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We’re in strange times, but these were the top-10 most popular (or in some cases most controversial) posts at Aussie Golfer during March 2020.
Without a doubt, number 10 is the funniest of the bunch.
1.Golf fan ejected for asking Patrick Reed to sign his shovel
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Sydney golfer shoots incredible 12-under 58 in club competition
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COVID-19: Can you still play golf in Australia?
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Australian golf media have weighed in on the on-again, off-again situation of playing golf amid the COVID-19 epidemic.
Can you play golf right now, or not? Astoundingly, there is no simple answer with governments and golf’s ruling bodies across Australia giving confusing, often conflicting advice.
I borrowed a couple of lines for the title for this post.
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Australian golf fans will be pleased to hear that FoxSports will launch a dedicated Masters Tournament channel next week, despite the 2020 event being postponed due to the coronavirus.
Beginning on Monday, April 6, FoxSports 503 will turn into a Masters-only channel featuring a bunch of great highlights from Augusta National over the years.
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I was going to preface this one with “One for the golf architecture nerds”, but I think many golfers will get something out of Erik Anders Lang’s informal chat with golf course designer Tom Doak.
Doak is one of the great golf courses designers of our time having designed Barnbougle Dunes with Mike Clayton, Cape Kidnappers, Tara Iti, Pacific Dunes at Bandon Dunes, and the new Gunnamatta course at The National.
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The popular Handy Cap app will no longer function but a replacement app from Golf Australia is in the works.
The Handy Cap golf app which helped Australian golfers quickly view friends’ up-to-date handicaps has been shut down after talks between the app’s developer and Golf Australia broke down.
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Golf in Australia is in uncertain times as measures to contain the coronavirus sweep across the states.
ANSWER: No. Golf Australia has told Australian golf courses to close.
For the most updated information please refer to the Golf Australia COVID-19 page.
Golf clubs across Australia are experiencing a boom in the number of people out playing golf as the social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus take place.
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Drugs hidden in golf clubs have given new meaning to the phrase “non-conforming golf clubs”.
Golfweek’s Adam Woodard has reported that police in Miami intercepted a shipment of cocaine hidden in the shafts of golf clubs from Colombia.
Federal agents intercepted a set of golf clubs from Colombia destined for New York at the international mail facility in Miami-Dade County on Monday.
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Golf’s a funny game. That next great golf shot may be just around the corner. Just when you’re least expecting it.
Playing in the stroke competition at Mount Compass Golf Course, Sam Hodgson had just come off a couple of horror golf holes when he arrived at the par-3 12th hole.
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Here is a fun story, first told on social media and reported further by Mark Hayes at Golf Australia of a scratch club golfer shooting the lights out.
Cromer Golf Club member Shane Floyd carded a remarkable 12-under par 58 in Saturday’s competition round to earn himself 48 Stableford points.
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Erik Anders Lang brought the Random Golf Club experience back to where it all began.
During the week of the 2019 Presidents Cup, Lang invited anyone who was keen to join him at the Royal Park Public Golf Course in Melbourne for a round of golf – Random Golf Club style.
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