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The ISPS HANDA Australian Open will be packed with stars and Australia's favourites returning home, see below confirmed players with more to come.
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Cameron Smith (QLD)
One of the superstars of Australian golf, Cam is determined to add the Stonehaven Cup to his illustrious list of achievements which includes the 2022 Open Championship, 2022 Players Championship and three Australian PGA titles. Cam is the captain of LIV Golf’s Ripper GC and led his team to three victories this year, including at home in Australia in Adelaide and the end-of-season teams championship. The ISPS HANDA Australian Open is one of four Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia events he is playing in the 2024/25 season.
Major wins: 1 (2022 Open Championship)
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 3 (2017, 2018, 2022 Australian PGA Championship)
PGA Tour wins: 6
DP World Tour wins: 4
LIV Golf wins: 3
2024 best finishes: T6 The Masters; T2 LIV Hong Kong; T2 LIV Singapore; T2 LIV United Kingdom; T6 LIV Andalucia
Min Woo Lee (WA)
One of the rising superstars in world golf, Min Woo’s spectacular play has allowed him to successfully follow the pathway from the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia to the DP World Tour and now the US PGA Tour. Always entertaining and with a huge social media presence, Min Woo produces his best golf in the big events. He was spectacular in the Australian majors last year, winning the Australian PGA Championship and finishing third in the ISPS HANDA Australian Open. Since then, he has represented Australia at the Paris Olympics and was named in the Internationals Team for the Presidents Cup.
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 2 (2019 Vic Open, 2023 Australian PGA Championship)
DP World Tour wins: 3
2024 best finishes: T2 Rocket Mortgage Classic; T2 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches
Joaquin Niemann (CHL)
Niemann is the ISPS HANDA Australian Open’s defending men’s champion after a memorable playoff win at The Australian last year. A member of the Internationals Team at the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in 2019, Niemann is a two-time winner on the PGA TOUR and rose to No.15 on the Official World Golf Ranking in 2022. He now predominantly plays in LIV Golf events and was victorious at both Jeddah and Mayakoba this year.
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 1 (2023 Australian Open)
Worldwide wins: 12
2024 best finishes: 1st LIV Golf Jeddah; 1st LIV Golf Mayakoba, 3rd International Series Oman; T9 Olympic Games
Cameron Davis (NSW)
A former Australian Amateur and Victorian Amateur champion, Cam’s first professional victory came in 2017 when, at age 22, he stunned the golf world with a closing 64 to claim the ISPS Australian Open title at The Australian Golf Club. It was the start of the rise up the world rankings which has seen the Seattle-based Sydneysider became a regular inside the top 50. Cam is a two-time winner of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour, the latest coming in June this year. Cam made his Presidents Cup debut for the International Team in 2022.
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 1 (2017 Australian Open)
PGA Tour wins: 2
2024 best finishes: 1st Rocket Mortgage Classic, T5 BMW Championship, T12 The Masters
Marc Leishman (VIC)
A constant presence on professional golf leaderboards for almost two decades, climbing to as high as 12th in the world with six top-10 finishes in major championships, Leishman would love to add the Stonehaven Cup to his list of achievements. All up, he’s been ranked in the top 50 in the world for more than 350 weeks. This year, the former Warrnambool junior played a key role in Ripper GC’s achievements in LIV Golf with three top-five finishes.
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 4 (2007 Toyota Southern Classic, 2006 Jisan Resort Open, 2006 Queensland Cairns Classic, 2006 Toyota Southern Classic)
US PGA Tour wins: 6
DP World Tour wins: 1
2024 best finishes: T2 LIV Singapore; T4 LIV Miami; T4 LIV Greenbrier; T10 LIV Andalucia
Lucas Herbert (VIC)
One of the best putters in world golf and coming to an end of his 10th year as a professional, Herbert has enjoyed a successful first year as part of the Ripper GC team which won the teams championship in LIV Golf. Originally from Bendigo in country Victoria, Herbert returned home to feature in two adidas PGA Pro-Am Series events earlier this year, winning at both Neangar Park and Axedale with spectacular rounds of 61-62.
Challenger PGA Tour Australasia wins: 0
PGA Tour wins: 1
DP World Tour wins: 3
2024 best finishes: 3 International Series Macau; T6 LIV Houston; T6 LIV Greenbrier; T6 LIV Chicago
Victor Perez (FRA)
Now a member of the PGA TOUR, Perez has claimed two of the biggest tournaments on the DP World Tour – the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. He has played in all four major championships with a best of T12 at the 2023 US PGA Championship and rose to a career best of 29th in the world in 2020. Perez’s PGA TOUR campaign this year featured two top-three finishes. This is his second visit to Australia as a professional.
DP World Tour wins: 3
Major wins: 0
2024 best finishes: 3rd Canadian Open; T3 Puerto Rico Open; 4th Olympic Games; T10 Scottish Open
Harry Higgs (USA)
Making his first trip to Australia, the genial Higgs is sure to be a popular figure with the Melbourne crowds. His successful 2024 campaign has included two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour to help him regain his PGA TOUR card for 2025. He’s come close to winning on the world’s toughest tour, securing runner-up finishes at the 2019 Bermuda Championship and 2020 Safeway Open. In 2021, the “Big Rig” had his best finish at a major, finishing T4 at the 2021 US PGA Championship.
Worldwide wins: 4
2024 best finishes: 1st AdventHealth Championship; 1st Visit Knoxville Open; T4 Compliance Solutions Championship
Jordan Smith (ENG)
A runner-up in this year’s BMW International Open in Germany, Smith counts two DP World Tour titles – the 2017 European Open and 2022 Portugal Masters – among his seven wins as a professional. His Portugal victory included two rounds of 62 in an amazing 30-under-par total. Smith also has 10 major championships on his record with a top-10 at the 2017 US PGA Championship as his career-best.
