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The Thing About Golf Podcast #44 – Bill Coore
In the world of golf course architecture Bill Coore is considered royalty.
16 Jun 2021
Born To Run: The story of Barnbougle's newest course
The world’s only course built during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is now open for play, right next to two of Australia’s most highly-ranked layouts at Barnbougle. Say hello to Bougle Run.
15 Jun 2021
Review: The Kooralbyn Valley National
Lying within the beautiful and tranquil surrounds of the Queensland bush, is one of this country’s sternest golfing tests.
14 Jun 2021
Ranking: South Australia & Northern Territory's best public access courses for 2021
We continue to highlight this country's best golf courses every one can play by listing the superb public access courses to be found in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
8 Jun 2021
Top-100 Spotlight: Long Reef GC
Five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson once described Long Reef as occupying “one of the best sites of any golf course in Sydney.”
7 Jun 2021
Ranking: Queensland's best public access courses for 2021
We continue our series on this country's best golf courses every one can play by listing the excellent public access courses to be found in Queensland.
1 Jun 2021
Travel: Tassie's awesome Top End
Over the past two decades, northern Tasmania has emerged as a world-class golf destination offering a mix of internationally acclaimed layouts and fun, picturesque courses anyone can play.
28 May 2021
Ranking: Western Australia's best public access courses for 2021
We continue our showcasing of this country's best golf courses every one can play by listing the superb public access courses to be found in Western Australia.
25 May 2021
Ranking: Tasmania's best public access courses for 2021
Over the past two decades, Tasmania has emerged as one of the world's great golf destinations. Here, we shine a spotlight on the best courses everyone can play in the Apple Isle.
18 May 2021
Top-100 Spotlight: Sanctuary Cove G&CC Palms Course
The iconic Gold Coast club recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the reopening of its Palms Course after an $8.8 million rebuild.
11 May 2021
Holiday At Home: NSW Central Coast
The natural treasures of the New South Wales Central Coast quickly become obvious.
10 May 2021
Review: Lonsdale Links
Lonsdale Links features template holes and square-cut greens as a deliberate throwback to an earlier, golden, age of course design. But it also possesses plenty of its own character and is destined to feature in the national rankings for years to come.
7 May 2021
Top-100 Spotlight: The Glades Golf Club
One of the best courses to be found on the golf rich Gold Coast has had recent refurbishments validated with an improved national ranking. Here’s why The Glades’ popularity is growing.
21 Apr 2021
Review: Narooma Golf Club
In this era of holidaying at home, ‘taking the scenic route’ is one sure way to make a golfing discovery that will live long in the memory. Here is one course to be found on the road less travelled that we’re sure you will agree is simply spectacular.
14 Apr 2021
CLAYTON: How Augusta could be better
Augusta National is the course on every golfer’s bucket list. But it’s evolution away from the original creation of Alister MacKenzie and Bob Jones has been to its detriment. Here’s how the home of the Masters could be an even better course.
6 Apr 2021
Top-100 Spotlight: The Coast Golf Club
A course on great golfing land isn’t always guaranteed to offer golf to match the quality of its location. Located among a string of seaside courses on some of the best golfing land in Sydney, The Coast provides a golfing experience the equal of its impressive address.
10 Mar 2021
Review: Growling Frog Golf Club
New management and passionate staff with a firmly held view of sustainable golf practices has led to dramatic improvements at the course known by regulars simply as ‘The Frog’.
8 Mar 2021
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2021
Our biennial ranking of the Top-100 Public Access Courses in the nation is here. With international travel off the table for the foreseeable future, here is a feast of fine courses everyone can play … right here at home.
27 Jan 2021
From Bust to Boom
A small town in the heart of Victoria’s Goldfields region has brought some fun back to golf, and is striking it rich with expanded memberships and plans for future course improvements.
20 Jan 2021
Top-100 Spotlight: Mollymook Golf Club
Having weathered bushfire and COVID-19 crises, Mollymook Golf Club is ready to put 2020 in the rear-vision mirror and greet the New Year as one of the best public access courses in the nation.
19 Jan 2021
Inside Royal Queensland
As Royal Queensland Golf Club’s centennial year drew to a close in 2020, one of the men who masterminded its rebirth 14 years ago offered some insights into the layout and addressed some misconceptions about the design.
18 Jan 2021
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