The European Tour has announced Callaway as an Official Partner for the next five years. Within this wide-reaching agreement across the family of Callaway owned brands, Callaway becomes the official driver, golf ball, shoe and golf bag brand of the Europe Tour; Odyssey and OGIO become the official putter and luggage brands respectively; and Callaway […]
A landmark ruling has been handed down against Royal Queensland Golf Club which will doubtless stir debate across the Australian golf club landscape. In December, Judge Jarret handed down in his findings in the case of Barnett v Royal Queensland Golf Club [2018] FCCA 3697, in which Barbara Barnett, a Full Member at RQGC, claims […]
The PGA TOUR and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) have announced Australia’s Stuart Appleby and the United States’ Justin Leonard as captains of the International and U.S. Teams, respectively, for the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup. The event will be contested for the second time Dec. 8-9, 2019 at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, […]
The January 2019 Australian Golf Demo Date Listings are now online, featuring upcoming Demo Days and Fitting Days to check out the top new golf gear at an Australian golf club near you! Tweet
The January 2019 Issue of Inside Golf is online. This month, we look at Australia’s best-performing golfer from 2018: Minjee Lee ALSO THIS MONTH: WIN! A Massive Hawaii Golf trip PLUS a full set of Wilson Golf Gear SYDNEY SENSATIONS: Our favourite courses around the Harbour City GREAT GOLF ADVENTURES: World-Class golf on King Island WE TRIED […]
We’ve heard it over and over: “People are Time Poor.” Over the last few years, amid declining memberships and participation, the golf industry has adopted that phrase as a scapegoat of sorts; citing “Time Poverty” as one of the main reasons why people are playing less golf. While I admit that I have used […]
I’ll warn you all straight away that I’m especially grumpy this month. Not just because I put some extreme stress on my body in an attempt to play 72 holes of golf in a single day, but primarily because I was witness to a “train wreck” of a tragedy for Australian Golf: This year’s […]
One of the most iconic names in golf equipment, the Big Bertha by Callaway has long been known to not only push the boundaries of golf club design, but also be one of the most innovative and best-performing brands in golf. With the recently-launched 2019 Big Bertha Irons and Hybrids, Callaway is set to continue […]
It has been quite a while since we’ve reviewed a Wilson product, and there is no better time than the present to correct that anomaly, as the company’s new Wilson Staff D7 irons are proving to be one of the more exciting releases in quite a while. Wilson has been at the forefront of performance […]
Inside Golf and Wilson Golf are giving away an amazing prize pack to one lucky reader: A Full Set of Wilson Gear to ring in 2019! The Prize pack includes: A Wilson Staff D7 Driver ($400), D7 Fairway ($260) D7 Hybrid ($240) and set of D7 irons (#4-SW, $1040), Wilson Staff PMP 60-degree wedge ($150), […]
The Hawaii International Golf Week, now in its 7th year, has become an annual must-do for many golfers and their non-playing partners. Held August 18th – 24th 2019, the event features world-class golf courses, luxury beachfront accommodation and plenty of entertainment. The event takes place on the idyllic big Island of Hawaii, a short 30-minute […]
Inside Golf and Pacific Golf are giving away a massive Hawaii Golf Holiday to one lucky reader. The Prize is a “Ground Package” to attend Hawaii International Golf Week , August 18th to 24th and includes. 6 night’s accommodation at Westin Hapuna Beach Hotel, arrive 18th August depart 24th August Daily buffet breakfast 4 rounds golf […]
World Number 6 Minjee Lee has become the first woman to win Australian golf’s most prestigious individual honour; the Greg Norman Medal. Australia’s best performing, male or female, golfer on the international stage in 2018, Lee is the third recipient of the medal following Jason Day in 2015 and 2016 and Marc Leishman in 2017. […]
Golf Australia has announced that the 2019 Vic Open will be co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour. The trailblazing tournament will be jointly sanctioned by the European Tour and ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia (men’s) and the LPGA and ALPG (women’s). The 2019 Vic Open will be held at 13th Beach Golf Links on the […]
The December 2018 Issue of Inside Golf is online. This month, we look at the top Christmas / Holiday Golf Gifts for the golf gear lover in your life. ALSO THIS MONTH: WIN! A spot in the three-day Melbourne Challenge Pro-Am (Valued at: $1,699) SOCIAL NETWORK: Australia’s top social clubs, courses and service providers GREAT GOLF ADVENTURES: […]
HOME of the NSW Open…now that does have a certain ring to it. You only have to glance at the honour roll for that tournament and you’ll see why it’s become an important quiver in the bow of Sydney’s Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club. This iconic event heads there again this month for the […]
It’s the same routine every time. Aaron Wise will sink a putt to win a golf tournament. He’ll release a quiet, refrained fist pump—the only faint traces of emotion he cares to elicit—before removing his cap to acknowledge the gallery. He’ll end things with a collegial handshake of his playing partner and go merrily along […]
If someone said the words “Melbourne” and “January”, what would be your first thought? Tennis is probably the first thing that springs to mind, but in 2019 there is a new reason to turn your attention (and bring your clubs) to Melbourne. How about three days of superb golf at Commonwealth, Kingston Heath and Sandhurst […]
The December 2018 Australian Golf Demo Date Listings are now online, featuring upcoming Demo Days and Fitting Days to check out the top new golf gear at an Australian golf club near you! Tweet
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australians as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances. Mayakoba Golf Classic El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Mexico Purse: $7,000,000 ($1,296,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings FedExCup Standing Notes Stuart Appleby DNP — […]
Australian Ladies Professional Golf Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. BLUE BAY CLASSIC SANYA, CHINA NOV 7-10 Prizemoney: US$2,100,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Hannah Green T15 US$28,888 71 Sarah Jane Smith T15 US$28,888 64 Su Oh T22 US$21,272 47 Japan LPGA […]
