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Matt Cleary
Matt Cleary
Inside the Ropes as Kimmy slays the Big Dogs
Anthony Kim's charge to the title at LIV Adelaide was some of the great theatre, and our man Matt Cleary followed along, inside the ropes, as Kim thrilled the people with a Cindarella story for the ages.
15 Feb 2026
Fans The Winners as Bison Goes Wild at The Grange
Bryson DeChambeau’s philosophy to golf appears to be "go hard or go home". He winds up and lets rip, and the golf ball soars to many parts of the course, most of which designer Vern Morcom did not have in mind as landing zones. At The Grange on Friday, DeChambeau went hard and was a long way from home. And legions of fans had intimate seats to a visceral, thrilling performance by this great entertainer, writes Matt Cleary
13 Feb 2026
Journeyman, Cinderella Man ... Will the real Anthony Kim stand up?
Anthony Kim was a Ryder Cup hero, nearly won the Masters, went through the wars, went missing, was tossed a Wildcard lifeline by LIV, was tossed off the tour, then fought his way back on. Matt Cleary followed the man for 18 holes at The Grange and reckons there's a very good, maybe even great, player inside the man's much-busted body.
12 Feb 2026
Inside the Ropes with Case, Bison and the Sportos
Our man Matt Cleary gets out amongst a marquee group for LIV Adelaide's Pro-Am at the Grange, and finds that even superstar sportsmen who've performed in heaving cauldrons of humanity can be cowed once inside the ropes with the Bison.
11 Feb 2026
Last Stand: LIV Adelaide to rock out at The Grange
Excellent golf, super-fine course, smokey food, funky tunes, cool brews - there's a lot to like about the spectator experience at LIV Adelaide which remains the LIV league's crown jewel, reports our man-on-the-ground at The Grange, Matt Cleary.
11 Feb 2026
Cleary: Koepka's gone, Reed's gone, Elvis and the kids are in the building. Why LIV's laughing
Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed have left the LIV Golf league, while Bryson DeChambeau is playing his chips in a half-billion dollar power play. And the demise of LIV Golf has been prophesised again. And yet, LIV continues to invest - in youth, in a world tour, in itself - giving no indication of going anywhere, writes Matt Cleary.
11 Feb 2026
Next big thing, sure. But world's best? From LIV league? Jury is out
Elvis Smylie’s mentor and former caddie, Mike Clayton, reveals what he said to the 23-year-old in their first telephone conversation after Smylie signed with LIV Golf – and if he believes, as Smylie believes, that the 23-year-old can be the best player in the world.
9 Feb 2026
Golf Australia magazine goes pro at the Mini Golf Masters
Steve Samuelson won the Australian Mini Golf Masters in November at Lynwood Country Club in Sydney's north-west, and our man Matt Cleary was there to document the event while competing (poorly) in it. What he found was far from hit-and-giggle - indeed it's a mode of golf with a great deal of potential
28 Jan 2026
Course Review: Murrumbidgee Country Club
Matt Cleary reviews a Canberra bush beauty, Murrumbidgee Country Club, nourished by a famous river and nestled among snow-capped Brindabellas.
30 Nov 2025
Cleary: Ryan Fox's golf swing a work of brutalist art
Ryan Fox's golf swing is a brutal work of art, according to our man Matt Cleary, and for most of Friday he was one off the lead. While a late stutter saw him drop to five-under and five behind leader and fellow Kiwi, Kazuma Kobori, at the halfway mark of the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland, Fox remains one to watch.
28 Nov 2025
Revealed: why actor Michael Peña buys Golf Australia magazine in airports
Deputy Editor Matt Cleary strolled the back nine of Royal Queensland with actor Michael Peña, who is in Brisbane to shoot an action movie with Chris Hemsworth and compete in the Pro-Am of the Australian PGA Championship. On the way around, the Chicago native revealed a very good golf game, a garden variety golf addiction, and that whenever he's in an Australian airport, he is compelled to purchase the latest issue of Golf Australia magazine.
28 Nov 2025
Golf, NRL and Las Vegas Equals Good Times In The Badlands
Attending the NRL’s Las Vegas annual season-opening showcase is wild enough, but the real fun begins when fans swap jerseys for golf clubs. From Wolf Creek’s cartoon-esque chaos to Cascata’s desert elegance, Nevada’s golf delivers big hits, bold curves and unforgettable thrills.
22 Oct 2025
19 Holes With... Clint Rice
In a professional golf career that's spanned 22 years, Clint Rice followed in the footsteps of Mat Goggin, shared a dressing room with Greg Norman, and road-tested Barnbougle when it was a donger and a dream. Today he's known by a whole other strata of society as an “intruder” on a TV show about getting married without having met one's wife. All of which makes him good fodder for our "19 Holes With" treatment, and fine company for golf and a bottle of pinot noir, according to Deputy Editor, Matt Cleary.
15 Oct 2025
19 Holes With... Cameron Daddo
Cameron Daddo spent nearly 25 years in Los Angeles, was a comrade of a young Indiana Jones, and once went low on the set of Happy Gilmore. Our man Matt Cleary tests out the Daddo golf game over 18 holes at Manly GC.
29 Sep 2025
Course Review: St Andrews Beach
Tom Doak’s St Andrews Beach has been freshly-ranked the 89th best course in the world by a reputable website, and you will hear no argument from our Deputy Editor, who, on his first go-round, describes the course as “more fun than both Luna Parks”.
10 Sep 2025
Cleary: America! Gift fourth major to the world
With news that Augusta National will confer Masters-qualification status on the winners of several national Opens, including our Australian Open, Matt Cleary argues that the governing bodies of world golf should spread the love further and convince the PGA of America to relinquish Major status of its U.S PGA Championship, and each year grant a different country's national Open the title of Major.
27 Aug 2025
Cleary: Can't split Open and Masters, U.S Open next best, PGA last by length of Flemington Straight
Matt Cleary shouts at a cloud, a President, the PGA Championship, the Scottish Open, Aberdeen, Turnberry, lager beer, the Atlantic Ocean and the Filet-of-Fish.
17 Jul 2025
Golf Improvement Tour of Glorious Vietnam
Seven nights, five rounds and luxury accommodation on Vietnam's spectacular Golf Coast - AND you'll come back a better player. What's not to like? We can't think of a single thing.
1 Jul 2025
Cleary: PGA's a bludger of a major, and two-time major champion can't change my mind
Many people agree that holding three of four major championships in the United States, particularly one that invites 20 club professionals from that country, should not be a thing in these globalised times. One two-time major champion and legend of Australian golf does not agree, however.
19 May 2025
When a gin-slinging journo pal of Arnold Palmer's created golf's grand slam
The concept – some would describe it as a “construct” – of major championships, as we know them today, first gained traction in 1960, when Arnold Palmer was on his way to play the Open Championship at St Andrews after winning the Masters and U.S Open.
13 May 2025
Cleary: PGA Championship is generic, beefed-up Tour event not befitting major status
It is the mangiest of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. It is the drummer in Spinal Tap. It is the character “Mike” – the not very funny one – in The Young Ones. It is a fifth wheel in a four-event swing. It is, of course, the United States PGA Championship, known as a “major” championship. And its time should be up, reckons Matt Cleary.
12 May 2025
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