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IT didn’t take Andrea Catherine Moore long to play down her appointment as Kew Golf Club’s first female club captain. “It’s no big deal,” she said. “I understand it’s significant being the first woman captain of the club, but I hope in a couple of years a woman captain won’t even be commented on. “To […]
The doors opened and the brilliance of the Imperial Palace was illuminated by dozens of camera flashes. For eight PGA TOUR Champions players, the moment truly showed the significance of the inaugural JAPAN AIRLINES Championship—not just for a city or region but for the entire country. Shinzō Abe welcomed eight players to his office in […]
Captain Nick Price and the International team has assembled quite a group of players for The Presidents Cup. Now the big question is can the Internationals end the Americans’ dominance. The top-10 players for the International and U.S. team who will compete in the 2017 Presidents Cup were determined with the conclusion of the Dell […]
With less than a week remaining before the automatic berths for the Presidents Cup are finalized, the two top players in the points standings for the U.S. team—Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth—went head to head in a sudden-death playoff at The Northern Trust, with Johnson posting a birdie on the first playoff hole to win […]
Matthew Millar has won the Qantas Golf Club Fiji Teams Challenge for the second time with rounds of 68, 68, 68 for a tournament total 12-under par 204. Millar has played consistent golf over the three rounds around the challenging Natadola Bay layout to claim victory by three shots over Queensland professional Brett Rankin. Millar […]
South Australian Jason Norris’ life changed with a drop of a putt as he won the Fiji International at the Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course. Tri-sanctioned by the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, European Tour and Asian Tour the 44-year-old journeyman now has the golfing world at his finger tips. It’s an incredible change […]
When Rory McIlroy won the 2016 FedExCup, he not only beat a great field. He overcame some big-time odds. A year ago, McIlroy began the playoffs in 36th place. When he won the TOUR Championship and snatched the FedExCup away from the favorites, he became only the second player in the event’s 10-year history to […]
New Zealand Open champion Michael Hendry is heading to the Fiji International looking to achieve some lofty career goals. The tournament, which is just a short plane trip from his New Zealand home, provides Hendry a family holiday away from the course where he is aiming to secure a European Tour card and advance his […]
When a tournament has only been held 18 times, and one guy has won seven titles, wins by anybody else can, perhaps, feel a bit hard to come by. Such was players’ prevailing attitude when Tiger Woods was winning World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitationals at what was a remarkable pace. Consider that Woods won the inaugural […]
The ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth is set to continue its modernisation of golf in 2018 when it is played from 8-11 February at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Western Australia. With a mission to revolutionise world golf, the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth was a success in its inaugural staging with […]
Inside Golf has announced that the publication will be a sponsor of the 2017 GMA Conference. As a long-time supporter of GMA—providing content and coverage in our monthly print and online platforms for many years—Inside Golf is pleased to further that support during this monumental event in Australian golf. “We are incredibly proud to be a […]
The ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia will be well represented at the 146th Open Championship with 11 Australians and two New Zealanders teeing it up. Among them is 2016 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner Matthew Griffin, current New Zealand Open champion Michael Hendry and our trio of qualifiers from the […]
After years of declining member numbers and financial struggles, Melbourne’s Yering Meadows Golf Club has been placed into administration. In a recent letter to members, the Board noted that a disappointing membership subscription renewal period (the club currently has only 621 members across all playing categories) has meant the Club would be unable to meet […]
Dual champion Jordan Spieth is coming back to defend his Emirates Australian Open title. American Spieth, the world No.3 fresh off his 10th career US PGA Tour victory, is the first big name to commit to what promises to be an impressive field for the national championship at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney from […]
The Vines Golf and Country Club in Western Australia has introduced a new, modern and progressive Golf Membership structure; a credit-based Membership across all categories. It is designed to allow greater flexibility for players to suit their current lifestyle, commitments and financial ability, providing three tailor-made options, utilizing the popular credit based system, already adopted […]
PROFESSIONAL New South Wales golfer Dimitrios Papadatos loves Kalgoorlie Golf Course. And why wouldn’t he after winning the TX Civil and Logistics WA PGA Championship in his first visit to the excellent Graham Marsh-designed layout. “The golf course is the reason I came here,” Papadatos said after carding rounds of 70-68-70-68 for a tournament total […]
In the history of the Web.com Tour, 29 Australians have won 53 events since the inception of the Tour in 1990. Beginning in 2018, the Aussies on Tour—and there are 21 this year—will have a new tournament to play as they try to add to that list. The Web.com Tour announced a new tournament, the […]
Momentum is building around OneGolf as the administration of golf in Australia moves towards a more streamlined, cost-effective model. Golf Australia chief executive Stephen Pitt confirmed that five of seven states (including the NT) had now made in-principle commitments to a model that stands to benefit Australian golf by in excess of $3million annually. OneGolf […]
THERE was great excitement in North Queensland when former world number one Greg Norman dropped in for a “look around”. No one is saying why he was there, which begs the question: does the Great White Shark have plans to design and build a golf course in Townsville, invest in the city or was he […]
Chan Kim of the United States, Michael Hendry of New Zealand, Adam Bland of Australia and KT Kim of South Korea have earned places in The 146th Open after qualifying at the Mizuno Open in Japan. Chan Kim led the way to Royal Birkdale after capturing a five-shot victory at JFE Setonakai Golf Club […]
