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By Michael Davis IF you can say you have beaten Tiger Woods – twice – in matchplay, then there’s a chance you might know a bit about thinking your way around the golf course. “Technique is important, but there are plenty of technically gifted golfers who can’t post a decent score,” says Nick O’Hern, in […]
The April 2022 Issue of Inside Golf is available online This month: SWING AND A PRAYERThe race for major titles starts now. Will Australia break a 7-year drought? DOES A CLUB MEMBER’S APPEARANCE MATTER? GREEN FEE SPECIALSAustralia’s top public access courses NEW PRODUCTSAll the latest gear CLUB OF THE MONTHForster Tuncurry Golf Club GOLDEN ANNIVERSARYGolf […]
THREE-TIME Masters champion Sir Nick Faldo knows Augusta National like the back of his hand. He played in 23 Masters over his career and golf fans likely remember him most at Augusta when he beat Greg Norman on that unfortunate Sunday in 1996. The 64-year-old, who will commentate on his 16th Masters this month, recently […]
FORMER Masters champion Adam Scott and fellow Aussie Marc Leishman have turned their attention to this month’s Masters at Augusta National from April 7-10. The pair sat down with GARRETT JOHNSTON to answer a range of questions. Garrett Johnston: The Masters is weeks away. When do you start thinking about the year’s first major and […]
GARY PLAYER’S GUIDE TO AMEN CORNER AMEN Corner – holes 11, 12 and 13 at Augusta National – is where The Masters can be won and lost and it’s where even the best players get a little nervous and say a prayer … especially on the par-3 12th. Greg Norman, in 1999, lost a ball […]
By Rob Willis THINK Woolooware Golf Club during the past 50 years or so and it’s hard to not picture the little sandy-haired bloke behind the pro shop counter, conducting a junior clinic or giving a lesson adjacent to the first tee. Barry Bent arrived at the tree-lined course in Sydney’s south back in 1970, […]
IF ever golf course superintendents, greenkeepers and volunteers needed recognition for their service to the golf industry it is now – especially after witnessing the devastating floods in South East Queensland, northern NSW and Sydney. In years past, Australia has witnessed not only floods but fires and drought, and yet the stewards of our golf […]
BUNKER-TO-BUNKER… Inside Golf writers have their say. By Michael Court IS golf shooting itself in the sandal here? What have we done? Relaxing these dress rules on the course is becoming a joke. Does our revered game, with such a storied history of gentleman and lady champions, really have to lower itself to this level? […]
By Peter Owen HE would never describe himself as a gambling man, but there’s something about Melbourne Cup week that has had a defining effect on the career of Headland Golf Club general manager Matt Lang. A Victorian, Lang fell in love with Queensland’s Sunshine Coast while holidaying every year at Mooloolaba with his family […]
The March 2022 Issue of Inside Golf is available online This month: BOB SHEARER – 1948-2022Australian golf farewells a great champion WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST DURING A ROUND OF GOLF? CLUB OF THE MONTHHawks Nest Golf Club NEW PRODUCTSThe latest gear TOP TRAVELNSW Central Coast CORPORATE GOLFThe top courses for a great corporate golf day […]
GEOFF Ogilvy is a professional golfer with a distinguished career on the world’s golfing stage. Among his long list of achievements is winning eight PGA Tour titles including the 2006 US Open, three World Golf Championships as well as the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship. Three times he represented the International Team at the […]
AUSTRALIAN golf lost one of its favourite sons when Bob Shearer died suddenly after a heart attack at his Melbourne home early this year. His wife, Kathie, said her husband “was what he needed to be”. “He was golf. It was his life and his love. He still played three or four times a week […]
MOST of us knew Bob Shearer as a champion golfer. But renowned course architect, ROSS PERRETT, reveals another side to Shearer. BOB Shearer was a brilliant golfer, but an even better bloke. He was a star who never got ahead of himself. First and foremost, he was a family man who loved his wife Kathie […]
BUNKER-TO-BUNKER….Inside Golf writers have their say! By Michael Davis MOST of the things that annoy me during a round of golf relate to just one person – me! It starts when I am running late for my tee time, scrambling down the path to the first tee with golf shoes half on, managing to empty […]
BRAD Heuchan has never had a hole-in-one, but he has had “about” 100 aces. He’s simply lost count. Confused? Well, the 100 aces have been scored on his well-manicured short hole he designed and built in the backyard of his home, which is located 100m from Pacific Dunes golf course at Medowie, not far from […]
THERE’S no doubt Hawks Nest is widely-regarded as a sleepy coastal town on the NSW North Coast. And that only makes it a bigger surprise when you visit Hawks Nest Golf Club and discover it fits perfectly into that well-worn cliché of a ‘hidden gem’. Certainly, renowned golf professional Craig Parry would agree. The former […]
Discover The Higher Origins of Traditional Beauty China was once known as the Land of the Divine. Legend has it that each dynasty came from a unique heavenly paradise. Over the course of five millennia, deities descended to Earth and took on human form—playing roles from emperors to heroes and from sages to generals. Their […]
By Michael Davis THE zero tolerance policy on racism recently formalised by the game’s governing bodies in Australia is both welcome and long overdue. It reminded me of a tale about the late Peter Thomson and inclusiveness which tells you more about the man than any of his five victories in The Open Championship. It […]
THOSE golfing types older than 30 will have some knowledge of Paul Gow’s exploits as a successful tournament professional during the late ’90s and through the next decade. For the younger golfing demographic he now might be recognised as the host of Your Golf Show and the bloke partnering celebrities and sporting stars on Playing […]
