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Cypress Point Club’s list of rules for guests is no joke
Nothing stirs up the Golf Twitter masses quite like a set of rules for guestsm or members, at a private country club.
You’re on a golf trip and no one really knows the rules. Here’s our survival guide
The problem with playing with lax rules is when everyone starts to care.
New Zealand: Across the ditch, the money flows
Why is New Zealand attracting more investment in golf than Australia?
Winter golf: Rugged up and ready to roll
Cool days, smaller crowds and courses in prime condition, winter is golf’s best-kept secret. Here are the places that should be on your radar right now.
Shaking things up
Birdies Pro Shop at Seabrook Golf Club is run by two female operators who are transforming how golfers are playing in Tasmania.
The Old Course at St Andrews set to undergo changes ahead of 2027 Open
Cameron Smith and his caddie will have some changes to navigate when the winner of the 150th Open Championship returns to the Old Course in 2027 for the next edition of the links major at the Home of Golf.
Inside one of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey (no, not Pine Valley)
Being a golf sicko that grew up in New Jersey, I had always heard stories about this place called Due Process. People talked about it with more reverence than they would for Pine Valley. The place only like 60 or 70 members. It’s as exclusive as it gets, yet there are no rules when you’re Read more…
Top 100 Spotlight: Black Bull Golf Course
Murray River golf courses, while attractive to tour and fun to play, do tend to follow a certain design script. When Black Bull Golf Course opened 10 years ago, it broke the rules and moved away from narrow, treelined runways and instead used its lakeside location to cultivate a larger, links-style course where the breezes Read more…
Bryson DeChambeau reveals the one golf hole he’d play on his last day on earth
In classic Bryson DeChambeau fashion, he couldn’t help but deliver another Internet-breaking moment, revealing his favourite golf hole on the entire planet.
Players 2025: The new (familiar) tree that could wreak havoc at TPC Sawgrass this week
A new tee was designed around the placement of the new tree and there’s plenty of room for tee shots to fly underneath, but PGA Tour rules officials “want the players to think about it”.
Ask A Super: You can remove rocks from bunkers, but where you should throw them might surprise you
The Rules of Golf allow you to remove loose impediments, like stones, from the bunker, but it turns out golf course superintendents have a strong preference for where you should put them.
Coastal Style: NSW North Coast
Touring the portion of coastline between Sydney and the Queensland border reveals a region rich in diversity and golf surprises.
Courses: Beat The Winter Blues
A selection of golf destinations you need to visit before the cooler weather comes to an end.
Top 100: The King Rises
A new No.1 is indicative of an ongoing tight tussle at the top in our 19th biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses.
Who Really Designed Cape Wickham Links?
It’s one of the most spectacular courses in the world yet confusion reigns over who actually designed it. Cape Wickham on Tasmania’s King Island is at the centre of a dispute between American Mike DeVries and Australian Darius Oliver. To solve the mystery, we asked Duncan Andrews, the man who funded the entire construction of Cape Wickham,
to set the record straight.
Love it or loathe it, Torrey Pines South remains one of golf’s most demanding tests – and it could be more brutal this week
Torrey Pines South has consistently ranked among the longest and toughest tracks on the PGA Tour, and it figures to keep that position this year after the Farmers Insurance Open is played this week.
Many Happy Returns
“Fortress Western Australia” kept visitors away for the better part of two years during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which means we’re all long overdue to rediscover the best golf in the west.
Open Championship 2023: Let’s cruise
The British Isles may be small but every square mile packs a punch. Viking’s ‘British Isles Explorer’ cruise takes in ancient cities to heather-clad mountains, royal palaces to the atmospheric pubs and close to some of the world’s most historic golf courses.
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.
7 things course architects think about that you probably don’t
Every architect wants their holes to be challenging, entertaining and pretty, but these are the things that happen on the surface, and only after other critical elements have been put in place.
South Australia: There’s a new player in town
Not short on major attractions, next month’s LIV Golf Adelaide tournament has made South Australia an even more irresistible destination for travelling golfers.
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’.
