Haydn Barron commits to WA Open and WA PGA

WA’s Haydn Barron has his sights set on home glory after confirming his participation in October’s Bowra & O’Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open. The 28-year-old Western Australian Golf Club product has spent much of 2024 competing on the DP World Tour...

Co-naming rights partners confirmed for 100th WA Open

Bowra & O’Dea Funeral Directors and Nexus Advisernet have been confirmed as co-naming rights partners for the 2024 WA Open. GolfWA’s showpiece event takes place this October and will be the 100th staging of the championship. Both Bowra &...

WA Open lands $50k government grant

GolfWA has been successful in its bid to win a government grant for October’s 100th WA Open Golf Championship. The WA Open was one of 35 sporting events that will share a windfall of almost $1.2m from the Sport & Recreation Events Funding Program....

Emma Elliott succeeds Greg Higham as GolfWA Chair

Emma Elliott has succeeded Greg Higham as Chair of GolfWA – becoming the first woman elected to the role in the process. Following Greg’s decision not to seek re-election at the 2024 AGM, Emma (pictured above) was unanimously elected by fellow Directors at...

October dates confirmed for 100th WA Open

The 100th WA Open has been scheduled for October 17-20, 2024, after the PGA Tour of Australasia firmed up its spring and summer schedule. The 2024 WA Open will take place the week after the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie and forms part of the PGA Tour of...