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Leading brand named ‘Official Buggy and Course Review’ partner of popular Australian golf lifestyle show hosted by Paul Gow Motocaddy, the world’s leading electric golf buggy brand, is delighted to announce its partnership with How Good Is Golf, a popular golf lifestyle TV show starring former PGA Tour Professional Paul Gow playing some of the […]
JUST two weeks after her success in Singapore, Hannah Green became the first home grown winner of the women’s Australian Open since 2014 with a one-shot win at Kooyonga Golf Club. The West Australian returned a 2-under par 70 in the final round to win by one stroke from a fast-finishing Cassie Porter and Frenchwoman […]
Kelsey Bennett handled the difficult conditions best on Sunday at Magenta Shores enroute to the biggest win of her professional career. YOU could suggest the golf course was the biggest winner at last month’s Australian Women’s Classic at Magenta Shores on the NSW Central Coast. Yet Kelsey Bennett would disagree and later admitted she was […]
With husband Jarryd Felton by her side, Hannah Green captured a seventh LPGA Tour title with a victory at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. By Raquel Stevens WITH a record seven Australians competing in the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, the odds were high that the trophy would return to home soil. And with […]
BEFORE he found what he jokingly calls “job security” as Peter Senior’s full-time caddie, Gary Parker served a long apprenticeship in the unforgiving school of tournament golf. In the mid-to-late 1990s the former banker caddied for leading Queensland amateur Wayne Perske, even travelling at his own expense to Interstate Series events simply for the chance […]
Thai sensation Jeeno Thitikul, the women’s World No 1. By Raquel Stevens FOR World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, staying at the pinnacle of golf requires much more than collecting titles. Recently at the HSBC Women’s World Championships in Singapore, the 23-year-old Thai sensation reflected on the psychological evolution that allowed her to reclaim the top spot, […]
AFTER a 14-year absence from the national sporting calendar, the Australian Senior Open is making a long-awaited return and in a historic first it will be staged in regional Australia. City Golf Club at Toowoomba on Queensland’s Darling Downs, has been confirmed as host of the $160,000 championship from October 2–4, marking a significant milestone […]
WHEN golf coach Nancy Harvey first met the young man who would change her life he was so tiny that all she could see of him was his fingertips curled around the top of the shop counter. He was accompanied by his father Chris, who clutched in his hand a voucher he’d received, entitling his […]
GOLFERS all over Australia have begun asking the question midway through their round of golf: “What’s with the blue tree?” And that in itself suggests the idea is a winner. Hawks Nest Golf Club, a hidden gem located an hour north of Newcastle, is the latest to add a blue tree to their golf course. […]
MOST days you’ll find Kaye Hosking at Beerwah Golf Club, cleaning woods and irons, sorting them into sets, making phone calls, directing golf professionals and club officials, organising schedules, and introducing dozens of ladies to the joys of golf. Dale Williamson, golf and membership manager at the Sunshine Coast hinterland club, describes her as a […]
HELLO Golfers! What a start to the year…..I honestly sometimes can’t keep up, manufactures are producing more new products, and I think I’ve hit more balls in January and February than I did total last year but let’s get reviewing! This article we have two iron models to review, the Quantum Max and Quantum Max […]
OK, most of us are aware of Motocaddy being one of the premier producers in the electric buggy world but not that they had entered the rangefinder game, and in a big way! This review looks at the Motocaddy Pro5000 Laser Rangefinder and it’s an absolute ripper. The first thing I noticed after I took […]
HELLO Golfers. With all the hype on social media and from tour players I’ve been waiting for a while now to review the new golf ball range from Bridgestone. Bridgestone have been a huge player in the golf market but in recent times especially in relation to golf balls and they arguably deserve a podium […]
