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Review: The Western Australian Golf Club
You could be forgiven for thinking time has stopped at The Western Australian Golf Club. Set amidst tranquil bushland and surrounded by stunning views, it offers a rare escape from the bustle of modern life, while providing a world-class golfing experience.
19 Feb 2025
The evolution (and future) of Australian golf
The most significant thing to happen to Australian golf was not Adam Scott winning The Masters. Nor was it Peter Thomson winning five Opens in Britain or Greg Norman carrying the Australian Tour in the 1980s and 1990s.
13 Dec 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #84 – Christine Fraser
Christine Fraser is one of only a few women in the golf course design business but the Canadian native is one of the most eloquent speakers and broad thinkers about what golf course design can and should be.
15 Feb 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #52 – Edwin Roald
When you think of the world’s golf hot spots it would be fair to say Iceland doesn’t spring immediately to mind.
14 Oct 2021
Kiawah brute offers ultimate PGA challenge
Whether it's a reputation or an identity that had been sorely lacking, the PGA Championship has become known for having the toughest field that faces the fairest test.
20 May 2021
Morri: Golf’s contrived efforts
Shameless self-promotion time. Last week, we had a fascinating discussion on the Good-Good Golf Podcast about the notions of ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ golf.
1 Mar 2021
Morri: A win for architecture
There were two winners from Sei Young Kim’s maiden major title at Aronimink Golf Club at the weekend.
12 Oct 2020
Morri: Looking beyond perfect lies
I envy people who judge the quality of a golf course only by its conditioning. It is such a simple and binary way to measure one’s enjoyment of the game.
3 Aug 2020
Morri: Hard doesn’t equal good
Hard. Easy. Good. Bad. More than just words these are concepts in golf and they come loaded with pre-conceived notions about their relative individual merits.
20 Jul 2020
Aussies Abroad: Tim Lobb – Course Architect
Tim Lobb is one of this country’s proudest exports when it comes to golf course design. We caught up with the Surrey-based architect to talk everything golf.
29 Apr 2020
MORRI: The lesser of two evils
Let’s be done with this whole distance debate and just go ahead and implement the obvious solution: make golf courses shorter.
6 Jan 2020
The Pitfalls of DIY Course Design
Recent major course renovations at some big-name clubs in Australia have come under the watchful eye of experienced course architects and have received rave reviews. The clubs have benefitted from trusting an expert eye, reminding once again of the potential pitfalls DIY course changes, or lack thereof, can cause.
7 Nov 2019
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