WPGA player Danielle Vasquez-Boyd, Golf NSW Women’s State Team Captain Annika Rathbone, Wollongong MP Paul Scully, Wollongong City Lord Mayor elect Tania Brown, Lara Thomsen and Mimi Thomsen from Wollongong Golf Club. Photo: Golf NSW.
Wollongong Golf Club will host the prestigious $500,000 Women’s NSW Open championship for the first time.
Set to be played in March 2025, the tournament has been the catalyst for some of the brightest stars in the game to begin their careers.
For others, victory in the Women’s NSW Open helped underline their legacy to the sport.
Dame Laura Davies, widely acknowledged as one of women’s golf’s greatest-ever players, lifted the trophy in 2008 and former women’s world number one and the 2024 Olympic champion, Kiwi Lydia Ko, won her first women’s professional event at the age of 13 in the 2012 Women’s NSW Open.
The week prior to the NSW Open championships, the Australian Women’s Classic will be held at Coffs Harbour Golf Club, also a first for the mid-North Coast club.
More than 130 of the world’s best female golfers from about 40 countries will battle it out at the two venues.
Wollongong MP Paul Scully, also Planning and Public Spaces Minister, said the Women’s NSW Open would be a wonderful opportunity to showcase the Illawarra region to the world.
“We look forward to welcoming this premier event to Wollongong in 2025 and seeing some of the best female golfers in the world battle it out against the backdrop of the stunning Wollongong coastline,” he said.
The back-to-back tournaments will be broadcast live, reaching fans across Australia and Europe.
Golf NSW CEO Stuart Fraser said the organisation looked forward to showcasing some of the brightest talent in women’s professional golf.
“Golf NSW, with the support of the NSW Government, is thrilled to be able to bring the Women’s NSW Open to two fabulous venues like Wollongong and Coffs Harbour next year,” he said.
“It will be exciting to watch some of the sport’s best female athletes from around the globe competing in regional NSW for two of Australia’s most prestigious championships.”
WPGA Tour of Australasia CEO Karen Lunn said the tournaments were an unprecedented opportunity for players to compete against world-class opposition on home soil.
“Competing for over $1 million on some of NSW’s most esteemed regional courses is a game-changer for women’s golf in Australia,” she said.
“This level of competition and reward is instrumental in advancing the sport and inspiring the next generation of female golfers.”
The Women’s NSW Open will be played at Wollongong from 20-23 March 2025.
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