courses and travel

Queenstown: Where golf meets Middle Earth

Queenstown: Where golf meets Middle Earth

The movie-set scenery of the resort town on New Zealand's South Island is also the backdrop for a collection of fantastic golf courses. 26 Aug 2015
My Favourite Courses: Brett Ogle

My Favourite Courses: Brett Ogle

The fearsome ball-striker-turned TV analyst chooses some favourites from his youth and his time playing abroad among his top-ten layouts. 26 Aug 2015
REVIEW: Richmond Golf Club

REVIEW: Richmond Golf Club

The oldest course in our oldest state attracts Australia's leading senior professionals each spring - and avid golfers year-round. 26 Aug 2015
My Favourite Courses: Greg Chalmers

My Favourite Courses: Greg Chalmers

The reigning Australian PGA champion gets a little sentimental as he selects some classics from home and abroad among his top-ten layouts. 29 Jul 2015
Review: The Vines Resort & Country Club

Review: The Vines Resort & Country Club

Pairing scintillating holes with a captivating setting, The Vines offers 36 holes of quintessentially West Australian golf coupled with a rich tournament history. 3 Jul 2015
Review: Joondalup Resort

Review: Joondalup Resort

Perth's Joondalup Resort offers 27 holes of thrilling golf amid a surreal landscape that frequently takes the breath away, courtesy of the famed American course designer Robert Trent Jones II. 29 Apr 2015
MASTERS 2015: What it's really like to play Augusta

MASTERS 2015: What it's really like to play Augusta

What ’s it really like to play Augusta National? Golf Australia Editor Brendan James played it after last year's Masters and found it was like a hundred dreams coming true. 8 Apr 2015
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

South Africa is synonymous with safaris, but it’s just one of a myriad of ways to immerse yourself in the place. If you are fortunate to visit the rainbow nation, don’t forget your golf clubs. 7 Apr 2015
Wakehurst Golf Club

Wakehurst Golf Club

Wakehurst Golf Club took its time reaching completion and to shed its early ‘rocky’ reputation but today it is one of northern Sydney’s most picturesque and demanding layouts. 7 Apr 2015
72 hours in The Sandbelt

72 hours in The Sandbelt

Melbourne's south-east is a congregation of exceptional golf courses known around the world. 2 Mar 2015
Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses

Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses

Golf Australia ranks Australia's Top-100 Public Access golf courses for 2015. How many have you played? 1 Mar 2015
Yering Meadows Golf Club

Yering Meadows Golf Club

More than six years after relocating from its former homer at Croydon Golf Club, Yering Meadows is now an integral part of the Yarra Valley golf scene. 22 Jan 2015
King Island: Golf’s Next Mecca

King Island: Golf’s Next Mecca

With two world-class seaside courses well advanced in construction and a third planned, King Island will soon be welcoming golfers from around the globe, writes Brendan James 17 Dec 2014
Barnbougle Dunes turns 10

Barnbougle Dunes turns 10

Barnbougle Dunes, the first course at Barnbougle on Tasmania’s north east coast, turns 10 years old on December 10 and ten golfers will get the presents. 10 Dec 2014
Lloyd Cole: Wine, Golf & Song

Lloyd Cole: Wine, Golf & Song

Acclaimed singer/songwriter, Lloyd Cole, indulges his passion for golf on Adelaide's best courses and samples some great reds along the way 21 Nov 2014
Tallwoods Country Club

Tallwoods Country Club

This picturesque layout on the New South Wales mid-north coast has passed through a tumultuous period and is poised to realise its immense potential. 21 Nov 2014
Western Force

Western Force

From the suburbs of Perth, to the famed 'Golf Coast' and beyond to the desert soils of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia offers a diverse range of golfing experiences. 23 Oct 2014
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort - Bungool Course

Riverside Oaks Golf Resort - Bungool Course

A long-awaited and spectacular new addition to this popular resort complex opens this month, making Riverside Oaks the first 36-hole facility in Sydney. 23 Oct 2014
Enjoy the hit in Dubai

Enjoy the hit in Dubai

The Ultimate Golf Challenge has staged over 30 successful pro-am events all over the world and is respected by professionals and amateurs. The next trip is a cruise along the Arabian Peninsula in December. 13 Oct 2014
Competition & fun at SA Mid-Am

Competition & fun at SA Mid-Am

Looking for a weekend of quality golf competition and plenty of fun in those hours off the golf course? And if you’re aged between 30 and 54, keep reading. 7 Oct 2014
Tocumwal Golf Club

Tocumwal Golf Club

Forget what you might have heard about this Murray River golfing attraction, the fact is Tocumwal Golf Club is open for play and is in the best shape our correspondent has seen it in decades. 1 Oct 2014