The latest Australian golf news
By Peter Owen HE’S probably the best-known and most popular caddie in the golf world. And if you think Mike ‘Fluff’ Cowan has been around forever, you’re not far off the mark. Cowan, with his trademark bushy white moustache and hippety-hop gait, has been lugging the heavy bags of some of the world’s best golfers […]
The famous ‘Postage Stamp’ the par three eighth hole at Royal Troon. FOR the 10th time in 101 years, the Open Championship returns to Royal Troon Golf Club from July 18-21. Founded in 1878, Royal Troon is renowned as one of the greatest links courses. The Old Course represents a stern golfing examination and, in […]
0 pounds was on offer for the first three Open Championships (1860-61-62). 2 Claret Jugs have been lifted by eight players including Greg Norman. 3 left-handers have won The Open Championship – Kiwi Bob Charles (1963), Phil Mickelson (2013) and Brian Harman (2023). And 3 is the number of decades spanning Gary Player’s Open victories […]
Greg Chalmers, playing in the last group on the last day, was in contention until the closing holes at the recent PGA Senior Championship. By Peter Owen GREG Chalmers, the neat left-hander who has twice won the Australian Open, has never been known for his length off the tee, relying instead on crisp iron play […]
IT was an emotional day for Kathie Shearer, her sons Bobby and Brett and grandson, Jake, as the family recently unveiled a statue to honour her late husband Bob, at his beloved Southern Golf Club. Fittingly, as guests gathered to get their first glimpse of the amazing life size work of Shearer powering a six […]
Warwick Butler (left) is congratulated by Tumut Golf Club president Peter Linnegar. TUMUT golfer Warwick Butler may not be living the dream . . . but he’s about to. Butler is heading for the Open Championship at Royal Troon, thanks to a nationwide competition run by Golf Australia. It was appropriately called ‘Play 9’ and […]
By Peter Owen PLAYING perhaps the best golf of her career, Queensland’s Katelyn Must has some unfinished business to clean up after being selected in Australia’s team to contest the Women’s PGA Cup in the United States in October. Must was a member of the Australian team which finished fourth behind the US and Canada […]
BUBBLY, effervescent, ever-smiling and above all a golfer of enormous talent. The loss of 24-year-old Doey Choi in a motor bike accident last month left the golf world in mourning at the tragic loss of such a popular and talented young golfer. Her shattered coach John Serhan told 7NEWS that Choi was an “effervescent character […]
JAK Tours offers golfers a top-quality affordable golf and wildlife safari experience with an outstanding itinerary in South Africa. Many people believe an overseas golf tour may be out of their financial reach, however JAK Tours offers more people the opportunity to have that “trip of a lifetime” to enjoy a special and unique experience. […]
Bryson – bringing power and personality to golf’s biggest events He may have come up just short in the recent PGA Championship, however American Bryson DeChambeau enhanced his reputation as one of the most exciting and watchable performers in professional golf with a sizzling final round and a second-place finish. Returning a Sunday 64, for […]
Victorian Geoff Ogilvy, a three-time member of the International Team, has been named as an assistant captain for 2024 Presidents Cup. South African Nick Price, the International Team Captain, has chosen Ogilvy to be one of three assistants, alongside Tony Johnstone and Ernie Els, for the event to be played at the Royal Montreal Golf […]
It has taken the hottest golfer on the planet to deny Hannah Green a third US LPGA Tour title this season, with the Western Australian beaten by Nelly Korda at the Americas Open in New Jersey. Korda, the world number one, emerged victorious after a final round duel with Green, who bogeyed the 72nd hole […]
American Xander Schauffele removed himself from any conversations or debates as to who might be the best player without a major title on their resume with a record-breaking victory during an eventful week at the US PGA Championship. While Schauffele wrote the final chapter in shooting a major championship record low total of 21-under, one […]
By Peter Owen A DECADE ago Brandt Snedeker was on top of the golfing world. He’d won the 2012 FedEx Cup, and the US$10 million cheque that went with it, reached No 4 in the Official World Golf Rankings and twice represented the US in the Ryder Cup. He burst onto the PGA Tour in […]
By Peter Owen SARAH Hammett is such a good player that when she has a triple-bogey eight – as she did in the first round of the Australian Junior Amateur Championship in April – it tends to send shock waves around the course. Sarah, however, takes it in her stride. “I try not to be […]
… and Jamie ‘Hooks’ a fourth pro title THE owner of a Sunshine Coast carpet cleaning business sucked up the energy and atmosphere to win the Handiskins national final at Palm Meadows GC on the Gold Coast last month. Mick Prince, who plays off a 15 handicap at Headland GC, qualified for the four-person final […]
Jason Day has overcome a series of injury issues and enjoyed a return to form in 2023. A winner of the PGA Championship in 2015, Day looks to challenge for more major titles in 2024 at venues where he has previously enjoyed success. Garrett Johnston caught up with Day in the weeks leading into the […]
By Rob Willis When discussing Australia’s leading players over the past two or three decades, Greg Chalmers deserves to be at least mentioned in the conversation. Five professional victories at home, including two Australian Open titles, two victories at the Australian PGA, added to a win at the Barracuda Championship on the PGA Tour and […]
THE 106th US PGA Championship will be played at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky from May 16-19. It will be the fourth time the course has hosted the event, with Rory McIlroy winning on the most recent staging in 2014. Designed by Jack Nickalus, the Valhalla course opened in 1986. The Australian connection […]
1 over par was the winning score on four occasions – 1960, 1968, 1972 and 1976. 2 is the number of times Greg Norman (1986-93) and Bruce Crampton (1973-75) finished runner-up. Bob Tway and Paul Azinger edged out the Shark and Jack Nicklaus was the man to deny Crampton. 3 times the tournament wasn’t played […]
