Dowling is making his third Championship start in 2025. In 2023 at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, he opened with 68 and was in second place after 54 holes before finishing 10th. Earlier this year, he reached the quarterfinals of the Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s in England and finished runner-up in the Scottish Open Amateur at North Berwick. In 2024, he won the both the Pacific Harbour Amateur and the South Australian Amateur.
Billy Dowling of Australia plays a tee stroke on the No.10 tee during a practice round ahead of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Photograph by AAC.
Billy Dowling of Australia lines up a putt during the first round of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Photograph by AAC.
Billy Dowling of Australia chips to the green during the final round of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Photograph by AAC.