Gavin Kirkman

My Shot: Gavin Kirkman

The new head of the PGA of Australia, Gavin Kirkman, on leadership, attracting more young people to the game, his pet peeves, and who really is Australia’s greatest ever golfer.

Mornington Peninsula

National Exposure

Proposed changes to some of the region’s most iconic layouts should whet the appetite of Mornington Peninsula golf fans.

Sunshine Coast Golf

Sunny Disposition

As the weather in the south cools, one popular pocket of Queensland remains perpetually sunny

Darwin Golf Club

True North

As the weather begins to cool down, Australian golfers’ eyes will turn to our tropical regions. Here are two diverse options in our nation’s north.

Links Hope Island

Hope Springs Eternal

The mastery of the design at Links Hope Island remains as relevant today as when the course first opened almost 25 years ago.

Gold Coast

TRAVEL: Golf on the Glitter Strip

The return of the Australian PGA Championship to the Gold Coast has given a holiday favourite even greater pulling power.

Club Mandalay

New Territory

Melbourne’s northern suburbs are a relatively foreign landscape for golf. Yet Club Mandalay – 25 minutes from Melbourne airport – is set to take off.

26 Great Golf Weekends

Planning your next short golf getaway? Stop searching – we’ve done the hard work for you.

My Shot: Gary Player

A World Golf Hall-of-Famer who still shoots scores lower than his age.

ENTER THE BULL RING: Black Bull Golf Course

Test yourself in the ‘Bull Ring’ – if you dare. Peter Thomson’s Murray River gem features a self-styled Amen Corner. Like the famed Augusta National Golf Club, a stunning three-hole stretch can make or break your round.

Pot Luck: Links Kennedy Bay

In the late 1990s, prominent West Australian golf architect Michael Coate and the late Roger Mackay teamed up with 1991 British Open champion Ian Baker-Finch to design Links Kennedy Bay. What they wanted was to give Western Australia a fitting tribute to the links courses of Scotland. What they got was a golf course that is continually ranked among Australia’s top 25

Wizards With Golf Clubs

The story of the Kirkwoods – Australian golf’s greatest father-and-son duo.