Weekly Wrap - Week 14

Asian Tour

Tournament: International Series Japan

Dates: 2 – 5 April

Course: Caledonian Golf Club

Purse: USD $2.0M

Ozzies in the field: Travis Smyth, Chris Wood, Cory Crawford, Cameron John, Wayde Ormsby, Kevin Yuan, Jack Thompson, Maverick Antcliff, Denziel Ierema (NZ), Scott Hend, Nick Voke (NZ), Justin Warren, Will Florimo, Harrison Crowe

Travis Smyth proved that his first place on the Australasian Order of Merit was no fluke by winning the International Series event in Japan. Smyth eagled his last hole to win by one shot from Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert and Ryosuke Kinoshita from Japan. Smyth now leads the Asian OOM and the International Series OOM which puts him on a path to earn a spot on LIV Golf.

Travis Smyth 1st – USD $360,000

Cameron John T7 - $44,380

Wayde Ormsby T12 - $27,900

Nick Voke (NZ) T22 - $19,400

Maverick Antcliff T29 - $15,244

Jed Morgan 29 - $15,244

Jack Thompson MC

Harrison Crowe MC

Scott Hend MC

Kevin Yuan MC

Cory Crawford MC

Chris Wood MC

Daniel Ierema (NZ) MC

LPGA & LET

Tournament: Aramco Championship

Dates: 2 – 5 April 2026

Course: Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada

Purse: USD $4.0M

Ozzies in the field: Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Grace Kim, Steph Kyriacou, Cassie Porter, Robyn Choi, Karis Davidson, Gabbi Ruffels, Lydia Ko(NZ), Amelia Garvey (NZ), Momoka Kobori (NZ)

Golf proves again what a cruel master it can be. After winning in Singapore and then a fortnight of dominance in Australia Hannah Green missed the cut in Las Vegas. Kelsey Bennett has had a flying start to her LET season with a win at the Australian Women's Classic and other top finishes and she also missed the cut. Other Ozzies Minjee Lee, Robyn Choi and Steph Kyriacou also missing the weekend.

Lauren Coughlin, back from injury, was one of the few players to get the better of the Shadow Creek course. She finished at seven under par, five ahead of the wonderfully consistent Nelly Korda and Leona Maguire. This is Coughlan’s third victory on the LPGA and puts her right back into Solheim Cup consideration.

The best of the Ozzies was Karis Davidson who only got into the tournament on Monday and had a great week finishing T5.

Lauren Coughlan 1st – USD $600,000

Karis Davidson T5 - $149,430

Lydia Ko T11 - $72,222

Grace Kim T27 - $30,757

Gabbi Ruffells T27 - $30,757

Cassie Porter T41 -$17,704

Amelia Garvey (NZ) T51 - $11,954

Maddison Hinson-Tolchard T66 - $8,567

Hannah Green MC

Minjee Lee MC

Steph Kyriacou MC

Kelsey Bennett MC
Robyn Choi MC

Momoka Kobori (NZ) MC

PGA Tour of Australasia

Tournament: Q School Finals Stage Australia

Dates: 31 March – 3 April

Course: Sandhurst GC

Purse: AUD $25,000

Ozzies in the field:

A total of twenty nine players earned their Australasian Tour cards for next season. Hayden Hopewell finished on top of the leaderboard .

PGA Tour

Tournament: Valero Texas Open

Dates: 2 – 5 April

Course: TPC San Antonio, The Oaks Course

Purse: USD $9.8M

Ozzies in the field: Karl Vilips

After a long delay due to some horrendous weather it was an intriguing final day. Matt Wallace set the pace with a great Sunday 68 and a score of sixteen under. Finishing well ahead of the last groups Wallace had to wait to see if he would add another PGA Tour victory to his CV or even be in a play-off. For a while it looked like that he might have done enough as Bob McIntyre faltered and J.J. Spaun bogeyed the fifteenth. But Spaun rallied with birdie on 16 and eagle on 17 to eventually take the win by a shot over Wallace, Macintyre, and Michael Kim.

J.J. Spaun 1st – USD $1,764,000

Karl Vilips MC

Korn Ferry Tour

Tournament: Lecom Suncoast Classic

Dates: 2 – 5 April

Course: Lakewood National Golf Club Commander course

Purse: USD $1.0M

Ozzies in the field: Rhein Gibson

Birdies on 16, 17 and 18 is a pretty cool way to win your second Korn Ferry

Tour tournament and that is exactly what Jeremy Gandon did this week. Gandon converted his 54 hole lead and shot a consecutive six under 65 to win by one shot from Mitchell Meisner and Jay Card III.

Jeremy Gandon 1st – USD $180,000

Rhein Gibson MC

JLPGA

Tournament: Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi

Dates: 2 – 5 April

Course: Katsuragi GC, Yamana, Shizauoka

Purse: 1.0M Yen

Ozzies in the field: Lion Higo

Sayaka Takahashi won a three way playoff over Yuna Araki and Kano Nakamura. Takahashi birided the second playoff hole to prevail over Nakamua after Araki was eliminated on the first playoff hole.

Sayaka Takahashi 1st – Yen 18,000,000

Lion Higo MC

KLPGA

Tournament: The Sienna Open

Dates: 2 – 5 April

Course: The Sienna Velluto

Purse: 1.0M KRW

Ozzies in the field: Claire Shin

Jiwon Ko won by a single shot over Kyorim Seo.

Jiwon Ko 1st – KRW 180,000,000

Claire Shin MC

Augusta National Women's Amateur

It’s hard to win golf tournaments – Asterisk Talley version. Talley held the 36 hole lead by one shot over Columbian Maria Jose Marin and the pair shared the lead with seven holes to play.

Standing on the 12th tee Marin had closed the gap and was level with Talley. Then the golf gods decided it was not going to be the American’s day and she proceeded to take a quadruple bogey on the most famous par three in golf. Her tee shot went long into the back bunker and she bladed her second into Rae's creek. With the option of playing from the dop zone or dropping in the bunker Talley chose the latter option and repeated her bladed shot into the water. Second time around she chose the drop zone and eventually holed out for a seven and her tournament was over.

Marin parred 12 and finished the remaining six holes one under to eventually win by four from Spain’s Andrea Revuelta.

Our only Ozzie in the field, Reagon Denton, had a fantastic tournament with rounds of 67, 72, 69 for a total of eight under and finished tied for fourth.

Maria Jose Marin (Columbia) 1st

Adrea Revuelta (Spain) 2nd

Soomin Oh (Korea) 3rd