Royal Liverpool Golf Club has released video of a literal bomb going off beside one of its famed greens in a controlled detonation of a WWII-era artillery shell that was recently discovered beneath the 13-time Open Championship venue.
Challenger, a leader in retirement income and major partner of the PGA Tour of Australasia, is giving one lucky winner the chance to fly business class to Auckland to experience the world-class Te Arai Links.
On Monday, North Berwick Golf Club announced a new hiring. That might not seem like headline news, but when a Scottish club is hiring Gil Hanse, it is. The famed golf course designer has been appointed as North Berwick’s retained course architect. His mission? To “polish and protect” the famous links course in East Lothian, Read more…
With his playing schedule nearing its end this weekend, Michael Kim reflected on his favourite – and, more revealingly – his least favourite courses from the 2025 campaign.
Being a golf sicko that grew up in New Jersey, I had always heard stories about this place called Due Process. People talked about it with more reverence than they would for Pine Valley. The place only like 60 or 70 members. It’s as exclusive as it gets, yet there are no rules when you’re Read more…
Ben Cowan-Dewar needed to see Castle Stuart. This was 2008, a year before Castle Stuart would open then go onto host four Scottish Opens and become a mainstay on most top-100 lists (it’s #51 on our most recent World 100). Cowan-Dewar admired Mark Parsinen’s work at Kingsbarns, and now Parsinen had partnered with Gil Hanse Read more…
With vital points and half-points at stake, the deciding hole should be one that rewards heroic action and makes the players execute brave shots in pressure-packed situations.
Under strict instructions, from one of the secret service members, not to follow the group the President was playing in, I did then go out on the course and walk every hole around the Balmedie Dunes.
This year’s venue is a welcome diversion from the usual march of Open courses. The other championship venues are inarguably great, but Royal Portrush is unique.
Yin probably didn’t realise that the internet was always going to pounce on this take, because PGA Frisco is set to host a LOT of big-time golf championships in the coming years.
Australian Golf Digest
