Together
JAMES SUTHERLAND
CEO Golf Australia
The 2022 ISPS HANDA Australian Open was a triumph, in our view, which is not to say that it was perfect. We took a risk by staging our marquee event with a new format, but the positives far outweighed the negatives.
We think it was a great week for Australian golf, with the Open coming back after two years of absence caused by the pandemic and the travel restrictions. The crowds (well above 50,000 for the week) were the biggest we have seen at an Open for more than a decade, since the 2011 edition at The Lakes when Tiger
