shore excursion credit, 3 specialty dining meals • 3 nights pre cruise stay at Marriott Ko’Olina including 2 rounds of golf, resort fee, porterage and taxes • 2 nights post cruise at Ritz Carlton Turtle Bay Resort inclusive of resort fee, porterage, taxes and one round of golf • All transfers included between airport, hotel and port for a seamless experience • Competition with great prizes FROM AUD $14,975 PP* ALL INFORMATION IS CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINT AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANCE WITHOUT NOTICE, DUE TO MATTERS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL SUCH AS ADVERSE CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS, TAXES AND FUEL SURCHARGES.
February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au PRO NEWS 10 By Peter Owen Japanese ‘giant’ Jumbo Ozaki passes away MASASHI “Jumbo” Ozaki, the winningest Japanese golf professional in history, passed away on December 23 at the age of 78. Nicknamed for his physical presence and length off the tee, Ozaki amassed 94 career victories on the Japan Golf Tour – 43 more than his closest rival Isao Aoki – over a period spanning four decades, with his first win coming in 1973, his last in 2002 at the age of 55. Included is his 94 wins on home soil were six Japan PGA Championships and five Japan Open titles, while Ozaki also led the Tour in earnings a record 12 times, highlighted by a five-year run from 1994-1998. While only playing a limited schedule away from his homeland, Ozaki did compete in more than 80 PGA TOUR events, and was a member of the International Team at the 1996 Presidents Cup. Amongst his victories abroad were four Asian Tour titles, as well as the 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship, where Ozaki would finish seven strokes clear of runner-up, Kiwi legend Bob Charles. His best finishes in major championships included a tie for eighth at the 1973 Masters, a 10th placing at the 1979 Open Championship and tie for sixth at the 1989 US Open. A larger-than-life figure in his home country and Ozaki branched out to become a recording artist, with three singles reaching the Japanese pop charts in the late ‘80s. His two younger brothers, Naomichi (“Joe”) and Tateo (“Jet”), were successful in their own right, finishing among the JGTO’s all-time money winners. Born on January 24, 1947, in Tokushima, Jumbo was an outstanding baseball pitcher, playing professionally for three years. He switched to golf and in 1973 and at the age of 26, won his first JGTO event. Ozaki, who was ranked among the top 10 on the Official World Golf Ranking for nearly 200 weeks, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. Jumbo Ozaki, the most successful player in the history of the Japanese progressional golf tour, passed away in December, aged 78. Evergreen Burns hints at retirement after yet another ‘Legend’ of a year BRAD Burns, the busiest and best player on Australia’s Legends Tour, has given his rivals a rare glimpse of hope – he’s thinking about giving it away. Not straight away, but perhaps in a year or two. Burns, who wrapped up his sixth Legends Tour Order of Merit in mid-December, said the combined effects of sciatica, gout and planta fasciitis were finally taking a toll on his 59-yearold body. Not that anyone would know it! Burns played 82 events this year in Australia and New Zealand – more than anybody on the Legends Tour – and scored more than 85,000 points on the Order of Merit. He won 13 titles, claimed another 34 top 10 finishes and won more than $95,000 in prizemoney. He failed to pick up a cheque only eight times. Burns’ performances were more than enough to deny Andre Stolz his fifth straight Legends Tour OOM title. So dominant have the two Sunshine Coast veterans been that, between them, they have won the tour championship every year for the past nine years. And since his last OOM win in 2020, Burns has twice been runner-up to Stolz. Burns’ OOM victory gains him a start in this year’s Senior PGA Championship at The Concession Golf Club in Florida in mid-April, and another chance of gaining some status on the US Tour Champions circuit. But he understands that time is running out and concedes it’s more difficult than ever for players like him to make the tour, given the PGA Tour Champions’ decision last year to abandon Q School qualifying. He’s happy to play out his career on the Legends Tour, which he describes as a ‘good product’ – competitive, well organised and contested by outstanding players, many of whom have become close friends over the years. When he eventually leaves the tour, he said he may buy a business, and hinted golf may not be a factor in retirement. “I don’t really enjoy playing golf socially,” he said, then admitted that after a gruelling final week of Legends Tour golf on the Sunshine Coast, he’d spent his first free day playing 18 holes with three mates at Twin Waters. The 2025 Legends Tour ended with the 36-hole Tour Championship at Beerwah, where David Bransdon shot rounds of 68 and 68 to beat Scott Hend, Scott Barr and John Wade by a stroke. Burns ended his campaign with a tie for fifth. Brad Burns won a sixth Legends Tour Order of Merit title in 2025. Australia’s LARGEST SELECTION OF USED GOLF GEAR! *FREE SHIPPING recreationstationgolf.com.au *Conditions apply
