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Cleary: Pay the money, take the ride - how to make golf fun again

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
Kobori claims back-to-back Webex Players Series titles

Kobori claims back-to-back Webex Players Series titles

Kazuma Kobori holed a 12-foot putt down the hill at Rosebud Country Club’s 18th green and the 72nd hole of the Webex Players Series Victoria to write his own little piece of history today. 29 Jan 2024
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The Preview: QLD PGA Championship

For the second straight week, an Australian state PGA Championship will be played for the second time in 2022 when the QLD PGA takes place at Nudgee Golf Club starting Thursday. 16 Nov 2022
The Preview: Vic PGA

The Preview: Vic PGA

The Victorian PGA Championship, now more casually known as the Vic PGA, is celebrating its 100th year in 2022, players first competing for the Jack Harris Trophy back in 1922 at Royal Melbourne and Victoria Golf Clubs. 9 Nov 2022
Morri: Seven Mile Beach vision about more than golf

Morri: Seven Mile Beach vision about more than golf

‘What have been the success stories of golf in the last 20 years? Barnbougle, Bandon, Goat Hill. Places where individuals with passion and vision and persistence have been driving things. Not committees, not boards, not OEMs.’ 12 Sep 2022
Clayton: Designing in the field

Clayton: Designing in the field

Normally a brief from a golf club or a client to a golf course architect is reasonably extensive. Something of an exception was Richard Sattler, the Barnbougle owner who simply told Tom Doak and I – “I don’t care what you do – just don’t screw it up.” 8 Jul 2022
Morri: You can’t read all about it

Morri: You can’t read all about it

During our ‘The Thing About Golf’ podcast interview back in February, Mat Goggin said something which remains front of mind whenever the topic of the game’s image among the non-golf public comes up. 5 Jul 2021
Clayton, DeVries & Pont to design Tassie beach course

Clayton, DeVries & Pont to design Tassie beach course

It has been nearly a decade in the making, but the much-anticipated Seven Mile Beach project in Hobart is one step closer to becoming a course with the appointment of a world class design team. 25 Jan 2021

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