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Back-to-back Masters champion Rory McIlroy will return for this year\u2019s event at Kingston Heath, which will also host the 2028 Presidents Cup.<\/p>\n
As was the case for Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen at Royal Melbourne last year, the winner of this year\u2019s Australian Open will once again receive a place in the field at Augusta National.<\/p>\n
The 2028 Australian Open will be played at the new North Adelaide Golf Course<\/a>, which is set to undergo a $45 million redevelopent and has also been billed as the future home of LIV Adelaide.<\/p>\n Between 2028 and 2034, one of men\u2019s and women\u2019s Australian Opens will be played at the public course every year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are setting [the Australian Open] up to be one of the great golf tournaments of the world,\u201d Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland said. <\/p>\n \u201cWe now have seven years of certainty in regards to not only our state government partnership but also the venue of where the Australian Open is going to be played.\u201d<\/p>\n Rory McIlroy at the 1st tee during his 2nd round at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n The PGA Tour will begin their three-year partnership with the Australian Open at next year\u2019s Peninsula-Kingswood debut.<\/p>\n That deal was announced last week<\/a> with the tournament to still be co-sanctioned between the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia after significant interest from LIV Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n But in strengthening the PGA Tour\u2019s alliance with the DP World Tour, the US-based circuit will help boost the prize pool – which was $2 million at Royal Melbourne last year – and encourage more of their stars to venture down under.<\/p>\n \u201cAustralia\u2019s passionate and knowledgeable fans, world-class venues and rich competitive history make it a key part of the global game, and our members value the opportunity to compete in the Melbourne Sandbelt and the unique challenge those courses provide,\u201d Christian Hardy, the PGA Tour\u2019s senior vice president of international, said. <\/p>\n \u201cWith the Presidents Cup returning to Victoria in 2028 at Kingston Heath Golf Club, we look forward to building on that momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n Sutherland said that he expects announces to be made in the coming weeks about changes to the PGA Tour schedule in a major shift in the men\u2019s professional game\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n The former Cricket Australia CEO said in particular the way the PGA Tour works with the DP World Tour will become more apparent with the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship at the forefront of the incoming revamp.<\/p>\n James Sutherland launched the women’s Australian Open golf tournament at Kooyonga Golf Club.Source: The Advertiser<\/p>\n Peninsula-Kingswood\u2019s two championship courses have been open for less than a decade, but have already harnessed a big reputation.<\/p>\n The north course sits at number five in Australian Golf Digest\u2019s top 100 courses in Australia ranking, while the south course is ranked 15th.<\/p>\n For the tournament, a composite course combining the best holes from each layout will be used \u2014 just as Royal Melbourne did in December.<\/p>\n \u201cKingston Heath will provide another outstanding stage this year, and Peninsula-Kingswood is a magnificent venue and a brilliant addition to the Australian Open story,\u201d Sutherland said.<\/p>\n \u201cWith two outstanding golf courses and the ability to create a composite championship layout, Peninsula-Kingswood gives us the chance to present something new, exciting and worthy of our national Open.\u201d<\/p>\n Peninsula-Kingswood Golf Club will host next year’s men’s Australian Open.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n Marcus Fraser, who represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, is a coach at Peninsula-Kingswood and told reporters on Monday morning that he expects the young venue to be a raging success.<\/p>\n \u201cI think once Rory sees this place, he\u2019ll be racing straight back to play it,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n \u201cMarc Leishman, Elvis Smylie, Adam Scott, Jason Day – they all know about this place and to come and play an Australian Open here will be special.\u201d<\/p>\n As for how the course stands in the world, Fraser admitted he is biased, but gave it high praise.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s the best golf club I\u2019ve seen anywhere in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve played 500 tournaments around the world and this is by far the best I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cProfessional golfers I\u2019ve played with have described it as golf Disneyland,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cThey drive in and they can\u2019t believe that something like this actually exists.<\/p>\n \u201cThe conditioning, the architecture behind it and the topography of the land (make it special), you drive out and you can\u2019t wait to drive back in again.\u201d<\/p>\n Australian Open venues 2026-2030<\/p>\n 2026 Kingston Heath<\/p>\n 2027 Peninsula-Kingswood Country Golf Club<\/p>\n 2028 North Adelaide golf course (South Australia)<\/p>\n 2029 TBC (Victorian Sandbelt course)<\/p>\n 2030 TBC (Victorian Sandbelt course)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The men\u2019s Australian Open will be played at Peninsula-Kingswood Country Golf Club in the 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