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Beauties of the Bellarine

Beauties of the Bellarine

The Bellarine Peninsula was a very different place to play golf when I first visited there in 1998. 14 Dec 2023
Plan your ultimate Great Ocean Road and Bellarine road trip

Plan your ultimate Great Ocean Road and Bellarine road trip

The Great Ocean Road and Bellarine region of Victoria may be world-renowned for its natural beauties and wonders like the Twelve Apostles, but for golfers in the know, it’s an essential pilgrimage. 16 Sep 2022
Opinion: Peninsula and Vic Open a perfect pair

Opinion: Peninsula and Vic Open a perfect pair

Pre-Covid, the Vic Open felt as if it may be a victim of its own success. 11 Feb 2022
One supernatural day at 13th Beach

One supernatural day at 13th Beach

Did you know that the odds of an amateur golfer making a hole-in-one are thought to be 12,500 to one? Well, yesterday at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Gary Anderson and Peter Matulich combined to produce what can only be described as a minor miracle. 22 Jun 2020
Hee Young Park wins women's Vic Open

Hee Young Park wins women's Vic Open

Unheralded Hee Young Park has come up trumps in an all-Korean playoff to win the $1.5-million women's Vic Open at 13th Beach. 10 Feb 2020
Vic Open triumph for Min Woo Lee

Vic Open triumph for Min Woo Lee

Australian Min Woo Lee has claimed family bragging rights and helped create golfing history with his maiden professional victory in the men's Vic Open at 13th Beach. 10 Feb 2020
Minjee Lee surges up Vic Open leaderboard

Minjee Lee surges up Vic Open leaderboard

World No.9 Minjee Lee has made a big move in the second round of the $1.5-million women's Vic Open at 13th Beach. 7 Feb 2020
The Preview: Vic Open

The Preview: Vic Open

The Vic Open returns this week to 13th Beach Golf Links at Barwon Heads, where the men’s and women’s fields compete on the same courses, at the same time, for an equal share of the prize money. 5 Feb 2020
Minjee Lee chasing third Vic Open title

Minjee Lee chasing third Vic Open title

Ultra-consistent last year, Minjee Lee is gunning to turn some of those near-misses into tournament victories in 2020. 4 Feb 2020
Australia’s 50 Favourite Courses for 2019, as voted by you

Australia’s 50 Favourite Courses for 2019, as voted by you

What makes a golf course find its way onto your list of favourites? Is it the pristine condition it is generally presented in, or are you besotted by quality design that forces you to think your way across the journey? 27 Nov 2019
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2019

RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2019

Here it is ... Our biennial ranking of the Top-100 Public Access Courses in the nation. That's right, all the best courses everyone can play. 13 Feb 2019