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A pair of promising young talents, Nathan Barbieri and James Conran are among the favourites at this week’s WA PGA Championship.

Australia’s summer of golf gets underway on Thursday with the WA PGA Championship in the outback mining town of Kalgoorlie.

If there wasn’t a golf tournament in Kalgoorlie, it’s fair to say Ben Eccles would never have set foot in the mining town nearly 700kms northeast of Perth … and he’d be poorer, both financially and in life experience, for it.

Jon Rahm is quitting LIV Golf due to “unacceptable” terms, the star’s lawyer said on Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the divisive breakaway tour as it attempts to relaunch itself after declaring bankruptcy.

Poland’s Adrian Meronk wept tears of joy after winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship by two strokes as he powered past rival Casey Jarvis in a dramatic final day on Sunday.