18 Mar 2025 | Tournaments | Professional golf | Women and girls | Golf Australia |
How to follow: Ford Women’s NSW Open
by Jimmy Emanuel
The WPGA Tour of Australasia and Ladies European Tour (LET) co-sanctioned swing of events comes to a conclusion this week at the Ford Women’s NSW Open at Wollongong Golf Club.
Shaping as the first of the events to go the full 72-hole distance, 132 players have entered, made up of LET stars, leading players from the WPGA Tour of Australasia, top amateurs and those who have played their way in via the Golf NSW Regional Qualifying Series.
Located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, Wollongong Golf Club came into existence in 1897 as a nine-hole course with New South Wales legend Eric Apperly and Ross Watson having added elements to the course over the years.
Belgium’s Manon De Roey will arrive full of confidence after her Australian Women’s Classic victory, with LET Order of Merit leader Cara Gainer also in good form following her win in Morocco and runner-up finish in Coffs Harbour.
On the local front, prior experience at Wollongong might assist the likes of Kelsey Bennett, Kirsten Rudgeley and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard who were part of the Australian Junior Amateur here in 2017, while Sarah Kemp continues her return from a broken leg.
The opening round will mark a special occasion for Thai Cholcheva Wongras, who finished third last week and turns 18 on Thursday.
LAST YEAR’S CHAMPION: Mariajo Uribe (COL)
PRIZEMONEY: €300,000
HOST COURSE: Wollongong Golf Club
FORMAT: 72-hole stroke play competition with a cut to the top-60 professionals and ties after 36 holes
LIVE SCORES: www.wpga.org.au , www.ladieseuropeantour.com , www.womensnswopen.com.au
TV COVERAGE: The Ford Women’s NSW Open is live on Fox Sports, available on Foxtel and Kayo.
*All times AEDT.
Round 3: Saturday 11am-4pm (Fox Sports 507/Kayo)
Round 4: Sunday 11am-4pm (Fox Sports 507/Kayo)
HEADLINERS
Manon De Roey, 2025 Australian Women’s Classic winner
Sarah Kemp, LPGA Tour player
Kirsten Rudgeley, 12th on 2024 LET Order of Merit
Cara Gainer, 2025 LET Order of Merit leader
Meghan MacLaren, 2022 Australian Women’s Classic champion and two-time Women’s NSW Open winner
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Former world No.1 amateur
Momoka Kobori, 2023 Women’s NSW Open winner
Abbie Teasdale, 2025 Drummond Golf Melbourne International winner
Photo: Tristan Jones/Ladies European Tour
The Ford Women's NSW Open is proudly supported by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.
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