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REVIEW: Hamilton Island Golf Club
The sun was just rising above the eastern horizon when I arrived at the Hamilton Island marina to get the ferry that would whisk me across the narrow passage to Dent Island for a morning of golf and then lunch at Hamilton Island Golf Club.
27 Feb 2023
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2023
Golf is growing in Australia. Participation rates are up, club memberships are up and general interest in the game is on the rise post-pandemic.
18 Jan 2023
The Preview: Sony Open
The PGA Tour remains in Hawaii for the second straight week, as Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama prepares to defend the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club.
11 Jan 2023
Callaway launches new Supersoft and Reva golf balls
Callaway’s Supersoft golf ball has become one of the most popular models on the market in recent years.
10 Jan 2023
Winner’s Bag: Jon Rahm – Tournament of Champions
Jon Rahm continued his love affair with the year-opening Tournament of Champions, with an incredible 10 under final round to snatch the title by two strokes. Here is what he had in the bag at Kapalua.
9 Jan 2023
In the Fife footsteps of Old Tom Morris
A visit to St. Andrews in Scotland is on the bucket list of most golfers. If you make it as far as Old Tom Morris’ hometown, venture a little further afield to experience some great links courses created by the ‘Grand Old Man of Golf’.
6 Jan 2023
Review: Sun City Country Club
Ask Mike Clayton what he thinks about the quality of golf to be found in Perth and he will get straight to the point.
6 Jan 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Murray Downs Golf & Country Club
Murray Downs Golf & Country Club is one of the great golfing successes to be found along Australia’s greatest tributary, the Murray River.
24 Dec 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Queensland’s Bribie Island is all sand. And there is nothing a golf course architect likes more than being presented with a blank canvas of sandy terrain to gently poke and prod into a spectacular layout.
22 Dec 2022
Holiday at home: Hunter with a big game
From the rolling hills of the Hunter Valley wine country, to Newcastle’s beachside suburbs and north to the holiday haven of Port Stephens, New South Wales’ Hunter region is a golfer’s playground.
15 Dec 2022
Review: Bribie Island Golf Club
La Nina wreaked havoc right along the east coast of Australia at different times during 2022.
14 Dec 2022
Thankfully, the golf was great
The governing body for golf in this country, Golf Australia, attempted to do this week what no organisation anywhere in the world had done before – host three national championships at the same time.
4 Dec 2022
Aussie Open Round 1 marquee group tee times
The opening round of the Men’s and Women’s Australian Opens, being played concurrently at Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Clubs, starts shortly before 7am on Thursday.
30 Nov 2022
Marc Leishman's ideal world
In Marc Leishman’s ideal world, the Australian Open would be contested around his home course at Warrnambool, where he beat his father to win the club championship as a 13-year-old.
30 Nov 2022
Mum’s breast cancer fight inspiring Herbert’s Open chase
Lucas Herbert has never lacked the determination required to succeed in professional golf.
29 Nov 2022
Holiday at Home: South of the Swan
When you have been sitting on a plane for two hours, the first movie has been watched, you’re into your second in-flight snack and the flight tracker map shows you’re not quite halfway, there is a realisation Perth is a long way away.
17 Nov 2022
Holiday At Home: Go Troppo!
Tropical North Queensland is a special part of the world.
24 Oct 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: New South Wales GC
There are only a few courses scattered across the globe that can rival New South Wales for presenting such an array of fascinating and spectacularly natural seaside holes.
19 Oct 2022
Review: Ballarat Golf Club
There has been no more learned person in Australian golf than the late Peter Thomson.
17 Oct 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: Barnbougle Lost Farm
When Barnbougle Dunes opened for play in 2004 it had its share of critics who suggested it was too isolated for the golfing masses to make it a financially viable success.
5 Oct 2022
60 Best Aussie metro courses you can play for $50 or less
Inflation is on the rise and the cost-of-living is starting to hit the hip pocket nerve. But there’s no need to sacrifice your golf game.
29 Sep 2022
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