‘Elevating Your Game with Elegance’ Whether you’re a beginner, practicing at the range, or a seasoned vet attacking each course, the Brosnan Golf Lady Dynasty Package stands as the epitome of excellence. Offering a comprehensive set of meticulously crafted clubs, that aim is to enhance performance and enjoyment on the course. Tailored specifically for the […]
THE LIV Golf Tour rolls into town for a second time in April, with another all-star cast set to arrive on Australian shores for LIV Adelaide 2. Arguably the event which put LIV firmly in the sporting limelight in 2023, with enthusiastic crowds flocking to Adelaide and The Grange course, the field has been […]
Mal Baker (left) alongside Talor Gooch part of a formidable team on the LIV Golf Tour. By Rob Willis HE had only played in Australia once previously, with Talor Gooch competing in the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines back in 2017, however the American golfing star may have benefitted from a different kind of […]
AHEAD of the second LIV Golf Adelaide event, Marc Leishman representing the Ripper GC team, relives the epic week from 12 months ago and shares some of his favorite stories from a memorable career. Marc sat down with Garrett Johnston to remember some fun moments and in looking ahead to the 2024 event. How are […]
It was a big day at Flinders for Byron Woods. General Manager, Jon Gahan, tells us there has been “a bit of a buzz” around the Flinders clubhouse recently as a result of some fairly unusual events on the charming, picturesque little Mornington Peninsula course. First and foremost, Gahan said, there have been three holes-in-one […]
Members of the Hepburn Springs Golf Club, located in the Daylesford Region (Central Victoria) have recently approved the acquisition of their golf course and assets by Golf Services Management (GSM). GSM have committed to clearing all of the Club’s liabilities, provide discounted fees to existing members for a minimum of 5 years, and make significant […]
IT’S a distinctive golf swing, one which challenges much of what has long been written in coaching manuals. World number one Scott Scheffler makes an unconventional slash at the ball, a swing characterised by his feet slipping, sliding and moving around as the club comes into impact. However, despite how it looks, there is no […]
By Michael Davis IN elite sport, they say the second victory is almost as tough as breaking through for your maiden win. In golf, it sometimes takes years. Indeed, some players never win another event. Which makes the successive triumphs on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia by 22-year-old Japanese-born New Zealander, Kazuma Kobori, before […]
IT’S fair to say the one-time outstanding junior golfer, Brett Coletta, came home from the US a few years ago with his tail between his legs. He was a golfer without portfolio and literally had nowhere to tee it up. Playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, he had missed gaining a card on the PGA […]
STEVEN Alker joined the PGA Tour Champions two and half years ago following a modest PGA Tour career. And he’s been on a roll ever since. The 52-year-old Kiwi now has eight PGA Tour Champions titles (as of press time), performed strongly in the inaugural World Champions Cup in December against major stars like Bernhard […]
By Peter Owen WHEN the pain was at its worst Wayne Perske feared he would never walk again. Playing golf, said his doctor, was simply out of the question. That was two years ago, after his fourth spinal fusion operation to correct a curvature of the spine that had plagued him since birth. But Perske, […]
Peter Senior, 65, shoots 63 at Sanctuary Cove Palms. Is he getting better with age? By Peter Owen THEY say golfers begin to lose their ability once they reach the age of 50. Try telling that to Peter Senior, one of the few golfers to have won professional events on the men’s tour in five […]
MEETING and hatching a plan to one day beat a No. 1 in the world was probably the last thing on Cathy Stolz’s mind when she made a comeback to golf. After more than 20 years on the sidelines and raising a family, Stolz has found her way back to the game she has always […]
Victor Hovland embraced the local Hawaiian culture in his first event of the new PGA TOUR schedule at The Sentry at Kapalua, in kick starting a year in which the young gun will have his sights firmly set on major championship success. There or there abouts for most of the week at The Sentry, Hovland […]
IN the second installment of an extensive interview with Inside Golf’s US correspondent Garrett Johnston, Stuart Appleby talks about some his most memorable golfing moments, from winning on the PGA Tour, to his near miss in the British Open, and playing alongside Tiger Woods at Augusta. Now competing on the PGA TOUR Champions, Appleby is […]
By Peter Owen CAMERON Percy, who was once putting so poorly he played an entire tournament without looking at the hole, has earned himself a spot on one of the world’s highest profile golf tours. Percy, who did not play golf until he picked up a set of his grandmother’s old clubs at the age […]
2023 NSW Women’s Open winner, Momoka Kobori. THE magnificent Magenta Shores Golf Course on the NSW Central Coast will host the $500,000 Women’s NSW Open for the first time in 2024. A championship which tees off on March 29, the event is set to attract over 120 elite female golfers from across Australia and […]
With his extraordinary success in the game, it’s more than a little obvious Cam Smith is sitting in a pretty good place. Even before he confirmed the game’s worst kept secret by signing a massive contract with LIV, his future and that of the next four generations of ‘little Cams’, was assured. Despite all his […]
IN AN all-encompassing interview Inside Golf’s US correspondent Garrett Johnston spoke to Australia’s Stuart Appleby at a recent Champions Tour event. The pair covered a variety of topics, including the current health of Appleby’s game, his goals and aspirations for his golfing future, before delving into his thoughts on the possibility of a golf ball […]
DARRYL Edwards, the course superintendent at Burleigh Golf Club on the Gold Coast, is a man who enjoys the lighter (funny) side of life. And those who know him well know that when he’s in the mood he will whip out his harmonica and play a little blues. “I generally have it (harmonica) tucked away […]
