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Huggan: José María Olazábal – all that is best about the Masters
Understandably, he won’t feature in too many headlines at this 88th playing of the Masters Tournament.
14 Apr 2024
Huggan: LIV update… or downdate
The proud “father” that is Greg Norman came to watch his 13-strong LIV clan in action at the Masters Tournament.
13 Apr 2024
Huggan: The old boys speak
Plugging a brief gap between traditions here at the Masters, three legends of the game took their places in the interview room on Thursday morning. Having just hit their traditional tee-shots to officially open the 88th playing of golf’s so-called “rite of spring”, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson were primed to answer all the usual questions from the assembled journalists. Hey, it’s tradition...
12 Apr 2024
Feature: Once upon a time...
In the months after his father passed away in 2006, Tiger Woods became so obsessed with the elite special forces known as Navy SEALs that there were fears among his inner sanctum that he might quit golf and enlist in the military. The fear was real. Tiger was banging himself up so badly they staged an intervention.
11 Apr 2024
Huggan: State of the Augusta National nation
It really should begin with a member of the Monty Python team announcing “and now for something completely different”. But it doesn’t, of course. Instead, “Chairman Fred Ridley” does the opening honours at his own annual eve-of-Masters press conference.
11 Apr 2024
Hot-Pot, a Shot or Not? Our experts' tips for the Masters
Golf Australia magazine’s pundits were polled for their tips ahead of this lucky 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National. The brief was: give us the winner, a roughie and a dreamer. Consider their answers for your tipping comp responsibly.
11 Apr 2024
Masters Preview: The Aussie Assault
It goes without saying that Masters week is one of the most memorable on the calendar. Similar to an Ashes Test at Lords or Wimbledon, it is rich in tradition … it just feels different, it’s a purist’s haven.
10 Apr 2024
Huggan: Old boys a joyous reminder of how things used to be
Amidst some of the questionable things that go on here at Augusta National during Masters week (the two-hour wait to get into the merchandise facility is but one example), the presence of so many past champions is a pleasant distraction. The old boys are joyous reminders of how things used to be, all in happy contrast to the toxic atmosphere surrounding professional golf right now.
10 Apr 2024
Huggan: Same old story for Augusta's Aussies
“There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.” – Eugene O’Neill
9 Apr 2024
Cleary: LIV Golf is not a meritocracy, Augusta should embrace it
LIV Golf’s one great issue in its Quixotic quest for legitimacy remains that its tournaments are not ranked by the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) body and its players cannot earn points to qualify for majors such as this week's Masters.
8 Apr 2024
Video lesson: The key to perfect alignment
Proper alignment is vital for a good golf swing.
7 Apr 2024
Cleary: Coach, confidant, crutch: why caddies should have no place in professional golf
When Jason Day became world number one and won the Wanamaker Trophy at Whistling Straits in 2015, bagman Colin Swatton was acknowledged as a massive part of it. But in the heat of battle, on the course, in a so-called individual sport, shouldn't Day have had to do it by himself?
2 Apr 2024
Video lesson: Maximise your driving power with a pitch
Have you ever considered that driving a golf ball off the tee is similar to throwing a ball?
26 Mar 2024
Cleary: Pay the money, take the ride - how to make golf fun again
Mike Clayton, as legend promulgated by his playing partners would have it, was at the famous par-3 seventh hole at Barnbougle Dunes, the one called ‘Little Devil’, when he hit a four-iron 112 metres into a howling nor-west wind and stuck it to three feet.
25 Mar 2024
13th Beach Golf Links accelerates gender equality progress
Victoria’s 13th Beach Golf Links is one of the most egalitarian clubs in Australia.
20 Mar 2024
Cleary: Scottie Scheffler and the triumph of the most boring man alive
‘Schadenfreude’ is a cracker of a German word describing “the pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune”. It talks to a certain, half-dark part of us. It talks to the pleasure of death-riding certain golfers in tournaments on television.
18 Mar 2024
Video lesson: Keep the 'golfer's gateway' open for a better swing
If you are fighting inconsistent ball-striking, where one good shot is followed by three or four bad ones, there is every chance you are closing your golfer’s gateway and restricting a good backswing as a result.
14 Mar 2024
Review: Pymble Golf Club
Of all the questions that are asked of a golf course one that is rarely heard is “does it give the members what they want?”
13 Mar 2024
Cleary: Why LIV Golf needs Johnny Miller
On a fold-out and aptly-named Lazy Boy lounge, with LIV Golf in HD on a Smart TV, with Cowboys and Dolphins streaming via the magic of Bluetooth (I will not ever fathom how) onto a less smart but still very adequate other TV, and with a cold tinny of beer wedged into the excellent can-holder socket thing on the hand-rest, you could make a case this was the perfect Sunday afternoon.
11 Mar 2024
Ranking: The ‘Nearly’ Courses for 2024
The ranking of Australia’s Top-100 Courses for 2024 was recently published in Golf Australia Magazine.
7 Mar 2024
First look: Season 2 of Netflix's Full Swing
Coming off the previous 12-month circus that has been men's professional golf, I was excited to sink my teeth into the second season of the Netflix docuseries Full Swing and peel back the curtain on what had been unfolding behind the scenes.
6 Mar 2024
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