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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
Schoolgirl star shades her hero to snatch Women’s Open lead
Schoolgirl amateur Rachel Lee can barely believe it after snatching a share of the Women’s Australian Open opening round lead with a sensational six-under-par 67 at The Lakes Golf Club.
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
"Some people don't wish me the best": Michael Block on fame, pressure and sausage rolls
He got off the plane and went straight to The Lakes. Then he went to the Opera House and had a beer. Then he had another one. He wants to catch a ferry and “see some roos”. He wants to try a sausage roll. He’s staying “downtown”. Everything is cool.
27 Nov 2023
Lee and Green stake Australian Open claim
The star-studded field for this year's bumper summer of Australian golf has received another boost with major winners Minjee Lee and Hannah Green confirming their place in the Australian Open.
15 Oct 2023
Min Woo Lee to play 2023 Australian Open
One of world golf's most exciting young talents, Min Woo Lee, is a confirmed starter for the ISPS Handa Australian Open in Sydney starting on November 30.
11 Aug 2023
CLAYTON: A Question of Strategy
Great golf holes afford players of all standards the opportunity to test their skills against the questions being asked by the design. How you answer those questions isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.
27 Apr 2021
Review: The Lakes Golf Club
This iconic Sydney course has a rich history dating back 92 years – but it is only in recent times that its fame and reputation has soared as a big tournament venue and a wonderful place to play.
2 Dec 2020
Inside Golf Australia November 2020
Golf fans rejoice. The (longer than usual) wait is over and the Masters Tournament is finally upon us.
15 Oct 2020
European Vocation: Jake McLeod
A twenty-something planning a year travelling around Europe is nothing new. Jake McLeod’s arrival in the Old World in 2019 won’t be any holiday as he takes his place as a European Tour rookie.
27 Mar 2019
Swede wins world-first golf tournament
Swedish golfer Johan Kammerstad has entered the history books as the first Australian All Abilities champion.
19 Nov 2018
Ben An snatches Open lead with an ace
Byeong Hun An is looking to go wire-to-wire at the Emirates Australian Open after spectacularly reclaiming a share of the lead with an ace late in the second round at The Lakes Golf Club.
16 Nov 2018
Smith’s heartbreak: “I really want to get this one”
Cameron Smith has turned to a “heartbreaking” play-off loss after finalising his preparations for the Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.
14 Nov 2018
Day & Scott absences not an issue: Allenby
Local stalwarts Greg Chalmers and Robert Allenby have backed the Australian Open to be a sporting success despite the absence of big guns Jason Day, Adam Scott and Marc Leishman.
12 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Juan mighty lesson
In a world first, golfers with a disability will compete on the same course, under the same tournament playing conditions, alongside many of the world’s best touring professionals competing for the Emirates Australian Open’s time-honoured Stonehaven Cup.
12 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Zach Murray to make pro debut in Sydney
Gentle giant Zach Murray has taken the professional plunge in time for the Australian Open.
12 Nov 2018
Juan Postigo playing for slain friend
Spanish amputee golfer Juan Postigo says the memory of a close childhood friend stabbed to death on a US golf course in September will drive him during the Australian All Abilities Championship this week.
12 Nov 2018
Ogilvy: Tarnished – How the Stonehaven Cup lost its lustre
Growing up in Melbourne, I was always told that the Australian Open was golf’s ‘fifth major’. It had such a great history, so the case was persuasive. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player had all regularly come down to play and all three had won the event. So I was sold.
12 Nov 2018
Brutal DQ won't deter Dimi Papadatos
Dimi Papadatos doesn't have time to dwell on the shattering sequence of events that wrecked his chance to secure a European Tour card.
7 Nov 2018
Davis confirms Stonehaven Cup defence
Home-grown hero Cameron Davis has confirmed he’ll defend his Australian Open title.
26 Oct 2018
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