Bernhard Langer made history at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship as he became the first golfer to win all five Senior Major Championships in their career. The two-time Masters Tournament champion went toe-to-toe with fellow Green Jacket winner Vijay Singh in the final round at Trump National Golf Club, and a crucial birdie on the […]
South Korea’s Si Woo Kim played the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship like the veteran that he is. Yet in only his second PLAYERS Championship, Kim, who began the final round trailing the leaders by two shots, took the lead late on the front nine at TPC Sawgrass and then methodically worked his way […]
Having celebrated the first decade of the FedExCup last September with Rory McIlroy’s memorable charge to the championship, the PGA TOUR and FedEx Corp. have announced a long-term extension of the shipping giant’s sponsorship of the FedExCup season-long competition on the PGA TOUR. “The FedEx relationship has been invaluable to the PGA TOUR on multiple […]
Denmark are the first ever GolfSixes champions after a 3-1 victory over Australia in the final at the Centurion Club. The European Tour was breaking new ground in St Albans with 16 teams of two starting the weekend and battling it out first in a group stage and then a knockout over six holes […]
The best golfers in the world, including defending champion Jason Day, will descend on TPC Sawgrass in Florida from next Friday (May 12) to contest The Players Championship. FOX SPORTS More (Channel 507) will become the home of golf’s unofficial fifth major from Monday (May 8), when FOX SPORTS’ dedicated 24/7 pop up channel switches […]
PGA Tour tournament officials announced that the Presidents Cup will once again return to the prestigious Royal Melbourne Golf Club when the event takes center stage in 2019. The return to the State of Victoria, Australia, will mark the third time in the biennial event’s 25-year history. The Presidents Cup was previously held in Melbourne […]
CYCLONE Debbie’s destruction was never more evident than at Bowen Golf Club where wind speeds reached more than 250km/h tearing off the clubhouse awning and downpipes, bringing down huge trees, shifting concrete bridges and destroying sections of the golf course. The ocean side golf course was devastated and forced to close for at least a […]
The NSW Open Golf Championship has found a new home and will once again be an integral part of the 2017 Australian summer of golf. The Graham Marsh designed Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club, situated in the Penrith City region of Greater Western Sydney, will host the NSW Open for the next three years. […]
Paradise Palms has announced as part of the Mercedes Benz Cairns Classic for 2017 that 1991 US PGA Champion Wayne Grady will take part in the two-day Legends Tour Section of the tournament. Paradise Palms General Manager, Declan McCollam has also confirmed the return of the inaugural Daikyo Cup winner and 25-time winner on the […]
Dustin Johnson held off a brilliant fightback from Jon Rahm to claim a one up victory in the final of the WGC – Dell Technologies Match Play, making him the first player in history to have won all four World Golf Championships and just the second player win back-to-back WGC events. The World Number One […]
Australia has won back-to-back titles at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with Marc Leishman winning his second PGA TOUR title this morning. Jason Day entered the tournament as the defending champion but it was Leishman who has holding the trophy in the iconic red cardigan on Sunday afternoon. Leishman fired rounds of 71, 66, 71, 69 […]
Perth’s Curtis Luck is the new No.1 amateur in the world. When the R&A released its rankings overnight, the reigning US Amateur champ, the dominant amateur through 2016, had finally earned enough points to usurp American Maverick McNealy atop the rankings. Practising for this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational on the US PGA Tour […]
Jarryd Felton won the Lawnmaster Horizon Golf NZ PGA Championship in a thrilling playoff against Victorian Josh Younger and New Zealand’s Ben Campbell. Felton, Campbell and Younger all finished 14-under 270 at the end of four rounds of stroke play to force a trip to the 18th tee for a playoff. The West Australian drove wide […]
The PGA of Australia announced today that Gavin Kirkman has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Peter O’Malley, Chairman of the PGA Board highlighted this appointment as particularly noteworthy as Gavin Kirkman comes from within golfing’s and the organisation’s ranks. Gavin is a long serving PGA employee having been CEO of PGA Queensland from 2002 […]
World Number One Dustin Johnson denied Englishman Tommy Fleetwood his first World Golf Championship victory in Mexico as the American confirmed his status as the best player on the planet with a one-shot victory at Club de Golf Chapultepec. The reigning US Open champion recorded a closing 68 for a 14 under total, one better […]
The R&A and the USGA have unveiled a preview of the proposed new Rules of Golf, as part of a joint initiative to modernise the Rules and make them easier to understand and apply. The online release of this preview begins a six-month feedback and evaluation period during which all golfers worldwide can learn about […]
The ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth has been won by West Australian Brett Rumford in commanding fashion. Local favourite Rumford has finally won a tournament on Western Australian soil, his sixth European Tour victory coming at an important time in the 39-year-old’s career just months after he lost his status on the Tour. “Every […]
The relationship between the European Tour and the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia has been officially ratified through a Strategic Alliance, which was announced at the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth. The Strategic Alliance formalises a partnership which will continue to create new opportunities in the Australasia region, for the membership of both […]
The European Tour is today delighted to unveil GolfSixes, a revolutionary and novel short form of the game which further illustrates the Tour’s desire to embrace innovation and originality in professional golf. The inaugural GolfSixes event – featuring a prize fund of €1 million – will make its debut on the European Tour schedule at […]
New South Welshman Dimitrios Papadatos and England’s Mel Reid have won the 2017 Oates Vic Open at Thirteenth Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads. Firing 1-under 71 in the final round, Papadatos won the title by two shots from Adam Bland and Jake McLeod. It was an excellent week for Papadatos who fired rounds of […]
