Australian Open\u2019s \u2018really appealing\u2019 Presidents Cup move unveiled as PGA Tour link used to add to Rory effect<\/a><\/p>\nRory McIlroy during the final round.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the DP World Tour\u2019s chief tournament and operations officer, Ben Cowen, emphasised the important of having historic national opens under their banner.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted at today\u2019s announcement which confirms that the Capital.com Australian Open will continue to feature on our schedule,\u201d Cowen said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince our Tour\u2019s inception over 50 years ago, National Opens have been, and will continue to be, critical for us; the fact we currently sanction 17 in total around the world merely emphasises the point that we are Golf\u2019s Global Tour. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo have a National Open of the stature of the Capital.com Australian Open amongst that number and to have it commit to us for another three years is great news, and further illustrates the strength of the partnership we enjoy with Golf Australia and the PGA Challenger Tour of Australasia. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s news also reinforces the Strategic Alliance we enjoy with the PGA TOUR and the opportunity to work with them alongside the Australian organisations to help grow the stature of this tournament globally, is an exciting one.\u201d <\/p>\n
McIlroy famously said in a press conference that the Australian Open could be the fifth major before he committed to come down under last year.<\/p>\n
Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland stopped short of going that far, but the organisation has been working to restore the tournament to its former glory in recent years.<\/p>\n
The bumper crowds at Royal Melbourne were seen as a throwback to Australian golf\u2019s halcyon days by many within the sport.<\/p>\n
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy watches his putt during the second round of the Australian Open golf tournament at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Sutherland is hopeful that this deal will help recreate those scenes in the coming years, wherever the tournament may be played next year as now deal is in place as well as at the new North Adelaide Golf Course.<\/p>\n
The public facility, which was redeveloped to be the future host of LIV Adelaide, will host three Australian Opens from 2028 to 2034.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Australian Open has a proud history going back to 1904 and is recognised globally as one of the great national championships of world golf,\u201d Sutherland said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur ambition is clear. We want the men\u2019s Capital.com Australian Open to be recognised among the top 10 most prestigious golf tournaments globally, and everything we are doing for the event flows from that ambition. <\/p>\n
\u201cGetting the Australian Open right is about securing the total mix. That means world-class venues, strong host-state partnerships, commercial partners, sanctioning partners, broadcast reach, a great fan experience and the ability to attract strong international fields. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis agreement with the PGA TOUR, DP World Tour and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia strengthens the global relevance of the championship and gives us another important platform to keep growing the event year-on-year. <\/p>\n
\u201cTogether with our partnerships with Victoria, South Australia, Capital.com, our host venues and our other commercial partners, this puts us in the best possible position to realise our ambition of making the men\u2019s Australian Open one of the world\u2019s great golf events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf Australia have announced a historic move with the men\u2019s Australian Open to partner with the PGA Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[405,8581,987,976,659,8578,8588,1339,8573,8570,517,8584,1993,44,8575,461,8572,8574,8587,8571,8577,2933,2923,3982,400,421,513,1169,968,8582,200,8590,704,8585,8576,8583,399,8579,3456,969,8586,8580,398,977,8589],"class_list":["post-20461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-america","tag-appearance-fee","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-golf","tag-australian-organisations","tag-ben-cowen","tag-brian-rolapp","tag-chief-tournament","tag-commercial-partners","tag-europe","tag-event-flows","tag-fan-experience","tag-golf","tag-golf-events","tag-golf-news","tag-golf-schedule-changes","tag-historic-move","tag-host-venues","tag-host-state-partnerships","tag-international-golf-schedule","tag-james-sutherland","tag-melbourne","tag-nelly-korda","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-northern-ireland","tag-oceania","tag-operations-officer","tag-press-conference","tag-prestigious-golf-tournaments","tag-prize-money","tag-prize-purses","tag-professional-golf-changes","tag-raid-plan","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-senior-vice-president","tag-signature-events","tag-south-australia","tag-southern-hemisphere-summer","tag-strategic-alliance","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria","tag-world-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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