Weekly Wrap - Week 4
Scheffler continues his winning on the PGA Tour, Reed cruises home in Dubai and Doull wins the playoff Duel in Rosebud. All the results from around the world.
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WEEK 4– WEEKLY WRAP
WEEK 4 saw some of the big guns start their seasons on the PGA Tour. Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Rose. The PGA Champions Tour got underway for 2026 in Hawaii and the first DP World Tour Rolex event for the season is in Dubai.
WPGA & PGA Tour of Australasia
Tournament: Webex Player Series Victoria hosted by Marcus Fraser
Dates: 22 – 25 January
Course: Rosebud Country Club (Composite)
Purse: AUD $250,000
Overnight leader Jordan Doull tried hard to give Cameron John his 3rd win of the season. Leading by two shots with 2 holes to play Doull double bogeyed the 17th to give John a sniff of victory. They both then finished -12 and it would take four play-off holes before Doull prevailed after John missed a short birdie putt. Whilst Doull had the victory John’s second place means he claims the coveted 1st place on the OOM.
Jordon Doull 1st – AUD $45,000
PGA Tour
Tournament: The American Express
Dates: 22-25 January
Course: La Quinta Country Club, Pete Dye Stadium Course, Nicklaus Tournament Course
Purse: USD $9.2M
Ozzies in the field: Min Woo Lee, Cam Davis, Karl Vilips, Jason Day, Adam Scott.
Surprise, surprise, Scottie Scheffler wins another golf Tournament. Scheffler playing his first tournament of the 2026 season shot a final round 64 to win by four shots over Ozzie Jason Day and three others at -23. The win is Scheffler’s 20th on the PGA Tour.
Scheffler 1st - USD $1,656.000
Jason Day T2 - $616,400
Karl Vilips T18 - $117,606
Adam Scott T24 – $81,420
Min Woo Lee T38 – $39,100
Cam Davis MC
Korn Ferry Tour
Tournament: The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic
Dates: 18-21 January
Course: The Abaco Club
Purse: USD $1.0M
Ozzies in the field: Rhein Gibson
American Ian Holt held on to his 54 hole lead to register his maiden KF Tour victory at the Abaco Classic. With five bogeys and 5 birdies in his first 17 holes of the final round Holt made a clutch birdie on 18 to secure a one shot win with a 1 under 71.
Ian Holt 1ST – USD $180,000
Rhein Gibson MC
PGA Champions Tour
Tournament: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
Dates: 22-24 January
Course: Hualalai Golf Course, Hawaii
Purse: USD $2.0M
Ozzies in the field: Steve Allen, Richard Green, Steve Alker (NZ)
Stewart Cink goes back to back over two seasons. Cink won the season finale in 2025 and now the first event of the 2026 season. Only two Ozzies made the trip to Hawaii and neither Richard Green nor Steve Allen really challenged.
Stewart Cink 1st – USD $340,000
Richard Green T20 – $26,500
Steve Allen T28 $17,600
Steve Alker (NZ) T28 $17,600
DP World Tour
Tournament: Hero Dubai Desert Classic
Dates: 22-25 January
Course: Emirates GC, Dubai
Purse: USD $9.0M
Ozzies in the field: Jason Scrivener, David Micheluzzi, Elvis Smylie, Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Ryan Fox (NZ), Daniel Hillier (NZ)
LIV golfer Patrick Reed secured his first non co-sanctioned win on the DP World Tour with a closing round of -1 for a four shot victory at the Emirates GC. No one really threatened Reed in the final round.
For the Ozzies, new LIV recruit Elvis Smylie missed the cut. Highest Ozzie finisher was David Micheluzzie at T49 who registers his first points for this seasons OOM.
Patrick Reed 1st - €1,302,931
Daniel Hiller (NZ) T26 – 72,810
Ryan Fox (NZ) T45 – 39,854
David Micheluzzie T48 – 31,423
Jason Scrivner – MC
Kazuma Kobori – MC
Elvis Smylie - MC
Legends Tour
Tournament: Qualifying School 2026
Dates: 17-20 January
Course: Gloria Hotel and Resorts, Turkey
Purse: € $
Ozzies in the field: Brett Jones, Martin Pettigrew (NZ), Dominic Barson (NZ)
Swede Michael Jonzon was the medallist at the Legends Tour Q School. With 4 cards up for grabs the other three winners were Englishman Paul Streeter and Frenchman Anthony Grenier, and Northern Ireland’s Cameron Clark.
Dominic Barson (NZ) 22nd
Brett Jones 37th
Martin Pettigrew MC
Amateur Golf
Tournament: Avondale Medal (men) and Avondale Bowl (women)
Dates: 20-21 January
Course: Avondale Golf Club
In the Avondale Bowl (women) Ella Scaysbrook made it two in a row in a dominant six shot win over Alicia Luo. Australia’s highest ranked female amateur, Reagon Denton was third.
In the Avondale Medal (men) Kayun Mudadana had a one shot win over Englishman Jamie Van Wyk. Third was Joshua Fuller.