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Thanks, Champion: superstar thrills us to the end
He couldn't come back from seven shots down, he couldn't surge up the leaderboard, and he couldn't make off with his second Stonehaven Cup. But the great Rory McIlroy gave fans plenty in his final hit-out at Royal Melbourne and the fans gave him plenty back.
7 Dec 2025
Tested: Callaway Opus SP wedges
Opus wedges combine Tour-preferred shaping with a higher centre of gravity for increased spin and precision.
7 Dec 2025
Under the radar into contention: Si Woo’s scintillating Australian Open Saturday
Si Woo Kim, coming to contend the Australian Open, slid under the radar.
6 Dec 2025
Cleary: McIlroy shoots 68 as the golf gods go crazy
Rory McIlroy has battled heat, wind, rain, clutching ti-tree and children squealing like banshees for his autograph. Yet nothing in his long career could have prepared him for what the golf gods threw at him in round three of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
6 Dec 2025
Tested: Titleist T-Series irons
I find there are few better feelings as a golfer than peeling the plastic off the face of a new set of irons. From your first full set to doing it for the 5th, 10th, or 100th time. It is an instant serotonin boost that never gets old.
6 Dec 2025
Tested: WHOOP 5.0
Looking after your health is crucial, and the new and improved WHOOP 5.0 helps you optimise your training and recovery so you can take all the right steps towards living a healthier lifestyle.
5 Dec 2025
Tough Open start doesn't deter Croker from relishing life in the big league
Queensland’s Quinn Croker, 22, had a stellar amateur career and over the past 16 months has made the jump to the professional ranks, relishing every opportunity - including a tough start to his maiden Australian Open.
4 Dec 2025
Periscopes up! A morning with the masses and the marquee group
Matt Cleary was out early among the teeming masses at Royal Melbourne, straining on tippy-toes to see the great one, Rory McIlroy, take on the course he rated top 10 in the world but not the best course in Melbourne. And despite McIlroy's card looking like an 18-marker's in a par-comp, the appreciative galleries took Cleary back to simpler times...
4 Dec 2025
"I'm in": When Adam Scott talked Rory McIlroy into playing Australian Open
Rory McIlroy decided he would play this year's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne before he won the Masters at Augusta National in April, the man himself revealed, among other things, to John Huggan in the feature piece of our December issue.
3 Dec 2025
Cleary: The Master cometh, but the Aussie to beat him is...
It is a fraught pursuit, golf tipping; the fields are the size of six Melbourne Cups, “exposed form” is fractious, and conditions can be diametrically different for morning and afternoon players. This hasn't stopped Deputy Editor Matt Cleary from ponying up (and no doubt mocking to death) his tip to beat the Master, Rory McIlroy, in this 2025 Australian Open.
3 Dec 2025
Cleary: The Aussie is back and it never went away
Australia's great tournament is back on Australia's great golf course, and they'll be hanging from the trees for a look, writes Matt Cleary.
2 Dec 2025
Australian Open Round One Tee-Times
Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott are the marquee three-ball among round one tee-times at the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne beginning Thursday. Check out when to catch them here.
2 Dec 2025
Special K: Kazuma's battle with golf's big bombers
For perhaps 63 of 72 holes of the PGA Championship this week, Kazuma Kobori, the shortest-hitter on the DP World Tour, was a genuine contender. He faded out with a four-over 75 yet he remains a fascinating man to watch play golf, as Matt Cleary did at Royal Queensland on championship Sunday.
30 Nov 2025
Course Review: Murrumbidgee Country Club
Matt Cleary reviews a Canberra bush beauty, Murrumbidgee Country Club, nourished by a famous river and nestled among snow-capped Brindabellas.
30 Nov 2025
Min Woo Lee inspires awe in Chef Army with thrilling 67
He left a couple out there on his way to four-under 67 but much of Min Woo Lee's play was thrilling indeed, inspiring something close to awe among the beery, cheery followers in this man's Chef Army.
29 Nov 2025
Course Review: Curlewis GC
Traditional golf matters at Curlewis GC yet the staff live and breathe the club’s motto of “Hip! Green! Fun!” And if that doesn’t sound like most golf clubs, you’re reading it the right way, according to club member and golf writer, Mark Hayes.
29 Nov 2025
Cleary: Ryan Fox's golf swing a work of brutalist art
Ryan Fox's golf swing is a brutal work of art, according to our man Matt Cleary, and for most of Friday he was one off the lead. While a late stutter saw him drop to five-under and five behind leader and fellow Kiwi, Kazuma Kobori, at the halfway mark of the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland, Fox remains one to watch.
28 Nov 2025
Revealed: why actor Michael Peña buys Golf Australia magazine in airports
Deputy Editor Matt Cleary strolled the back nine of Royal Queensland with actor Michael Peña, who is in Brisbane to shoot an action movie with Chris Hemsworth and compete in the Pro-Am of the Australian PGA Championship. On the way around, the Chicago native revealed a very good golf game, a garden variety golf addiction, and that whenever he's in an Australian airport, he is compelled to purchase the latest issue of Golf Australia magazine.
28 Nov 2025
Course Review: Riverside Oaks
Riverside Oaks has seen it all - boom, bust, and rebirth. From its star-studded 1980s debut to battling natural disasters, this iconic course remains a must-play, blending rich history with modern excellence, writes Brendan James of Snaphook Media.
27 Nov 2025
Enter "The Zone": the six steps to accessing your golfing peak state
Some call it “The Zone”, others call it a peak state. Whatever the name, every golfer dreams of that magical space where everything flows. Here's how to access it on demand, according to mindset coach and author of Beyond The Fairways To Fulfilment, Chris Hynes
27 Nov 2025
Cleary: Class permanent for Cool Hand Cam
Our man Matt Cleary followed Cameron Smith for 18 holes in round one of the PGA Championship on Thursday, and observed that while the man's mid-iron play isn't (yet) laser-guided, his short game garnered him six up-and-downs, two sand saves, four birdies, and a score of two-under 69 in the wind at Royal Queensland.
27 Nov 2025
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