Australian Open at Kingston Heath<\/a>.<\/p>\nGolf Australia chief executive James Sutherland last year told the Herald Sun Melbourne, which hijacked the event from Sydney in 2024, could become a permanent home for it. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll keep talking to our government and other partners about that,\u2019\u2019 he said in December. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe would love that.\u2019\u2019 <\/p>\n
But on Thursday he said: \u201cThe Australian Open is one of the great championships in world golf, but in recent years we have not always had the certainty needed to plan and build the event to its full potential.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The door will not be closed on golf in Victoria, with the President\u2019s Cup in Melbourne in 2028 and 2040.<\/p>\n
Victoria will also be able to bid for more major events not already locked in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in constructive discussions with the Victorian government about other Australian Opens in this upcoming cycle,\u2019\u2019 Mr Sutherland said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe opportunity for South Australia to host in 2028 arises because the Presidents Cup will be in Melbourne that year and we are optimistic about continuing our partnership with Victoria and the famed Melbourne Sandbelt in years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Sutherland on Thursday told reporters the SA deal did not mean the end of the Open in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cexact sequencing\u201d of where the Open would be outside the SA deal were \u201cstill to be confirmed and obviously Victoria is a very important partner in those conversations.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be certainly talking \u2013 there are rights and obligations which we have with the Victorian government, which I\u2019m not going to go into right now,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we have conversations ongoing with them about their rights to host over the coming years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we certainly hope that Victoria and the famed Melbourne sandbelt will continue to play an important role in the future of the Australian Open.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Open will be played at Kingston Heath from December 3-6.<\/p>\n
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said: \u201cFor some time, we have been engaged with Golf Australia discussing the potential of bringing both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Australian Opens to Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to make this a reality, at a high-quality public facility on the doorstep of our city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Australian Open is a must stop event on the Australian sporting calendar, and we have the potential to grow it here in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has only ventured out of NSW or Victoria twice in half a century.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
More than 113,000 people packed Royal Melbourne for last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett said: \u201cthe tide is running out in Victoria, in so many different aspects of our life. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve lost all focus here in Victoria on anything that matters. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a weak economy which is in dire political trouble.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a reputation as being the crime state of the nation and now we\u2019re losing our major events. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that equate to? The tide running out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victoria\u2019s major event calendar has been dealt another blow, with Adelaide locking in a long term deal to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8243,23,133,8209,8238,7993,6734,8245,368,8239,8240,8246,6743,4638,8247,260,1358,120,2084,318,8241,8244,7666,8242,121,2043,8248,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-6802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-melbourne","8":"tag-andy-cheung","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","11":"tag-australian-open","12":"tag-australian-open-golf","13":"tag-australian-sporting-calendar","14":"tag-cameron-smith","15":"tag-event-calendar","16":"tag-getty-images-inc","17":"tag-glamourwe-talk","18":"tag-golfers-tee","19":"tag-host-venues","20":"tag-james-sutherland","21":"tag-josh-chadwick","22":"tag-long-term-deal","23":"tag-melbourne","24":"tag-north-adelaide","25":"tag-oceania","26":"tag-permanent-home","27":"tag-peter-malinauskas","28":"tag-peter-rolfe","29":"tag-prestigious-golf-tournament","30":"tag-rory-mcilroy","31":"tag-secures-australian","32":"tag-south-australia","33":"tag-state-government","34":"tag-taxpayer-money","35":"tag-victoria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}