Tasmania: Welcome Mat

Mathew Goggin, Tasmania’s best-known touring pro, has a new passion project: drawing more golfers to his hometown of Hobart courtesy of two new world-class courses.

2023/2024 New Zealand Top 50 Courses

If it’s world-class golf you’re after, two of the best new courses in the world lie in the north of New Zealand’s North Island. They lead the pack when it comes to our ranking of the best layouts ‘across the ditch’.

New Zealand: Alpine wonders

Queenstown, Christchurch and Dunedin combine to offer southern-latitude golf in exceptional and unique environments.

New Zealand: North Island Gems

Titirangi Golf Club Visiting Auckland’s Titirangi Golf Club is a must for any golfer, especially if you’re a fan of Tom Doak’s Cape Kidnappers or Tara Iti. Titirangi is conveniently located just 15 minutes from downtown Auckland, where the native New Zealand bush surrounds justify Titirangi’s name, a Maori word for “fringe of heaven”. Doak’s Read more…

Top 100 spotlight: Elanora Country Club

Elanora’s charmed run within our biennial ranking was broken only by the club’s request to sit out the first three rankings of the new millennium while major course work was conducted and settled.

2023 travel special: Total travel

The borders are open, and the coast is seemingly clear to resume life as a wandering golfer. Here are our picks of the destinations you need to add to your list this year, with some valuable advice thrown in.

2023 travel special: The best way to protect your clubs

When it comes to finding a travel bag for golf, three boxes must be ticked: it has to make travelling easier, it has to protect your clubs to the fullest, and it needs enough space to comfortably store items for your trip. The Sun Mountain Clubglider Meridian and Club Glove Last Bag tick all three Read more…

2023 travel special: Driving outback

A unique amateur golf series takes players to six outback clubs over six weeks – with the bonus of a chance to bag a million-dollar hole-in-one. EDITORS’ CHOICE – Best Amateur Tournament: Outback Queensland Masters The edge of the Simpson Desert doesn’t seem a likely place to build an 18-hole golf course. But Australia’s newest Read more…

2023 travel special: Take a cruise in 2023

Being stuck on a boat for a week runs counter to a golfer’s instincts. First, there’s that whole surrounded-by-water thing. Then there’s the challenge of navigating the narrow halls of a cruise ship with a golf bag and trying to find a cranny in your cramped cabin to stow your clubs. But if you can Read more…

DON’T MISS OUT: Be the King of Barnbougle!

EDITORS’ CHOICE: Best Australian Golf Tour Full disclosure: the decision to award this option as our Editors’ Choice tour came with a hint of bias – our editors will be hosting it. And with that said, we make absolutely no apologies because, well, it’s a long weekend of golf you simply can’t afford to miss. Read more…