Cover Stories

The Best Aussie Players Of The Past 25 Years

In the first of Golf Australia’s anniversary series, we rate the best players … and look back at what we said about them.

GOLD COAST RACV Ladies Masters Special

Lexi Thompson:  Teen Titan

The exciting youngster has had a huge impact on women’s golf – even to the point, writes Rod Morri, that the LPGA had to change the rules for her.

Players to Watch

Lexi isn’t the only one. From a pair of 2011 major champs to former winners of the event, the Ladies Masters has another star-studded field.

The Course: Pristine Pines

The always immaculately presented course at Royal Pines has undergone some minor changes this year, which we look at in our hole-by-hole guide.

Features

Course Architect Ross Watson

Fresh off his redo of Palms course at Sanctuary Cove, the acclaimed course designer talks with Brendan James about design philosophies, his passion for the game and quashes any suggestion of retirement.

Women’s Australian Open Preview: The Fire Still Burns

Karrie Webb begins her 16th year on the LPGA Tour, and this time on home soil. Rick Woelfel writes that Australia’s greatest female golfer has history on her mind.

Travel & Courses

COURSE REVIEW: LONG ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB

Long out of sight on Melbourne’s outer edge, this course compares favourably to the layouts of the Sandbelt, writes Brendan James.

THE MAJESTY OF MYRTLE

With nearly 100 golf courses within easy reach and more than four million rounds played there each year, it’s no wonder Myrtle Beach is considered the golfing capital of the United States, writes Emily Chantiri.

ROAD TRIP: FLINDERS GOLF CLUB

Steeped in history and a design influenced by Alister MacKenzie, this Mornington gem smacks of old world golf, writes Brendan James.

GOLFING GETAWAYS

This month: the most masterful of Augusta trips (with Greg Norman!), goin’ Goldy, and the ever-present Chubby Chandler, Round Tripping.

Equipment Test

Mizuno JPX-FLI-HI Hybrid

Mizuno built its latest club named Fli-Hi to flow neatly into its JPX iron line. The test team mixes it up with the new hybrid.

Pro Shop

This month: Callaway’s new irons back in black, a buggy that folds with the press of a button and a putter to get you California dreamin’.

Instruction

Golf’s New Superstars

The future of the game has arrived, the new breed of 20-somethings who have stamped their mark on Tour. What, asks John Huggan, made them so good so fast – and what can we learn from that?

Mental Game: Inside The Complex Mind of a Tour Pro

What is going on in their heads, out there on the course? A survey of the European Tour, with the help of psychologist Karl Morris, shows us just how differently the pros think to the rest of us.

Justin Rose: The True Path to Shaping Shots

Motion capture technology is helping the English star to change the way he sets up his clubs and how he works the ball. And the data leads to some surprising conclusions – what you’re really doing when you hit a draw or a fade may not be what you think.

Regulars

TEEING OFF: Brenden James
IN MY OPINION: Geoff Ogilvy
AROUND THE TRAPS
BARE MY SOUL: Natalie Gulbis
HUGGAN’S ALLY: John Huggan
INSIDE THE ROPES: Mike Clayton
WANDERING GOLFER: Ted Lazurus
GOLFOPOLY: Golf business with Jeff Centenera
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