The latest Australian golf news
Australian golf will for the first time in history join other national sports in honouring its best professional golfer with the launch by the PGA of Australia of a new award. To be called the Greg Norman Medal, the inaugural award will be presented to the best male or female professional golfer on the world […]
Jason Day’s magnificent winning streak has continued, with the Aussie favourite winning The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club this morning and his fourth win on the PGA TOUR this season. Day fired a bogey free final round of 8-under 62 to take out the first of the four FedEx Cup playoff events by six […]
Jason Day has finally added a long awaited Major title to his name, securing the PGA Championship this morning at Whistling Straits. Firing a history-making score of 20-under 268, Day has also set a new record for the lowest to par score to win a Major Championship. This was previously set at 19-under the card […]
The Fiji International is set to host its biggest world star in its short two year history. World Number 16 Matt Kuchar has signed on to compete in the 2015 Fiji International at Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course from 15-18 October. It will be the first visit to Fiji for Kuchar, who is a seven-time winner […]
Golf participation is on the rise across Australia with golf club members playing an increased number of competition rounds in the last financial year. The latest national competition rounds report released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) produced some positive information for those in the golf industry.Across Australia approximately 14.4 million rounds of golf […]
IMG, owner and promoter of the Australian Masters, today announced that the 2015 Australian Masters would return to its original home at Huntingdale Golf Club for the 37th staging of the tournament from 19-22 November. Huntingdale Golf Club is synonymous with the Masters, having hosted the event for 30 consecutive years, from its inaugural staging […]
NSW’s Rebecca Artis came from six strokes behind Norway’s Suzann Pettersen to claim her second Ladies European Tour title at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open. Artis shot a six under par 66 – the lowest round of the tournament – in blustery, drizzly conditions at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire to finish on […]
Ryan Fox held off a determined challenge from home favourite Thomas Linard to capture a wire-to-wire maiden victory on the European Challenge Tour in Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France. Leading by three shots at the start of the final round, Fox birdied the closing hole for a two over par round of 73 to […]
Jason Day has won the Canadian Open with three birdies in his closing three holes. Firing 4-under 68 in the final round for a tournament total of 17-under 271, Jason Day won the title by one shot from American Bubba Watson with Canadian David Hearn a further shot back. Heading to the 18th Day was […]
World golf’s new sensation Jordan Spieth has confirmed he will defend his Emirates Australia Open title. As tickets go on sale around the country today for the November event in Sydney, 21-year-old Spieth, winner of both the Masters tournament and the US Open in 2015, has committed to the Australian Open at The Australian […]
Zach Johnson of the United States outclassed South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and Australia’s Marc Leishman in a four-hole playoff to win The Open Championship. Victory was especially sweet for the emotional Johnson as it was his second Major victory since he won The Masters in 2007. “I’m at a loss for words. But I’m grateful […]
A brilliant late birdie burst helped Rickie Fowler secure his first European Tour victory in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. For much of the day, Fowler struggled to find his rhythm in the strong winds and cold temperatures at Gullane Golf Club, but rose magnificently to the occasion late on with three birdies in […]
The Australian summer of golf is taking shape with confirmation of the end of season PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. Following on from the exciting announcement that the Australian PGA Championship will be co-sanctioned by the European Tour, a further five events have set their tournament dates. “The European Tour heading back to Australian shores […]
St Andrews is bracing for an Aussie invasion as 15 Aussies prepare to compete in The Open at the home of golf from the 16-19 July. Australia has a strong affinity to The Open and always has a healthy contingent of competitors vying for the Claret Jug, however 2015 will see the most Aussies in […]
Horizons Golf Resort has found new owners, after being purchased for an undisclosed sum by long-term members Peter Rickard and Selva Saverimuttu. The former owner of the facility, Le Mellieur, went into receivership in 2010 and previous efforts to sell the course, had been blocked by their Korean banks who were owed around $12 million […]
Members of Melbourne’s Eastern Golf Club have begun a new chapter in their club’s history this month, with the long-awaited “soft” opening of their spectacular, brand-new Greg Norman-designed course in Yering on July 1. The new facility, in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley, is the culmination of a massive seven-year project which followed a member vote in 2008 […]
This issue marks a significant milestone for our publication: 10 full years since we began. From our humble beginnings as a NSW social golf publication, (originally titled Inside Social Golf), Inside Golf has grown throughout the years to become (officially) Australia’s Most Read Golf Magazine. Having been involved with the publication from very early on […]
Matthew Giles of Australia sank a clutch birdie putt on the final hole to win the US$76,000 Bali National Golf Championship by one-shot. The 25-year-old was tied with Lindsay Renolds of Canada before holing a 30-feet birdie to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title with a closing three-under-par 69 at the Bali National Golf […]
The 2014-2015 Auto Club Golf Championship series came to an exciting conclusion in May, with players and guests all feeling like winners courtesy of favourable Gold Coast weather, expert event management via tournament organisers and the world-class facilities and hospitality of RACV Royal Pines Resort. The event started out strong with a Welcome Function where […]
The President at Wodonga Golf Club in Victoria’s northeast claims the club’s recent sale has removed uncertainty amongst members and ensured it can become more profitable in future. The SS&A Club – which had been trying to sell Wodonga for several years – accepted an undisclosed offer from an unknown consortium in late May. “They […]
