golf courses

Review: Glenelg Golf Club

Review: Glenelg Golf Club

For the best part of a century, Glenelg Golf Club has existed in the shadows of its critically acclaimed golfing neighbours Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga and, to a lesser extent, Grange. 12 Feb 2025
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2025

RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2025

Presenting a guide to the best golf courses in Australia which are open to the public, allowing you to book a tee time without needing a membership. 23 Jan 2025
Travel Feature: Golf’s Sunny Side

Travel Feature: Golf’s Sunny Side

Just an hour’s drive north of Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast presents an ideal blend of accessibility and charm, making it perfect for a golfing getaway whatever the time of year. 20 Nov 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Lakes Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Lakes Golf Club

When you roll through the gates at premier golf clubs, anticipating what you are about to experience is a thrill that never wanes. 9 Sep 2024
Travel: Highlands Swing

Travel: Highlands Swing

Every now and then a newspaper will trot out an article quoting academics and professionals advocating for the four-day working week. 19 Aug 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Founded in the late 19th century, Brisbane’s oldest golf club boasts an honour board adorned with the names of all-time greats who have won club and significant amateur events, including the likes of Norman Von Nida and Frank Phillips. 14 Aug 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Heritage Golf & Country Club: Henley Course

Top-100 Spotlight: The Heritage Golf & Country Club: Henley Course

The first time I played the Henley Course at The Heritage Golf & Country Club, I got lost heading to the 1st tee. 31 Jul 2024
Travel Feature: Capital Country

Travel Feature: Capital Country

The best thing about Canberra is the air. Now, now – none of your cheek. Not the stuff out of the buffoons we send to the Capital to look after our interests, the gibbering nincompoops whose bluster could power so many of Canberra’s much-photographed hot-air balloons. 2 Jul 2024
Review: Monash Country Club

Review: Monash Country Club

It is nearly 40 years since I first laid eyes on the beautifully prepared fairways and greens at Monash Country Club, which sits high on a hill overlooking Sydney’s sprawling northern beaches. 4 Jun 2024
Review: Titirangi Golf Club

Review: Titirangi Golf Club

The 1920s was a golden age for golf course construction in Australia thanks, in no small part, to the creativity and genius of legendary designer Dr Alister MacKenzie. 13 Dec 2023
Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

The drive north-east from the Perth CBD through to the Swan Valley is one of the nicest journeys you can make in and around the West Australian capital. 22 Nov 2023
Morri: The devil is in the details

Morri: The devil is in the details

More than once I’ve heard golf described as chess to other sports’ chequers and if you’ve ever tried to explain the game to a non-golfer the concept will resonate. 13 Nov 2023
The Rise of Public Golf

The Rise of Public Golf

Public golf is the foundation of the game at the grass roots in this country. 24 May 2023
Holiday at Home: South of the Swan

Holiday at Home: South of the Swan

When you have been sitting on a plane for two hours, the first movie has been watched, you’re into your second in-flight snack and the flight tracker map shows you’re not quite halfway, there is a realisation Perth is a long way away. 17 Nov 2022
60 Best Aussie metro courses you can play for $50 or less

60 Best Aussie metro courses you can play for $50 or less

Inflation is on the rise and the cost-of-living is starting to hit the hip pocket nerve. But there’s no need to sacrifice your golf game. 29 Sep 2022
The R&A launches sustainable agronomy service in Asia-Pacific

The R&A launches sustainable agronomy service in Asia-Pacific

As part of its commitment to delivering a sustainable future for golf The R&A has launched an innovative new agronomy service in Asia-Pacific. 26 May 2021
Australia’s courses playing a role in our sustainable future

Australia’s courses playing a role in our sustainable future

Australian golfers have always known the courses they play on offer more than just a round of golf. They know that playing the game can not only benefit the well-being and social connectivity of its participants, but also the significant role that Australian golf courses play in the protection of our environment. 22 Jul 2020
Travel: 72 Hours in … Macarthur

Travel: 72 Hours in … Macarthur

Sydney’s south-western outskirts has been one of Australia’s booming residential development regions for nearly 20 years. And where there is a stable population base, quality golf is never far away. 27 Feb 2020