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Words from the wise: Randall Vines

The Queenslander won back-to-back Australian PGA Championships, including in 1972 at The Lakes Golf Club. But that was far from being his lone contribution to the professional game.

Golf at war

The game has discovered surprising growth and purpose in Ukraine.

Journeys: Dimitrios Papadatos

Five professional wins, two Open Championship starts and a career spanning the globe haven’t satisfied Dimi Papadatos. The New South Wales Central Coast pro reflects on the sacrifices of tour life and why he still believes his best golf is ahead

Presidents Cup 2026: United nations

Why Min Woo Lee believes the melting pot of cultures on the International team has the side poised for an upset victory over the US team at this month’s Presidents Cup. 

The most dangerous man at Medinah

Ryan Fox is the old-man underdog who did what no one thought he could do, win an Open Championship. It’s precisely why he will be a marked man at this month’s Presidents Cup.

Balancing act: What it takes to be a mum and play on the LPGA Tour

Judy Rankin was at an LPGA Tour event in the mid-1970s. But instead of focusing all of her energy on preparing for the competition, the Hall of Famer was hustling on the phone. She needed a babysitter, and not just anyone. Rankin’s son had come down with chicken pox, so it had to be somebody Read more…

Golf courses built by AI?

The most intriguing way AI can assist in golf course design is with routings, the process by which architects arrange 18 holes around a given property. In theory, there are uncountable combinations of holes, lengths, orientations and ways to use a given piece of land. AI has the power to analyse a topographical map and Read more…

Your next custom fitting might not require a single swing

A century ago, Bobby Jones was making a back-up for his legendary Jeanie Deans driver. He sorted through “5,000 pieces of first-grade hickory to find four shafts” that were close. The process was an elaborate exercise of “guess and check”. Fitting golfers to clubs has changed immensely since then, and yet it hasn’t. It’s still a tentative dance between what the experts Read more…