Australian Golf Digest
Results for "iron play"
Innovations: A New Game In Town
Five Iron Golf is driving the future of the indoor game, with multiple venues coming to Melbourne from this month
The Retirement Issue: Marriage Of Convenience
Several proactive capital-city golf clubs are considering residential developments to secure their long-term future as well as modernise facilities. However, the urban fringe and regional Australia remains the future for ‘greenfield’ golf communities.
The Retirement Issue: Where To Go
A selection of stops to include on a golf-led caravan tour of Australia
What’s your favourite hole at Pebble Beach? We asked more than a dozen LPGA pros and got their picks
Golf Digest polled 13 LPGA pros, asking each a simple question: what’s your favourite hole at Pebble, and why?
Aussie bands to hit the fairways for charity at Music Industry Masters, ahead of Splendour in the Grass
On the eve of popular music festival Splendour In The Grass later this month, some of Australia’s biggest bands will hit Byron Bay Golf Club for a splendour on the grass.
The Money Issue: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Price
Here are 10 of the best places to play and stay this winter, covering a range of budgets.
Course Review: Southern Golf Club, Melbourne
Southern Golf Club used the hosting of a significant amateur tournament to bust out of Melbourne’s COVID funk and propel itself towards an exciting next chapter
Architecture: The Art Of Design
A round-table discussion of Australian course architects reveals the trends, tales and talking points of golf course architecture in this country and abroad.
The Last Stand
Tree removal has been at the heart of golf-course architecture for the past few decades. Has the game finally arrived at its natural balance?
New South Wales: Favourites and finds
No other Australian state offers the variety that’s on offer during a road trip in New South Wales.
Looking at Arnold Palmer’s best golf courses
It’s often forgotten that design contribution extended all the way to Australia, where Arnold Palmer in his playing days won an Australian Open and Wills Masters title.
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…
Bargain hunters: Best-value golf experiences
What constitutes true ‘value’ when it comes to playing golf in Australia? Our editors weigh in on the best-value experiences money can buy, broken up into two categories: $50 and cheaper and less than $100.
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: Complete satisfaction
Some fervent golfers revel in their quests to tick off every course on their own unique must-play lists.
Full fun factor
Golf’s ‘fun quotient’ has never been ramped up as high as it is at these innovative facilities.
Facility review: Black Bull Golf Club
A winner in the World Luxury Hotel Awards in Turkey, The Sebel Yarrawonga lays compelling claims to be Australia’s best golf resort.
Snake eyes on the paradise
Having suffered six years of challenges that would crush many regional destinations, Merimbula and the NSW Sapphire Coast have shown resilience beyond belief.
Living on the fairway: Creative minds
The phenomenon of developers building 18-hole golf courses to accompany residential estates has come to an abrupt end. However, canny developers are finding new ways to sell golf-course living to home buyers.
