A time to learn the ropes


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 27 Apr 2025

Malaysia’s Jeneath Wong at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Course in Evans, Georgia. The Melbourne-based amateur is in this week’s Chevron Championship in Texas. — AFP

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