Forty-five years after claiming the centenary British Open, octogenarian Kel Nagle reminisced in July 2005 about winning the auld claret jug at St Andrews, the thrill of harness racing and life as a teetotaller.
With 33 layouts in Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses, Victoria leaves other states in its wake when it comes to world-class fairways. But what makes the Garden State so great for golf, far beyond its famed Sandbelt region?
Small rather residential golf estates is the new trend in golf-course living. We spoke to three experts about the phenomenon of ‘Retiring On The Fairway’.
How to get children to fall in love with golf at first sight? It’s time-consuming and expensive but golf administrators are starting to reap rewards with introductory programs. Plus, we rate the best courses to introduce beginners to the game.
A year since a gaping hole was left in his life, Sydney professional Ewan Porter is about to fulfil a long-held dream to stage a junior golf tournament and memorialise his late father.
With threats of closure continuing to haunt Australian courses on public land, we examine what privately owned clubs are doing to ensure their own long-term survival.
When it opened in 1993, Millbrook Resort was a bit of a novelty. A deer farm had been transformed into a thoroughly modern golf course. The farm’s homestead was converted into a restaurant complemented by luxurious lodgings, all in a spectacular alpine location just outside Queenstown. The resort golf phenomenon had finally come to New Zealand.
With such quality and variety of golf balls available on the market, how is it possible to decide what’s best for you? We spoke to manufacturers, retailers and professionals for their take. And if you’ve never thought about being ‘ball fitted’, you soon will.
An Australian invention has captivated the local turfgrass industry. Its ability to create ‘nanobubbles’ is being hailed as a game-changer that will revolutionise golf-course maintenance around the world.
One of Sydney’s oldest private golf clubs has reinvented itself with a contemporary makeover. Once the new clubhouse is fully operational in early spring, Strathfield Golf Club will be the envy of most clubs in Sydney’s metropolitan region.
It will be a sense of déjà vu for Ryan Fox at Ballyliffin Golf Club on Sunday as he seeks to win his maiden European Tour title in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation.
Ocean Dunes is one of the southernmost great golf courses on the planet. Undoubtedly, it would baulk at the suggestion it’s riding on the coattails of a highly credentialed King Island neighbour.
Australian Golf Digest
