Here is one of the most striking, first visual pieces of evidence of the plight of links golf courses in the age of anthropomorphic climate change.
The world’s fifth oldest golf course Montrose Golf Links (est. 1562) in Scotland (under an hour north of Dundee) was covered in sand over the weekend as the wind whipped up the nearby beach.
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We pin-point some of the important changes to the rules of golf you really need to know come January 1, 2019.
As of January 1, 2019 the Rules of Golf will undergo its biggest overhaul in many a decade with the number of rules shrinking from 34 to 24.
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There is often more than one way to get the ball in the hole – when playing putt-putt golf.
Let’s start the week with this fun trick shot made at the Putt Putt at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast – a course we ranked among Australia’s best mini-golf courses.
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The golf community previously known as GenY Golf has rebranded itself as Future Golf. It now has a new logo, a new website and a bunch of new ways to be a part of it.
GenYgolf has rebranded itself at Future Golf and it’s making a huge impact in the Australian golf landscape.
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A truly bizarre moment occurred during round one of the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast that had the golf rules officials scrambling.
John Senden was playing his tee shot at the par-5 9th hole when the shaft of the driver snapped underneath the grip on his down-swing – see video below.
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Please support the Children’s First Foundation Golf Day being held at Victoria Golf Club next March (2019).
The Children First Foundation do some incredibly wonderful work facilitating life-changing, sometimes life-saving surgery for children from developing countries.
As part of their mission to help these kids, they’re hoping to raise a load of money via their golf charity day next March at Victoria Golf Club.
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Johan Kammerstad knew he hadn’t shown his best in the early rounds of the Australian All Abilities Championship, presented by ISPS Handa.
Words by Mark Hayes at Golf Australia
But today, when it came, it was simply overwhelming.
The bearded Swede’s stellar short game roasted his opposition; his one-over-par 73 from the same tees remarkably better than 25 players in the concurrent Australian Open field’s final round.
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Attracting the world’s best golfers to play the Australian Open has always been a challenge as suggested in this article from 1964.
While researching the history of the Australian Open, and in particular the first time it was hosted at The Lakes I stumbled upon this article published just prior to the 1964 Australian Open in the Canberra Times.
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We just stumbled upon this video showing an American golf trick shot artist by the name of Paul Hahn showing off his skills for the folks at Castle Hill Country Club in 1952.
And everyone including Hahn looks like they’re having a great time. Some timeless, classic commentary to go along with it.
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Next year golfers may choose to putt with the flagstick left in. And Bryson DeChambeau thinks it may be an advantage to do so.
As of January 1, 2019 the new Rules of Golf come into play which includes the option for golfers to putt with the flagstick left in.
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