The third edition of the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open kickstarted a few hours ago, and the opening round has successfully concluded for the day. For yet another year, it is featuring both men and women in conjunction with two different courses. The DP World Tour players are at the Kingston Heath Golf Club, and the WPGA Tour of Australia players are playing at the Victoria Golf Club. However, it should be noted that the opening two rounds take place at both courses, with alternating men’s and women’s groups. 

Every player competes in a round at each course before they make the cut and advance to Kingston Heath Golf Club for the final two rounds. In the men’s leaderboard, currently, Lucas Herbert has taken the lead, four strokes ahead of Ryggs Johnston, while on the women’s leaderboard, amateur Hyonjin Yang is ahead of Justice Bosio and Jiyai Shin with a one-stroke lead. But what will the winner take home?

The total prize pool is $3.4 million, evenly divided between the men’s and women’s competitions. In addition to prize money, the men’s field has an added incentive: a chance to qualify for next year’s Open Championship. The top three finishers who make the cut and are not already exempt will secure their spots at the Royal Portrush Major.

The winner gets to take home $289,000. While the runner-up and second runner-up will be entitled to get $187,000, and $107,100, respectively. All the players landing on the top 65 of the leaderboard will be getting a portion of the total prize money, with the golfer at the bottom grabbing only $4,080. Here is the final payout of the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open as per Golf Monthly:

If you have already booked your tickets for Melbourne to watch the players live this weekend, you are indeed up for a thrilling weekend. However, if you ended up missing the opening round just because you could not make it, you can still be part of the remaining action. That too from the comfort of your house.

Catch the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open on Fox Sports

All four rounds of the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open are scheduled to stream live on Fox Sports, but the times are according to AEDT, so make sure you check that. The second round will have the same timing as the first round and will be available from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. On Saturday, the round will be broadcast from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm, while the final round will be streaming on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

You can also catch it on 9Network available on Foxtel and Kayo. It will be streaming live there as well, and the timings will remain the same as Fox Sports on all the days. Make sure you do not miss out on the fun. Who do you think will take home the trophy this year? Let us know in the comments section below!