The Shane Doherty Memorial Tri-State Masters, one of Sunraysia’s most popular annual golf events, featured some extra excitement this year, with a pair of golfers driving home in style courtesy of well-timed aces. During round two of the three-round event, Mark Alvey from Mildura Golf Resort won a Harley Davidson XG500 Street bike valued at […]
SYDNEY’S Strathfield Golf Club has provided the best good news story to hit the Australian golf industry in decades by securing more than $50 million in a residential land bonanza which will leave its golf course untouched. Strathfield has sold 2.2ha of redundant land, on which its dated clubhouse, carpark and a practice range is […]
Trainee professionals can expect less brutal course conditions for this year’s PGA National Futures Championship at Ballarat Golf Club after it secured the right to continue hosting the world’s richest trainee tournament for the next three years. This year’s Futures Championship will be held from October 20 with close to 120 players competing for a […]
Duncan Andrews may have already earned himself critical acclaim in Australian golf circles for his work as the owner of The Dunes, but he’s now contributing to what could go down as one of the great golf courses in the world once it opens in October – Cape Wickham on Tasmania’s King Island. Roughly halfway […]
It’s January 1994 and businessman Duncan Andrews takes a gamble and buys a partially-built golf course in Rye from a local butcher who had decided to sell well before the course could be finished. There was hardly a tree on the property. The Mornington Peninsula was nothing like it is today with a plethora of […]
The Australian PGA Championship will reach more than 500 million viewers globally and be the richest tournament in Australia in 2015 thanks to a new co-sanctioning agreement announced today with the European Tour. The Championship, the oldest and most prestigious professional tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia, will be played at the RACV Royal […]
Jordan Spieth has stamped his name indelibly into the history books, capturing the 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay in Washington. On a course that was widely criticised by players and fans on Social Media for its overly-difficult layout, small target areas and ultra-slick and patchy-looking greens, Spieth outlasted a quality field in a final […]
“They’re going to make a movie about that round.” That was caddie, coach and mentor Col Swatton’s take on Jason Day’s almost unbelievable achievement today as he defied all the odds to take a share of the US Open lead a day after collapsing midway through his second round. After intense treatment and diagnosis with […]
Peter Fowler continued his incredible recent form by claiming a second consecutive European Senior Tour title at the ISPA Handa PGA Seniors Championship in England. The Australian came into the final day with a four-shot lead and eventually won by three, but he did not have it all his own way during the final round […]
The R&A, golf’s governing body and organiser of The Open Championship, has announced a number of broadcast partner agreements in recent months, effectively changing the landscape of watching golf’s oldest championship on television across the globe. This week, the R&A announced NBC Sports Group will become its media partner in the United States for a twelve […]
Peter Fowler sealed a sentimental return to the course where six years ago he feared for his golfing future, clinching a hard-fought one stroke victory in the Acorn Jersey Open at La Moye Golf Club. The Australian, who celebrates his 56th birthday on Tuesday, injured his back on the eve of his European Senior Tour […]
Aussie Steven Bowditch captured his second PGA Tour victory in convincing style at the AT&T Byron Nelson this week. Playing at the TPC Four Season Resort in Texas, Bowditch won by four shots with a tournament total of 18-under 259. A trio of Americans, Charley Hoffman, Jimmy Walker and Scott Pinckney tried to chase down […]
Adam Scott and Steve Williams have agreed to rekindle their working relationship for the next four events on Scott’s golfing schedule, entailing the US Open (June 18-21), The Open Championship (July 16-19), WGC Bridgestone Invitational (August 6-9) and US PGA Championships (August 13-16). Scott and caddie Mike Kerr ended their time together last week, leaving Scott without an […]
Future lives in Victoria’s west could be saved after three generous golfers at Peterborough Golf Club helped raise funds to ensure the town and nearby Port Campbell will each have their own defibrillators. Michael Beer, Lachie Beer, Glen McGorlick and Andrew McQuinn set out to raise the crucial funds for the automated external defibrillator (AED) […]
May has been a banner month for Australian golf professionals overseas, as a group of Aussies captured landmark victories in the US, PNG and Japan. Rod Pampling won his fifth career title in style on the Web.com Tour in South Carolina, leading from start to finish and finishing with an amazing 25-under total to win the […]
The partly re-developed Sun City Country Club layout hosts its annual professional golf tournament this week when the Pro-Am Circuit swings by the Ogilvy Clayton Cocking Mead revamped course at Yanchep. Almost 40 professionals will tee up for the $12,500 Yanchep Golf Estate Sun City Pro-Am on Wednesday 13 May 2015. They’ll be joined by […]
World Number One Rory McIlroy has cemented his top position in the golfing world, outlasting the world’s best players to take victory in the WGC – Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco. McIlroy defeated Gary Woodland 4 & 2 in the final at TPC Harding Park, his third win of the day after completing victory over Paul […]
Australia’s Rebecca Artis came agonisingly close to winning on home soil, but a birdie on the last by China’s Yanhong Pan saw her capture the inaugural Australia Classic, played at Sydney’s Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club last month. On a day when the lead changed several times, Artis came to the 18th in the box […]
SOUTH Australia’s Gawler Golf Club promoted the game recently by participating in two Adelaide Fringe events. In March, four comedians entertained more than 70 people at the golf club. For two hours, the comedians had the audience in fits of laughter. The comedians also pulled the audience into their act with quick wit and frivolity. […]
Wangaratta Golf Club’s outdated clubhouse could soon be a thing of the past if the club is granted council approval to allow developers to subdivide part of its current golf course. The 300-member club revealed that – if its land is successfully rezoned, it will use the sale proceeds to finance building a new clubhouse […]
