Councils and other landlords are targeting golf courses in Sydney and Melbourne for alternative community use. With an ever-growing demand for sporting facilities and recreational areas, Australian golf faces a huge battle to retain all of its existing courses. It signals the war on golf has begun.
Australia’s Adam Scott on winning big tournaments, the art of shutting off, the joys of juggling fatherhood and why his putting is still over-scrutinised heading into the Australian PGA.
Meet Marty Carmichael. Every club’s got one – that freakishly gifted player who, on the rare occasion they tee it up, makes the game look ridiculously easy.
A retired rugby league premiership hero on picking up his first golf club in Wee Waa, playing Kerry Packer’s exclusive Ellerston course, sympathising with Tiger Woods and landing his dream job on the fairways.
At 37, there are changes in Sergio Garcia’s life and his golf. Now in such a serene personal place, he is primed to capitalise quickly off the Masters.
Australian Golf Digest
