What's on This Week -Week 50

WEEK 50 – WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK

LPGA and PGA

Tournament: Grant Thornton Invitational

Dates: 12-14 December

Course: Ritz Carlton Golf Resort, Tiburon Golf Club, Florida

Purse: USD $2.0M

Ozzies in the field:Lydia Ko (NZ), Jason Day

Another end of season limited field, no cut, invitational event. Contested over three days with 18 holes of scramble, 18 holes of Foursomes and 18 holes of modified four-ball. Thirty two players from the PGA and LPGA make up two person teams for this event.

LET

Tournament: Q School Qualifying Stage

Dates: 10-12 December

Courses: Four venues across Marrakech, Morrocco

Ozzies in the field: June Song, Claire Shin, Elmay Viking (Cook Islands), Hanee Song (NZ), Stephanie Bunque, Grace Williams, Abbie Teasdale.

It would be great to see some more Ozzies playing the LET next season and this is where the quest for that starts. Qualifying Stage is 54 holes with no cut. Total field across the four venues is 312 and approximately 25 from each course will advance to the Final Stage the following week.

PGA Tour

Tournament: Final Stage Q School

Dates: 11- 14 December

Course: TPC Sawgrass & Sawgrass Country Club

Ozzies in the field: Trav Smyth

Just another 72 holes of stroke play to see who can get one of the elusive five PGA Tour cards on offer. The remaining finishers get Korn Ferry Status in priority order of their finish. Positions 6-25 earn full KFT with safety until the third re-shuffle of priority. Positions 26-40 also get full status but are only protected until the second re-shuffle and everyone else gets status but are subject to the first re-shuffle so you had better a) get into some tournaments, and b) play very well. As usual there will be hearbreak and joy.

DP World Tour

Tournament: Alfred Dunhill Championship

Dates: 11-14 December

Course: Royal Johannesburg Club, Johannesburg, South Africa

Purse: €1.5M

Ozzies in the field: Austin Bautista

This Dunhill event is a traditional 72 hole stroke play with no amateur teams. This year the tournament is leaving its home of Leopard Creek and returning to Royal Johannesburg Club for one year only to allow Lepard Creek to recover from stress from a period of intense hot weather.

Asian Tour

Tournament: Saudi Open presented by PIF

Dates: 10-13 December

Course: Dirab Golf and Country Club, Saudia Arabia

Purse: USD $1.0M

Ozzies in the field: Jed Morgan, Jack Thompson, Brett Rankin, Todd Sinnott,

A couple of Ozzie regulars on the Asian Tour are missing this week with some having just competed at 2nd Stage Q School in the USA.

Tournament: Q School First Stage

Dates: A 21 -24 October, B 4-7 November, C & D 2-5 December, E & F 9-12 December

Course: 6 venues - Morocco, California, Thailand,

Ozzies in the Field:

A bunch of Ozzies and Kiwis playing across various venues. Top 18% at each venue qualify for Final Stage 17-21 December. Well done to those already through, commiserations to those who didn't make it and good luck to those still playing. Results so far below:

Qualified

Ben Henkel, Shaun Campbell, Aiden Didone, Ben Ferguson, Max Ford, Silvester Tan, Michael Pearce, James Mee, Darcy Brereton, Aiden Coul

Failed to Qualify

Tyler Hodge (NZ), Kuangyu Chen, Connor McDade, Josh Armstrong, Thomas Sims, Zachary Maxwell, Samuel Slater, Lincoln Morgan (a), Jordan Jung (a)

Still to Finish

Douglas Klein, Brady Watt, Jeong In Park, Blake Colyer, Adam Brady, Jack Munro, Aaron Wilkin, William Bruyeres, Jake Hughes, Matthew Stenson, Lawry Flynn, Harrison Crowe, Nathan Barbieri, Nicholas Bierman

Aus PGA Tour

Tournament: Victorian PGA Championship

Dates: 11-14 December

Course: Moonah Links (Open and Legends Courses)

Purse: $250,000

Ozzies in the field:

An all Ozzie field with star LIV player Marc Leishman teeing it up at Moonah. Looks like Leishman is going to arrive Thursday morning after competing at the Cathedral Invitational on Tuesday and Wednesday. The race for those all important OOM points continues although a number of PGAAUS members are playing Asian Q School.

WPGA Tour

Tournament: WPGA qualifying tournament

Dates: 8-9 December

Course: Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Course - River

Ozzies in the field: Too many to list

A truly international field competing at this year’s qualifying tournament to see who can get starts in the big WPGA tournaments coming up in 2026. Seventeen players from Japan are playing plus players from England, Scotland, South Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. So there is plenty of competition for our young Ozzie stars to earn spots in the prestigious events on the calendar.

Independent

Tournament: Cathedral Invitational

Dates: 9-10 December

Course: Cathedral Lodge

Purse: AUD $300,000 min.

Forty men and eight women play this invitation only event over two days at the private Cathedral Lodge owned by David Evans. The course is said to be magnificent. On day one the pros are teamed up with amateurs for a shotgun start and no spectators are allowed. Day two sees only the pros with a regular seeded draw and the public can come and watch. A great chance to go and see this private Greg Norman course.