Welcome
to the July 2004 issue of Golf Australia
In
this month's issue ....
Bunker
shots to save your day
British Open Preview
Jack Newton's Australian Open Memories
SA's greatest golf holes
Review: Brookwater Golf Club
Travel Special: Goin' Troppo in QLD
Club Test:
Titleist
Forged 704.CB irons
PGA Golf Show
Readers' Choice Awards
and much more ...
Bunker
shots
to save your day
Here are four bunker shots, which I often see played poorly by club golfers,
that can be played better by following some basics.
More
British
Open Preview:
Aussie Surprise Party
Could
one of Australia’s unheralded players leave the 133rd British Open
at Royal Troon with the Claret Jug? Stranger things have happened…
More
Australian
Open Memories:
Jack Newton recalls…
It may have been 25 years ago, but Jack Newton recalls the “impossible”
shot that ultimately won him his first Australian Open as if it were yesterday.
Standing in the bunker behind Metropolitan Golf Club’s 16th green,
the then 29-year-old New South Welshman faced a treacherous downhill shot
on lightning quick greens. More
Golf
Australia’s Greatest Australian Golf Holes:
South Australia
Royal Adelaide
GC
266-metre par-4 3rd
This is the only hole at Royal Adelaide that remains unchanged from its
original Dr Alister Mackenzie design. A blind drive is followed by a short
approach to a green that is shaped like a “leg of mutton”.
A small ridge to the left and high grassy knoll to the right frame the
putting surface.
More
Course
Review:
Brookwater Golf Club
Rob
Nicholls pulled his ball from the cup at the 18th hole and laughed. Among
the lengthening shadows of the new clubhouse, Brookwater Golf Club’s
head teaching professional had just tapped in for a regulation par four
at the 396-metre closing hole. And the irony had not escaped him.
More
Travel
Special:
Goin’ Troppo
Brendan James packed his clubs – and sunscreen – when he headed
to one of Australia’s favourite holiday destinations, Tropical North
Queensland, to investigate whether its golf courses matched its beautiful
scenary.More
Club
Test 1:
Titleist
Forged 704.CB irons
First
impressions: “The Titleist 704.CB irons were nice to look at –
not just in the bag but on the ground at address.
Verdict: “Titleist has made great sets of irons for decades. This
time, they obviously set out to make a set of irons that was not too difficult
to hit, but would also allow you to work the ball. The 704.CBs certainly
fit that bill. More
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