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February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au PRO NEWS 12 WALK THE FAIRWAYS WITH SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR PLAYERS REGISTER FOR FREE ENTRY FEBRUARY 26TH – MARCH 1ST, 2026 WOLLONGONG GOLF CLUB www.womensnswopen.com.au Enjoying herself! Cassie’s goal for 2026 ASKED to reflect on her first season on the LPGA Tour, during which she recorded two top 10 finishes and earned more than $410,000, Cassie Porter pauses for a moment to consider. “No golfer is ever really satisfied with what they’ve done,” she said. “But lay out everything I achieved this year, before it started, and I’d have taken it in an instant.” A year ago, Porter’s goal was to become one of the world’s top 80 players by the end of 2025. She didn’t quite make it but did finish in 64th position on the world’s most lucrative, and toughest, tour. Along the way she finished fourth in the Blue Bay LPGA tournament in China in March, partnered Scot Gemma Dryburgh when sixth By Peter Owen in the Dow Championship in June, made 14 of 23 cuts and, most significantly, retained her card for the 2026 season. In the last five tournaments she played, Porter was a combined 26 under par, a clear indication that, by season’s end, she’d come to terms with the challenge of playing on a gruelling world tour, and comfortable that she could compete with the best. She’s reassessed her golfing goals and is aiming to finish in the top 50 in this year’s Race to CME Globe, the LPGA Tour’s Order of Merit. The top 60 on that list qualify for the yearending Tour Championship, an opportunity that slipped through Porter’s fingers in 2025. After holding 60th spot with three events to go, she ended the year in 64th place. “It was a little disappointing at the time,” she said. “To make the Tour Championship in my first year would have been the icing on the cake.” But nothing keeps a smile off Porter’s face for long, and she was soon beaming with excitement at the prospects for the coming year. “I want to do well, of course, but really my goal is just to continue enjoying myself on the golf course,” she said. Porter, 23, who grew up on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, was back in Australia for Christmas and New Year, and looking forward to sharing the holidays with family and friends in Sydney. “I’m here to take a break and rest,” she said, confirming that, apart from an appearance in the Cathedral tournament in mid-December, she would not play in any early season WPGA events. Her first event on this year’s LPGA Tour would be the Honda LPGA Thailand in late February before returning for the Australian Women’s Open at Kooyonga from March 12 to 15. Masters, Jack Newton International Junior Classic and the Junior Golf World Cup in 2019. In that year she was named Junior Female and Female Amateur Golfer of the Year in the Queensland Golf Industry Awards. Then, after overcoming a serious back injury which kept her off the course for 18 months, Porter returned to golf in 2021, winning the Katherine Kirk Classic and the Keperra Bowl, before turning professional at year’s end. She won her first professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International in 2023, just before joining the Epson Tour. After a successful season on that tour in 2024, she earned her card to compete on the LPGA Tour. Back home for Christmas, Cassie Porter retained her card on the LPGA Tour and has her sights set on a successful 2026 season. “Really, I’m living the dream,” she said. “Playing on the LPGA Tour is something I’ve wanted since I was a little girl, and it’s been everything I imagined, and more.” And, while she takes every opportunity to get back to Australia to spend time with her family, Porter now calls Las Vegas home and says she loves living in the US. That she is playing on the world’s most elite tour comes as no surprise to those who have followed Porter’s career since she first joined the Invincibles Sunshine Coast Junior Tour as a 12-year-old. She was an outstanding junior, winning the Victorian Junior Open, Greg Norman Junior
