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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Musselburgh Golf Links is considered to be one of the world’s oldest golf courses and hosted five Open Championships in the 1870s and 1880s.
The quirky Musselburgh Golf Links 9-hole golf course sits in the middle of a race track in East Lothian, Scotland with a wonderful old pub that doubles as the clubhouse.
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Australia’s top-100 golf courses for 2020 have been revealed in the latest issue of Australian Golf Digest and they’ve broken them down state by state.
Media release via Australian Golf Digest Images Courtesy: Gary Lisbon Golf Photography
The industry-standard biennial rankings of Australia’s golf courses have just been released and, as always, provide plenty to talk about.
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Golf Business Forum 2020 unveils its next group of speakers, with early-bird delegate tickets now on sale.
Media release
Working together with Event Partner, Australian Sports Turf Managers Association, and Foundation Partner Golf Australia, Golf Business Forum has just announced its next group of speakers for Australia’s most influential golf business event, to be held in Melbourne from 23-24 June.
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Australia has a wealth of wonderful, accessible golf courses and Golf Australia Magazine has attempted to rank them once again.
If you missed the December 2019 issue of Golf Australia Magazine you can now check out the list of Australia’s top-100 golf courses for 2020 on their website.
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