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The Thing About Golf Podcast #92 – Geoff Ogilvy

The Thing About Golf Podcast #92 – Geoff Ogilvy

Winner of the 2006 US Open, Geoff Ogilvy is known as one of professional golf’s best interview subjects and in this wide ranging chat with John Huggan he shows why. 10 May 2023
Review: Portarlington Golf Club

Review: Portarlington Golf Club

The past 20 years have been a bullish period for golf on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula. 3 May 2023
Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

For the avid golfer, Melbourne’s south-east might best be described as paradise. 10 Mar 2023
Riverside Golf Club won’t be sunk

Riverside Golf Club won’t be sunk

Winding its way along the banks of the Murray River, in the city of Mildura, lies the Riverside Golf Club, set beautifully amongst red river gum trees. 15 Feb 2023
Webex Players Series gets prize money boost

Webex Players Series gets prize money boost

Every event in the 2023 Webex Players Series will now be worth a minimum of $250,000 following an increase of prize money announced on the eve of TPS Victoria at Rosebud Country Club. 23 Jan 2023
Meronk outlasts hero Scott at Aussie Open

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
Winner's Bag: Adrian Meronk – ISPS HANDA Australian Open

Winner's Bag: Adrian Meronk – ISPS HANDA Australian Open

Poland's Adrian Meronk claimed his nation's first ever win at the Australian Open on Sunday, when he held off Adam Scott. Here is what he had in the bag. 4 Dec 2022
Winner’s Bag: Ashleigh Buhai – ISPS HANDA Australian Open

Winner’s Bag: Ashleigh Buhai – ISPS HANDA Australian Open

Ash Buhai has won her second Open Championship of 2022, this time at the Australian Open on the Melbourne Sandbelt. Here is what she had in the bag. 4 Dec 2022
Herbert frustrated by Aussie Open pace of play

Herbert frustrated by Aussie Open pace of play

A frustrated Lucas Herbert has suggested golf officials rethink the Australian Open's revolutionary format after enduring a painstaking third round of more than five hours. 3 Dec 2022
Scott sets the standard

Scott sets the standard

The Sunday roars at Augusta National are renowned so it was perhaps fitting that Australia’s only Masters champion bought a taste of that excitement to day two of the Australian Open. 2 Dec 2022
Green in control of her other ‘major’

Green in control of her other ‘major’

History-making Hannah Green is on track to pen another chapter in golf's history books after snaring the halfway lead at the landmark concurrent men’s and women’s Australian Opens in Melbourne. A tournament she considers alongside the majors. 2 Dec 2022
Forgotten Koreans looking to spoil Hannah’s party

Forgotten Koreans looking to spoil Hannah’s party

Hannah Green has usurped Minjee Lee as the prime home hope at the Australian Open after a Saturday 66 to lead by two. But the closest part of the chasing pack are two Korean former World No.1s getting little attention with designs on spoiling the homespun yarn. 2 Dec 2022
Gallery: Australian Open day 2

Gallery: Australian Open day 2

Some of the biggest names came to the fore on day two of the Australian Open. Here are the best images from the Sandbelt. 2 Dec 2022
Smith struggles on day one of the Australian Open

Smith struggles on day one of the Australian Open

The contentious new double-cut threatens to rob the landmark Australian Open of its biggest drawcard after Cameron Smith ruefully misfired in the first round. 1 Dec 2022
Grace upstages major winners for Aussie Open lead

Grace upstages major winners for Aussie Open lead

Emerging star Grace Kim has seized the Australian Open lead with a blazing first round at Kingston Heath. 1 Dec 2022
Son of gun Wiebe’s unlikely second shot

Son of gun Wiebe’s unlikely second shot

Having a father who played, and won, on the PGA Tour is no guarantee of a child’s own success in the professional game. 1 Dec 2022
Shin shines in the shadows

Shin shines in the shadows

The lead-in to the Australian Open saw plenty of talk about a former World No.1 and past winner of the Patricia Bridges Bowl making her return to our national Open. 1 Dec 2022
Low key defence just fine for currently clubless Jones

Low key defence just fine for currently clubless Jones

The last time Matt Jones played tournament golf at home in Australia he won the Stonehaven Cup for a second time at his home club, The Australian. 29 Nov 2022
Look beyond the stars on the posters

Look beyond the stars on the posters

If you’ve never seen Cam Smith, Adam Scott, Minjee Lee or Hannah Green play in the flesh and have the opportunity this week in Melbourne, do it. 29 Nov 2022
Leishman's LIV promise ahead of hometown return

Leishman's LIV promise ahead of hometown return

Marc Leishman has revealed his move to the LIV Tour would have been far tougher to make if not for an early promise from Australian golf officials that he'd still be welcomed to play on home soil. 28 Nov 2022
Final round charge has Ogilvy excited for Open’s Melbourne return

Final round charge has Ogilvy excited for Open’s Melbourne return

There is no doubt that Geoff Ogilvy found some of his golf across the week of the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland frustrating. 27 Nov 2022