As the BMW Australian PGA Championship wraps up in Brisbane, attention turns south to Melbourne, where the 2025 Crown Australian Open will take place. Back on the iconic Melbourne Sandbelt, the prestigious event returns to The Royal Melbourne Golf Club for the first time since 1991, and is set to take place from December 4-7.

This will be the second event on the DP World Tour’s Opening Swing Schedule for 2026, and it appears on the schedule for the fourth consecutive time. The 72-hole stroke play event, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the DP World Tour, will begin with 156 players. But after two rounds, only the top 65 players and ties, along with the top amateurs, will make it to the weekend and have a chance at the $2,000,000 (AUD) prize purse.

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