Jason Norris – file photo
2024 has seen a great increase in the amount of Australians playing the USPGA Tour Champions and this week’s field for the Sanford International is a great example of just that.
The event, being played at the Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls in South Dakota, will see 12 Australians teeing it up, perhaps one of the largest line-up of Australians ever in a PGA Tour Champions event.
Throw in New Zealand’s Steve Alker and the representation from our part of the world is even stronger.
Richard Green, Rod Pampling, Mark Hensby, Stuart Appleby, Stephen Allan, Greg Chalmers, John Senden, Cameron Percy, David Bransdon, Michael Wright, Mathew Goggin and Jason Norris will join Alker in the field.
Goggin and Norris each gained one of the three positions available in event qualifying in Sioux Falls on Tuesday and, for Norris, it is especially exciting as he gets just his second start in a PGA Tour Champions event having played the Rogers event in Calgary earlier after again pre qualifying.
Goggin topped the three qualifiers with a round of 63 while Norris was round in 64 amongst the 36 players attempting to get a start in the US$2.1 million event.
