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Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis Smylie, son of former tennis star Liz, has scored his first professional golf victory, winning the Western Australia Open in a play-off. 20 Oct 2024
Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

The drive north-east from the Perth CBD through to the Swan Valley is one of the nicest journeys you can make in and around the West Australian capital. 22 Nov 2023
Ranking: Western Australia's best public access courses for 2023

Ranking: Western Australia's best public access courses for 2023

Looking for a round at a top course in Western Australia? Look no further we showcase the finest public access layouts in the golden west as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 4 Jul 2023
West Australian teen's ace earns $60,000 car

West Australian teen's ace earns $60,000 car

A 16-year-old girl, who is still on her L-plates, has made a hole-in-one to win a $60,000 car during one of Western Australia’s biggest regional tournaments. 6 Jun 2023
Review: Sun City Country Club

Review: Sun City Country Club

Ask Mike Clayton what he thinks about the quality of golf to be found in Perth and he will get straight to the point. 6 Jan 2023
Holiday at Home: South of the Swan

Holiday at Home: South of the Swan

When you have been sitting on a plane for two hours, the first movie has been watched, you’re into your second in-flight snack and the flight tracker map shows you’re not quite halfway, there is a realisation Perth is a long way away. 17 Nov 2022
Inside Golf Australia November 2022

Inside Golf Australia November 2022

Adam Scott has announced he is coming home to contest Australia’s biggest tournaments this summer. 13 Oct 2022
Review: Wembley Golf Course

Review: Wembley Golf Course

Public golf courses have long been an early port of call for any person dipping their toe into the glorious pond we know as the greatest game of all. 25 Sep 2022
Review: Albany Golf Club

Review: Albany Golf Club

I have no doubt the great Dr Alister MacKenzie would like the links at Albany Golf Club. 19 Aug 2022
Top-100 Spotlight: The Cut GC

Top-100 Spotlight: The Cut GC

There was a time not that long ago when golfers could have been forgiven for thinking there was little chance of any new links courses being built around the Australian coastline. 18 Aug 2022
South African by way of Australia Potgeiter wins The Amatuer

South African by way of Australia Potgeiter wins The Amatuer

Teenage South African, and one-time West Australian resident, Aldrich Potgieter withstood a stirring comeback from Sam Bairstow to claim a dream win in The 127th Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes. 19 Jun 2022
Review: Royal Fremantle Golf Club

Review: Royal Fremantle Golf Club

If you have never played golf in Perth, the first thing that will surprise you when you do get around to it is just how good the land is there for golf. 21 May 2022
Ranking: Western Australia's best courses for 2022

Ranking: Western Australia's best courses for 2022

Looking for the best places to play around the country? Here, we showcase the finest layouts in Western Australia as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2022. 27 Apr 2022
Barron the best as Blitz goes West

Barron the best as Blitz goes West

With the PGA Tour of Australasia in Western Australia for a fortnight, Simon Zybek and his Blitz Golf concept took the opportunity to stage a first professional Blitz Golf event in the state between the WA PGA and WA Open. 27 Apr 2022
Tournament golf returns to the West

Tournament golf returns to the West

After an 18-month absence because of the pandemic and border restrictions, the time-honoured Nexus Advisernet WA Open is back again. 1 Apr 2022
WA PGA and WA Open postponed

WA PGA and WA Open postponed

Originally marked as the restart point of the PGA Tour of Australasia season, the West Australian swing of tournaments, including the WA PGA and WA Open, will be postponed until 2022. 27 Oct 2021
Review: Kalgoorlie Golf Course

Review: Kalgoorlie Golf Course

Kalgoorlie is the quintessential Australian country town. 26 Oct 2021
The Preview: Nexus Risk WA Open

The Preview: Nexus Risk WA Open

The West Australian contingent of professionals and amateurs are in action for a second straight week, with the PGA Tour of Australasia heading to historic Royal Fremantle Golf Club for the 54-hole WA Open. Here is all you need to know. 13 Oct 2020
Morri: Give me your time poor

Morri: Give me your time poor

It’s golf season and the stars are in town. That’s good for the game, and important. 27 Nov 2019
Travel: 72 hours on the … Golf Coast

Travel: 72 hours on the … Golf Coast

Never heard of the Golf Coast? It’s a 40-kilometre stretch of West Australian coastline south of Perth that has established a reputation as one of this country’s ideal golf holiday destinations. Here’s what you have been missing. 10 Jun 2019
Club of the Month: The Links Kennedy Bay

Club of the Month: The Links Kennedy Bay

A decade on from the most turbulent time in its history, this West Australian links layout is cemented among the best public access layouts in the nation. 8 Jan 2019

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