Jason Day will return to Queensland to play his first event on house soil since 2017 on the 2024 BMW Australian PGA Championship on November 21-24.
It should even be Day’s first look in a PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Membership, the place he’ll be part of defending champion Min Woo Lee as one of many marquee gamers for the occasion co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour.
A member of an elite group of Australian golfers to have received a significant championship and to have additionally been ranked No.1 on the Official World Golf Rankings, Day will likely be searching his first victory in certainly one of Australian golf’s flagship occasions.
The 2015 US PGA champion has loved a profession resurgence over the previous two years, Day registering 5 top-10s in 2024, whereas additionally representing Australia on the Paris Olympics, the place he completed tied for ninth. He was additionally an computerized choice for the Worldwide Staff on the Presidents Cup in Montreal.
“I’m extraordinarily excited to be coming again house to Queensland this summer time to contest the BMW Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland,” stated Day.
“Sporting the inexperienced and gold for Australia on the Olympics in Paris was a particularly proud second for myself and my household and will probably be very particular to get again on house soil and play in entrance of the Aussie followers.
“I’ve seen the wonderful environment at ‘RQ’ the previous few years and might’t wait to expertise it for myself.”
PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman stated Day was an thrilling addition to this 12 months’s PGA Championship area.
“After studying the sport in Beaudesert, Jason has gone on to change into among the finest gamers of his technology,” Kirkman stated.
“We’re delighted to welcome him again house and to see him problem for his first Joe Kirkwood Cup.”
Min Woo Lee can even be at Royal Queensland in November to defend the title he received in spectacular vogue in 2023.
The BMW Australian PGA Championship is supported by the Queensland Authorities by Tourism and Occasions Queensland, and Brisbane Metropolis Council by way of Brisbane Financial Growth Company.
