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Opinion: Why not a World Cup?
The AIG Women’s Open sits as one of the great events on the calendar each year. This year that is heightened by the venue, Walton Heath, one of the great English heathland courses no longer able to contain the bash and dash of the men’s game.
9 Aug 2023
Golfing world mourns death of Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss, who became the eccentric "Voice of Golf" on British television after a playing career in which he competed in eight Ryder Cups and was Europe's best golfer for two seasons, has died. He was 89.
7 Dec 2020
Rose's son eyes cricket over Open
Justin Rose is reigning Olympic champion, a major winner and currently the world's fourth-best golfer but England's Cricket World Cup triumph means there is only one sport being played in his back garden.
17 Jul 2019
HUGGAN: Now for something completely different
It always raises a wee smile when, during the prolonged and typically over-the-top build-ups to a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup – take your pick – the matches are hailed as gladiatorial contests between the “best players in the world.” They’re not. Of course they’re not. Neither of them.
4 Jan 2019
Belgium wins the World Cup at Metro
Two things became abundantly clear on Sunday afternoon at the Melbourne World Cup of Golf.
25 Nov 2018
Wild weather wreaks havoc at World Cup
Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith swear Australia's hopes of World Cup glory aren't over having braved the worst conditions the pair have faced in a domestic tournament.
23 Nov 2018
Joseph Naffah living World Cup dream
Ranked outside the world's top 2000, it's a surprise in more ways than one that Venezuela's Joseph Naffah is challenging for the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
22 Nov 2018
Aussies chasing Malaysians at Metro
Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith have clubhouse leaders Malaysia within reach after a hot front nine on day one of the World Cup of Golf.
22 Nov 2018
Kiradech and Prom seek Cup glory
Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Prom Meesawat will bring their friendship up another notch as they live up to their childhood promise of bringing more glory for Thailand at the ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf which starts on Thursday.
21 Nov 2018
Confident Kuchar primed for World Cup
Spending the day hitting a tennis ball rather than a golf ball has Team USA talisman Matt Kuchar primed to return to winning form in this week's World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
21 Nov 2018
Australia sets sights on sixth World Cup
Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith are determined to deliver Australia its sixth World Cup when the event kicks off at Metropolitan Golf Club on Thursday.
20 Nov 2018
Inside Golf Australia November 2018
Geoff Ogilvy puts pen to paper to explain how the Australian Open is losing its lustre in an exclusive feature for the November issue of Golf Australia magazine.
25 Oct 2018
World Cup: ‘Australia is the team to beat’ says Poulter
Ian Poulter has named Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith as favourites to lift the World Cup of Golf when the tournament returns to Melbourne this November.
23 Oct 2018
Exclusive: Martin Kaymer’s mission Down Under
Former World No.1 Martin Kaymer’s game has slipped in recent years, resulting in the Ryder Cup hero merely spectating as Europe dominated in Paris. Here, the two-time major winner discusses his plans to return to the game’s pinnacle, which will see him return to Australia this summer.
17 Oct 2018
Cameron Smith’s happy homecoming
Cameron Smith is champing at the bit to get home for the Australian summer of golf after enjoying another successful year in the United States.
16 Oct 2018
‘I don’t care about fame or fortune’: Marc Leishman
Marc Leishman banked a cool US$1,260,000 yesterday after he captured his fourth career title on the PGA Tour. But the man from Warrnambool, whose career earnings have just ticked over US$24 million, says fame and fortune are the furthest things from his mind as he eyes his next victory.
15 Oct 2018
Teams finalised for Melbourne World Cup
Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith will face a field that includes the defending champions, major championship winners and leading players from previous Presidents and Ryder Cups at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf, with each country’s leading player having selected his partner for the unique team format.
21 Sep 2018
Tiger defends stars' World Cup absence
Tiger Woods has gone into bat for his fellow American golfers who declined to take part in the upcoming golf World Cup in Melbourne, asking Australian fans to appreciate the sentimentality of Thanksgiving.
20 Sep 2018
Norman urges Australian golf bodies to work together
Greg Norman believes the struggling Australian summer of golf won't consistently attract the world's best players until the sport's governing bodies stop competing with each other.
17 Sep 2018
Leishman selects Smith as World Cup partner
Australia will boast the top-ranked player at the US$7 million (AU$9.7 million) World Cup of Golf when Marc Leishman tees up at Melbourne's Metropolitan flanked by confirmed teammate Cameron Smith.
14 Sep 2018
Smith in line for World Cup selection
Marc Leishman admits a red-hot Cameron Smith is in the driver's seat for a dream World Cup of Golf debut but hasn't ruled out an Adam Scott fightback at this week's BMW Championship.
5 Sep 2018
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