MELBOURNE: Australian golf observed Jason Day's arrival to the highest point of the world rankings this week yet locally the game battles to hit the same statures with a marquee occasion in Melbourne dumped on Wednesday.
The Australian Masters was first held in 1979 and has been won in the past by significant champions Tiger Woods, Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman, Adam Scott and Justin Rose yet coordinators IMG said the occasion required an upgrade and would not be arranged for the current year.
"As a component of IMG's continuous advancement of its golf occasions business, the organization is presently rethinking its Australian Masters occasion to guarantee the conveyance of a world-class experience," David Rollo, VP and executive of golf for IMG Australia and New Zealand said in an announcement.
The A$750,000 ($574,000) Masters was last held in November at the Huntingdale Golf Club and won by Australian Peter Senior, who, at 56, turned into the most established victor in the occasion's history. World number six Scott completed fifth behind Senior and his appearances lately had helped a competition which tumbled off the European Tour plan in 2009. Scott was intended to be joined in the field by different real champ Ernie Els a year ago however the South African, presently positioned 219 on the planet, picked to stay home with family.
In the interim, the Australian Open has possessed the capacity to pull in the top names in the diversion, including Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth as of late. The Masters void leaves 14 occasions on the 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia date-book this year.
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