The golf summer season continues with one of many nation’s prime tournaments, the 2023 Australian Open, teeing off on Thursday November 30.
Sydney will host the 106th version of the occasion with the motion to happen throughout two completely different programs. Right here’s every little thing you have to know forward of what guarantees to be an exciting occasion.
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WHERE IS IT?
This yr, Sydney’s Australian Golf Membership and the Lakes Golf Membership are co-hosting the vent.
Males’s and ladies’s gamers will alternate between programs throughout the primary two days, with the Australian Golf Membership to host the ultimate two rounds on the weekend.
The par 71, 7,228-yard Australian is the nation’s oldest course whereas the Lakes (par 72) is barely shorter at 6,899 yards however poses extra of a Hyperlinks-style problem.
WHO IS IN THE FIELD?
A who’s who of Australian golf will function together with Australian PGA Championship winner Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman, Cam Davis, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Aaron Baddeley and veterans together with Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden and Peter Lonard.
Poland’s Adrian Meronk is again to defend his 2022 title whereas the worldwide crop additionally contains Chilean Joaquin Niemann, European Ryder Cup star Robert MacIntyre and in-form Japanese stars Ryo Hisatsune and Rikuya Hoshino.
Californian membership professional Michael Block is likely one of the extra intriguing and controversial entrants, accepting an invite after capturing to fame on the PGA Championship.
The ladies’s subject is spearheaded by Aussie world No.5 Minjee Lee, main winner Hannah Inexperienced, reigning champion South African Ashleigh Buhai and Korean Jiyai Shin.
WHO ARE THE FAVOURITES?
These are the favourites within the males’s and ladies’s subject, in keeping with TAB.
Males’s: Min Woo Lee $5.50, Cameron Smith $6.50, Cam Davis $8, Adam Scott $12, Marc Leishman $13, Joaquin Niemann $14, Lucas Herbert $19
Girls’s: Minjee Lee $2.50, Jiyai Shin $6, Hannah Inexperienced $7, Stephanie Kyruacou $13, Grace Kim $13, Ashleigh Buhai $13
HOW MUCH DO THE WINNERS GET?
A file complete of AU$3.4 million of prize cash is on supply, with the lads’s and ladies’s champions to every obtain $A$270,000
HOW TO WATCH
You’ll be able to watch each spherical dwell ann Fox Sports activities, obtainable on Foxtel and Kayo.
Protection instances in AEDT
Spherical 1: Thursday, 12pm – 5pm
Spherical 2: Friday, 12pm – 5pm
Spherical 3: Saturday, 2pm – 7pm
Spherical 4: Sunday, 2pm – 7pm
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TEE TIMES (in AEDT)
Full tee instances for Spherical 1 have been launched and may be considered HERE.
Beneath are some chosen marquee teams from the lads’s and ladies’s subject for Thursday’s opening spherical.
THE LAKES GOLF CLUB
7.05am Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith, Rikuya Hoshino
7.16am Minjee Lee, Gabriela Ruffels, Stephanie Kyriacou
7.27am Marc Leishman, Cameron Davis, Robert MacIntyre
THE AUSTRALIAN GOLF CLUB
12pm: Adrian Meronk, Adam Scott, Matt Jones
12.11pm Hannah Inexperienced, Grace Kim, Ashleigh Buhai
12.22pm Aaron Baddeley, Lucas Herbert, Joaquin Niemann