Defending champions New South Wales will face off against a powerhouse Victorian team in a mouth-watering opening-round match-up of the Australian Interstate Teams Matches starting on Monday at Southport Golf Club.

The best men and women amateur golfers from across the country will converge on the Gold Coast for three days to contest the most prestigious teams event in Australian amateur golf.

Each state is brimming with exceptional talent, many of whom have already made a mark in professional tournaments on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia.

The format will see each of the six states play each other across five rounds, with eight matches in each tie consisting of four men’s and four women’s matches.

The leading two teams at the completion of the round robin matches will then face-off in the final from midday on Wednesday.

For many, it will be their final shot at state team success before they move into the professional ranks, while New South Wales have four players backing up from last year’s thrilling win over South Australia.

Annika Rathbone, Rachel Lee, Jye Pickin and Declan O’Donovan all return in 2024 while their opponents in Round 1, Victoria, have four players who were victorious in 2022.

Since that win two years ago, Phoenix Campbell became the first amateur to win the Queensland PGA Championship, Jasper Stubbs has played in the Masters after his Asia-Pacific Amateur win at Royal Melbourne, Amelia Harris [pictured] was runner-up at the Australian Women’s Amateur Championship in January and Molly McLean claimed the Dunes Medal last December.

The home team from Queensland also boasts a squad with experience in professional events.

Quinn Croker has already secured a Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia through the Future Tour for when he turns pro while Justice Bosio and Sarah Hammett have both performed strongly in WPGA events the past two years.

The South Australian team will be led by Caitlin Peirce and Amelia Whinney, while the West Australian team features four players from Mount Lawley Golf Club, the home club of five-time LPGA Tour winner Hannah Green.

TEAMS
New South Wales: Annika Rathbone (The Australian), Rachel Lee (Avondale), Ella Scaysbrook (The Australian), Sophie Eppelstun (Catalina Club), Amy Squires (Concord), Jye Pickin (Avondale), Declan O’Donovan (Avondale), Jye Halls (New South Wales), Jeff Pullen (St Michael’s), Coby Carruthers (Concord).

Queensland: Justice Bosio (Caboolture), Hannah Reeves (Brisbane GC), Sarah Hammett (Emerald Lakes), Shyla Singh (Southport GC), Ionna Muir (Maroochy River), Quinn Croker (Royal Queensland), Lincoln Morgan (Royal Queensland), Harry Takis (Virginia), Will Bowen (Royal Queensland), Kai Komulainen (Emerald Lakes).

South Australia: Caitlin Peirce (Royal Adelaide), Amelia Whinney (Grange), Raegan Denton (Royal Adelaide), Matilda Miels (Kooyonga), Imogen Jessen (Kooyonga), Sam Earl (The Vines), Kyle Hayter (Kooyonga), Jack Tanner (Glenelg), Kade Bryant (Glenelg), Joshua Grundel (Royal Adelaide).

Tasmania: Tailah Mowat (Ulverstone), Mackenzie Wilson (Tasmania), Mackenzie Thomas (Royal Hobart), Jorjah Bailey (Launceston), Joey Bower (Royal Hobart), Ronan Filgate (Launceston), Jonty Lunson (Devonport), Eli Monaghan (Royal Hobart), Mitch Van Noord (Launceston).

Western Australia: Amanda Gan (Mount Lawley), Isabella Leniartek (Mount Lawley), Amie Phobubpa (Joondalup), Erina Tan (Mount Lawley), Abbie Teasdale (Royal Fremantle), Joseph Buttress (The Western Australian), Jordan Doull (Mount Lawley), Josiah Edwards (Gosnells), Connor Fewkes (Goldfields), Michael Hanrahan Smith (Cottesloe).

Victoria: Phoenix Campbell (Yarra Yarra), Jasper Stubbs (Peninsula-Kingswood), Abel Eduard (Kingston Heath), Connor McDade (Royal Melbourne), Siddharth Nadimpalli (Spring Valley), Amelia Harris (Yarra Yarra), Jazy Roberts (Belvoir Park), Molly McLean (The National), Shanaiah Fernando (Yarra Yarra), Seabil Leong (The Metropolitan).

Draw
Round 1
7am Monday
Western Australia vs South Australia
Queensland vs Tasmania
New South Wales vs Victoria

Round 2
12pm Monday
Queensland vs Victoria
New South Wales vs South Australia
Tasmania vs Western Australia

Round 3
7am Tuesday
Queensland vs New South Wales
Victoria vs Western Australia
Tasmania vs South Australia

Round 4
12pm Tuesday
Tasmania vs New South Wales
South Australia vs Victoria
Western Australia vs Queensland

Round 5
7am Wednesday
Victoria vs Tasmania
Western Australia vs New South Wales
South Australia vs Queensland

Final
12pm Wednesday