Articles by Rohan Clarke

World’s Best Green Fees: The Lucky Country

Amid escalating green fees at some of the world’s best golf facilities, Australia’s top courses remain relatively affordable. When it comes to playing golf Down Under, it’s little wonder golfers from around the world consider Australia to be…

Retirement Special: Shifting Sands

From supersized communities to boutique over-55 estates, Australia’s residential-golf phenomenon is now evolving from Living On The Fairway to Living Above The Fairway.

Business Of Golf: Home Fires

Sheargold’s Sussex Inlet Golf Village project is a boon for the South Coast region of New South Wales

Career Pathways: Women On The Tools

Sandy Golf Links superintendent Gerri O’Callaghan says gender is no barrier to working in the turf industry for women who are seeking an outdoors career. 

Business Of Golf: Surviving The Passage Of Time

Good retail businesses come and go. Great retail businesses pivot and continue to prosper. To mark Drummond Golf’s golden anniversary, franchisee Shane Hodby shares some secrets of the retailer’s longevity

In Pursuit Of Links Golf

In the ongoing search for sand, we find the ancestral spirit of the game. These are must-play links courses on both sides of the Tasman.

Hannah Green wins back-to-back in LA

Green fired a closing five-under 66 to win by three strokes from Sweden’s Maja Stark at Wilshire Country Club for the most convincing win of her career.

On Tour: A Summer To Remember

It was an epic run of 18 tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia, yet some questions remain unanswered

Who Really Designed Cape Wickham Links?

It’s one of the most spectacular courses in the world yet confusion reigns over who actually designed it. Cape Wickham on Tasmania’s King Island is at the centre of a dispute between American Mike DeVries and Australian Darius Oliver. To solve the mystery, we asked Duncan Andrews, the man who funded the entire construction of Cape Wickham,
to set the record straight.

Business Of Golf: Multi-Pronged Strategy

In 2023, Challenger became the naming-rights sponsor for the PGA Tour of Australasia. Managing director and chief executive officer Nick Hamilton explains why golf is a good fit for the retirement-income provider

How To Get A Job In Golf

It’s the rare few that can play golf for a living. But there’s an array of career opportunities for people wishing to work in golf – from caddieing to clubfitting, administration to landscaping. We asked a variety of people how they came to get a job in golf.

Business Of Golf: Beyond Expectations

As preparations are finalised for the second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide, executive tournament director Nick Haslam gave an insight into the remarkable success of the inaugural event