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Cleary: Pay the money, take the ride - how to make golf fun again
Mike Clayton, as legend promulgated by his playing partners would have it, was at the famous par-3 seventh hole at Barnbougle Dunes, the one called ‘Little Devil’, when he hit a four-iron 112 metres into a howling nor-west wind and stuck it to three feet.
25 Mar 2024
The Great Golf Weekend Guide Part I
There's only one thing better than the weekend and that's a long weekend. Two-day weekends are way too short, which is why we have put our heads together to recommend eight fantastic three-day golfing adventures with plenty of highlights on and off the course.
29 Sep 2023
Ranking: Tasmania's best Public Access Courses for 2023
Looking for the best courses to play around Australia, where getting a tee time is open for all golfers? Here, we showcase the finest public access layouts in Tasmania as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023.
23 May 2023
Fine wine & golf at Barnbougle
If you like fantastic wine as much as you like playing great golf courses, here is the weekend away you simply cannot miss
26 Apr 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
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
Morri: Seven Mile Beach vision about more than golf
‘What have been the success stories of golf in the last 20 years? Barnbougle, Bandon, Goat Hill. Places where individuals with passion and vision and persistence have been driving things. Not committees, not boards, not OEMs.’
12 Sep 2022
Inside Golf Australia September 2022
Cameron Smith became Australia’s latest major champion by winning the historic 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. In this issue we reveal the simple secrets of his incredible putting prowess that propelled him to victory.
18 Aug 2022
Clayton: Designing in the field
Normally a brief from a golf club or a client to a golf course architect is reasonably extensive. Something of an exception was Richard Sattler, the Barnbougle owner who simply told Tom Doak and I – “I don’t care what you do – just don’t screw it up.”
8 Jul 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: Barnbougle Dunes
“Golf courses can’t be boring. If a course is boring golfers won’t come back. To capture that sort of repeat business, you need to build golf holes that are seared into people’s memories, and Barnbougle has those in spades.” – Tom Doak.
23 May 2022
Ranking: Tasmania's best courses for 2022
Looking for the best places to play around the country? Here, we showcase the finest layouts in Tasmania as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2022.
4 May 2022
Aussie golf 'Super' dogs
It’s official. The golf course superintendents of Australia have gone to the dogs. Big dogs, little dogs, dogs of different breeds, dogs of mixed breeds, dogs of all shapes, sizes and colours.
9 Feb 2022
Australia’s 50 Favourite Courses for 2021, as voted by you
As golfers, we all have our favourite places to play?
29 Nov 2021
Tasmania: Golf Tourism’s Titan
It’s quite funny, really, that without one potato farmer taking an almighty risk, an entire state would almost certainly be without one of its strongest sources of tourism.
8 Sep 2021
Inside Golf Australia May 2021
The May issue of Golf Australia previews the upcoming US PGA Championship and examines Rory McIlroy’s chances of hoisting another Wanamaker Trophy.
15 Apr 2021
Halliday Wine Companion launches inaugural Barnbougle Cup
Halliday Wine Companion is set to launch the inaugural Halliday Barnbougle Cup from May 14-16, 2021.
15 Mar 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #36 - Mat Goggin
There isn’t much Mat Goggin hasn’t done in the game of golf, from Australian Amateur champion to professional tournament winner.
17 Feb 2021
Australia’s 100 Best Par-5s
On the world’s professional Tours, par-5s aren’t what they used to be. In fact, many are turned into par-4s for tournament play. For the rest of us, they represent lengthy journeys but a good opportunity to improve our score with perhaps a couple of lusty blows and a deft pitch.
8 Dec 2020
Course Design: Fantastic Fives
Par-5s aren’t what they used to be, at least in the way they are played at the top echelons of the game. But as Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton explains, Australia still has a bunch of first-class long holes no one would ever describe as ‘nondescripts’.
13 Sep 2019
Course Design: Two-Shot Stars
Two-shot holes – whether they are medium to long par-4s or short par-5s – make up the majority of holes we all play. Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton explains what separates the great from the good and reveals a host of Australia’s best.
17 Jul 2019
Course Design: Short Fours
Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton dissects the qualities of what makes a great short par-4 and reveals some of the best in the game can be found here in Australia.
4 Jul 2019
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