18-year-old Australian golfer Jessica Bang dies in Thailand after suffering a brain haemorrhage while preparing for the International Qualifying Tournament for the Korean women's professional tour.
Australian golfer Jessica Bang has died at 18 following a brain haemorrhage. She collapsed in Thailand while preparing for a tournament and passed away after nearly two weeks in intensive care.
Australian holds nerve in dramatic climax to event in Virginia‘I didn’t help myself,’ says Herbert after seeing final-round lead slashedAustralian golf star Lucas Herbert has held his nerve to claim his maiden LIV Golf League title and secure a priceless ticket to next month’s US Open in New York.Herbert had a five-shot final-round lead slashed to one before regaining his composure to see off the challenge of Spanish great Sergio Garcia in a dramatic climax to LIV Golf Virginia. Continue reading...
Future of rebel tour in jeopardy after Saudi investment withdrawnAustralian golfer laughs off retirement talk: ‘I’ve got a while yet’Cam Smith has laughed off retirement rumours, and said he has been given “every assurance” LIV Golf will continue beyond this year.The future of LIV – and Smith’s all-Australian Ripper GC team – is in jeopardy after Saudi Arabia withdrew funding of the breakaway league. Continue reading...
With Saudi investment drying up, one of LIV’s highest-profile recruits may be having second thoughts as Australian officials call for the global golf ecosystem to come togetherHe was Australian golf’s shining light, a likeable everyman whose career has found the rough. Now, Cameron Smith “may be rethinking” his decision to stick with LIV Golf, according to the head of the PGA of Australia, after Saudi Arabian investors withdrew funding from the upstart tour.The entire Australian golf sector is wrestling with what a future without LIV – or with a fiscally restrained LIV-lite – might look like, as the South Australia government pushes on with spending $45m for an upgrade to a course still scheduled to host a LIV tournament from 2028. Continue reading...
Australian Hannah Green secured her fourth victory of 2026 by winning the JM Eagle LA Championship in a playoff, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Kim Sei-young and Im Jin-hee at 17-under par. Green trailed by six shots mid-tournament but rallied to win at El Caballero for the third time in four years. The tournament prize money was increased by $1m to $4.75m during the event.
