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Review: Bonville Golf Resort

Review: Bonville Golf Resort

For more than three decades, the dramatic, densely treed and visually breathtaking landscape that is home to the Bonville Golf Resort has drawn observational comparisons with the iconic Augusta National Golf Club, where the 89th Masters Tournament will be played this week. 8 Apr 2025
Review: Glenelg Golf Club

Review: Glenelg Golf Club

For the best part of a century, Glenelg Golf Club has existed in the shadows of its critically acclaimed golfing neighbours Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga and, to a lesser extent, Grange. 12 Feb 2025
Review: Mt Compass Golf Course

Review: Mt Compass Golf Course

Golf was born on flat, sandy land deemed unsuitable for any kind of agriculture. History, however, shows us that relatively flat sites can still produce great golf courses because of what lies beneath. 5 Feb 2025
Review: Clearwater Golf Club

Review: Clearwater Golf Club

If you are a keen reader of Golf Australia magazine - print or digital - you’ll notice that the brilliance and understated beauty of the images that support these words might look familiar. 29 Jan 2025
Review: Sandy Golf Links

Review: Sandy Golf Links

Melbourne’s incredible Sandbelt is a golfing region like no other anywhere in the world. 26 Nov 2024
Review: The Australian Golf Club

Review: The Australian Golf Club

The course today looks nothing like its original 1905 layout, but has been widely accepted as a fine tournament venue and remains ranked among Australia’s best courses. It is arguably the best-conditioned course in the country. 19 Nov 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Founded in the late 19th century, Brisbane’s oldest golf club boasts an honour board adorned with the names of all-time greats who have won club and significant amateur events, including the likes of Norman Von Nida and Frank Phillips. 14 Aug 2024
Review: Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club

Review: Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club

It seems to be the same old story every summer these days. Bushfires in the south of the country, rain and floods to the north. 5 Jul 2024
Review: Monash Country Club

Review: Monash Country Club

It is nearly 40 years since I first laid eyes on the beautifully prepared fairways and greens at Monash Country Club, which sits high on a hill overlooking Sydney’s sprawling northern beaches. 4 Jun 2024
Review: Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Review: Cobram Barooga Golf Club

The founding members of Cobram Golf Club could never have envisioned their humble nine-hole sand scrape course would one day expand to become a massive rolling 36-hole complex. 15 Apr 2024
First look: Season 2 of Netflix's Full Swing

First look: Season 2 of Netflix's Full Swing

Coming off the previous 12-month circus that has been men's professional golf, I was excited to sink my teeth into the second season of the Netflix docuseries Full Swing and peel back the curtain on what had been unfolding behind the scenes. 6 Mar 2024
Course Review: Carrington Estate

Course Review: Carrington Estate

The seaside location of the Carrington Estate had me fully expecting to find a links style course. 24 Jan 2024
Morri: Out of the mouths of babes …

Morri: Out of the mouths of babes …

With Christmas fast approaching the temptation when one writes a regular column is to cast one’s mind back over the 12 months just passed and run through some highlights and lowlights. 18 Dec 2023
2023 in review: Playing by the numbers

2023 in review: Playing by the numbers

Golf is a numbers game, from your score to par to the amount of money you take off your mate on a Sunday afternoon. Here, we break down all the critical numbers from 2023. 14 Dec 2023
Review: Titirangi Golf Club

Review: Titirangi Golf Club

The 1920s was a golden age for golf course construction in Australia thanks, in no small part, to the creativity and genius of legendary designer Dr Alister MacKenzie. 13 Dec 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Port Fairy Golf Links

Top-100 Spotlight: Port Fairy Golf Links

Once upon a time, it was a little-known links on Victoria’s south-west coast. Today, the links at Port Fairy is firmly entrenched among the best 50 courses in the nation. 27 Nov 2023
Review: Camden Golf Club

Review: Camden Golf Club

My experiences at Camden Golf Club date back to the early 1980s when, as a teenage golfer growing up in western Sydney, myself and a few mates would play in the club’s Cup event and the occasional open day. 21 Jul 2023
The Review: Caddyshack (1980)

The Review: Caddyshack (1980)

The end of the 1970s were a tumultuous time as America emerged from a decade of soaring inflation, political unrest, Watergate and Vietnam. 6 Jul 2023
The 2023 Driver Test

The 2023 Driver Test

There is no greater feeling than catching a drive right out of the centre of the clubface and watching it sail off into the distance towards the short grass. 26 Apr 2023
Morri: Can Full Swing help golf’s greater good?

Morri: Can Full Swing help golf’s greater good?

If golf and golfers are the measure then the Netflix documentary Full Swing would have to be considered a success. 27 Feb 2023
The Review: Sneak peek at Netflix’s Full Swing

The Review: Sneak peek at Netflix’s Full Swing

Golf has a problem with an excess of choice. Any given week there’s three or four tournaments on the men’s premier Tours and at least that again on secondary and feeder circuits. 8 Feb 2023