Articles by Martin Blake via golf.org.au

December 4th, 2024

International award for WPGA chief executive Karen Lunn

WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn has won a major international award for her contribution to golf’s engagement with women and girls.

October 23rd, 2024

National Order of Merit winners named

The 2024 Golf Australia Order of Merit winners have been confirmed with Queenslander’s Billy Dowling and Ella Scaysbrook from New South Wales taking out the men’s and women’s open-age titles.

October 22nd, 2024

WPGA’s Karen Lunn nominated for top award

Lunn has been nominated in the Women in Golf Awards under the category of ‘International Woman 2024’.

October 21st, 2024

Aussie wrap: Hannah Green grabs third LPGA Tour win for 2024

A third win in a stellar LPGA Tour season by Hannah Green has put the West Australian within touching distance of the No.1 world ranking for the first time.

October 13th, 2024

Health scare gives senior amateur star Nadene Gole a new outlook

Gole hits the ball as far as she did when she was playing professionally 25 years ago, but knows as well that her intellectual property is valuable.

August 30th, 2024

Australia names seven-player team for the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Golf Australia has named an imposing seven-man team for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship to be played in Japan in October, where major starts for 2025 go on the line.

July 24th, 2024

Presidents Cup 2024: Four Aussies in line for Montreal showdown

Up to four Australians are in the slot to make the International team for the Presidents Cup in Canada later this year, with Adam Scott leaping the latest to leap into contention.

July 16th, 2024

‘A unique chance’: Melbourne Sandbelt clubs enter merger talks

The two clubs announced today they are discussing “a potential amalgamation that offers members substantial additional value for their membership”.

July 3rd, 2024

Open Championship 2024: Elvis Smylie grabs a spot at Royal Troon

The 22-year-old Queenslander played his way into the field via qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports in the UK overnight.

July 2nd, 2024

Commonwealth and Cranbourne to host 2025 Australian Amateur

Commonwealth, which recently completed a significant restoration, is the primary host with play on all four days, with Cranbourne also hosting on the first two days next January.

June 6th, 2024

Perth’s Maddison Hinson-Tolchard to make her pro debut this week

Hinson-Tolchard has held off turning professional so that she could complete her university degree and also compete in the 2024 Augusta Women’s Invitational tournament, but the time has arrived.

June 4th, 2024

Bob Shearer honoured at Southern Golf Club

The late, great Bob Shearer has been honoured by his beloved home club in Melbourne, Southern, with a life-size bronze statue outside the clubhouse.

May 15th, 2024

Amateur Keeley Marx joins Aussies in US Women’s Open field

Marx, 20, won the USGA’s qualifying event at Briarwood Country Club near Chicago on Monday by a shot with scores of 69-72.

April 23rd, 2024

Back to reality for Jasper Stubbs after the Masters

Stubbs has a plan for his future, and it’s not that surprising what it entails. He wants to get back to Augusta one day as a pro, and the journey starts now.

March 7th, 2024

Commonwealth Golf Club moves forward with skill-based tee markers

As the Melbourne Sandbelt gem Commonwealth Golf Club enjoys its grand course reopening after three years of changes, the club is adopting best practice in the selection of tee markers based on skill rather than gender.

February 22nd, 2024

Decision looms for Melbourne’s embattled Oakleigh Golf Course

Monash Council has a vote scheduled for next Tuesday, February 27, after a six-month period of consultation with the community with two options canvassed – to retain the golf course or to close it and create parkland.

February 13th, 2024

Golf Australia Rookie Squad for 2024 announced with three new members

Sydney’s Jeffrey Guan and Harrison Crowe and Perth’s Haydn Barron are the new additions to the squad of 12 players who will receive financial support and guidance from the national organisation in the early phases of their careers as professionals.

January 25th, 2024

Elvis Smylie’s big decision

Elvis Smylie is chasing his first win as a pro this week at the Webex Players Series Victoria tournament at Rosebud.

January 19th, 2024

Quinn Croker wins Australian Amateur while 15-year-old Amelia Harris is overrun by Japan’s Mamika Shinchi

Quinn Croker has secured the biggest win of his career at the adidas Australian Amateur, but 15-year-old Amelia Harris suffered the cruellest of cuts in the final round at Yarra Yarra Golf Club.

January 18th, 2024

Teen star Amelia Harris chasing monumental win at Australian Amateur

Harris would be one of the youngest-ever winners of the national championship, although Kiwi Lydia Ko’s landmark – she won as a 14-year-old in 2011 at Woodlands Golf Club – stands as the record.

January 15th, 2024

Australian Amateur draws world-class fields

A field of 312 of the world’s best amateurs is set to contest the time-honoured adidas Australian Amateur in the Melbourne Sandbelt from tomorrow.

December 7th, 2023

Dynamic Aussie duo top world rankings

Australians hold the No.1 slots for the male and female senior amateur rankings at the same time – almost certainly a first.