The tournament has seen male and female professional golfers, as well as elite amateurs and All-Abilities players uniquely teeing off alongside one another in the first event of the 2023-24 Webex Players Series.

Sixteen juniors will tee off on Saturday as part of a 36-hole tournament.

The Webex Players Series is an exciting addition to a jam-packed calendar of SA major sporting events over the next 12 months including the Adelaide 500, the Adelaide International, Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Equestrian Festival, Wheelchair Rugby National Championships, and the Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final.

Fans, coaches, officials, and support staff are visiting SA for the event, and experiencing the world-class offerings the surrounding McLaren Vale wine region has to offer.

The Fleurieu Peninsula, including Willunga, contributes $665 million to South Australia’s visitor economy, with more than 4,000 people directly employed in tourism in the region.

The tournament is being broadcast on Foxtel/Kayo.

Quotes attributable to Katrine Hildyard

This exciting event is bringing players, supporters, fans, coaches and others to our state. Visitors and locals who experience this tournament will be thrilled by the skills of a diverse range of players and will see exactly why South Australia is famous for its major events, sport and premium food and wine.

Our government wants sport to be inclusive and welcoming. We want as many people as possible to experience the many benefits that being involved in sport brings.

This tournament is like no other. It is uniquely inclusive with golfers of every ability teeing off alongside each other and with it being held in beautiful Willunga, in the heart of the McLaren Vale wine region.

I welcome the Webex Players Series and encourage people to come and support these excellent golfers and all that Willunga and the broader McLaren Vale region has to offer.

This tournament and the recently announced Wheelchair Rugby National Championships highlight the power of sport to bring people together. They add to a remarkable array of sporting events our state will proudly host.

Quotes attributable to Leon Bignell

The Malinauskas Government’s $40 million investment into the Major Events Fund is paying dividends for SA with the Webex Players Series being warmly welcomed by the Willunga community, and the broader McLaren Vale Wine region.

I invite South Aussies to come down to our beautiful part of the world this weekend to enjoy local food and wine while watching some of the country’s best golfers.

There is an exciting final day shaping up across the board on Sunday.

Quotes attributable to Nick Dastey, PGA of Australia General Manager of Tournaments & Global Tour Relationships

Our Webex Players Series is growing at an exciting rate. In just three years, it has grown from two inaugural events to five and we are delighted to bring both the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, and the WPGA Tour of Australasia to the beautiful McLaren Vale region at the Willunga Golf Course.

With our men and women playing on the same course, for the same purse and trophy, plus All-Abilities golfers and elite juniors contesting their events, the Webex Players Series South Australia provides something for everyone.

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