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Playing From The Tips Ep.77: AIG Women's Open, BMW Championship & more

Playing From The Tips Ep.77: AIG Women's Open, BMW Championship & more

All eyes are on St Andrews this week as the best women golfers in the world head to the home of golf for the AIG Women’s Open. 20 Aug 2024
Our experts agree: Aussie chances abound in wide open Women's Open

Our experts agree: Aussie chances abound in wide open Women's Open

The vagaries of Scottish weather, the experience and form of the players, and simple luck of the draw have all made for a particularly open field at the Women's Open Championship which tees off on Thursday at the Old Course at St Andrews. 20 Aug 2024
Minjee snares lead at wet and windy Scottish Open

Minjee snares lead at wet and windy Scottish Open

Two-time major champion Minjee Lee managed a strong wind and caught a break with rare sunshine in a wet Scottish summer to shoot a five-under 67 for a one-shot lead in the Women's Scottish Open. 16 Aug 2024
Ogilvy: Holes that have always struck a positive chord with me

Ogilvy: Holes that have always struck a positive chord with me

We all have favourites. I know I do when it comes to golf holes. They are not necessarily the best par-3s, par-4s and par-5s — although I would argue that they are right up there. 16 Jul 2024
Inside Golf Australia August 2024

Inside Golf Australia August 2024

If you've been thinking about planning a golfing great escape but are unsure of where to start, the latest issue of Golf Australia magazine has come along at the perfect time. 10 Jul 2024
Smith dreaming of more major glory at Augusta

Smith dreaming of more major glory at Augusta

Steeling himself for "the best week of the year", Cameron Smith can't disguise his desperation to join golf royalty with a career-defining Masters triumph. 3 Apr 2024
More rain means Monday finish for Alfred Dunhill Links

More rain means Monday finish for Alfred Dunhill Links

Heavy rain in Scotland and waterlogged courses caused play at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship to be abandoned again on Sunday. 9 Oct 2023
Morri: A more intimate, and arguably better, experience

Morri: A more intimate, and arguably better, experience

It’s true of most things in life that for everything we gain we invariably give up something else. In the world of golf spectating, that thing is intimacy. 4 Sep 2023
Jones goes down in epic 10-hole play-off

Jones goes down in epic 10-hole play-off

The Asian Tour sensationally witnessed the longest sudden-death play-off in its history Sunday, when young Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra defeated veteran Matt Jones from Australia on the 10th extra hole at the inaugural St Andrews Bay Championship. 28 Aug 2023
Garcia desperate to break 25-year Scottish drought

Garcia desperate to break 25-year Scottish drought

Sergio Garcia’s illustrious career has been highlighted by six victories on the Asian Tour but this week his relationship with the Tour takes a new turn when he competes in the circuit’s first-ever event on Scottish soil – the St Andrew Bay Championship. 24 Aug 2023
Same old Smith experiences unexpected emotions

Same old Smith experiences unexpected emotions

Cameron Smith has had to hold back the tears as he handed back the Claret Jug as Open Champion at Hoylake – before revealing just how desperate he is to grab the famous old trophy back on Sunday. 18 Jul 2023
Cam trending to drink from Claret Jug once again

Cam trending to drink from Claret Jug once again

Cam Smith has revealed what a wrench it will be for him to hand back the Claret Jug, but he believes he's in the sort of form to have it in his clutches again by the end of next week. 17 Jul 2023
Opinion: What chance does golf have?

Opinion: What chance does golf have?

It is far from a done deal just yet, but the merger at the top of men’s elite golf will hopefully lead to a respite from all the internal hostilities in the game. 28 Jun 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #90 – Peter Dawson

The Thing About Golf Podcast #90 – Peter Dawson

Peter Dawson has been as influential an administrator of the game as anyone in history. 12 Apr 2023
Asian Tour heads to Scottish soil for historic first

Asian Tour heads to Scottish soil for historic first

The Asian Tour is set to make history by staging an event for the first time in Scotland at the Fairmont St Andrews on 24-27 August 2023. 12 Apr 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #85 – Sir Michael Bonallack OBE

The Thing About Golf Podcast #85 – Sir Michael Bonallack OBE

There are few in golf whose contribution to the game could be compared to that of Sir Michael Bonallack. 1 Mar 2023
New Swilcan Bridge “patio” already gone

New Swilcan Bridge “patio” already gone

The St Andrews Links Trust have already ripped up the new stone feature next to the historic Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course after it was mocked as looking like a "DIY patio". 8 Feb 2023
In the Fife footsteps of Old Tom Morris

In the Fife footsteps of Old Tom Morris

A visit to St. Andrews in Scotland is on the bucket list of most golfers. If you make it as far as Old Tom Morris’ hometown, venture a little further afield to experience some great links courses created by the ‘Grand Old Man of Golf’. 6 Jan 2023
Fox wins Dunhill Links with Warne on his mind

Fox wins Dunhill Links with Warne on his mind

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne was uppermost in the mind of Ryan Fox as the New Zealand golfer won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. 4 Oct 2022
Langasque equals Old Course record as Ogilvy winds back the clock

Langasque equals Old Course record as Ogilvy winds back the clock

With nasty weather on the horizon, golfers at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship were looking to get in a good early score on the storied Scottish courses staging the DP World Tour event. 30 Sep 2022
'Golf is ripping itself apart': McIlroy

'Golf is ripping itself apart': McIlroy

Rory McIlroy finds himself in a field that includes several LIV Golf players at this week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews, and once again he didn't hesitate to express his thoughts on the Saudi-backed circuit. 29 Sep 2022