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Morri: The misinformed attack on public golf
It’s tiring – and frankly tiresome – to constantly argue about public golf with people who are not only completely uninformed about the game but apparently wilfully ignorant.
22 Feb 2021
Morri: Making cents out of Moore Park debate
It’s not the most important facet of the discussion but the financial reality of Sydney Lord Mayor Clove Moore’s plan to cut Moore Park Golf Course to nine holes shouldn’t be overlooked.
30 Nov 2020
Morri: Why golf needs to change its narrative
It’s difficult to put your finger on just what it is about this game that seems to get into the bloodstream.
9 Nov 2020
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
Morri: Learning to share
We’ve known for a couple of months that COVID has given golf a major participation boost but what is less obvious is how the game (or more precisely, the industry) intends to harness this new-found interest.
19 Oct 2020
Labor lends support to public golf in Sydney
Like so many other public golf courses, particularly in Sydney, Marrickville Golf Club in the city’s Inner West is faced with an uncertain future. However, the club received a strong showing of support via a Labor party statement today.
16 Sep 2020
McIlroy wants more majors at public courses
Rory McIlroy says golf should stage more of its biggest tournaments at public courses to make the game more accessible.
6 Aug 2020
Opinion: Sydney’s potential public paradise
Any golfer with an interest in course architecture or accessibility will likely have heard of Winter Park Golf Course in Florida.
4 Jun 2020
Morri: Moore vs. Moore Park
It’s difficult to know how best to respond to Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s latest salvo in her ongoing campaign to halve the size of one of the country’s busiest golf courses.
25 May 2020
Morri: A new defence of public golf
In light of some unexpected feedback to a column on the closure of the council-owned Hudson Park golf course in Sydney last month, two interesting pieces of correspondence have emerged on this topic in the past two weeks.
26 Apr 2019
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