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Musselburgh Golf Links is considered to be one of the world’s oldest golf courses and hosted five Open Championships in the 1870s and 1880s.
The quirky Musselburgh Golf Links 9-hole golf course sits in the middle of a race track in East Lothian, Scotland with a wonderful old pub that doubles as the clubhouse.
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Australia’s top-100 golf courses for 2020 have been revealed in the latest issue of Australian Golf Digest and they’ve broken them down state by state.
Media release via Australian Golf Digest Images Courtesy: Gary Lisbon Golf Photography
The industry-standard biennial rankings of Australia’s golf courses have just been released and, as always, provide plenty to talk about.
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Golf Business Forum 2020 unveils its next group of speakers, with early-bird delegate tickets now on sale.
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Working together with Event Partner, Australian Sports Turf Managers Association, and Foundation Partner Golf Australia, Golf Business Forum has just announced its next group of speakers for Australia’s most influential golf business event, to be held in Melbourne from 23-24 June.
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Australia has a wealth of wonderful, accessible golf courses and Golf Australia Magazine has attempted to rank them once again.
If you missed the December 2019 issue of Golf Australia Magazine you can now check out the list of Australia’s top-100 golf courses for 2020 on their website.
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Golf’s governing bodies agree that the golf ball is being hit further than ever and something needs to be done about it.
Earlier this week, the golf’s governing bodies the R&A and USGA released the results of a multi-year Distance Insights Project – an examination into whether the modern golf ball, with modern equipment hit by modern players, is going too far.
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It’s probably fair to say that there is no such thing as a bad golf trip but some are certainly better than others. It’s the little things that count; from the accommodation and golf, right down to the details with formats and presentations.
For some of us, an impending golf trip is the things that keep us going.
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Confused about your Presidents Cup formats? Here is the low-down on foursomes along with a few other variations.
Foursomes is played at both the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup, but it is often confused with ambrose. I think it is worthwhile just making the format clear.
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The demise of Handy Cap appears to be premature with Golf Australia offering to help fix the popular app.
The Handy Cap app looks set to survive after Golf Australia said they will work with the developer to ensure it has access to Australian golfer handicaps.
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In case you missed it, Laurent Hurtubise was born with one arm and carded a hole-in-one last week during round one of PGA Tour’s The American Express tournament.
Playing as part of the pro-am over the first three days of the tournament, Hurtubise holed out during round one nailing a 6-iron at the 151 yards par-3, 4th hole at the PGA West Stadium.
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The self-standing putter is no longer a gimmick after it was used to win a golf tournament.
Former major league baseballer John Smoltz has turned the self-standing putter from a gimmick into something more golfers may be considering buying.
Smoltz won the celebrity title at the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions last weekend using a self-standing putter.
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