WHILE the ultimate margins might have been considerably bigger than anticipated, only a few who’ve adopted the fortunes of two of Australia’s brightest younger {golfing} stars would have been stunned when the pair scored dominant wins in Perth on the latest nationwide newbie titles.
For Queenslander Billy Dowling and Victoria’s Jazy Roberts, victory within the 2026 adidas Australian Novice Championships put an exclamation mark on their spectacular newbie careers.
Within the males’s championship Dowling closed with a 7-under 63 at The Western Australian Golf Membership to complete at 18-under, in claiming a five-shot victory over NSW pair Joshua Fuller and Kayun Mudadana, whereas Roberts was much more in charge of the ladies’s occasion, firing a course-record 10-under 63 on the final day to complete the week at 27-under, six photographs away from Japan’s Anna Iwanaga.
“I felt in charge of all the pieces and knew precisely the place I used to be hitting it. It was only a matter of plotting alongside gap by gap,” Dowling stated of his closing spherical.
Queenslander Billy Dowling scored a dominant 5 shot win within the 2026 adidas Australian Novice Championship.
Beginning the day tied for the lead with the ACT’s Harry Whitelock at 11-under, Dowling parred the opening gap, earlier than the Brisbane Golf Membership member would birdie the subsequent three and blend eight birdies with only a solitary bogey on 16.
For the 20-year-old, the victory completes a serious newbie purpose as he eyes turning skilled within the coming months following robust outcomes on the PGA Tour of Australasia over the summer time.
Coming back from Dubai late final 12 months after a fifth putting on the Asia Pacific Novice, Dowling made 5 cuts in six Australasian Tour occasions, highlighted by a second on the Queensland PGA and a 3rd on the Webex Gamers Collection Victoria occasion.
“It means rather a lot,” Dowling stated. “I’ve represented Australia, I’ve received my state newbie, however the Australian Novice is one everybody is aware of goes down in historical past.
“I can’t actually put into phrases how a lot it means.”
Within the ladies’s championship, Roberts started the fourth spherical 4 photographs forward, holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the primary, earlier than making 10 extra birdies, together with 5 in a row on the again 9 and on six of the ultimate seven holes.
Taking pictures a 10-under par 63 on the ultimate day, Jazy Roberts has claimed the 2026 Australian Novice title.
The 63 from Roberts stored Iwanaga at bay regardless of the Japanese customer closing with a 9-under 64 of her personal.
The win provides to the 21-year-old Yarra Yarra Golf Membership member’s excellent newbie resume, with this anticipated to be her closing look on the Australian Novice earlier than turning skilled.
“I believe I’ve accomplished just about all the pieces I needed to as an newbie,” Roberts stated. “It’s undoubtedly the one I needed to win probably the most.”
Names on the Australian Novice trophy embrace main champions Cameron Smith and Michael Campbell, together with Minjee Lee, Grace Kim and Lydia Ko, underlining the standard and sophistication of a few of the event’s former winners.
“Clearly there’s nonetheless a whole lot of laborious work to be accomplished,” Roberts stated. “However it offers me a whole lot of confidence that I can go on and do what they’ve accomplished.”
With 5 wins in World Novice rating occasions, together with a victory on the Dunes Medal final November, after additionally taking out the Pacific Northwest Girls’s Am and putting second on the North and South Girls’s Am within the US throughout her {golfing} travels in 2025, and Roberts additionally has the newbie pedigree to make a profitable tilt on the skilled ranks within the years to return.
Stars on the rise and two younger Australian’s set to make their mark on the world {golfing} scene.
