The Australian Masters, a Down Under tradition on the PGA Tour of Australasia calendar, will not be played this year, organizers announced.
In November, Australian Peter Senior, at 56, became the oldest winner in event history when the Masters returned to its longtime home, Melbourne’s Huntingdale Golf Club. The roster of past champions includes Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Bernhard Langer and Adam Scott. The tournament, first played in 1979, had been co-sponsored by the European Tour in 2006-09.
Aaron Baddeley, an Australian who won the 2007 Aussie Masters, said Thursday at the Shell Houston Open that it was “sad news.