Spring in Australia brings with it a promise of a more normal summer, a return to the golf for many who have been in lockdown and of course, swooping magpies.
So it’s probably time to get serious about shooting lower scores this summer, and you could do worse than follow Brian Fitzgerald’s fun training drill.
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We’d been anticipating the new Skratch TV series of Adventures in Golf almost as much as the new Dune movie and Foundation series. And now that it’s here we can say it’s excellent.
We haven’t seen all of Season 6 as yet (as not all episodes have dropped), but Erik Anders Lang and the team have already delivered some great episodes we’ve been happy to share around with as many non-golfers as golfers.
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Golf will return to Melbourne once Victoria hits a target of 80% vaccination according to a new rollout plan.
According to a new COVID-19 rollout plan for Victoria, golf will be permitted to be played again once the state reaches a target of 80% single-dose vaccination.
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It doesn’t matter if golf is too easy or too hard, as long as it’s fun. The golf course often dictates play.
In a recent issue for Golf Australia Magazine, Mike Clayton writes about the myth that hard golf doesn’t necessarily translate as good golf.
We particularly loved his take on controversial changes to Huntingdale Golf Club in the 1990s in response to a “low” score from Greg Norman at the Australian Masters.
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Golf has established a prominent presence across numerous countries, but which one has the most golf courses in the world?
As of the year-end 2021, there are golf courses in 209 of the world’s 249 countries, according to the latest “Golf Around the World” report, a publication by the esteemed R&A.
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I’ve listed my favourite Australian golf podcasts in case you’re looking for more great golf chatter from this part of the world.
If there is anything the last year has taught me is that you can’t have enough golf podcasts.
I’ve dabbled in and out of stacks of great Australian golf podcasts over the past few years (as well as the odd international one too) and I thought it was time I shared the list with you.
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Some people go their whole golfing lives without a hole-in-one; this bloke carded two in the same round.
Golf Australia reported on this magical feat the other day and now Channel Seven’s Tom Hartley has done the same thing.
The story reports on Blackheath Golf Club’s Chris Macartney who carded not one, but two holes-in-one during Saturday’s club competition.
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Once this COVID thing allows us to get back to WA, we’re heading for Rottnest Island where the golf course looks like a hidden gem.
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Rottnest Island Public Golf Course is one of the Island’s best-kept secrets, despite the fact that golfers have been teeing off there since the ‘60s!
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Golf Australia Magazine is giving away some Callaway Golf gear by simply voting for your favourite Australian golf course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xRUw8wvB3M
We’ve just noticed this cool competition running via Golf Australian Magazine – you can win yourself a stash of Callaway golf gear by simply voting for your favourite Australian golf course.
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The only thing better than getting a hole-in-one is having it captured on video.
This is great.
This bloke’s hole-in-one was captured on video during a round at what looks like the 18th hole at Tasmania’s Kingston Beach Golf Club. (Hole flyover is below…)
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