The Draw: 2025 Nedbank Golf Challenge, Hero World Challenge, LPGA Final Qualifying

In this episode of The Draw, host Nathan Rarick delves into a busy week in the golf world. He starts with updates from the beginning of the 2026 DP World Tour season, with events in Australia and South Africa. He highlights Rasmus Højgaard's win and Kristoff Reitan's victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. In the 2025 Hero World Challenge, we saw Hideki Matsuyama claim his second title at the event. 

This week, we also saw Final Qualifying for the LPGA Tour, which resulted in 31 women securing their tour cards for the next season despite the rough weather. 

Nathan also previews the Grant Thornton Invitational and discusses ongoing issues like the PGA and LIV Golf merger rumors and the challenges faced by the DP World Tour.

The Draw is a Fairway to Green podcast. See all episodes at www.fairwaytogreen.com.

Chapters

• 0:15 DP World Tour: Crown Australian Open & Nedbank Golf Challenge
• 8:08 PGA Tour: Hero World Challenge
• 10:05 LPGA Tour: Final Qualifying
• 12:32 Grant Thornton Invitational Preview
• 18:02 PGA Tour Qualifying School and Player News
• 20:16 LIV Golf and PGA Tour Merger Speculations