WHILE the final margins may have been somewhat larger than expected, very few who have followed the fortunes of two of Australia’s brightest young golfing stars would have been surprised when the pair scored dominant wins in Perth at the recent national amateur titles. For Queenslander Billy Dowling and Victoria’s Jazy Roberts, victory in the […]
ANTHONY Kim, thrown a career lifeline by LIV Golf ahead of their 2024 season, completed a remarkable comeback to competitive golf with a victory at LIV Adelaide. Playing in the final group on Sunday alongside Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, Kim produced a sizzling 9-under par 63 around The Grange course for a 23-under par […]
THE 2026 LIV season kicked off in ideal fashion for the Australian Ripper GC team with wins in Riyadh then on home soil in Adelaide, while Elvis Smylie held off Jon Rahm to claim individual honours in his first event since signing on with the LIV Golf Tour. Smylie’s victory and outstanding performance in Riyadh, […]
MAJOR championship winners Hannah Green and Grace Kim will be joined by LPGA star Steph Kyriacou at the ‘big two’ Australian women’s tournaments during March, while Australia’s No. 1 Minjee Lee has confirmed her participation at the Australian Open, for what promises to be an exciting fortnight for women’s professional golf. Kim, Green and Kyriacou […]
NEW ZEALAND’S Daniel Hillier was playing a friendly nine-hole match with countryman Ryan Fox early in January, striking his irons with precision and his putts with laser-like accuracy, when Fox looked at him and said: “Why can’t you play like this when you’re in a tournament?” Hillier, ranked second only to Fox among the current […]
PATRICK Reed has left LIV Golf with the intention of returning to the PGA Tour. A member of LIV Golf since its inception in 2023, Reed made the decision following his victory at the DP World Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic in late January. Under the conditions of his potential return, the 2018 Master champion will […]
WHEN his friend John Beecher was struck down with Alzheimer’s during the lockdown days of Covid, Steve Jeffress had no hesitation in giving up his career as a professional golfer and becoming a fulltime carer for his great mate. “There is always a shortage of support workers, and I wanted to do something to help,” […]
ONE of the many upsides the local Australasian PGA Tour, which includes Webex Series tournaments as well as state Open’s and PGA Championships, is that it provides a genuine professional pathway to the elite level of the game without aspiring young golfers having to travel the world. It has also guaranteed the survival of historically […]
Lydia Hall claimed a fourth Australasian Tour title with her win at the Women’s Vic Open. WELSHWOMAN Lydia Hall secured a fourth WPGA Tour of Australasia title with a victory in the Women’s Vic Open, played alongside the men’s event at 13th Beach Golf Links. A closing 72, for an even par 288 total, saw […]
CLOSING in on his 18th birthday, Brisbane’s Harrison Gomez is completing his junior golf career in style, claiming both the Jack Newton International Junior Classic and the Greg Norman Junior Masters late last year, and promising even more success against Australia’s best amateurs. Already the Nudgee Golf Club member has shown he’s capable against older […]
WA’s Ollie Marsh added two more titles to his burgeoning resumé with victory in significant junior events in South Australia and Tasmania early in 2026. Marsh’s first piece of silverware came at the South Australian Boys’ Amateur Championship at Kooyonga GC in Adelaide, where he closed with a two-under-par 70 to overturn a three-stroke deficit […]
Winners all of them: Australia’s representatives heading for South Africa and the World Final of the BMW Golf Cup are (from left) Scott Sibson (men’s A grade), Sandra Wang (women’s) and Jim Palombo (men’s B grade). SCOTT Sibson, a North Queensland accountant who has spent his entire life in the sleepy town of Home Hill […]
AT 80 years of age, Roz Briggs decided it was time to get serious about her golf. Using artificial intelligence to design clubs suited to her, Roz knocked an amazing eight strokes off her handicap in just a year. ‘Most Improved’ is the last trophy the Axedale octogenarian expected to win at her age, but Roz’s achievement […]
Maroochy River member, Lisa Green (centre) teamed up with new member, Katie Hall (left) and GIG participant, Sarah Sherrington. By Linda Hooper IT started as a seedling of an idea at the October Women In Golf (WIG) Sub-Committee meeting at Maroochy River Golf Club. TWIGS, an acronym for Twilight Women In Golf Socials, was launched […]
