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Smith applauds call for LIV Golf to stay in Adelaide
Adelaide will remain host of a LIV Golf tournament until at least 2031 amid plans to shift the event to a city course being redeveloped by Greg Norman.
16 Feb 2025
Have your say on the future of Moore Park Golf
The public can now have a say on the future of Moore Park Golf following the New South Wales Government’s announcement that proposed changes to part of Moore Park South, including reducing the highly popular public golf course to nine holes.
22 Mar 2024
A win for public golf as Oakleigh course saved
Melbourne’s Oakleigh Golf Course will continue as a nine-hole public course serving its range of community groups following a vote by City of Monash Council.
28 Feb 2024
Morri: Public golf... again
Almost evert day it seems my Twitter feed contains news of another public golf course under threat somewhere in the world.
26 Feb 2024
Review: Red Rocks Golf Course
Phillip Island is about two hours’ drive south of Melbourne and is internationally famous for two things – its motor racing circuit and the daily march of penguins that waddle ashore at sunset.
20 Feb 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: Leongatha Golf Club
A list of the regional Victoria’s best golf courses would not be complete without Leongatha Golf Club in South Gippsland and its Vern Morcom-designed layout is about to get even better.
14 Dec 2023
Morri: The devil is in the details
More than once I’ve heard golf described as chess to other sports’ chequers and if you’ve ever tried to explain the game to a non-golfer the concept will resonate.
13 Nov 2023
Morri: Good for the body, great for the brain
We talk a lot about golf being great walking exercise and that’s true. But it’s more than just the body that gets a workout when you play a round.
6 Nov 2023
Morri: AAC a beautiful cleanser
What a refreshing and timely reminder the Asia-Pacific Amateur was of all things good about golf.
30 Oct 2023
Golf Australia continues to support golf facilities nationwide
Following its support of the Oakleigh Golf Course, Golf Australia is again throwing its support behind all public golf facilities that continue to be the lifeblood of the golfing community.
25 Oct 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Flinders Golf Club
It is more than just a little ironic that the oldest golf club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Flinders Golf Club, might also be the region’s most underrated.
18 Oct 2023
Golf industry backs threatened Oakleigh course
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia have thrown their weight behind the fight to retain Oakleigh golf course in south-eastern Melbourne.
11 Oct 2023
Morri: Argue for Oakleigh without the aggression
The temptation to attack those who favour closing Oakleigh Golf Course in Melbourne is understandable, but it is difficult to imagine how anything could be more counterproductive than to give in to it.
9 Oct 2023
Morri: Proving perceptions wrong for the sake of public golf
‘Golf courses are a tribute to white privilege. Turn it into something the whole community can use.’
2 Oct 2023
Morri: Health one of golf’s great defences
“A good walk spoiled? I say a good walk improved.” Dr. Frank Sullivan, University of St Andrews Medical School Director of Research, on the Good-Good Golf podcast last week.
18 Sep 2023
Opinion: Engage rather than rage
Like clockwork every couple of months, golf, and more specifically golf courses, come under fire from people who believe the land and resources could be better used.
2 Aug 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Forster-Tuncurry Golf Club: Tuncurry Course
The term ‘hidden gem’ is so often overused by golf scribes when reviewing a course. I know I have been guilty of it from time-to-time but I promise from now on that will change because this is a tale about a genuine golfing gem of the hidden variety.
23 Jul 2023
Opinion: A putting stroke worth celebrating
Not for the first time, and certainly not the last, the messy split and attempt to reunite the top of the men’s game has taken over the golf news cycle almost completely.
12 Jul 2023
Ranking: NSW and ACT's best public access courses for 2023
If you're looking to play Australia's best courses where tee times are readily available, look no further. Here, we showcase the finest public access layouts in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023.
20 Jun 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: The Coast Golf Club
There is something special about playing golf on the water’s edge, alongside beach sand and at the mercy of mother nature.
5 Jun 2023
The Rise of Public Golf
Public golf is the foundation of the game at the grass roots in this country.
24 May 2023
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