For nearly all golfers, the idea of playing The Old Course in St Andrews is the holy grail. For a select few golfers this year, that dream will become a reality.
When Royal Fremantle returned to our biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses last year after a 26-year absence, it was less of a surprise and more of an overdue recognition.
More than meets the eye: Occupying a secluded pocket of land on the edge of the Yarra River, Latrobe Golf Club has rebounded from past floods to become a genuine player in the Melbourne golf scene.
Progress in modern golf clubs comes in many forms. Increasingly during the past 30 years, Australian golf clubs are forming mergers with other golf clubs, rival sporting codes and external licensed premises.
The par-5 second hole is a dynamic, fascinating test that’s emblematic of the evolved genius of Augusta National’s architecture, where hole location dictates the way the players strategise.
Plenty of top-shelf golf can be found along the 391-kilometre stretch between the pioneering settlement of Swan Hill and the winemaking region of Rutherglen.
High visitor numbers at Sydney’s Centennial Parklands – used to justify carving up half of Moore Park Golf Course for more parks in the city’s CBD – have been “inflated” by the New South Wales Government, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
The National Golf Club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is Australia’s only golf club with three 18-hole courses at a single site – The National also boasts a fourth course, Long Island, at Frankston – and is the host course for a fourth straight year of The National Tournament starting this Thursday.
Clark, host city of a special economic zone near Manila in the Philippines, is promoting its appeal as an international golf tourism destination to Asia/Pacific markets, with Australia a priority.
A new tee was designed around the placement of the new tree and there’s plenty of room for tee shots to fly underneath, but PGA Tour rules officials “want the players to think about it”.
The renowned golf course and clubhouse at Scotland’s Turnberry Golf Club, home to four Open Championships, were severely vandalised on Friday by a Palestinian group that claimed responsibility. The resort has been owned by US President Donald Trump since 2014. Photos of Turnberry show turf on the course dug up and another spot with white Read more…