Adam Baillie upstages pros to win South West Open

WA amateur Adam Baillie has upstaged a host of tour winners to claim the 2024 South West Isuzu South West Open at Bunbury Golf Club. A member at The Vines Golf & Country Club, Baillie (pictured above) followed up a round of 3-under 69 on Saturday with 5-under 67...

Eccles fends of Barron to win WA PGA Championship

By Neal Maidment Victorian Ben Eccles held off a last-day charge from WA’s Haydn Barron to score a dominant win in the WA PGA Championship at Kalgoorlie Golf Course. Although Barron closed with a best-of-the-day 65 (seven under) around the desert track,...

Hawkes holds off McKinney charge to land WA Open

By Neal Maidment Overnight leader Simon Hawkes held firm to post a two-stroke victory in the Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O’Dea WA Open – although he was pushed all the way by local favourite Connor McKinney. Hawkes held a four-stroke lead with 18 holes to...

WA Open – seven local players to watch out for

Attendees at the Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O’Dea WA Open from October 5-8 will be spoilt for choice for who to follow, with a host of Australia’s top professionals and elite amateurs teeing it up. With 122 players in the field for the first two rounds,...

Becker out to prove win was no fluke

Just six months after a breakthrough win in the Nexus Advisernet WA Open, Mandurah’s Braden Becker returns to defend a title he won in unique circumstances at Royal Fremantle in April. He’s also desperate to prove that his maiden ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia was...