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Late change to Australian Open fields

Late change to Australian Open fields

The historic first concurrently played men’s and women’s national opens that will take place next week on the Melbourne Sandbelt have undergone a late change to field sizes following lower than expected entries for the women’s event. 23 Nov 2022
Review: Ballarat Golf Club

Review: Ballarat Golf Club

There has been no more learned person in Australian golf than the late Peter Thomson. 17 Oct 2022
Golf added to Commonwealth games for 2026

Golf added to Commonwealth games for 2026

Australian Golf has welcomed the exciting news that golf will appear in a Commonwealth Games for the first time when the Games come to Victoria in 2026. 5 Oct 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: Kew GC

Top-100 Spotlight: Kew GC

Melbourne’s Kew Golf Club has been an important part of Victoria’s golfing landscape for 128 years. 28 Sep 2022
Past champions Ogilvy and Jones confirmed for Australian Open

Past champions Ogilvy and Jones confirmed for Australian Open

Two past winners including the defending men’s champion have added their names to the high quality field for the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne this December. 16 Sep 2022
Cathedral Lodge to host new Invitational Tour event

Cathedral Lodge to host new Invitational Tour event

The Australian Summer of Golf is set to welcome a new addition with the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia to assist in staging The Cathedral Invitational. 9 Sep 2022
Women’s Australian Open adds another major winner

Women’s Australian Open adds another major winner

The ISPS HANDA Australian Open was already set to garner attention as the first national Open played concurrently by men and women. And the field has received a major boost on both fronts. 25 Aug 2022
Leishman coming home for Aussie PGA and Open

Leishman coming home for Aussie PGA and Open

Australian Olympic representative Marc Leishman is coming home this summer with the Victorian locked in to play the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS HANDA Australian Open in November and December. 24 Aug 2022
Hannah Green returning home for Australian Open

Hannah Green returning home for Australian Open

Major champion Hannah Green will be aiming for a hat-trick of wins on Australian soil when she returns home and tees it up at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open on the renowned Melbourne Sandbelt. 8 Aug 2022
Naming rights sponsor and prize money announced for Australian Open

Naming rights sponsor and prize money announced for Australian Open

The Australian Open this year marks a world first, with a men’s and women’s national Open played concurrently in the Vic Open mould, with the Australian All Abilities Championship also taking place at Victoria and Kingston Heath. 8 Aug 2022
Herbert heading home for Aussie Open and PGA

Herbert heading home for Aussie Open and PGA

It is still a little over four months until the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship gets underway, with the Australian Open to follow, but both events already have a PGA Tour winner confirmed in the field. 22 Jul 2022
Morri: Minjee and Matilda remind us of the best of golf

Morri: Minjee and Matilda remind us of the best of golf

There are times when golf feels like one giant juxtaposition. Last week was one of those times. 13 Jun 2022
Ranking: Victoria's best courses for 2022

Ranking: Victoria's best courses for 2022

Looking for the best places to play around Australia? Here, we showcase the very best layouts to be played in Victoria as voted by our Top-100 Courses ranking judges for 2022. 1 Jun 2022
Morri: Northcote’s survival a cautionary tale

Morri: Northcote’s survival a cautionary tale

Recent developments around the Northcote Public golf course in Melbourne are cause for serious concern among those who have an interest in the future of public golf. 30 May 2022
Holiday at Home: Chips & Sips in the Yarra Valley

Holiday at Home: Chips & Sips in the Yarra Valley

A journey through Victoria’s Yarra Valley reveals premium cellar doors and highly acclaimed golf courses co-existing in picturesque surrounds. 17 May 2022
Morri: Australian Open decision combines our best assets

Morri: Australian Open decision combines our best assets

There will be those not in favour, but I say Golf Australia are to be applauded for last week’s announcement that the 2022 Australia Opens will adopt the Vic Open model of the past decade. 2 May 2022
Holiday at Home: The Great Ocean Road

Holiday at Home: The Great Ocean Road

For 100 years, the Great Ocean Road has been the gateway to one of the most iconic and beautiful coastlines in Australia, perhaps the world. And if you want to take in these breathtaking sights, we suggest you take your golf clubs with you. 28 Apr 2022
Sinnott salutes at The Players Series

Sinnott salutes at The Players Series

Todd Sinnott has been to hell and back as a professional but with a steady par at the 72nd hole at Rosebud Country Club on Sunday he secured an emotional first victory on home soil to take away the pain. 7 Feb 2022
The Preview: The Players Series Victoria

The Preview: The Players Series Victoria

After a week off the PGA Tour of Australasia is back in action alongside the WPGA with the first of The Players Series for 2022. The best local talent headed for Rosebud, where major winner and Golf Australia Magazine columnist Geoff Ogilvy plays host. 1 Feb 2022
The Preview: Portugal Masters

The Preview: Portugal Masters

Is 14 years enough to be considered a tradition? Maybe. Either way, the Portugal Masters will be played for the 15th time this week attempting to borrow elements from its American namesake. 3 Nov 2021
Morri: Northcote a potential blueprint for public golf

Morri: Northcote a potential blueprint for public golf

If you’re a user of social media you likely noticed the emergence this past week of a petition to save Melbourne’s Northcote Public Golf Course. 1 Nov 2021