Romantic Revival of Natadola Bay

Romantic Revival of Natadola Bay

Fiji’s Natadola Bay remains one of the Pacific’s most breathtaking golf destinations. Rugged fairways, dramatic ocean vistas and a course blending natural beauty with masterful design make it a must-visit for golfers chasing both challenge and unforgettable scenery. 10 Nov 2025
Perfectly Fitting: The ultimate fitting guide

Perfectly Fitting: The ultimate fitting guide

Players at every level of our great and beloved game will benefit from having their golf clubs - and golf ball fitted to their swing and body. To help point you in the right direction, we at Golf Australia spoke with all the industry experts when it comes to fitting and compiled this guide to help you find the correct equipment. 10 Nov 2025
Hero World Challenge field spotlights Australian Open hurdle and OWGR prospects

Hero World Challenge field spotlights Australian Open hurdle and OWGR prospects

The soon-to-be 50-year-old Tiger Woods has recently announced the 20 players to contest the tournament that benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, the Hero World Challenge in Albany, The Bahamas. 9 Nov 2025
"I closed my fingers on his windpipe. He was turning blue when the police turned up"

"I closed my fingers on his windpipe. He was turning blue when the police turned up"

With the summer of golf upon us and Brisbane set to host the state and national PGA Championships, we recall Norman Von Nida's defeat of a seven-time major champion at Royal Queensland in 1932. Six years later, Matt Cleary's great uncle beat The Von. 24 Oct 2025
From $50 Facebook ad to 43,000-member golf movement

From $50 Facebook ad to 43,000-member golf movement

Future Golf has quietly been transforming the landscape of Australian golf, creating opportunities for people who might never have picked up a club, and revitalising how clubs engage with players across the country. 23 Oct 2025
International Spotlight: Omanu Golf Club

International Spotlight: Omanu Golf Club

Planes, trains and drains. This rhyming tagline is passed on with a wry smile by people who have experienced Omanu Golf Club in New Zealand’s picturesque Bay of Plenty. 15 Oct 2025
2025 Spring & Summer fashion guide

2025 Spring & Summer fashion guide

Summer is on the horizon, which means looking and feeling fresh on the course is crucial. 14 Oct 2025
Cleary: Tiger can heal and play and win again. You want to tell him he can't?

Cleary: Tiger can heal and play and win again. You want to tell him he can't?

They've written him off before and Tiger Woods proved them wrong when he won the Masters in 2019. There followed a terrible car accident and, this week, a seventh surgery on his busted back. But our man Matt Cleary believes he can not only come back, but compete and win again - at Augusta. History says it's possible. And so does Tiger Woods. 13 Oct 2025
Course Management tips with mindset coach Chris Hynes

Course Management tips with mindset coach Chris Hynes

Chris Hynes - Golf Australia magazine's mindset coach, golf professional and author of "Beyond the Fairways to Fulfilment" - on the importance of planning, discipline and trust when managing your ball - and your mind - around the golf course. 8 Oct 2025
Column: Hard miles in the Oban rain

Column: Hard miles in the Oban rain

Bob MacIntyre’s rise has been everything you come to expect from a Scottish golfer. 6 Oct 2025
Masters pathway: from Royal Melbourne to Magnolia Lane

Masters pathway: from Royal Melbourne to Magnolia Lane

Every so often, something happens which gives the whole game of golf in this country a lift. Recent news that the winner of this year’s Australian Open will earn a spot in the 2026 Masters at Augusta National is one of those moments. 1 Oct 2025
19 Holes With... Cameron Daddo

19 Holes With... Cameron Daddo

Cameron Daddo spent nearly 25 years in Los Angeles, was a comrade of a young Indiana Jones, and once went low on the set of Happy Gilmore. Our man Matt Cleary tests out the Daddo golf game over 18 holes at Manly GC. 29 Sep 2025
Column: Passion threatens payday at Bethpage

Column: Passion threatens payday at Bethpage

A raucous Ryder Cup crowd at Bethpage will be a sea of red, white and blue, but there is value around the visitors who mentally have a stronghold over their American counterparts. 24 Sep 2025
Cleary: Donald's dig at Team USA; Trump chaos feared; WAGs explained

Cleary: Donald's dig at Team USA; Trump chaos feared; WAGs explained

Luke Donald stakes high ground in pay-for-play imbroglio, organisers fear crowd chaos with attendance by Donald Trump, and our man Matt Cleary attempts to explain the phenomena of WAGs at this 45th Ryder Cup tournament between the USA and Europe. 22 Sep 2025
Course Review: St Andrews Beach

Course Review: St Andrews Beach

Tom Doak’s St Andrews Beach has been freshly-ranked the 89th best course in the world by a reputable website, and you will hear no argument from our Deputy Editor, who, on his first go-round, describes the course as “more fun than both Luna Parks”. 10 Sep 2025
Touring New Zealand: The complete golfing package

Touring New Zealand: The complete golfing package

Spectacular is a word overused throughout this feature. Overused, but accurate. There isn’t a term which better describes playing golf at some of New Zealand’s finest – and globally ranked – layouts; what comes alongside the golf is even more of a representation of the adjective. 3 Sep 2025
Forged at Federal. Part 2

Forged at Federal. Part 2

Former club vice-captain Alan Harrison reckons “there wasn’t any one magical thing” which resulted in so many Federal juniors exploring careers in golf, but the greater environment was a very healthy one for aspiring youngsters. 31 Aug 2025
Feature story: Forged at Federal

Feature story: Forged at Federal

In the 1980s, a quiet revolution brewed at Federal Golf Club in Canberra. A ragtag bunch of kids, long socks and all, became touring pros, coaches, mentors and caddies. This is part one of the story of the club that launched a legion. 31 Aug 2025
Yering Meadows unveils fresh new look

Yering Meadows unveils fresh new look

Yering Meadows Golf Club is teeing off a new era with its “We’re Back” campaign, celebrating the completion of a major bunker renovation project which has transformed the course and breathed new life into the Yarra Valley layout. 28 Aug 2025
Cleary: America! Gift fourth major to the world

Cleary: America! Gift fourth major to the world

With news that Augusta National will confer Masters-qualification status on the winners of several national Opens, including our Australian Open, Matt Cleary argues that the governing bodies of world golf should spread the love further and convince the PGA of America to relinquish Major status of its U.S PGA Championship, and each year grant a different country's national Open the title of Major. 27 Aug 2025
Clarity, Colour, Control: The BenQ AK700ST Game Changing Simulator

Clarity, Colour, Control: The BenQ AK700ST Game Changing Simulator

Golfers are obsessive creatures. They chase the perfect swing, the perfect read, the perfect feel, and now, with the right setup, the perfect view. 25 Aug 2025