Event Notes: Australian PGA Championship Will Have Party Hole

The Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast "will have its very own party hole this year," complete with a beach, "in a nod to the city’s famous coastline." The 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale -- during the PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open -- is regarded as "the loudest hole in golf" and Royal Pines "will deliver its own take on the phenomenon by transforming its 16th hole" when players tee off on Nov. 29 (AAP, 10/18).

The Hong Kong Squash Open will offer equal prize money to men and women for the first time next month, with organizers saying that it is "high time it catches up" with other events on the world circuit. The Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open, staged from Nov. 19-25, will offer a total of $329,000 in prize money, "which will be split equally between men and women" (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 10/18).