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Top-100 Spotlight: Commonwealth Golf Club
Brian Slawnik and Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design have long been unabashed fans of the Sandbelt, and of Commonwealth Golf Club in particular. When asked to redesign the course, the first thing Slawnik told members was that it’s already great and that RGD would approach the work as preservationists. What Slawnik, RGD and Commonwealth greens staff did since has reimagined and reinvigorated one of Australia’s great courses.
18 Jun 2025
Jo Flaherty on the fried egg
Teaching professional Jo Flaherty of Commonwealth Golf Club on how to extricate yourself out of the bunker when faced with the dreaded fried egg.
15 May 2025
Rory rumours circle of Masters champ eyeing Australian return
Speculation is spreading across the golfing world that recently minted Masters champion Rory McIlroy will be making a competitive return to Australia for the first time in 11 years.
9 May 2025
Spotlight: Commonwealth Golf Club
Brian Slawnik and Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design have long been unabashed fans of the Sandbelt, and of Commonwealth Golf Club in particular. When asked to redesign the course, the first thing Slawnik told members was that it’s already great and that RGD would approach the work as preservationists. What Slawnik, RGD and Commonwealth greens staff did since has reimagined and reinvigorated one of Australia’s great courses.
1 Mar 2025
NSW stars shine on day two of adidas Australian Amateur
Rachel Lee equalled the Cranbourne course record and Blake Phillips continued his wave of good form to put a pair of New South Wales young guns on top at the adidas Australian Amateur at the halfway point of the national championship.
16 Jan 2025
Video Lesson: Sweep the floor when chipping on tight lies
This drill, demonstrated and explained here by PGA professional and Director of Instruction at Kingston Heath, Tom Corker, will teach you to use the sole of the club to make solid contact with the ball – without necessarily striking it first.
30 Nov 2024
Niemann shakes off day one blues to fire in Melbourne
Defending Australian Open champion Joaquin Niemann had a day to forget on Thursday of the Australian Open but rewrote those wrongs with a phenomenal Friday display, carding a five-under-par 66 at Victoria Golf Club this morning.
29 Nov 2024
Playing From The Tips Ep.91: Aussie Open & International Series Qatar
Australia once again takes centre stage in the golf world as our most important national championships head to Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt for what promises to be an enthralling ISPS HANDA Australian Open.
26 Nov 2024
Review: Sandy Golf Links
Melbourne’s incredible Sandbelt is a golfing region like no other anywhere in the world.
26 Nov 2024
19 Holes With ... Damien Oliver
In the first iteration of Golf Australia magazine‘s spanking new “19 Holes with … ” segment, Matt Cleary had a round with champion jockey Damien Oliver at Commonwealth Golf Club.
25 Sep 2024
CLEARY: Golf addiction explained by a round on the Sandbelt
And so to Commonwealth GC on the famous Melbourne ‘Sandbelt’ where one may only take a good-sized divot to create a world-class bunker complex, and where we enjoyed a round with the great Nick O’Hern, the great Damien Oliver, and the not as great though if he continues on his current career trajectory may well be, Lukas Michel, who works with Mike Clayton’s architecture mob and is one of Australia’s gun amateur golfers. And it was a bloody great day out.
9 Sep 2024
Morri: Sandbelt is golf for golf’s sake
It’s not the most prestigious, most cherished or most lucrative. But among the most important? In terms of tournaments, the Sandbelt Invitational is in the conversation.
11 Dec 2023
Morri: In a perfect world
Like daydreaming about winning the lottery and what one would do with the money, the following is an unrealistic, poorly thought through and shallow view of how a perfect golf world might look.
11 Sep 2023
Presidents Cup heading to Kingston Heath
The PGA Tour and the Presidents Cup today announced that the 2028 Presidents Cup will be contested at Kingston Heath Golf Club, one of the most iconic venues on the famed Melbourne Sandbelt.
27 Jun 2023
Opinion: It’s just the vibe of the thing
It is one of the quintessential moments of Australian cinema when Dennis Denuto utters the immortal line “It’s just the vibe of the thing” during the 1997 film The Castle.
22 Dec 2022
Driver off the deck delivers Davis Sandbelt Invitational
Over eight millimetres of rain greeted the field of the 2022 Sandbelt Invitational for the final round at Peninsula Kingswood on Thursday, but the weather couldn’t damp the scoring of leading pair Cam Davis and Momoka Kobori.
22 Dec 2022
Not all fun and games for Cam at the Sandbelt
Given it is the week of Christmas, without Tour sanctioning and with few of the usual bells and whistles of tournament golf, you would be forgiven for thinking the Sandbelt Invitational is something of a hit and giggle.
20 Dec 2022
Morri: A legendary reminder of the Sandbelt’s greatness
There has been no shortage of critical analysis of last week’s Australian Opens and that’s as it should be.
5 Dec 2022
Meronk outlasts hero Scott at Aussie Open
Adrian Meronk has penned another chapter in golf's history books as the first Polish player to win the Australian Open after romping to a five-stroke victory in Melbourne.
4 Dec 2022
Exclusive: Hend clarifies Australian Open stance
A professional golfer who is active on social media is both a gift and curse.
25 Nov 2022
Inside Golf Australia December 2022
This country’s biggest stars are all coming home to play the men’s and women’s Australian Open as well as the PGA Championship.
17 Nov 2022
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