Australian PGA Championship: A Long-Lost Battle for the American Pro Golfers

Published 11/28/2023, 6:54 AM EST

The 2023 Australian PGA Championship has recently come to an end. The highlights of the event have been trending all over the golf world. As the event ended, one crucial detail seemed to have caught the golf world’s attention. Interestingly enough, the event winners’ history seems to not be on the United States of America’s side.

The history of the renowned Australian PGA Championship is proof that it is a tough conquer for the American players. A curious search through the records of past winners reveals that the famous competition has seen very few American players win the game throughout the years. As a matter of fact, only one American has won the Australian PGA Championship during the last decade.

The one lucky American golfer who was able to do so was the LIV golfer, Harold Varner III. He achieved this remarkable feat around 7 years ago in 2016. The same year Andrew Dodt, the Australian professional finished as the runner-up of the event. Additionally, the American professional golfer, Johannes Veerman, tied for 10th at the famous Championship in 2019. However, after Varner’s glorious win no American has been able to decode the Australian PGA Championship’s secret to success.

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Sadly, adding to the list of disappointments, not even one American golfer has won the championship in the past five years. The first American golfer to host the country’s flag high at the tournament before Harold Varner III was Hale Irwin, long back in 1978. These pages of history are proof that the Australian PGA Championship has been a tricky one for the Americans to rule the victory in their favor.

One may even say that American professional golfers mostly have a hard time on Australian soil. This year’s leaderboard has also revealed the Australian PGA Championship is a tough nut to crack for the American pros.

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2023 also resulted in disappointment for American fans and golfers

The Australian professional golfer, Min Woo Lee won the interesting event by three shots. This year’s leaderboard has also revealed that America’s luck is surely off when it comes to the Australian PGA Tour Championship.

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Following Min Woo Lee’s lead on the leaderboard are Japanese professional golfer Rikuya Hoshino and Australian professional golfer Marc Leishman. Thus reiterating the lack of any American even in the top three in this year’s championship and thus continuing the curse. What do you think about America’s sad story in the Australian Championship? Share your views in the comments sections below.

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I, Daiemah Malik, have loved writing for as long as I can remember. It started with practicing poetry in front of the mirror, eventually translating into my passion for writing at EssentiallySports. The values that the sport of golf has instilled in my writing are truly incomparable, and because of it, writing currently tops my to-do list on a dull day, coming over even my love for indulging in spirited debates on anything and everything, including my hidden forte, politics.

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Australian PGA Championship: A Long-Lost Battle for the American Pro Golfers

2023 also resulted in disappointment for American fans and golfers

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