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Top-100 Spotlight: The Lakes Golf Club
When you roll through the gates at premier golf clubs, anticipating what you are about to experience is a thrill that never wanes.
9 Sep 2024
Australian Open could depart NSW despite huge success
Huge TV ratings have turned up the heat on the NSW government stumping up the money to keep the Australian Open golf championships in Sydney.
7 Dec 2023
Home course hero Kyriacou fires at Open
If Steph Kyriacou looked like she was playing in her own backyard while carving out a fine four-under-par first round at the Australian Open, it's because she virtually was.
30 Nov 2023
Here she comes: two-time major champion Minjee Lee in thrilling late charge
Minjee Lee was two-over and going, as they say, like a busted. There was a double-bogey. A three-putt. But while other golfers might have believed their game was going poorly, Lee only believed. Then she flicked the switch.
30 Nov 2023
Cam Smith still searching for that game-changing shot
Following a solid round of ball-striking in the pro-am of the Australian Open, Cameron Smith fronted his pre-tournament press conference and told the audience the old fable of how one single golf shot can change everything. And there wasn’t a golfer listening who didn’t think, 'Amen to that, brother.'
30 Nov 2023
Star siblings successive Open starts
Minjee and Min Woo Lee can keep close tabs on each other's progress after officials grouped the siblings one tee-time apart for the opening two rounds of the Australian Open starting Thursday.
29 Nov 2023
Playing From The Tips Ep.42: Aussie Open & Tiger's return
Tiger Woods is coming back at his own tournament in the Bahamas. but most of the golf world’s attention will be firmly fixed on Sydney and the Australian Open.
28 Nov 2023
Michael Block commits to Australian Open
After becoming one of the biggest stories in golf in 2023, Michael Block has today been confirmed as part of the field for the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney, beginning November 30.
27 Oct 2023
More stars confirm Australian Open starts
Sydney’s Grace Kim was confirmed today as a starter at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney alongside former World No.1 and 2013 champion Jiyai Shin of Korea.
26 Oct 2023
Cam Davis locks in Summer of Golf’s Aussie majors
Rising star of Australian golf, Cam Davis, has locked in both of his country’s majors – the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane and ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney – to his end-of-year schedule.
6 Oct 2023
Local Legend: Rob Bradley
Many who know Rob Bradley and his family well say his 27-year-old son Joseph is his spitting image at the corresponding age.
17 Aug 2023
Aussie Open hopeful of Cam, Scott, Day returning
Officials are confident of having heavyweights Cam Smith, Jason Day, and Adam Scott teeing off in the Australian Open for the first time in a decade.
28 Jul 2023
Australian Open dates, venue and format tweaks confirmed
The ISPS HANDA Australian Open is returning to Sydney with The Australian and The Lakes golf clubs set to host the prestigious tournament from Thursday, November 30 to Sunday, December 3.
31 May 2023
Crazy weather and crazy scores for Junior 6s Sydney swing
After months of rain, the adidas Junior 6s Tour players competing over two days in Sydney would have hoped for some better conditions at The Lakes and Cromer Golf Clubs on Monday and Tuesday.
29 Jun 2022
The Preview: adidas Junior 6s Tour – The Lakes & Cromer
As New South Wales hits school holidays, the adidas Junior 6s Tour gets back to business with circuit founder Ewan Porter back on deck after a commentary stint in the United States.
26 Jun 2022
Adidas Junior 6s Tour 2021 schedule announced
The burgeoning Adidas Junior 6s, the brainchild of Korn Ferry Tour winner and commentator Ewan Porter, has unveiled its schedule for this year. And the country’s best junior golfers will tread the fairways of some of our greatest courses.
4 Feb 2021
Australia’s 100 Best Par-5s
On the world’s professional Tours, par-5s aren’t what they used to be. In fact, many are turned into par-4s for tournament play. For the rest of us, they represent lengthy journeys but a good opportunity to improve our score with perhaps a couple of lusty blows and a deft pitch.
8 Dec 2020
Ranking: Best NSW & ACT Courses
We continue our celebration of this country's best places to play the game by showcasing the finest layouts in New South Wales and the ACT.
3 Jun 2020
Australia’s 50 Favourite Courses for 2019, as voted by you
What makes a golf course find its way onto your list of favourites? Is it the pristine condition it is generally presented in, or are you besotted by quality design that forces you to think your way across the journey?
27 Nov 2019
Course Design: Two-Shot Stars
Two-shot holes – whether they are medium to long par-4s or short par-5s – make up the majority of holes we all play. Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton explains what separates the great from the good and reveals a host of Australia’s best.
17 Jul 2019
Course Design: Short Fours
Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton dissects the qualities of what makes a great short par-4 and reveals some of the best in the game can be found here in Australia.
4 Jul 2019
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