MOST top professional golfers boast pretty strong amateur careers before they take the plunge to try to make a full time living out of the game. They learn pretty quickly, too, there is chasm between playing to put food on the table and competing for a time-honoured amateur trophy with the security of a full-time […]
THIS year looms as a landmark one for Toowoomba Golf Club at Middle Ridge with the Darling Downs club celebrating an impressive 130 years since first opening its fairways in 1896. Rather than simply reflecting on a proud past, the club is using the milestone as a springboard for the future, unveiling a series of […]
A legend of amateur golf in NSW and more specifically around the Newcastle region, Owen Beldham was recently honoured with induction into the Hunter Region Sports Hall of Fame. In a fitting tribute, Owen’s family submitted the following letter, detailing his outstanding golfing career and in a display of the respect he enjoys, not just […]
AT Eastwood Golf Club, tucked beneath Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges, septuagenarian Trevor Skerry delivered the sort of round most golfers only fantasise about. The 78-year-old returned a remarkable 47 Stableford points to run away with the Wednesday competition, prompting good-natured cries of “bandit” from fellow members as he handed in his scorecard. Skerry, who plays off […]
AT 79, Wodonga Golf Club’s Noel Nicholas achieved a feat that had fellow members in awe after he broke his age by an astonishing nine strokes. Nicholas, who only took up golf at 44 after hanging up his cricket whites, fired a two-under-par 70 off the stick to win a mid-week competition with 46 Stableford […]
Australia’s leading players will be on the Gold Coast to contest the WPGA Championship, the highlight event at the Festival of Golf. The Festival of Golf, four days of fun, food, entertainment and world-class golf is set to tee off at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast next month. Running from Thursday, March 19 to […]
Photo credit Getty Images. By Raquel Stevens A fairytale finish for Western Australian, Hannah Green, winning her 7th LPGA tournament. Making the triumph more significant, the victory was also Green’s first with her pro-playing husband Jarryd Felton on her bag as caddie. “Seven is my lucky number, it’s also one of my favourite clubs in […]
Hannah Green and her caddie Jarryd Felton look on from the 18th green during Day Three of the HSBC Women’s World Championship 2026. By Raquel Stevens An “Aussie Assault” is underway at The Tanjong, Sentosa Golf Club, as Western Australian stars Hannah Green and Minjee Lee prepare to go head-to-head for the Women’s World Championship title. The close friends […]
AS the final practice rounds were played at Sentosa Golf Club, the conversation among the world’s best wasn’t just about the condition of the greens or the humidity of Singapore. Instead, the focus has shifted to the most difficult yardage in golf: the 10 inches between the ears. With 17 of the world’s top 20 […]
Lydia Ko is in Singapore to defend her HSBC Women’s World Championship title. By Raquel Stevens The “Asian Swing” is shifting into top gear as the LPGA Tour’s heavyweights descend upon Singapore for the HSBC Women’s World Championship. Fresh off an emotional victory on home soil at the Honda LPGA Thailand, World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul arrives in […]
By Raquel Stevens World No 3 Minjee Lee is ready to kick off her 2026 season with a bang as she prepares to return to the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Recently from her home in Perth, the Australian star shared her excitement about returning to one of her favourite stops on the LPGA Tour, reflecting on a […]
AFTER his departure from the LIV Golf Tour, came the announcement that Brooks Koepka, a five-time major championship winner, would return to the PGA TOUR as early as the Farmers Insurance Open on January 29. One of the original ‘defectors’ to LIV when the breakaway tour was established, Koepka took advantage of the Returning Member […]
BRAD Burns, the busiest and best player on Australia’s Legends Tour, has given his rivals a rare glimpse of hope – he’s thinking about giving it away. Not straight away, but perhaps in a year or two. Burns, who wrapped up his sixth Legends Tour Order of Merit in mid-December, said the combined effects of […]