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February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au AMATEUR GOLF 14 Son of a gun takes out dad’s tournament GRANT Field is curiously contained whenever he’s asked about the progress of his 17-year-old son Cooper who, for the past few years, has shown signs of becoming a genuinely good golfer. “He’s doing okay … heading in the right direction,” is all you’re likely to get from the super coach, who famously guided the career of LIV hero and Open champion Cameron Smith from the time he was 10. But even Field was impressed when young Cooper breezed around Beerwah’s surprisingly tough course in five-under-par 67 early in January in the first round of the junior tournament that carries the coach’s name. “He’s still learning,” Field began, before becoming positively effusive, by his standards. “There are certain things he does that only very good players do. His ball flight, the way he contacts the ball. “The harder it gets the better he seems to go. He played today like somebody who shot five-under.” Then he paused for a moment and grinned. “It would be pretty cool to be presenting Coop with the trophy if he went on to win.” Two days later that’s exactly what the young man did. After that opening 67 at Beerwah, he shot rounds of 71 and 72 at nearby Caloundra to lead throughout and claim the Grant Field Junior Classic by two strokes from Ethan Anderson, the well-performed amateur from Brisbane’s Virginia Golf Club. Field launched the event a few years ago – his attempt at giving back to a game that has been so good to him. It has become one of the feature tournaments on the Sunshine Coast golf tour, attracting young players from throughout southeast Queensland. By Peter Owen Abel and Raegan ‘Master’ Southern’s strong winds VICTORIAN Abel Eduard survived the stifling heat and strong winds on the final day to claim the men’s title, while South Australia’s Raegan Denton outlasted American Cathrine Park to win the women’s event at the Australian Master of the Amateurs played at the Southern Golf Club. Eduard opened with a sizzling nine-under par 63 on day one and was never headed, his 72-hole total of 13-under par two shots clear of Harry Takis. In the women’s championship, Denton, the reigning Australian Junior Champion, finished on five-under par, on shot ahead of Park, the world’s number nine ranked amateur golfer. A total of 21 countries were represented at the 29th edition of the men’s championship boasting an 87-strong starting line-up while the ninth staging of the women’s championship featured 84 players. Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Sahith Theegala and Stephanie Kyriacou are among the notables who have participated in the Australian Master of the Amateurs. Abel Eduard and Raegan Denton, winners of the 2026 Master of the Amateurs. The Field family spent the week prior to the tournament holidaying on K’gari, the island formerly known as Fraser, off Hervey Bay. It is an idyllic destination but not known for its golfing facilities. “All Cooper wanted to do was go out and hit golf balls,” Field said. “It was important for him to have a few rest days, but as soon as we got back he was out at the golf club.” Cooper is a member of Brisbane club Keperra, the family having cut ties with Pelican Waters, where Field operated his golfing academy for many years, and where young Cooper represented the club in junior pennant competition. These days Field coaches out of his own indoor centre at Aura, the sprawling new suburb just south of Caloundra. His facility has Trackman simulators, a putting platform and is ideal for swing lessons. But Field, who combines corporate golf with coaching – working with players of all skill levels, as well as his stable of elite stars – is looking to establish a base at another golf club. And it will most likely be on the Sunshine Coast. “My family and I don’t want to move anywhere else,” he said. “We don’t even want to leave Caloundra. “It’s a tough decision and I’m in no hurry. I don’t want to take anybody’s business and I don’t want to get to a club and then realise a few months later that I hadn’t made the right choice. I don’t want to do wrong by anyone.” FOOTNOTE: Ruby Kavanagh, a Mt Coolum member who spent some years as a part of the strong Pelican Waters junior squad, took the girls’ division of the Grant Field Junior Classic, shooting rounds of 76, 71 and 69 to overtake Sanctuary Cove’s Alicia Ludi (78, 68, 73). 