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A small town in the heart of Victoria’s goldfields has brought some fun back to golf, and is striking it rich with hugely expanded memberships and future improvement plans.
We loved this piece sent to us from Tarngulla and District Golf Club and made sure we shared it with you all.
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Australian city councils are looking for green space for residents of newly constructed high-density living. And part Sydney’s Moore Park Golf Course could be the first to go.
Sydney Morning Herald’s Megan Gorrey has reported on the City of Sydney’s plans to half the number of holes at Moore Park Golf Course.
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The issue of archaic golf club dress codes has seen a pro golfer banned after going public with his grievance.
Australian professional golfer and commentator Ewan Porter decided to forego a round of golf at one of Sydney’s premier golf courses because he was informed he wouldn’t be able to play in black socks.
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European Tour golfer Tyrrell Hatton won the BMW PGA Championship wearing a hoodie and naturally, Twitter went bananas.
Thankfully, golf course dress codes are slowly becoming a thing of the past.
But there are still plenty of private golf clubs where adhering to a certain dress standard is a requirement.
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Golf is experiencing a pandemic-inspired boom, a new report has confirmed.
In its Australian Golf Rounds – Trends and Impacts of Covid-19 report, Golf Australia confirms that despite parts of Victorian golf being shuttered for extended periods of 2020, year-to-date rounds played nationally are down only 1 per cent by the end of August.
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Tiger Woods designed a new golf course but the resort owner decided to carve out his own insane 19th hole.
The newly constructed, Tiger Woods designed Payne’s Valley at Big Cedar Lodge (named after Payne Stewart) in Missouri, was officially opened earlier this week with a match between some of the world’s best golfers.
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Marc Leishman’s very own beer, Leishman Lager will soon be available across Australia.
Marc Leishman teamed up with a bunch of brewing colleagues last year to launch Leishman Lager.
Officially launched in Australia at the Presidents Cup, Leishman Lager has only been available as a limited release but that is about to change thanks to a new partnership with Walkinshaw Sports.
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In case you missed the issue August issue of Golf Australia magazine, they’ve published the list of Australia’s 100 best par-3 golf holes online.
Listed state-by-state, it won’t come as a surprise to see that in the list of Australia’s best par-3 golf holes, the well-known one-shotters are all there such as Kingston Heath’s 15th hole, Barnbougle Dunes’ 7th, New South Wales’ 6th, and also Narooma’s famous 3rd hole across the ocean.
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Three relatively unknown Australian golf courses have been listed among some of the best short golf courses in the world.
The Golf.com list of the 100 best short golf courses in the world is made up of three different categories.
King Island’s 9-hole Golf and Bowling Club and Frankston Golf Club were named at number 17 and 43 respectively on the list of the 50 best 9-hole golf courses in the world.
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I’d be surprised if you haven’t already heard, but golf is booming in Australia right now. Golf equipment sales are through the roof and tee times are scarce across almost all golf courses in Australia.
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