THERE’S nothing like producing a winning streak in the family … especially when it comes to club championships. And if ever you doubted whether or not golf was a game for youngsters, take a drive out to Liverpool Golf Club and find out for yourself. Siblings Mirabelle and Adam Naaman created club history there when […]
THERE were many fatigued golfers around the nation following the Cancer Council’s The Longest Day golf challenge, but despite players’ tiredness they still managed to raise a glass when it was announced more than $2.5m was raised for the Cancer Council. Keperra Country Golf Club, located in the north-west of Brisbane, led the charged and […]
THE odds of scoring an albatross, they say, are upwards of six million to one. They’re probably even greater if you’re talking about one on a par-4 hole. But Sunshine Coast golfer Daniel Hall wasn’t thinking about any of that when he played the shot of his life on the 268m par-4 15th hole at […]
BUNKER-TO-BUNKER: Inside Golf writers have their say! By Michael Davis WHEN once asked what he loved about Greg Norman, the venerable Metropolitan teaching professional, Brian Twite, simply said: “Norman takes the gallery with him. From the first tee, he strides confidently ahead of the crowd and says, ‘come with me’, and they all follow.” I […]
FOR more than three decades Gary Barter has plied his trade as a teaching professional at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney and was recently recognised for his passion and dedication to the game by being named NSW PGA High Performance Coach for 2021. The long-time coach of multiple US PGA Tour winner and two-time […]
By Michael Davis HAD Tony Cashmore won a couple of ‘majors’ he would be right up there with the world’s great golf course designers. Chief among Cashmore’s works are Coonawarra GC, designed for the Housing Commission and his first foray into golf; turning Colin Campbell’s Limestone Valley into The Dunes and also adding nine holes […]
IT’S been 50 years since the first ever golf ball was launched down the first fairway at Ocean Shores CC and over the five decades the club has managed to combine the attraction of a resort-style facility with the charm and personality of a local golf club. First-time visitors to Ocean Shores CC in the […]
By Michael Davis NEW Flinders general manager John McKay was on the first tee at the picturesque Mornington Peninsula club weeks before he officially started in the role. It was the club championship and he spent six hours making sure he met everyone personally. So before he even started work, the members knew him and […]
IT was a tough start to the year for Australian professionals and golf fans with the passing of Bob Shearer. Shearer, a PGA of Australia life member, suffered a heart attack and passed away on January 9, aged 73. He ranks among the finest golfers Victoria has produced and is only one of a few […]
By Michael Davis ONE of Royal Melbourne Golf Club’s best-known and much-loved members, Dr John Green, has died. Dr Green was elected to membership of the club in 1951 and life membership in 2012. As the son of a member, he enjoyed access to the club before that. He played the Royal Melbourne courses for […]
IT’S regarded as one of Sydney’s truest championship courses. And Concord Golf Club has vowed to be at its best when some of the best golfers in the country venture there next month for the $400,000 Golf Challenge NSW Open Championship. Tournament dates have been set for March 17 to 20 for an event with […]
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IT’S an exciting time for Living Choice residents, deposit holders and clients as Living Choice ticks off some major construction milestones at its golf course-located villages at Flagstaff Hill in Adelaide and at Parkwood on the Gold Coast. At Living Choice Flagstaff Hill, construction on the 42 villas is proceeding rapidly with 13 villas completed […]
BELLARINE Lakes Country Club is continuing to thrive as a popular place for over 55s and retirees. Located close to the beach and only 7km from Geelong CBD, the over 55s Country Club, with its own private golf course is selling fast. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to purchase from one the last […]
PALM Lake Group’s most opulent and luxurious over-50s resort project yet has officially commenced – and there’s an even more exciting aspect for golfers. Pelican Waters Golf Course is also part of the Palm Lake Group portfolio and hugs the eastern boundary of the highly anticipated Palm Lake Resort Pelican Waters lifestyle community. Originally designed […]
By Kym Doherty THE Shane Doherty Memorial Tri-State Masters Tournament, held in the Mildura Region (Sunraysia) for the past 28 years, will be held from Sunday, May 15 to Friday, May 20. It’s the return of another successful tournament following the unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 event. The tournament is now recognised as “The Shane […]
GOLF tour specialist CGE Golf is ready to help plan and arrange your next overseas golf trip. Once we are free to travel again, the two hot destinations for 2022 will be Vietnam and Thailand. Vietnam is the golfer’s dream with amazing courses, culture, and cuisine to experience. Danang has more than seven world-class courses […]
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
Ocean Dunes golf course on King Island has been sold to a Melbourne based consortium. Chairman of the Ocean Dunes Board, Andrew Mitchell confirmed that the new consortium intends to develop a new clubhouse and much needed accommodation on the course. This is not only great news for Ocean Dunes but for King Island as […]
IT was a tough start to the year for Australian professionals and golf fans with the passing of Bob Shearer. Shearer, a PGA of Australia life member, suffered a heart attack and passed away on January 9, aged 73. He ranks among the finest golfers Victoria has produced and is only one of a few […]
PLEASE tick the appropriate box below to rate 2021 as a golf year to remember. The choices are: excellent, riveting, okay, interesting, ho hum and what happened for me? Several factors should be taken into consideration before ticking begins. Ignore, if you will, all the negative things like Covid-19 and forced lockdowns to “keep us […]