DP World Tour wins: 2
2024 best finishes: T2 BMW International Open; T2 Jonsson Workwear Open; 4th Dubai Invitational; T4 Andalucia Masters; T7 Irish Open
Ashleigh Buhai (RSA)
Some of the best golf of Ashleigh’s career has come in the past three years, including a debut major championship win at the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield in Scotland and back-to-back victories at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open, both by one-stroke margins. She turned pro just after her 18th birthday and qualified for the LPGA Tour for the first time seven years later. Ashleigh has been a frequent visitor to Australia since her amateur days, including a win at the Jack Newton Junior International Classic in 2004. She has two wins on the LPGA Tour and has professional victories on four different continents.
WPGA Tour Australasia wins: 2 (2022 & 2023 Australian Open)
Worldwide wins: 22
Major wins: 1
2024 best finishes: T6 BMW Ladies Championship, T10 Aramco Ladies Invitational; T12 Shoprite LPGA Classic; T13 Olympic Games
Hannah Green (WA)
The two-time Olympian and former major championship winner has enjoyed one of the best years of her distinguished career in 2024. Three victories on the LPGA Tour – the HSBC Women’s World Championship, the JM Eagle LA Championship and the BMW Ladies Championship – helped to lift the West Australian to a career-best world ranking of No.5, making her the highest ranked Australian golfer, male or female. The ISPS HANDA Australian Open has eluded Green so far – she was fifth in 2023 - but she’s extremely determined to fill that gap on her impressive resume.
Major championships: 1
LPGA Tour wins: 6
WPGA Tour of Australasia wins: 4
2024 best finishes: 1st HSBC Women’s World Championship, 1st JM Eagle LA Championship, 2 Mizuho Americas Open, T4 Olympic Games
Minjee Lee (WA)
Minjee became a three-time Olympian earlier this year when she represented Australia at the Paris Games, adding to her experiences at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The West Australian’s 2024 LPGA Tour campaign included five top-10 finishes to keep her safely inside the top 20 on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings – a position she has held for the last 10 years. Last year, Minjee staged a last-round charge at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open to eventually finish second to Ash Buhai.
WPGA Tour Australasia wins: 2 (2014 Vic Open; 2018 Vic Open)
Worldwide wins: 13
Major wins: 2
2024 best finishes: T3 Hana Financial Group Championship; T4 Blue Bay LPGA; T7 Cognizant Founders Cup; 8th Buick LPGA Shanghai; T9 US Women’s Open
Jenny Shin (Korea)
A professional since 2010, Jenny has enjoyed a successful year on the LPGA Tour with 10 top-20 finishes. She gained her first LPGA Tour card in 2011 and has been inside the top 100 on the world ranking list for the past 11 years. In 2016, she secured the only win of her LPGA career so far at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. Last year, Jenny contended at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open, eventually finishing T3, and she returned to Sydney to be runner-up at the Webex Players Series event at Castle Hill.
Worldwide wins: 2
2024 best finishes: 2nd Webex Players Series Sydney; T3 CPKC Women’s Open; T9 Shoprite LPGA Classic; T10 Seri Pak Chmpionship; T12 Amundi Evian Championship
Jiyai Shin (Korea)
A frequent and successful visitor to Australia who now plays most of her golf in Japan, Jiyai is a former world No.1 and a two-time major championship winner. Her 2024 highlight so far was finishing T2 behind Lydia Ko at the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews. This week, Jiyai will be chasing her second Women’s Australian Open title after triumphing at Royal Adelaide in 2013. With 64 wins worldwide on six different tours, she is the winningest Korean golfer, male or female, of all time.
WPGA Tour Australasia wins: 4 (2013 Australian Open; 2016 RACV Ladies Masters; 2018 Canberra Classic; 2023 Women’s Vic Open).
Worldwide wins: 64
Major wins: 2
2024 best finishes: T2 AIG Women’s Open; 2nd Vic Open; 3rd V Point*Eneos Golf Tournament;T4 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
Danielle Kang (USA)
Danielle first created headlines when she qualified for the US Open as a 14-year-old. As an amateur, she won the US Women’s Amateur twice and played in all four majors in 2011. The highlight of her professional career so far was claiming the 2017 KPMG Women's LPGA Championship, one of the majors of women’s golf. Danielle climbed to a career-high of No.4 in the world in 2019 and has represented the US four times in the Solheim Cup.
Worldwide wins: 6
Major wins: 1
2024 best finishes: T20 Honda LPGA Thailand
Grace Kim (NSW)
The winner of the Australian Women’s Amateur in 2021, Grace has made a highly successful transition to professional golf, breaking through for her first LPGA Tour win in 2023 at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. The Sydneysider had a runner-up finish this year at the Meijer LPGA Classic only missing out on the title in a playoff. Grace came close to winning the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in her last appearance on the Melbourne Sandbelt, finishing in fourth place in 2022 followed by T7 last year.
WPGA Tour Australasia wins: 0
Worldwide wins: 4
Major wins: 0
2024 best finishes: T2 Meijer LPGA Classic; T9 Portland Classic; T12 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
Steph Kyriacou (NSW)
A member of the LPGA Tour for the past three years, Steph is the No.4 Australian on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and almost snared her first major championship at the Amundi Evian Championship in France in July this year, only missing out on a playoff by a single stroke. Steph finished in a share of fifth at last year’s ISPS HANDA Australian Open. She now has 21 top-10s in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings tournaments.
WPGA Tour Australasia wins: 1 (2020 Australian Ladies Classic)
Worldwide wins: 2
Major wins: 0
2024 best finishes: 2nd The Amundi Evian Championship; T12th Shoprite LPGA Classic
