Golf Australia’s Chief Executive James Sutherland says that the national sporting organisation plans to push ahead with a mixed ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney in 2023 after the experiment in Melbourne earlier this month … but there will likely be tweaks to the format.
They include the possibility of a less-severe cut to 30 players on the final day of the men’s tournament, which has been criticised by some players.
Sutherland said the feedback from commercial and government partners from the 1-4 December Australian Open which included men’s, women’s and All Abilities tournaments on the same venues at the same time, was “resoundingly” positive.
He said there would be no pulling back from the concept, which is a first for a national Open in the world of golf. “I don’t think there’s any way that we can go back after the success of this year.”
The 2023…