The 2019 Emirates Australian Open will be played in the week preceding the Presidents Cup. The 104th national championship will be held from 5-8 December at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney. Golf Australia anticipates that several of the world’s best players, who’ll head to Royal Melbourne to play in the biennial clash between the United […]
The stalwarts of Australian golf are set to grace the fairways of The Lakes Golf Club and RACV Royal Pines Resort when they continue their support of the Australian summer of golf. Reading like a who’s who of the Emirates Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship honour rolls, Rod Pampling, Greg Chalmers, Robert Allenby, Peter […]
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australian golfers as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australian golfers’ performances. PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children Open TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada Purse: $7,000,000 ($1,260,000 to winner) Next Tournament: Mayakoba Golf Classic (Playa del […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. LPGA TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC SHIGA, JAPAN NOV 02-04 Prizemoney: US$1,500,000 Player Result Earnings Race to CME Minjee Lee T15 US$20,087 2 Sarah Jane Smith T65 US$3,289 65 LPGA Q-SERIES PRESENTED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NC Pinehurst, […]
Jordan Zunic has taken out his third ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia title, clinging on to his round three lead by the slimmest of margins to win the Isuzu Queensland Open. Standing on the first tee this morning with a five-shot lead, Zunic got off to a flying start with birdies on his opening […]
By Murray Cropley — Principal of HexaDec Services. www.hexadec.com.au, or email admin@hexadec.com.au A number of readers have recently expressed their irritation at playing in Par competitions. Most readers will know that Par was previously known as “Bogey”, and was considered to be a match by the player against the course. Indeed, the ‘Colonel Bogey […]
The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australians as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances. PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship CC of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi Purse: $4,400,000 ($792,000 to winner) Next Tournament: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (Las Vegas, Nevada, […]
Here is the recap from this past week’s action and our ALPG member performances. ALPG Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by CTBC Prizemoney: US$2.2m Player Result Earnings Race to CME Minjee Lee 2 US$203,675 2 Su Oh T60 US$6,022 45 Katherine Kirk T60 US$6,022 61 Sarah Jane Smith T26 US$19,347 65 Hannah Green […]
The November 2018 issue of Inside Golf is now online. This month, we look at the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf teams, as the world’s best golfers take on one of the world’s best courses. ALSO THIS MONTH: SCHOOL’S IN: Australia’s top golf schools and academies. GREAT GOLF ADVENTURES: Play golf along the Great Ocean […]
Our regular readers will know that I often use this column to take a stand against a variety of issues plaguing golf. From declining membership, to mismanagement by committees and boards, to the Rules of Golf, the Slope System and more, you all know that I rarely hold back when something gets me really “teed […]
The Novemer 2018 Australian Golf Demo Date Listings are now online, featuring upcoming Demo Days and Fitting Days to check out the top new golf gear at an Australian golf club near you! Tweet
PGA Tour THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea Purse: $9,500,000 ($1,710,000 to winner) Player Result Earnings FedExCup Standing Notes Stuart Appleby DNP — — Aaron Baddeley DNP — 23 Greg Chalmers DNP — — Cameron Davis DNP — 61 Jason Day T5 (-12) […]
Eddie Pepperell provided a moment of pure magic on the way to winning the Sky Sports British Masters wire-to-wire, holing out from the heavy rough for an eagle two before battling to a second European Tour title of the season. The victory, which came courtesy of a level par final round 72, means the Englishman […]
The casual golf fan may not have known much about Brooks Koepka when he first hoisted the U.S. Open Championship trophy in 2017. He had only won PGA TOUR win to his name at the time—the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open—and was part of America’s winning Ryder Cup team. Beyond that, he was a relative […]
England’s Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston will make his debut at the Australian PGA Championship from November 29 – December 2 at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. “I’m really looking forward to getting back to Australia in the summer and I definitely couldn’t call myself a proper Englishman if I haven’t ticked the Gold […]
Australian golfer Jan Stephenson will officially be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame next year, joining world golf legends Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Dennis Walters and the late Peggy Kirk Bell as the Class of 2019. These five new members will be enshrined at the World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Monday, […]
PGA TOUR winner and 5-time ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia champion Andre Stolz will make his return to top-level golf tomorrow when he tees it up in the Victorian PGA Championship at RACV Cape Schanck Resort. The 2009 Victorian PGA champion took a break from the game after wrist surgery just under five years […]
Australia’s Most-Read Golf Magazine, Inside Golf, has announced an expansion of their market-leading print distribution model, as well as a variety of online initiatives to further boost the title and provide a stronger voice to golfers than ever before.
Here is the recap from this past week’s golf action across the globe and our Australian Ladies Professional Golf member performances. UL International Crown, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, Incheon, Korea Prizemoney: US$1.6m Team Result Earnings Republic of Korea 1 US$400,000 England T2 US$225,000 USA T2 US$225,000 Thailand 4 US$190,000 Sweden 5 US$170,000 Australia 6 […]
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