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.

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.

Golf marvel Jiyai Shin is breathing easier after keeping Ashleigh Buhai at bay to claim her second Australia Open title in a dramatic finish at Kingston Heath.

Jiyai Shin's stunning finish hands her a lead over Aussie hope Hannah Green, while Ryggs Johnston, named after Mel Gibson's character from the Lethal Weapon franchise, shares top spot in the men's event with Victorian Lucas Herbert.

South Korea's Shin Jiyai overcame late nerves and a brave charge from double defending champion Ashleigh Buhai to seal her second Australian Open title on Sunday with a two-stroke victory at a wet and wild Kingston Heath.

South Korea's Riyai Shin holds through a nervy final stretch to win her second Australian Open, while unheralded American Ryggs Johnston shocks the field to lift the Stonehaven Cup.

American rookie Ryggs Johnston and former world number one Shin Ji-yai win the men's and women's Australian Open titles.