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peter thomson
Inside Royal Queensland
As Royal Queensland Golf Club’s centennial year drew to a close in 2020, one of the men who masterminded its rebirth 14 years ago offered some insights into the layout and addressed some misconceptions about the design.
18 Jan 2021
Review: Hamilton Island Golf Club
An island that was once home to little more than “two goats and a lighthouse”, is today the spectacular setting for one of Australia’s best golf courses.
11 Jan 2021
Join A Club: Club Mandalay
Club Mandalay’s Peter Thomson-designed course has risen across a range of golf course rankings since its inception.
7 Dec 2020
Morri: The notion of par
If you’ve ever wondered whether golf is more a mental or physical pursuit then wonder no more.
2 Nov 2020
Aussies Abroad: Tim Lobb – Course Architect
Tim Lobb is one of this country’s proudest exports when it comes to golf course design. We caught up with the Surrey-based architect to talk everything golf.
29 Apr 2020
Review: Moonah Links Golf Club
With two contrasting layouts firmly entrenched in Australia’s Top-100 Courses, Moonah Links continues to enjoy its status as one of this country’s best 36-hole complexes.
16 Apr 2020
Fans to decide Australia's greatest golfer
The mantle as Australia’s Greatest Golfer will be put in the hands of the public as the PGA of Australia launches a head-to-head battle of Australia’s 64 most accomplished professionals.
14 Apr 2020
Morri: No golf reinforces Masters evolution
It’s difficult to know just what to make of the Masters. Every year reverence for the event seems to get more overblown yet somehow, most years, it delivers in terms of golf.
14 Apr 2020
Review: The National Golf Club
If there is such a thing as a ‘super club’, The National Golf Club can rightly claim to be one. In fact, there are few clubs around the world that can boast as many diverse and interesting holes as can be experienced at The National.
23 Mar 2020
18 viewing pleasures to ease you through golf's blackout
The global coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has left no aspect of our everyday lives untouched. In the golfing world, the professional game is in shutdown mode.
16 Mar 2020
Review: Rich River Golf Club
Long established as one of the go-to destinations on the Murray River, this 36-hole venue is set to further enhance its appeal with major course upgrades as part of a multi-million dollar reinvestment.
9 Dec 2019
Morri: The Conundrum
Too hard, too easy; too firm, too soft. Too wide, too narrow; too long, too short.
16 Oct 2019
Review: Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort
Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort is Australia’s largest public access golf facility with 45 holes on offer. With a range of non-golf activities and two layouts entrenched in the Top-100 Public Access Courses in the country it is certainly worth a visit.
15 Oct 2019
Slow Pokes: The solutions to slow play
Pace of play is the one blight on the game that trickles down from the professional Tours to grass roots club golf. At the elite level, slow play is frustrating for all from players to fans. Here, the man at the coalface of administering pro golf in Australia offers some solutions.
16 Jul 2019
Review: Hamilton Island Golf Club
The spectacular Peter Thomson and Ross Perrett-designed Hamilton Island course has never looked better as it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
24 Jun 2019
The Open to return to Hoylake in 2022
The Open Championship will return to Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake for its 151st edition in 2022, organisers the R&A said on Tuesday.
27 Feb 2019
Jacklin wants colour-coded golf balls
Ryder Cup great Tony Jacklin has urged the sport to follow squash by using colour-coded balls to distinguish the professional game from the amateur one in the modern era of 'grip it and rip it golf'.
2 Nov 2018
Inside Golf Australia August 2018
Well played, sir. Peter Thomson was our greatest ever golfer and forever changed the way the sport is played in this country.
26 Jul 2018
Carnoustie Golf Links: Australia’s unhappiest hunting ground
If an Australian is to win at The Open at Carnoustie this week he will have to defy 87 years of heart-breaking history on the Scottish Links.
19 Jul 2018
The Open: Barren Years
It has been 25 years since Greg Norman won The Open at Royal St George’s. There have been close calls since but the claret jug continues to dodge Australian hands. Will one of the seven Aussies heading to Carnoustie end the drought?
16 Jul 2018
Peter Thomson farewelled
Family, friends and the Auld Claret Jug gathered to celebrate the life of Peter Thomson in Melbourne yesterday.
29 Jun 2018
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