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Touring New Zealand: The complete golfing package
Spectacular is a word overused throughout this feature. Overused, but accurate. There isn’t a term which better describes playing golf at some of New Zealand’s finest – and globally ranked – layouts; what comes alongside the golf is even more of a representation of the adjective.
20 May 2026
Hill: Sometimes nice guys finish first
The strongest fields in golf, in theory, are supposed to reward the strongest players.
20 May 2026
Feature Story: NZ Open's beautiful stage
The importance of playing great events at great venues has been stressed aplenty by this publication over the years, often by this writer. Equally inviting, however, is a world-class destination tournament, which is exactly what you get at the New Zealand Open.
19 May 2026
Tested: Callaway Opus SP wedges
Opus wedges combine Tour-preferred shaping with a higher centre of gravity for increased spin and precision.
15 May 2026
Course Review: Spring Valley Golf Club
Quietly elite on Australian golf’s most famous strip, Spring Valley is stepping from the Sandbelt shadows, pairing pedigree design with pristine presentation as a bold, multi-stage renovation aims to sharpen its standing.
12 May 2026
Huggan: Battles between courses and equipment were once more evenly matched
It was with mixed emotions that this sometimes jaded, sometimes cynical viewer of all things golf took in the climax to the Players Championship in May.
12 May 2026
Feature Story: Aronimink and the heartbeat of Philadelphia
Thirty-three minutes from Philadelphia in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, the Donald Ross-designed Aronimink Golf Club lies among the region’s finest and most challenging layouts.
12 May 2026
Callum Hill: Why major golf still cuts through in an attention economy
Modern sport is fighting harder than ever for live, sustained attention.
11 May 2026
Golf Australia magazine's full-throttle coverage of 2026 USPGA Championship
We’ll be following all the action from Aronimink Golf Club, as the game’s biggest names take on one of its most demanding stages.
11 May 2026
TV Guide: How to watch 2026 PGA Championship Final Round
Here is when you'll have to wake up to catch all the PGA Championship Final Round action, as well as the USLPGA and LET on Fox Sports and Kayo (all times AEST).
11 May 2026
Hill: No room for average, the PGA Tour’s new reality
The PGA Tour is slowly killing off the journeyman, but is it a benefit or a hindrance?
6 May 2026
Not a one-off, Ryan Ruffels’ return to the top flight
Ryan Ruffels doesn’t have to play on the PGA Tour anymore, such is the financial impact of his new life as a golf creator.
5 May 2026
Review: Mollymook Golf Club - Hilltop Course
Between celebrated classics and flashy resorts, the 1970s quietly shaped Australian golf. Mollymook’s Hilltop Course, born of that era, now rises anew, honouring its heritage while embracing bold, modern enhancements.
29 Apr 2026
Callum Hill: Zurich Classic and the Tour Card cheat code
Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick’s Zurich Classic win highlighted a quirky pathway to PGA Tour status, raising questions of fairness, yet reinforcing a simple truth: win the event, earn the rewards.
29 Apr 2026
Unprecedented global demand for The Old Course Reversed in 2026
Record number of golfers play St Andrews’s world-famous Old Course backwards in golf’s most sought-after event
22 Apr 2026
Kim’s focus sharpens as major season begins in Texas
Grace Kim knows the feeling now. The scrutiny, the expectation, the quiet assumption that when she tees it up at a major, she’s there to contend.
22 Apr 2026
Hill: Pound for pound, Australia has the best crop of players on the LPGA Tour
The Chevron Championship gets underway this week, and Australia has multiple genuine chances to hoist some silverware come Sunday.
22 Apr 2026
Review: Growling Frog Golf Course
At no stage in the storied history of golf in this country has the game been more popular.
15 Apr 2026
Inside the data: How Rory peaked at exactly the right time
There was a time when preparation for Augusta was measured in hours on the range, balls struck until dusk, and a feel for the greens that only repetition could bring.
15 Apr 2026
Feature Story: Catch him if you can
Scottie Scheffler has turned Augusta into his personal playground. The 29-year-old Texan is already a two-time Masters champion (2022 and 2024) and has been World No. 1 since early 2023.
8 Apr 2026
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