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Personal Lesson: Stop your chips dead at the hole

Personal Lesson: Stop your chips dead at the hole

Andrew Cooper, Head Teaching Professional at Victoria Golf Club, demonstrates the keys to gaining sufficient elevation and stopping power for chips around the green – a very common skill requirement around the tight lies of the Melbourne Sandbelt, but an action which can be applied on most surfaces around the green. 12 Mar 2025
Video interview: Drinks With ... Matt Millar

Video interview: Drinks With ... Matt Millar

Veteran tour pro Matt Millar on LIV Golf, the Australian Open and playing with Rory, Ernie and cranky Colin Montgomerie. 19 Feb 2025
Sandbelt softness upsets purists but fans thrilled by shot-making

Sandbelt softness upsets purists but fans thrilled by shot-making

Cameron Smith did not, as they say, miss 'em, in his critique of the softness of the greens for this year's Australian Open, and legions on Sandbelt purists could but nod along. Yet the crowds were out with the sun at Kingston Heath and Victoria, and they were thrilled by world class shot-making. 28 Nov 2024
Min Woo's knee woes hamper Open golf preparation

Min Woo's knee woes hamper Open golf preparation

Min Woo Lee admits he won't be at his best at the Australian Open this week in Melbourne, still troubled by his freakish knee dislocation. 27 Nov 2024
PGA Personal Lesson - Andrew Cooper, Victoria GC

PGA Personal Lesson - Andrew Cooper, Victoria GC

You’ve hit the back of the green and are now faced with a long, big-breaking, downhill putt which is well within three-putt territory. The keys from here are process, touch and feel, according to Head Teaching Professional at Victoria GC, Andrew Cooper 19 Nov 2024
Min Woo Lee set to challenge for Australian Open

Min Woo Lee set to challenge for Australian Open

After nearly securing an historic Australian double last year, Min Woo Lee has today confirmed that he will tee it up at the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne as he chases his first Stonehaven Cup. 20 Aug 2024
Australian Open returns to the Melbourne Sandbelt

Australian Open returns to the Melbourne Sandbelt

The ISPS HANDA Australian Open will return to the famed Melbourne Sandbelt in 2024, Golf Australia announced today. 4 Jul 2024
Gallery: Australian Open day 3

Gallery: Australian Open day 3

The stage is set for a thrilling finish to the Australian Opens. Aussie Adam Scott leads the men, while Korea's Jiyai Shin heads an impressive women's leaderboard after the third round. Here are all the images from a hot day at Victoria Golf Club. 3 Dec 2022
Micha's Open roar not muffled

Micha's Open roar not muffled

David Micheluzzi and some allegedly overweight mates turned into the pristine driveway of the leafy Victoria Golf Club on Tuesday morning. 1 Dec 2022
Scott backs cut-throat Australian Open

Scott backs cut-throat Australian Open

Adam Scott knows playing catch-up won't do it as golf enters a brave new world on Thursday with the historic inaugural Men’s and Women’s concurrently-played Australian Open. 30 Nov 2022
Aussie Open Round 1 marquee group tee times

Aussie Open Round 1 marquee group tee times

The opening round of the Men’s and Women’s Australian Opens, being played concurrently at Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Clubs, starts shortly before 7am on Thursday. 30 Nov 2022
Marc Leishman's ideal world

Marc Leishman's ideal world

In Marc Leishman’s ideal world, the Australian Open would be contested around his home course at Warrnambool, where he beat his father to win the club championship as a 13-year-old. 30 Nov 2022
The Thing About Golf Podcast #80 – Stephen Allan

The Thing About Golf Podcast #80 – Stephen Allan

A golfer can only beat the field assembled on any given week under whatever conditions are present at the time and that’s exactly what Stephen Allan did at the 2002 Australian Open at Victoria Golf Club. 30 Nov 2022
Mum’s breast cancer fight inspiring Herbert’s Open chase

Mum’s breast cancer fight inspiring Herbert’s Open chase

Lucas Herbert has never lacked the determination required to succeed in professional golf. 29 Nov 2022
Dynamic duo commit to play Australian Open

Dynamic duo commit to play Australian Open

Australian Golf’s dynamic duo, Minjee and Min Woo Lee, are set to light up the ISPS Handa Australian Open in December with their brother-sister act. 12 Oct 2022
Joint Australian opens mark world first

Joint Australian opens mark world first

In a world-first for golf, the Men’s Australian Open and the Women’s Australian Open are joining forces. 29 Apr 2022
US Women’s Amateur: Defending champion Ruffels through to final

US Women’s Amateur: Defending champion Ruffels through to final

Gabriela Ruffels trailed in all five of her matches in the 120th US Women’s Amateur, but each time she found a way to come out ahead when it mattered the most. 9 Aug 2020
REVIEW: Gary Lisbon golf course jigsaw puzzles

REVIEW: Gary Lisbon golf course jigsaw puzzles

It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention and in these challenging Covid-19 times many businesses have been greatly affected. 11 May 2020
Review: Victoria Golf Club

Review: Victoria Golf Club

A multi-million dollar renovation of one of Australia’s finest courses is set to propel it into the consciousness of discerning golfers worldwide. 21 Feb 2020
Inside Golf Australia January 2020

Inside Golf Australia January 2020

Australia has upwards of 1,600 golf courses. But we’ve spent the past two years combing the country to find the absolute best; the crème de la crème. 19 Dec 2019
Gabi Ruffels: A Star Is Born

Gabi Ruffels: A Star Is Born

It took Gabi Ruffels less than five years to transition from the heights of the junior tennis world into the history books of another sport entirely. Introducing one of Australia’s brightest young stars ... 19 Nov 2019