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Huggan: No fun watching Woods’ painful slide

Huggan: No fun watching Woods’ painful slide

Dead last. Propping up the field. Not even close ... take your pick, or come up with your own description of what we saw from Tiger Woods at this year’s Masters, a tournament the 15-time major champion won five times over the course of his almost peerless career. 15 Apr 2024
Young Stubbs’ biggest hurdle at debut Masters

Young Stubbs’ biggest hurdle at debut Masters

Australian amateur Jasper Stubbs is clinging to the hope of making the halfway cut after enduring a rough Masters debut at Augusta National. 12 Apr 2024
The Thing About Golf Podcast #117 - Brandel Chamblee

The Thing About Golf Podcast #117 - Brandel Chamblee

There might not be a more polarising voice in modern golf media than Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee and he certainly doesn't disappoint in this wide-ranging chat with John Huggan. 11 Apr 2024
Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Three

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Three

As the hype surrounding the start of this year's Masters tournament builds, the players have been treating every minute they're spending out on the famed Augusta course like gold during the vital practice rounds. Here, we present the best images captured during the latest session. 11 Apr 2024
Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Two

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Two

As the most prestigious golf tournament on the planet drawers ever closer, the superstar combatants have begun either attempting to eliminate the last of any bugs remaining in their game, or are further fine-tuning their approach and tactics for the 2024 Masters. Here, we present the best images captured out on the historic layout on the second day of practice. 10 Apr 2024
Gallery: 2024 Masters Monday

Gallery: 2024 Masters Monday

The superstars and the passionate fans have arrived at Augusta National, as the field prepares to contest the 88th Masters Tournament. Here are the best images from on the ground during the opening practice round. 9 Apr 2024
13th Beach Golf Links accelerates gender equality progress

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: Why LIV Golf needs Johnny Miller

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
Enjoyment the key to more success for Hannah Green

Enjoyment the key to more success for Hannah Green

Hannah Green is newly married, highly confident, and has some lofty goals in her sights for a year, where the Olympics and enjoyment are high on her priority list. 7 Mar 2024
NSW Amateur Champions crowned

NSW Amateur Champions crowned

Sydney’s Declan O’Donovan and Queenslander Godiva Kim have been crowned NSW Amateur Champions for 2024. 3 Feb 2024
Sydneysider with funky swing poised to go low at Royal Queensland

Sydneysider with funky swing poised to go low at Royal Queensland

We’re on the driving the range at Royal Queensland ahead of the Australian PGA Championship, and as Banjo Paterson would have it, the cracks have gathered to the fray. 22 Nov 2023
Preview: The Gippsland Super 6

Preview: The Gippsland Super 6

Two tournaments for the price of one. That’s the unique position the Gippsland Super 6 holds on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. 7 Nov 2023
Stubbs charges to brilliant win in Asia-Pac Amateur at Royal Melbourne

Stubbs charges to brilliant win in Asia-Pac Amateur at Royal Melbourne

Jasper Stubbs has become the fourth Australian and the second in two years to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after a barnstorming play-off win over China's Wenyi Ding and Yunhe 'Sampson' Zheng. 29 Oct 2023
Wildcard from Surfers Paradise bolts into frame at Asia-Pac Amateur

Wildcard from Surfers Paradise bolts into frame at Asia-Pac Amateur

Billy Dowling of Queensland had never been to Melbourne's famous Sandbelt much less played at Royal Melbourne before his late call-up into the Australian team to play in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. After one round the 18-year-old bolter leads the Aussie charge. 26 Oct 2023
The right stuff: Kiwi Kobori leads Asia-Pac Amateur

The right stuff: Kiwi Kobori leads Asia-Pac Amateur

If he goes on to win the 2023 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship, Kiwi Kazuma Kobori will be invited to play the Masters at Augusta National and the Open Championship at Royal Troon. If he doesn’t win, he’ll turn professional and play the Queensland PGA at Nudgee. 26 Oct 2023
"We haven't used a rangefinder": Lukas Michel on a Royal Melbourne mission

"We haven't used a rangefinder": Lukas Michel on a Royal Melbourne mission

Yuta Sugiara of Japan is the top-ranked player, China’s Bo Jin was second to Harrison Crowe in Thailand last year, and Australia’s Jeffrey Guan will go into the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne after a five-hour chipping lesson with Cameron Smith. 26 Oct 2023
Nerves fray as wind howls for Asia-Pacific Amateur

Nerves fray as wind howls for Asia-Pacific Amateur

The wind was strong enough to shake the press tent while bunker sand specked against the windows with such force that visiting media wondered if Melbourne was under attack by hail-storm. That it was a sunny day confounded further. 25 Oct 2023
Voice of The Open, Ivor Robson passes away aged 83

Voice of The Open, Ivor Robson passes away aged 83

Ivor Robson, a man with one of the most distinctive voices in golf, has died at the age of 83. 17 Oct 2023
Calling all golfers to tee off for a cancer free future

Calling all golfers to tee off for a cancer free future

Golfers are encouraged to sign up for The Longest Day, the ultimate golf challenge, to raise funds for Cancer Council. 3 Oct 2023
Opinion: What chance does golf have?

Opinion: What chance does golf have?

It is far from a done deal just yet, but the merger at the top of men’s elite golf will hopefully lead to a respite from all the internal hostilities in the game. 28 Jun 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #93 – Tomas Mezera

The Thing About Golf Podcast #93 – Tomas Mezera

Lots of professional golfers like fast cars but none can quite match PGA Tour of Australasia Legends Tour player Tomas Mezera. 24 May 2023