Steven Bowditch

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland on the 11th hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

Golf

Pampling capitalises on late tee time

Australian golfer Rod Pampling capitalised on his last-minute entry to be just two shots off the lead after the first round of the US PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship.

Golf

Baddeley full focus on final Masters spot

Ben Everill, Los Angeles Aaron Baddeley refuses to give up hope of boosting Australia's contingent at next week's US Masters to five as he and 10 countrymen join the battle for the last invitation.

Bowditch blows his good start

Steven Bowditch's hopes all but dashed by bogey-riddled third round at PGA Tour's Texas Open.

Golf

Ogilvy moves family to reboot career

Los Angeles Geoff Ogilvy says moving his family back to Arizona is a "golf decision" as he does everything he can to break the longest win drought of his career and earn a trip to the Masters in April.

Golf

Chalmers, Baddeley head PGA charge

Australian golfers Greg Chalmers and Aaron Baddeley blitzed the La Quinta Country Club course to be one stroke off the lead after the first round of the PGA Tour event in California.

Golf

Popovic keeps lead at Australian PGA

Daniel Popovic's mother Mila was in tears and couldn't bear to watch.

Golf

Chasing pack eyes Yowani's Popovic

Jon Tuxworth He has announced himself as a serious player at Coolum this week, but it was at a humble Canberra course where Daniel Popovic's golfing passion was born.

Palmer digs in as last resort to keep PGA in his own backyard

Phil Lutton IF YOU thought the idea of whacking a full-scale T-rex in the middle of a championship golf course was difficult to get your head around, try working out where the Australian PGA Championship is...

Golf

Ogilvy lurks as Zhang and Popovic share PGA lead

Phil Lutton Overnight leader Daniel Popovic endured a late hiccup but remains in command at the Australian PGA Championship in Coolum, finishing his second round at 10 under and after stunning the field to be...

Golf

Emotion-filled Popovic shares PGA lead

Phil Lutton, Coolum Daniel Popovic isn't done yet in the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum.

Golf

Round of day puts Jones in Q-School mix

Los Angeles Five of the 13 Australians at the US PGA tour Q-School sit inside the top-25 card mark at the halfway point of the tough six-round tournament in La Quinta, California.

Golf

Bowditch survives final day nerves to secure PGA card and avoid Q-School infamy

Australian golfers Steven Bowditch and Matt Jones will return to full status on the US PGA Tour in 2013 after claiming cards on the final day of the qualifying school.

Q-school's horrible contrast

Glenn Jackson The respective thoughts of Steven Bowditch and Mathew Goggin could not have been more contrasting.

Golf

Fraser seizes Australian Open lead

Darren Walton His heavyweight rivals stumbled as Marcus Fraser rode the momentum of his magical first-day hole-in-one all the way to the outright halfway lead of the Australian Open at The Lakes.

Australian Open

Fraser a cut above the rest after surgery turns his game around

Glenn Jackson TWO years ago, Marcus Fraser stood at the Lakes, held his son Archie in the air after the first round of the Australian Open, and felt a pain in his neck, followed not far down the track by the...