THE CROWN AUSTRALIAN OPEN – ROYAL MELBOURNE GOLF CLUB
Rory McIlroy was the star attraction at Royal Melbourne, with huge crowds turning out to see him play.
AMID all of the deserved hubris within the corridors of energy at Golf Australia following the resurrection of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne, Rory McIlroy had some phrases of knowledge.
“Sure, it’s been completely wonderful,” stated the Northern Irishman who in all probability greater than anybody else had dragged the nationwide championship again into the land of the residing.
“The scenes, the crowds, the golf course…completely unbelievable,” McIlroy stated.
“It is a golf event that has a lot potential and I believe it confirmed an entire loads of that this week.
“However I believe there may be nonetheless a method to go. I’d like to have just a few extra gamers come down and play however it’s arduous with three tournaments within the schedule happening this week. Hopefully the Australian Open can get a date the place everybody who needs to can have the choice to return down right here and play.”
McIlroy will likely be again as a part of his two-year Australian Open deal to play at Kingston Heath later within the yr.
Prone to return too would be the event’s sensational winner Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen who produced an implausible up-and-down from the worst doable place to assert a drama-charged event at Royal Melbourne Golf Membership.
In entrance of greater than 33,000 followers packed into each vantage level on the 18th fairway, the Dane received a spot within the Masters in April with a nerveless 20-footer for par. However he waited a harrowing couple of minutes earlier than Queenslander Cameron Smith missed a five-footer which might have pressured a play-off.
It was the Dane’s first win on the DP World Tour. He was gracious in victory and stated regardless that he may need appeared calm, “It was a storm inside all day. I simply needed to maintain battling. To get it up and down for par from that (proper tough beside the 18th inexperienced), I don’t know what to say to be trustworthy.”
Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen claimed his first DP World Tour title and the bonus of an invite to the 2026 US Masters along with his win on the Crown Australian Open.
Neergaard-Petersen began the day with a two-shot lead and had fallen two behind strolling to the par three twelfth tee.
“The birdie on 12 was big. Getting again right into a tie for the lead. On the previous three days I had at all times managed to complete effectively coming in.”
An invite to the Masters was the icing on the cake for the Dane.
“The Masters is the occasion I’ve grown up watching so many occasions and I’ve dreamed of taking part in it,” the 26-year-old stated. “Simply to get to the occasion is superior. I used to be nonetheless taking part in school golf two and a half years in the past it’s all passed by so quick.”
Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland stated the rejuvenated Open occasion had exceeded all expectations.
“The gamers are the celebs however the crew behind the scenes has labored extraordinarily arduous. We’ve separated the lads from the ladies’s occasion (after a twin format trial) and this occasion has been elevated. It has been constructing ever since we introduced Rory and Royal Melbourne and has produced the best Australian Open ever. We now have seen in extra of 110,000 individuals by way of the gates.”
All energy to golf. RM and Rory have been an unmitigated success.
