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By Michael Cooney G’DAY, golfers! I know that I start every month like this, but wow we’re in for a treat here. I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the GolfBuddy Voice 2 SE as well as the GolfBuddy aim W11 Golf GPS Watch. Let’s get into it! Let’s start with the GolfBuddy Voice 2 SE, […]
IT can boast something few, if any, golf club in Australia could hope to equal. And that’s views of the ocean from every one of the 18 tee boxes. That alone makes Randwick Golf Club rather special … and if any other club can match that, well, do let us know. Yet there are so […]
For most Australian golfers, especially those over 50 or 60, the “ultimate” dream is to live on or near the fairways within an established golf course community. While this type of Lifestyle Living is not new, it is certainly gaining popularity in Australia, especially in recent times. This month, we spotlight some of Australia’s latest […]
LAST year, with all its Covid interruptions, is thankfully behind us and that means the NSW South Coast is “open for business”. With that, the region’s golf courses are putting out the call to golfers and non-golfers alike to visit and support this amazing golfing destination! Tweet
FOR golfers who followed the football World Cup in Qatar, former England international Matt Le Tissier will be a familiar name and someone readers have more than likely seen playing golf in the celebrity pro-ams – particularly on the European Tour. Matt represented England eight times and is the second highest scorer of goals (161) […]
BUNKER-TO-BUNKER….Inside Golf writers have their say! By Michael Court IT pains me to say this, but I don’t think the change to the Australian Open worked. And I asked a few members at my club their view and most of them didn’t like it. Granted, I watched the final round right through despite the fact […]
CLUB Mandalay Golf Course is still young in the context of golf courses around the world, but this course just keeps getting better as it matures. Located in Beveridge, Victoria – only a 45-minute drive from the heart of Melbourne’s CBD – Mandalay Golf Course is nestled in the rolling hills and fields of country […]
SELDOM do you get the opportunity to say ‘world-renowned’ about any golf course in this country. So Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club in the Hunter Valley is entitled to be blowing their trumpet at the moment. From a star-studded field including all our major resorts, Cypress Lakes has been named as Australia’s Best Golf […]
FOR starters, let me state that I love Rory McIlroy! I admire the bounce in his step between shots and the enthusiasm for the game that he continually puts on display. And those tee shots he keeps reeling off – they’re just awesome – and they make me want to go and play. And I […]
VICTORIA’S Anglesea Golf Club located on the Great Ocean Road in the Surf Coast Shire has elected Jules Rolfe as its new president. In a high turn-out election, Jules Rolfe got the nod to become the first woman president of the club in its more than 70-year history. Rolfe is a keen golfer and lives […]
TRENT Butlin, who describes himself as a part-time golfer these days, has long had a love affair with the signature 18th hole at Maroochy River. The long-hitting Butlin once famously drove the green on this difficult, dog-leg hole which requires a tee-shot of at least 300 metres to clear the pond that guards the front […]
By Peter Owen AFTER 20 years, founder and president Graeme Miller has called time on the Invincibles Sunshine Coast Junior Golf Tour – a unique organisation that launched the career of Open champion Cameron Smith and hundreds of other talented Queensland golfers. “I’m not getting any younger and the workload has become extremely difficult,” said […]
WHAT is happening at your golf club? Inside Golf and readers of the magazine would love to know. As Australia’s most-read golfing publication, Inside Golf is always on the lookout for interesting news items that will help promote the game of golf to a wider audience. If you would like to see your golf club […]
I’M not going to rest on my laurels,” said Des Shearer after being named PGA National Management Professional of the Year at the Greg Norman Medal late last year where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Greg Norman Medal winner Cam Smith, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman, Ian Baker-Finch et al. Shearer, the general manager […]
By Shawne McKenna THE Chalong Chai Drummers of Thailand stood stone-like at their drums, nervously waiting for the signal from the tee box starter to begin. Gazing on from the tee surrounded by the usual corporate canvas, Cam Smith, Phil Mickelson and local hero “KK” Sadom Kaewkanjana, playing together from the first tee, stood silently […]
By Peter Owen WHEN Glenn Joyner made his way to the podium after winning the Australian Legends Pro-Am at the Australian Golf Club in November, every person in the room stood and applauded. They were acknowledging not only the man’s ability to play great golf, but his courage and the audacity he’d shown in achieving […]
The December 2022 issue of Inside Golf is online for your reading pleasure. This month: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS…A Christmas With List for Everyone! GIFT IDEAS FOR TOP PROS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED ON A GOLF COURSE? CLUB OF THE MONTHLatrobe Golf Club TOP TRAVELMid North Coast of New […]
SILLY season is upon us and we all know what that means … yes, it’s time to hang the stockings by the chimney. I’ve never been sure why stockings are put in place with or without care because I’ve not ever seen a suited Santa who could even fit down a chimney at a commercial […]
NOT even a fractured left foot could prevent Keperra Country Golf Club’s Dylan Price from winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics Australia National Games in Tasmania. Dylan was joined on the podium by fellow Keperra member Stephen Lawley, who won a silver medal. The pair was part of a 19-strong golf team representing […]
VORACIOUS golfer Andrew Lauder has always relished a golfing challenge so when his mates threw down the gauntlet he was quick to respond. In the late-1980s, Andrew and his golfing mates enjoyed playing as many different courses as possible, but they accused him of ‘dragging the chain’. “My golfing odyssey, or perhaps idiocy according to […]
