Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston has won his first professional title by claiming the Australian Open by three stokes, while South Korea’s Jiyai Shin claimed her second Women’s Australian Open which was played concurrently at two courses on the famed Melbourne sand belt.

Ryggs Johnston, who recently graduated from Arizona State, earned the biggest win of his young career in Australia.

Jiyai Shin won the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Women’s Open on Sunday, her second time winning the event which is played concurrently at two courses on the Australian sand belt in Melbourne. Ryggs Johnston won the men’s event Sunday.