Golf Australia

When Brad Hughes won the Tournament Players Championship by 12 strokes at the end of 1996 at Robina Woods on the Gold Coast, he did it with a display of ball-striking that suggested a bagful of victories was just around the corner. He went to America

Sitting around the dining table on Christmas Day, we cracked open a few bonbons and yours truly discovered a gem of a golf joke inside. Golfer: “Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?” Caddiie: “Eventually.” Gold! It reminded me of a chat I had

Lucas Herbert is happy to talk about his 2021 twin wins at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. But mention hitting the winning runs in Sedgwick Cricket Club’sTuesday night Emu Valley Cricket AssociationT20 game in

Goldfinger was the third movie in the James Bond franchise and the first in which all elements of the Bond blueprint would be established, and perhaps the last in which those familiar elements were charmingly fresh and not yet grotesquely exaggerated

For any fan of sport in this country, the name Andy Maher ought to be familiar and, if not, his voice will be. A long-time AFL commentator, Maher covers almost every sporting pursuit, including golf, cricket, the Olympics and sits alongside Mick Moll

Canberra is quite obviously best known for being the home of our Federal Parliament and all manner of government agencies. But there is far more to attract you to the nation’s capital. It has evolved into a vibrant destination surrounded by vast area

JIMMY EMANUEL Golf Australia Deputy & Digital Editor Ever moved your ball marker out of a fellow player’s line and failed to shift it back before putting? I have, and you only do it once thanks to the incurred penalty. So why would you enhance the ne

To speak with Geoff Ogilvy about the Vic Open is almost as if you were talking to any long-standing fan of golf in this country. There is the reflection on the halcyon days of Greg Norman, Ian Baker-Finch, Robert Allenby and co. winning the state ope

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HAYES: It pains me to offer a negative answer to this question. If an Aussie can’t win a major, I don’t think I’m alone in hoping that the Northern Irishman will add to the whirlwind four major crowns he racked up in a hurry at the start of the previ

How a new superstar was born, and the game changed forever With the exception of Nick Faldo’s dismantling of Greg Norman at the Masters, 1996 will not be remembered as a vintage year for the Major championships. If ever a sport could be accused of li

The first thing you notice about Jon Rahm at address is his strong physique, particularly in his lower half with powerful legs and glutes. These will certainly come into play as he swings into impact. Note, the camera angle is slightly off here and R

In February last year any question about Tiger’s professional golfing future beyond 25 years seemed the easiest to answer. By December, it was one of the most perplexing. Most assumed the car accident, which all but destroyed Tiger’s right leg at the

JORDAN LAMB Senior PGA professional, PGA National Golf Academy Scotland, Gleneagles, Perthshire. Sometimes, we just don’t need hi-tech data-tracking to tell us just how costly our bad shots are. It’s the sort of thing that dawns on us as we jump out

When you are faced with a shot around the green, whether that be a shot that requires less than a full swing, a pitch over a bunker or water, a chip and run or a bunker shot from a plugged lie, do you start thinking about what the ball needs to do or

Callaway Golf have unveiled its latest range of Chrome Soft golf balls designed to help improve the games of golfers whether they be major champions like Phil Mickelson or an average player heading out for a hit on the weekend. The three new models w

Callaway Golf has once again produced a range of driver models under one family name, with the four new Rogue drivers set to benefit different golfers and deliver longer and straighter tee shots. Each of the four Rogue drivers is built of some common

Brett Clarebrough might not be a familiar name to golfers in Australia, but the Sydneysider has innovated the local golf market that it is likely many have owned or are familiar with a number of his past products. Most notably, Clarebrough enjoyed su

Cobra Golf have continued its commitment to producing specific equipment for moderate swing speed players, the new AIR-X range built with a focus on lightweight performance and forgiveness replacing the F-MAX line. New head designs, lighter shafts an

Cost: $749.99. Tested by: Jimmy Emanuel, Golf Australia Deputy & Digital Editor MODELS PLAYED: Odyssey Toulon Atlanta and Madison. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: There is no other area where golf has the chance to blend form and function as much as putters for m

There are few courses on the east coast of Australia where an ocean view comes with every shot. This is what you’ll get at Long Reef Golf Club, just 30 minutes’ drive north of Sydney’s CBD on the famed northern beaches. Ranked No.31 in Golf Australia

Hamilton Island is the ideal location for a true “golfing holiday” as it offers the perfect combination of a tropical island holiday resort with one of the most scenic golf courses in Australia. Teed Up Golf Tours are offering the chance to escape th

The secret got out a long time ago that New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region is a natural wonderland. It’s here where you will find the world’s largest expanse of subtropical rainforest right alongside mountains created by ancient volcanoes and so

By the late 1800s the once dry, rocky and inhospitable scrub of Sydney’s North Shore had been settled with farms, orchards and timber mills and was home to a growing population who found time for the occasional leisure activity in the period of relat