IT’S become something of a tradition in the Northern Rivers of NSW. And the ‘social’ side of it just keeps golfers coming back year after year … for 50, in fact. Like so many great organisations, the idea sprang over a few beers with a few keen golfers in 1969. Now, five RSL social golf […]
FORMER Scottish Open champion and PGA life member Peter O’Malley has been named the new patron of Nomads Golf Australia. O’Malley takes over the role from golf legend Jack Newton who sadly passed away in April this year. Speaking recently from Thurgoona Golf and Country Club where he played in the NSW Senior Open Championship, […]
PGA professional Troy Alsford has been appointed golf operations manager at Warwick Golf Club – a southeast Queensland country golf course established in the late 1800s. Troy and his wife Kerry recently moved to Warwick from Melbourne to be close to their family and are enjoying renovating a local home. The club’s vice-president Mary Young […]
IT’S no secret that NSW Golf Club at La Perouse in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has “beaten up” many players over the years. Indeed, one former club captain admitted this marvellous layout can be all but unplayable when the weather really closes in. He once explained that there were always a few ‘desperates’ who would turn […]
HOW did a champion junior hurler (someone who plays hurling) end up the general manager at Bowral Golf Club? After a bit more digging, it actually made some kind of strange Irish sense. Kevin Kenny was born in the city of Kilkenny where hurling is, in Kevin’s words, “a rite of passage bordering on […]
ONLY 10 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, Latrobe Golf Club needs little introduction. Many will know it for its challenging 18-hole championship layout, tight driving holes that are full of energy, intelligence and wonder. Now the club boasts an additional five holes – albeit a par-3 short course that was designed and built to further grow […]
THE big wet that devastated New South Wales and South East Queensland during the first half of the year prompted many golf club managers to comment: “This (wet weather and flooding) is a whole lot worse than Covid.” It’s a bold statement, but it tells the story as the disruption to businesses have been massive. […]
Golfers’ guide to some of the most welcoming golf clubs, courses and service providers CASUAL golf (aka social golf) in Australia is booming. Once upon a time it was considered a small, and oftentimes disdained, sector of the golfing space. Now it’s a major player in a burgeoning industry. Many golf clubs around the country […]
Featuring pristine beaches, lush rainforests, and some of Australia’s most spectacular scenery, the NSW Mid to Far North Coast is one of Australia’s premier locations for sports, festivals, music, dance and more. Of course, it is also home to some tremendous choices for the discerning golf traveller. From Port Macquarie to Tweed Heads, and everywhere […]
This bag is the perfect choice for avid golfers who demand nothing less than the best. The AQUA Sport 3 offers the best waterproof materials in a sporty and colourful package. With 9 waterproof pockets, a combined rain cover / battery pocket, dual umbrella holder and shoulder strap option, the Aqua Sport 3 provides perfect […]
The LIV Golf league is finished for 2022 and having been to 6 events, Gary gives us his de-brief. With the Australian PGA tour now in full swing, Gary and Larry chat with Aussie Legend and current PGA Chairman Rodger Davis about what to expect from some of our best players. Rising star, Justin Warren […]
Queensland’s Cameron Smith has been awarded the Greg Norman Medal for the second time in three years at the PGA Awards at Brisbane City Hall on Tuesday, November 22. Also victorious in 2020, Smith claimed Australian golf’s highest honour ahead of a stellar field, including the 2021 winner and 2022 Women’s US Open champion, Minjee […]
TALES about the late media mogul Kerry Packer abound. One of my favourites was the day he ‘allegedly’ turned up to play at his home club in Sydney and found it had been booked out by a group (I think it may have been dentists) and found it was closed to members until their day […]
By Peter Owen FOR the past five years members of Headland Golf Club on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have been receiving their very own unique weekly news bulletin, penned by one of the country’s best-known sports writers. Tony Durkin, once editor of Rugby League Week, media manager of the Brisbane Broncos and long-time league columnist for […]
QUEENSLAND and Australian representative Justice Bosio has virtually made the Keperra Bowl her own. The 18-year-old, who will represent Australia at the Asia-Pacific Women’s Amateur in Thailand this month, won the inaugural women’s Keperra Bowl in 2020, finished runner-up in 2021 and last month captured her second Bowl at Keperra Country Golf Club in Brisbane. […]
By Michael Davis ADAM Scott is making an emotional homecoming after three years to have another tilt at his home country’s national Open. Scott, 42, still ranked inside the top 30 players in the world, will tee it up in the Australian Open at Victoria and Kingston Heath golf clubs from December 1-4. Scott’s impressive 2022 […]
THERE’S no place like home and for young Sydneysider Cameron Davis, it feels like years since he’s been able to return to his home club at Roseville (and Monash) and catch up with all his old friends. Actually, it has! It’s been almost three years since Davis has been able to return home and now […]
By Michael Davis THE Vic Open is coming back to 13th Beach on the Bellarine Peninsula for 2023 and 2024. Golf Australia announced it would be staged at 13th Beach Golf Links near the village of Barwon Heads for the 10th consecutive time from February 9-12. A player and fan favourite, the tournament which includes titles […]
AUSTRALIAN Travis Smyth finally got the monkey off his back and won his maiden title on the Asian Tour when he recorded an impressive two-shot victory in the $US700,000 Yeangder TPC in late September. The 27-year-old Sydneysider drew on a season of strong performances and near misses to fire his second successive six-under-par 66 for […]
BUNKER-TO-BUNKER… Inside Golf writers have their say! By Peter Owen TO my mind the Presidents Cup is in real trouble. Not even those ramped-up American fans can surely take much more of the one-sided results that have plagued this tournament since the Internationals scored their first, and only, win back in 1998. It’s not that […]
