OUT BACK golf Rush
It’s late afternoon and the Blackall golf course is swathed in soft, orange light. Gangs of galahs are squawking and swirling around us, wood ducks are ruffling still lagoons, kangaroos are watching cautiously from the fairways and one regal looking Sussex rooster is following us.
It’s a quintessential Australian bush scene and one we’re becoming familiar with as we travel the outback for the world’s most remote and richest amateur golf series, the 2021 Outback Queensland Masters (OQM). On this afternoon we’re checking out the course for the series’ fourth round and to play a few holes in preparation for the weekend’s rounds. In every town, the first nine is played on Saturday and the second on Sunday.
This year the tour began in Biloela, followed by Charleville, Quilpie, Blackall, Hughenden and concluded in Longreach. A $10,000 prize is on offer for the first hole-in-one on each of the first five courses and a staggering $1 million is
