Four of the brightest young talents in Australian golf have been rewarded with selection in Golf Australia’s Rookie Squad for 2023.
West Australian rookie professionals Kirsten Rudgeley, Connor McKinney and Hayden Hopewell along with second-year Queensland professional Cassie Porter are the new additions to the squad following their amateur careers and an exciting start to their professional journeys.
The new quartet follow in the footsteps of the likes of Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert as a Rookie Squad member after Golf Australia implemented the program several years ago to help young professionals during their early years on tours around the globe as well as the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia.
Rookie squad players receive a level of funding to help them through the period of establishing themselves as travelling…