While this month’s Vic Open won’t have the prizemoney or co-sanctioning from major tours it enjoyed until only recently, the beloved Bellarine tournament will press on with its trailblazing men’s and women’s mixed format.
An 18-hole experiment with Joel Dahmen and our 11-handicap Golf Digest colleague confirms that playing a tour pro’s drives solves a lot of problems. Just not all of them.
Master criminal Willie Sutton said it best when asked why he robbed so many banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” Shaving shots on the golf course has the same obvious, irresistible allure for some players. You probably know a golfer who would foot-wedge a ball if it meant winning the C-grade comp in a charity best-ball.
Adam Scott returns home this month as a wanted man in world golf. With LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman openly expressing interest in the 42-year-old Queenslander, and more Major-championship glory still firmly in his sight, Scott has found himself a seat away from the war room. Ahead of his return in this month’s Australian PGA Championship, Scott took time out to address the current state of the game, and what it all means for him – and Australia – moving forward.
The sun was out, the wind was down and the field was away.
Yet the 2002 Australian Open stopped not long after play started. Two decades on, we revisit the day Australian golf made world headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Sydney’s Harrison Endycott is bracing for life as a PGA Tour rookie. His path to get there was one of determination, sadness and more than a bit of self-reflection.
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