5-time main champion and profession grand slam winner, Rory McIlroy, headlines the lads’s Australian Open in 2025 because it returns to the Royal Melbourne Golf Membership.
Will probably be the primary time McIlroy has performed within the occasion since 2014, with loads of Australian expertise to cheer on too because the motion will get underway on Thursday December 4.
Learn on for all the pieces you’ll want to know forward of the Australian Open!
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WHO IS IN THE FIELD?
Masters champion Rory McIlroy is the headline act, however there will probably be loads of homegrown expertise on show with Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, Cam Davis, Lucas Herbert and Cam Smith amongst these that includes.
Elsewhere, David Puig will probably be seeking to again up his maiden DP World Tour title final week on the Australian PGA Championship whereas 2023 champion Joaquin Niemann will probably be one of many strongest threats to McIlroy.
Final yr’s winner, Ryggs Johnston, gained’t be competing on this yr’s discipline in Melbourne.
WHERE IS IT?
This yr, the Royal Melbourne Golf Membership will play host to the occasion.
HOW MUCH DO THE WINNERS GET?
A complete of AU$2 million of prize cash is on supply. The particular quantity that the lads’s and ladies’s champions will obtain is to be confirmed.
WHO IS THE FAVOURITE?
Rory McIlroy is the overwhelming favorite at $4 with the TAB. Australian Min Woo Lee is subsequent within the line of betting at $13 together with reigning Australian PGA Championship winner David Puig, whereas Marc Leishman and Joauin Niemann are $15.
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HOW TO WATCH
You may watch each spherical reside and Fox Sports activities, obtainable on Foxtel and Kayo.
Protection occasions in AEDT
Spherical 1: Thursday, 12pm – 5pm
Spherical 2: Friday, 12pm – 5pm
Spherical 3: Saturday, 12pm – 5pm
Spherical 4: Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
TEE TIMES (in AEDT)
Full tee occasions for Spherical 1 will probably be launched this week. Verify again right here for full particulars when they’re launched, together with groupings.
PAST WINNERS
Males’s
2024 – Ryggs Johnston (-18)
2023 – Jaoquin Niemann (-14, playoff)
2022 – Adrian Meronk (-14)
2021 – Not performed
2020 – Not performed
2019 – Matt Jones (-15)
2018 – Abraham Ancer (-16)
2017 – Cam Davis (-11)
2016 – Jordan Spieth (-12, playoff)
2015 – Matt Jones (-8)
2014 – Jordan Spieth (-13)
2013 – Rory McIlroy (-18)
2012 – Peter Senior (-4)
2011 – Greg Chalmers (-13)
2010 – Geoff Ogilvy (-19)