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February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au AMATEUR GOLF 15 Excellence across the Junior Masters Series was acknowledged with the Master of the Masters awards. Mingming Lee claimed the Junior Girl Master of the Masters title with an impressive scoring average of 74.46, while Shaylan Bennett secured the Junior Boy Master of the Masters honour with an average of 73.67. The Junior Jean Derrin Trophy for the best scoring average in the girls’ division went to Camilla Kim, who posted a season average of 71.44, while the prestigious Junior Vardon Trophy was awarded to Ti Fox, finishing the year with an outstanding scoring average of 70.00. The Players Player Award, voted on by the junior members of Jack Newton Junior Golf, was presented to Kiara Connolly-Jackson. Recognised for sportsmanship, leadership, and the positive influence they have on others, this award reflects the high regard in which Kiara is held by fellow competitors. At the Sub-Junior level, Alicia Luo was named Sub Junior Girl of the Year, while Haohua Sun claimed the Sub Junior Boy of the Year award, with both players producing strong performances and showing exciting potential. The Renay Appleby Memorial Award was presented to Lara Thomsen, recognising her dedication to golf and her positive contribution to the junior golf community. The John Kinghorn Memorial Award went to Bill Eppelstun, acknowledging his longstanding commitment, character, and service to junior golf. The 2025 Jack Newton Junior Golf Awards again highlighted the depth of talent within the junior ranks, while also recognising the dedication, sportsmanship, and community spirit that defines Jack Newton Junior Golf. It seems the future of junior golf in NSW is as bright as it’s ever been. Jack Newton Junior Golf recognises 2025’s high achievers NO junior golf foundation, anywhere, can match the feats of Jack Newton Junior Golf. The NSW-based group continues to foster a never-ending succession of top-class players. These youngsters learn so much more than how to play the game. And for so many of them it has led to going on to compete on the world’s richest golf tours. Most who attend the foundation’s annual presentation night at Concord usually leave with a few names noted or in a black book with an asterisk as players to watch in future years. Top of the tree at their end-of-year presentation night were the players of the year, with Camilla Kim from The Australian Golf Club crowned Junior Girl of the Year. That following a season of exceptional consistency and high-level performances. Concord Golf Club’s Ti Fox claimed the Junior Boy of the Year honours following an outstanding year at the top level of junior competition. At the ‘Juniors on the Move’ level, two emerging talents were recognised for exceptional seasons marked by improvement, consistency, and competitive success. Kwon Bee Sim was named the 2025 Juniors on the Move Girl of the Year after a season of outstanding improvement and commitment, with strong performances around Sydney and the Illawarra. The Juniors on the Move Boy of the Year honour went to Finn Vongsarath, recognised for his remarkable improvement and dedication throughout the season, highlighted by consistent performances at Sydney and Illawarra events. Michael Court michael@insidegolf.com.au At the Under 12 level, Mira Sharma won the Under 12 Girl of the Year award after delivering strong performances across a range of events. Mira’s composure, competitiveness, as well as some steady results set her apart throughout the year. On the boys’ side, Nash Peattie was recognised as the Under 12 Boy of the Year, following a season highlighted by impressive results and a mature approach to competition against strong fields. The Most Improved Junior Girl award went to Savannah Webb, whose development over the past 12 months has been outstanding. Her commitment to refining her game and performing under pressure saw her take significant steps forward. Similarly, Riley Lam was named Most Improved Junior Boy, rewarded for his consistent improvement, growing confidence, and strong performances across the calendar year. Longstanding contributors to the game were acknowledged with the Service to Junior Golf Award, presented to Clive Potter, Bob Miller, and Stephen Cameron. Their dedication, leadership, and ongoing support have played a vital role in the growth and success of junior golf, leaving a lasting impact on the Jack Newton Junior Golf community. The Junior Golf Deliverer of the Year award was presented to James Edge, recognising his outstanding commitment to delivering highquality junior golf programs and providing young players with positive and meaningful opportunities to develop their skills. Camilla Kim, a member at the Australian Golf Club, named the Jack Newton Junior Golf Junior Girl of the Year. Concord’s Ti Fox, the Jack Newton Junior Golf Junior Boy of the Year.
