For the first time in its storied history, Royal Melbourne Golf Club will be the host of a women's professional golf event with 156 players competing this week for a $1.1 million, or €845,210, purse... more ....

Interviews with Suzann Pettersen, Lexi Thompson, Yani Tseng, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel and Karrie Webb ahead of the 2012 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne..... more....

South African Lee-Anne Pace had a lesson of a different kind after the third round of the Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters in Queensland. The 30-year old, who loves surfing and the beach, received a lesson from two-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning.... more....

Christel Boeljon of the Netherlands came from three strokes behind overnight leader So Yeon Ryu to claim a one stroke victory at the Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters... more ....

New Zealand's Lydia Ko has been presented with the inaugural Mark H McCormack Medal for 2011, awarded to the top-ranked golfer in the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), by professional world number two Suzann Pettersen. Pettersen, in her role as an R&A Working for Golf Ambassador, made the presentation during practice at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne where 14-year-old Ko will be taking on the world's best players.... more ....

The inaugural World Ladies Championship (WLC) is set to debut on the Vintage Course at Mission Hills Hainan from 2 to 4 March 2012.

Incorporating ideas from the World Golf Championships and World Cup, the WLC adopts a new format compatible with the Olympics where golf will once again be showcased in 2016... more ....