Talk about taking the road less traveled. Ryggs Johnston honed his golf game in the tiny Montana town of Libby in the northwest corner of the state.

Ryggs Johnston, in just his second start on the DP World Tour, won by three shots to claim the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open. He also punched his ticket to the 2025 Open Championship. Johnston tied for 42nd in his DPWT debut last week, this after having to navigate Q school on the European circuit.

Ryggs Johnston, a 24-year-old professional golfer and 2019 graduate of Libby High School, won the 107th Australian Open golf tournament last weekend with a score of 269. That finish of 18 strokes under par gave him a three-stroke margin of victory to edge out Australian golfer Curtis Luck.

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 arrived in Australia ranked 954th in the world five months into his professional career having never set foot on Kingston Heath, not even for a practice round.

Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston won his first professional title Sunday by closing with a 4-under 68 at Kingston Heath for a three-shot victory in the Australian Open. The Arizona State alum was among three players to earn a spot in the British Open.

The mixed tournament involves men and women teeing off in alternating groups on the same courses. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston can barely believe the company he's now in after crashing the party with a stunning and most improbable Australian Open triumph in Melbourne.

Ryggs Johnston went around the world for a golf opportunity he didn't waste. Because of that, he'll go home a winner. Johnston, an unheralded American player, celebrated his first professional victory Sunday with a three-stroke triumph in the Australian Open,