Women’s Golf is Australia’s ONLY golf magazine dedicated to women golfers. Full of great tips and training ideas, equipment reviews, industry news, course profiles, golf fashion, athlete interviews, golf holidays & much more.
2025 is shaping up to be a wonderful year for women who play golf. Why? Well, for starters, the majority of Australian golf clubs have evolved (finally) to become a highly welcoming environment for us gals and female membership numbers are evidently on the increase. Secondly, the women’s professional golf fan base is growing massively and the player's prize purses are also trending up, although the money is still no match for the men competing in PGA and/or LIV events. Nevertheless, times are changing and a recognisable commitment to our game by way of global sports brands supporting us, golf travel destinations catering to the female market (read Jess McAlister’s piece on page 44 to learn more about the booming golf travel industry) and for me, it’s super obvious that…
We are well and truly into the 2024-25 Australian Summer of Golf and have some super exciting events coming up on our schedule over the next month! The Webex Players Series Events held in early 2025 have been super competitive and with The Athena coming up on the first weekend in March at the magnificent Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club, followed by the Australian WPGA Championship the following week at Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club held alongside the inaugural Gold Coast Festival of Golf on Queensland’s Gold Coast, fans are in for a real treat! The Australian Women’s Classic at Coffs Harbour Golf Club and the NSW Open at Wollongong Golf Club will round off a three-week swing of co-sanctioned tournaments in Australia on the Ladies European Tour, which…
EMMA CARPENTER – SPORTS JOURNALIST Emma Carpenter is a dynamic sports broadcaster, media personality, and content creator. With a B.A in Journalism and an M.A. in Marketing from the University of Minnesota, Emma is a recent graduate who has built a career that bridges her passion for sports and storytelling. A former Division 1 golfer, Emma played for the women’s golf team at the University of Minnesota and has been playing competitive golf for 11 years. Her dedication to her sports media craft has earned her numerous accolades. Currently, Emma serves as a play-by-play host for PGA Tour LIVE, as a play-by-play host for the Golfzon Simulator World Tour, and as an ambassador and media personality. ADRIANA DONNOLA – BEAUTY EDITOR Adriana has over 25 years’ experience writing fashion, beauty…
HSBC WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore. Feb 27 to March 2 First played in 2008, this event is part of the LPGA’s early-season swing through Asia. Hannah Green is confirmed to play and defend her 2024 title; she and her peers will be competing for 2.4 million USD; a 400,000 USD increase over last year. Past winners include Inbee Park (twice), Jin-young Ko (twice) Lorena Ochoa, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb, Angela Stanford, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie West. Sentosa Golf Club hosts a terrific tournament with plenty of action on and off the course for spectators to enjoy. Players often interact with fans during onsite activations and golf brands such as ECCO, Titleist and Tumi effectively showcase their wares for fans to inspect/test. The HSBC Women’s World Championship…
HELEN BRIEM (Germany) AGE: 192024 ORDER OF MERIT: 27thACHIEVEMENTS: 1x LET win, 4x LETAS wins, 2023 Girls Amateur Champion, 2x PING Junior Solheim Cup winner, 1x Junior Ryder Cup winner It was a historic year for Helen Briem in 2024 as the world’s best amateur turned pro before becoming a winning machine on the LET Access Series (LETAS). In June, Briem made history winning three times in a row before adding a fourth title at the Rose Ladies Open later in the year – the most in a single season on the feeder circuit. But the big-hitting German wasn’t done there. Having lost in a playoff to Perrine Delacour at the Helsingborg Open she went one better on the LET winning the La Sella Open in September to fast-track her…
However, unlike many of her fellow action sport-loving 20-somethings, Bennett possesses an immense talent for golf that has seen her travel the world. The hugely popular WPGA Tour of Australasia player continuing her climb up the ladders of the professional game this year when she will play a full schedule on the Ladies European Tour (LET) for the first time after a 2024 campaign that included multiple victories and qualifying school success. Starting the game at Mollymook Golf Club with her grandparents, her “Nan” still very much earning a spot in her dream foursome alongside Ash Barty and Chris Hemsworth, Bennett realised her talent for the game in her teens. The former amateur standout climbing through the ranks to represent her country, an eye always on Europe once she was…
