Norway's Kristoffer Reitan is making the running in the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, his nine-under 63 giving him a first-round lead by three shots.
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Rory McIlroy will start the second round of the Australian Open seven shots adrift of the leading trio.
John Salvado
Cameron Smith is well placed to end a long run of missed cuts after a good start to the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
Tournament drawcard Rory McIlroy has mixed five birdies and six bogeys on a rollercoaster start to his Australian Open campaign.
Elvis Smylie had the Australian Open field, including megastar Rory McIlroy, all shook up, with the Queensland young gun claiming a share of the round-one lead.
Melissa Woods
Rising West Aussie Karl Vilips has been short-listed by the PGA Tour as Rookie of the Year while Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are duelling for the top honour.
Ian Chadband
Ahead of this year's Australian Open, Min Woo Lee has bulked up, saying he needed to become stronger after suffering a bizarre injury in last year's lead-up.
Golf superstar Rory McIlroy loves playing in Australia but isn't sure about Royal Melbourne, the venue for the Australian Open, rating another course over it.
Cam Davis is aiming to win his second Australian Open, back in his happy place this week at Royal Melbourne where he still owns a course record.
Adam Scott has not forgotten how Rory McIlroy denied him a dream climax to his career season as the superstar ex-world No.1s renew their rivalry in Melbourne.
Darren Walton
Tiger Woods cannot put a date on his return to golf or even organise a playing schedule after revealing his recovery from a back operation is slow going.
Leading into the final round in 2024, Lucas Herbert feels like the Australian Open is the one that got away with the LIV Golf star single-focused this year.
Cameron Smith believes he still has the game to win his first Australian Open title, but needs to tame his mental demons to overcome his current form slump.
Cameron Smith and Adam Scott feel the Australian Open has regained its lustre after dumping the dual-gender format in favour of a traditional tournament.
Rory McIlroy had a TV crew in tow while visiting Royal Melbourne hours after arriving in town for this week's Australian Open, where he is the big drawcard.
Roger Vaughan
Rory McIlroy's much-hyped Australian Open return will allow Marc Leishman, in the form of his life, some respite as he chases an elusive home-soil title.
Murray Wenzel
Spaniard David Puig has defied the chasing pack in Brisbane to become just the second international winner of the Australian PGA Championship in 27 years.
The Australian PGA Championship could leave Queensland for the first time since the turn of the century, but Adam Scott has a solution to keep it close to home.
With a caddying great in his corner, Anthony Quayle has welcomed the challenge as a star-studded Australian PGA field attempt to chase the co-leader down.
Min Woo Lee will challenge for another Australian PGA Championship, sure he can find another gear to shoot clear of a stacked final-round leaderboard.
Adam Scott has mixed eight birdies with three bogeys in a third-round 66 to get himself in the picture for a third Australian PGA title.
Queensland star Matt Renshaw has backed veteran Usman Khawaja to keep his Test spot despite it potentially ending his own Ashes selection hopes.
Marco Monteverde
Despite his relaxed reputation sometimes fooling fans, Marc Leishman has a burning desire to end his bridesmaid run at Australian golf’s two big events.
Former world No.2 Cam Smith has revealed his strategy to end a winless drought stretching back to August 2023.
