Golf

Tributes are pouring in across the sporting world after the sad news that legendary golfing pioneer Lee Elder has passed away at the age of 87. Elder is being remembered as a "trailblazer" and a "hero" after becoming the first Black man to compete at the Masters in 1975.

He sent a scare through the Australian golf community but Andre Stolz is ready to pick up where he left off at the Gold Coast Senior PGA Championship.

Daniel Gale’s playing partners said it all as the Sydneysider strode towards the score return at Dubbo Golf Club after round one of the Western Open.

Starts alongside Australian golf’s biggest stars and the world's richest Associate prize purse go on the line at the PGA Associate National Championship.

Rising Australian golf star Steph Kyriacou has ended her Ladies European Tour season by banking a 70,000 Euro ($A112,000) windfall – the perfect late brirthday present before she undertakes a marathon journey to the US in a bid to earn her card on the LPGA Tour.

Long-time Canberra professional Matt Millar won the event on 10-under after firing a course record 64 on day one. Gill claimed one of the three spots on offer for the NSW Open for those not already qualified for the 72-hole event at Concord Golf Club in March.

Australians Whitney Hillier and Steph Kyriacou are both poised for top-10 finishes in the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana but their chances of victory appear slim with leader Carlota Ciganda on course for a home victory.

The driver allegedly failed to stop as directed, before travelling at speed southbound on the Newell Highway toward Dubbo.

South African golfer Thriston Lawrence has won the Joburg Open after the third round was abandoned because of bad weather, leaving the result to be called after just 36 holes of the inaugural event on the newly-rebranded European Tour.

One man was left with life-threatening injuries and two others seriously injured following a two-car collision in Kialla on Friday night. Shepparton police observed a grey Volkswagen Golf which was allegedly travelling at high speed on Old Dookie Rd just after 10pm.