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Clayton: Australia’s Scottish lesson
“At least 25 percent of the golf courses need to be converted into mountain bike trails. The rest can be used for walks and picnics, off-leash dog runs, boot camps and community veggie gardens. Maybe keep one for posterity.”
21 Oct 2020
Course Design: Beyond COVID
From the golf courses played on the game’s biggest pro Tours to interesting short courses and the public layouts in our biggest urban centres, the architectural quality of those layouts in a post-COVID golfing world will be important for the game and the environment.
7 Oct 2020
Michel’s Major Leap
Lukas Michel will make his long-awaited major debut at Winged Foot Golf Club this week, courtesy of his historic victory at the US Mid-Amateur last September.
17 Sep 2020
Inside Golf Australia October 2020
Generation Z is taking over the game of golf ...
17 Sep 2020
Amateur Michel eyes major debut at Winged Foot
Australian amateur Lukas Michel hopes rolling his sleeves up and digging trenches on golf courses in Detroit has toughened him up for a US Open debut at New York's notoriously brutal Winged Foot course.
15 Sep 2020
Inside Golf Australia September 2020
The September issue of Golf Australia previews the 120th US Open at Winged Foot Golf Club by speaking exclusively with the affable Marc Leishman.
20 Aug 2020
Late Masters an issue for Aussie Open: Day
Jason Day says he would love to face off against Adam Scott at the Australian Open but the late-season Masters could complicate Australia's top male golfers returning this year.
7 May 2020
Clayton calls on stars to prop up Aussie summer
Mike Clayton has challenged the likes of Jason Day and Adam Scott to rush home after the Masters to give Australian golf a boost in the post-coronavirus era.
6 May 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #17 - Mike Clayton
The seeds of Mike Clayton’s love affair with golf began as a six-year-old tagging along beside his father during a round at Victoria’s Point Lonsdale course.
6 May 2020
Should Victorians be allowed to play golf?
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its resulting restrictions have quickly led to one of the most heated golf debates in the history of the game in this country: Should Victorians be allowed to play golf?
20 Apr 2020
10 of golf’s best: Twitter accounts
The coronavirus pandemic has effectively forced golf’s professional circuits into hibernation. But the game’s analysts, players and impressionists continue to utilise other platforms to entertain members of the golfing world – one of which includes Twitter. Here are 10 of the best golf accounts in the Twittersphere.
14 Apr 2020
Norman credited for Masters resilience
In what would have been Masters week, reminders of Greg Norman's shattering losses and grace in defeat at August National are making their annual return.
8 Apr 2020
10 of golf's best: Podcasts
Running out of things to do during self-isolation? Looking for other ways to get your golf fix? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here are 10 of the best golf podcasts to immerse yourself in …
6 Apr 2020
The Architects’ Series: Legacy of the Morcoms
Mick Morcom and his son, Vern, were this country’s most pre-eminent greens keepers for more than half a century, but their influence on course design and construction remain today.
19 Mar 2020
The Huggan Interview: R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers
The R&A chief sits down to talk about the biggest issues facing golf, from grass roots participation numbers to the distance debate, gender equality, slow play and the Home of Golf, St Andrews.
11 Mar 2020
Review: Victoria Golf Club
A multi-million dollar renovation of one of Australia’s finest courses is set to propel it into the consciousness of discerning golfers worldwide.
21 Feb 2020
Inside Golf Australia February 2020
Min Woo Lee is an unquestioned rising star of Australian golf.
28 Jan 2020
Brisbane to host 2020 Australian PGA Championship
The Australian PGA Championship will return to Brisbane in 2020 to celebrate Royal Queensland Golf Club’s centenary year.
9 Jan 2020
Golf Australia magazine claims major awards
Golf Australia magazine was one of the big winners at the Australian Golf Media Awards presented in Sydney last night.
8 Dec 2019
Time is nigh … For short-form golf
The common complaint from the part-time golfer is they wish they could play more. Matt Cleary is among those time-poor swingers and he ponders the opportunities clubs have to tap into shorter forms of the game.
6 Dec 2019
Baker-Finch concerned for injured Day
Ian Baker-Finch is more concerned by the frequency of Jason Day's back injuries than the 32-year-old's withdrawal from the Australian summer of golf.
2 Dec 2019
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