Can you brush away sand from the green?
Golf rules question. You’re faced with a lengthy putt on the putting green but some sand from the greenside bunker sits between you and the hole, do the golf rules allow you to remove the sand from your line?
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We unofficially told you last week about the new GA Handicap App, but now the official announcement is here!
Media release via Golf Australia
Golf Australia is excited to provide an update on a significant enhancement to our digital services. The new GA Handicap App is now available for free in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store to all Australian golfers, parents, family members, administrators and others.
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A couple of golf addicts go in search of a lost Australian golf course.
We also shared this down our Twitter feed as we think it’s a fabulous, unique Australian golf story published in last month’s Golf Australia Magazine.
There is something sad, a little eerie but incredibly exciting about stepping foot on an abandoned golf course.
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That golf course fight started because one man accused another of stealing his phone. And they were both very drunk.
By now you’ve probably seen the wild footage of a fight breaking out on a golf course.
A man rips out the flagstick to use as a weapon and eventually they come to blows using just their fists.
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You can now keep track of your friends’ handicaps via the new Golf Australia Handicap app.
We’ve been testing out the new Golf Australia Handicap App for a while now and we’re pleased to see it’s now been made publically available via Google Play and Apple App stores.
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Jack Newton was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and briefly went missing last night near his home in Newcastle.
A police statement was issued last night hoping to locate Australian golf legend Jack Newton who had gone missing from his home in Newcastle.
The search was called off a few hours later after Newton was found a few streets away.
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More photos from flooded NSW golf courses which now lie almost entirely under water.
Yesterday we shared some photos from golf courses that have been inundated by the torrential rains sweeping across Sydney the last few days.
Here are a stack more photos from more golf courses that have felt the brunt of this persistent low-pressure mass hanging around the east coast of Australia this week.
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Sydney’s big wet continues leaving many golf courses lying under water.
You won’t be surprised to hear that many golf courses across New South Wales have been forced to close due to torrential rain.
Some golf courses across Sydney’s west have experienced upwards of 300mm of rain in the past 48 hours with still more rain on its way.
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This probably wasn’t what they had in mind when the AFL introduced their new concussion rule.
Daniel Cherry at The Age is reporting that St.Kilda’s Max King will be sidelined for a week after being hit in the head by a golf ball while playing Brighton Golf Club last week.
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Geoff Ogilvy helped renovate Sandy Golf Links and he is out defending public access golf courses.
Nice stuff from Golf Australia to grab and share the Nine News feature on public golf earlier this week.
In the wake of the misinformed attacks on public golf, there has been a groundswell of activity from people wishing to share their stories about the cross-section of society who access public golf in Australia.
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