February 2026 www.insidegolf.com.au www.facebook.com/InsideGolfIndustry IG BUSINESS 16 THE official letter to Royal Melbourne members from club captain, Ben Hasker, telling them their Hall of Fame course superintendent Richard Forsyth is moving on after 16 years at the top of the tree, is puzzling. Perhaps he has nothing more to prove after reaching the pinnacle of his craft. But his resignation is surprising, to say the least, as it comes hot on the heels of a spectacularly successful Australian Open and after Forsyth “engaged in discussions with Council about his and the club’s future.” Apparently, “as a result of those discussions” Forsyth “advised council of his decision to step down from his role.” And furthermore, “council supports Richard’s (Forsyth’s) decision,” captain Hasker says. The club accepted his resignation and thanked him for his “dedication, leadership and significant contributions.” During the lead op to the Australian Open, Royal Melbourne moved to allay fears the famous composite layout could look and play a little ragged when the eyes of the golf world were upon it for the Australian Open Members and the wider golf industry knew of the game’s worst kept secret about the state of the areas around the greens at RM. The problem began when sections of the fine fescue surrounds at RM sustained damage following an herbicide application last year. The jungle drums were beating right up to the week before the Australian open suggesting the course would not be at its best. But Forsyth and his team delivered in spades and got the course up to its usual outstanding condition for the tournament - the first time it had hosted the national open since 1991 In his letter, captain Hasker extolls the list of contributions Forsyth has made to RM during his time at the club. Forsyth will remain in his job until June 30 or until a new Director of Courses begins. It comes at a critical time for the club as it embarks on its new $10 million sustainable irrigation project in which the successful applicant will need to be fully immersed. During his stellar career at RM, Forsyth has led the course preparations for several big events, including two Presidents Cups, two Women’s Australian Opens, a World Cup and Australian Masters in 2013, two Asia Pacific Amateur Championships and of course the 2025 Men’s Australian Open. He also worked in conjunction with course architects OCM, to deliver the upgrade to Sandringham Golf Links. He was instrumental in the design, planning and delivery of the upgrade to the Links Maintenance and Machinery Facility in 2016 which provides the Links team with a first-class, compliant and efficient operating environment. Captain Hasker concludes his missive thus: “Managing and developing his team has been a consistent strength, with many staff now in senior roles at Royal Melbourne and at others leading teams at other clubs. Richard has fostered a positive, high-performance workplace culture built on trust, accountability and respect, where people are supported to grow and perform at their best. His leadership through major projects and difficult circumstances has been critical during his time at the club.” Which begs the question: why is Forsyth departing? Perhaps he has nothing else to prove. So far he has either not received, or chosen not to return, our messages asking him for an interview. RM’s Forsyth moving on following Aus Open success Richard Forsyth on site at Royal Melbourne ahead of the 2019 Presidents Cup. - Credit: Melbourne Age WHILE members of the now defunct Kingswood have been enjoying the fruits of their club merging with Peninsula for 13 years only now, the developer has finally received the go-ahead to build more than 900 homes on the land where their venerable course once stood And only after an alleged clerical slip-up by a local council objecting to the development. It is a salutary lesson for developers and struggling golf clubs who see relocation as the instant panacea for their financial woes. Even recently, Keysborough’s members voted against their board agreeing to extend the 10year option a developer had on its golf course to create 800 homes on its site. The plan had been to relocate the club and course to Bangholme where a community sports centre and updated golf facilities were on the drawing board. Now all bets are off. Keysborough is staying put. Rossdale is another club which has developers in waiting, thinking it could relocate to the Capital Golf Course. But its developer was outbid by the wealthy Fox family who are believed to have paid around $100 million for the property. As far as Kingswood goes, it is alleged by the Age newspaper that Kingston City Council narrowly missed the deadline to appeal the redevelopment of the course with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) by just four days late last year. The 52-hectare site in Dingley Village, southeast of Melbourne, is being redeveloped by Satterley Property Group founded by Perth property titan Nigel Satterley. Victoria’s planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny approved the development on October 13 last year, giving the council until November 10 to lodge an objection to the decision as per the 28day timeframe set out in planning legislation. The Age reported that according the VCAT documents the council incorrectly understood October 17 to be the date of approval – causing the appeal application to be lodged four days after the deadline and it was rejected by VCAT The tribunal found the council had made a mistake in calculating the deadline and refused to grant a time extension at a December 19 hearing. So it’s all systems go after the development had faced years of objections from the council and nearby residents. At a November 10 council meeting last year, Kingston Councillor Caroline White said that allowing the development to proceed would “annihilate” the local community and called for the plans to be scrapped. “It will create absolute chaos in a suburb not designed to manage this type of growth,” White said at the meeting. Save Kingswood Group President, Kevin Poulter, called the project “the worst development ever proposed for Victoria.” He has been fighting against the project for 13 years. It appears the efforts of local residents and council have fallen on deaf ears. Michael Davis michael.davis@insidegolf.com.au Objections ignored for redevelopment of the former Kingswood GC site An arial view of the Kingswood Golf Club site at Dingley Village in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. GET FIT. GET OPTIMIZED. ping@americangolf.com.au OUR BEST BRINGS OUT YOURS. Michael Davis michael.davis@insidegolf.com.au
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