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Should the practice of drawing lines on your golf ball be banned?

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 admin 1 Comment

Some golfers are wondering if drawing a line on your golf ball should be banned. But why? And why now?

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Golfers have been drawing a line on the golf ball for alignment on the putting green for a long time.

Watch this wonderful video about a 95-year-old man playing his last round of golf

February 16, 2021February 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Stuart Kerr has beautifully captured the final round of golf by this 95-year-old man from Adelaide.

One of the many postive things about golf is that by participating it plays a large role in keeping you healthy. And if you’re healthy you can keep playing for many years.

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Tee times on hold as St Andrews Old Course is covered in snow

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Some stunning photos being shared around this week of The Home of Golf bathed in snow.

Tee times were put on hold at St.Andrews this week as cold weather (-8C) blanketed the region, including The Old Course is a thick layer of snow.

While not unusual, snow at The Old Course is always a beautiful thing.

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R&A and USGA propose golf equipment changes to combat distance increases

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Big news, changes afoot. Professional golf may have to change to suit the golf courses, not the other way around.

Golf’s governing bodies, the R&A and USGA have released a couple of statements indicating they are seriously looking at ways to combat the ever-increasing distances professional golfers are hitting the golf balls.

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Golf Australia Magazine’s 2021 list of Australia’s top 100 public golf courses

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Cape Wickham and Barnbougle Dunes top this list of Australia’s top public access golf courses.

We love a golf list and we particularly love this biannual list published by Golf Australia Magazine of Australia’s best public access golf courses.

It means that anyone can read this list knowing full well they can go and play every golf course on it.

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Tasmania’s Seven Mile Beach appoints golf course design team

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 admin 0 Comments

Tasmania has yet another spectacular golf course in development and they’re appointed Clayton, DeVries and Pont as the course architects.

Hot on the heels of the spectacular looking Arm End golf project underway in Hobart comes the news of the design team appointment for the Seven Mile Beach project nearby.

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PGA of Australia: The Driving Ranger TV commercials

January 18, 2021 admin 0 Comments

You may have noticed a few of these new TV commercials from the PGA of Australia over the summer featuring “The Driving Ranger”.

Launched late last year we’ve been meaning to post these for a while as the PGA has done a good job considering getting golfers to get an invaluable lesson is a difficult task.

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Great golf podcast episodes from 2020 you should listen to over the summer

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments

If you’re not playing golf over the summer break, here are a handful of great episodes from great Australian golf podcasts you should wrap your ears around.

With the Christmas break around the corner, what better time to sit back and indulge in a few golf podcasts.

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Public flocks to new Sandy Golf Links in Melbourne

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 admin 0 Comments

Sandy Golf Links is a hot ticket for all of Melbourne’s golf loving community.

Press release via Mark Hayes at Australian Golf Media

The totally redesigned former Sandringham Golf Club, a public course in the heart of the famous Sandbelt, is enjoying surging patronage only weeks after its full 18-hole layout was opened.

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Women’s Golf Day founder Elisa Gaudet wins ISC International Sports Award

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments

Since its inception in 2016, Women’s Golf Day now spans 900 locations in nearly 60 countries and its founder has just been recognised with an ISC International Sports Award.

Press Release

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., 11 December 2020 Women’s Golf Day (WGD) is proud to announce that Founder Elisa Gaudet has been honoured with Individual Sports Professional – Community Award 2020 of the ISC International Sports Awards 2020 in London, England.