Unable to play during the pandemic, touring Australians have instead taken jobs in real estate, fruit markets and the NDIS. app85 golf professionalgolf recreationalgolf PGA LPGA
But there are just as many stories of others being unable to keep going as the country opens back up.
Apart from a rush of events at the beginning of this year before Sydney’s Delta variant outbreak - including Braith Anasta’s TPS Sydney, the Queensland Open and NSW Open - Australia’s professional golfing calendar has been stifled in 2021. “But the calibre of player in this country is massive. Per capita, how we perform [overseas and domestically against visiting golfers] is incredible. Maybe this has shown participation will still boom without professional golf in Australia.”
To have their concerns about the state of the local game heard, more than 50 players have joined an advisory group called the Oceania Golf Players Association, which is headed by veteran players representative Joseph Sponholz. “But we can’t be in the business of losing money because every dollar we lose on a tournament is one dollar less we can put into growing the game in a participation sense.”
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