Kingston Links Golf course in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne will host its last group of golfers on July 1 before shutting its doors for good.
Golf Industry Central have reported the news that Kingston Links Golf Course in the suburb of Rowville in Melbourne will close in July after the site owners have opted in favour of turning the course into a residential development.
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Every two years Australian Golf Digest and Golf Australia Magazine release their list of Australia’s Top-100 golf courses. Here is a comparison (and discussion) between the two of them.
We’ve been wanting to share this for a while but for some reason it keeps getting pushed back, but in the wake of Inside The Ropes fantastic podcast chatting about the top-100 golf course ranking lists (you can listen to it below), we thought it was time to share it all in one big post.
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That photo of the golfers playing while the volcano erupts behind is real.
This photo of a couple of golfers playing on while a volcano erupts behind them seems so extraordinary that we’ve been reluctant to share it.
It looks so extraordinary, and potentially so photoshopped that we wanted to make sure it was verified and knew the story behind it before we went and shared it down this trustworthy website.
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We’re big fans of Erik and Adventures in Golf on Skratch TV and it looks like Australia might feature on upcoming episodes.
Erik and the team have landed in Australia to film a few episodes for season 3 of Adventures in Golf beginning their latest adventure in Kalgoorlie, and as far as we can tell they’re playing the world’s longest golf course, Nullarbor Links as they drive around the Great Australian Bight.
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France’s Mike Lorenzo-Vera took on Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal in a 14-club challenge at a 166-yard par-3.
What’s the 14-club challenge? Every time a player hits the green he gets a point but both players can no longer use that club.
Once more the European Tour marketing department come up with the goods.
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A goose attacked a golfer and the photos are simply amazing.
A high school golf tournament in Missouri, USA was interrupted by a goose attack last weekend and the incredible photos were shared via Twitter by Blissfield Athletics.
Reportedly this golfer was keeping an eye on a goose and a nest it was protected when a second goose flew in from behind.
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We’ve come up with a list of Australia’s best mini golf courses. What do you think?
I recently saw a few photos of the incredible mini-golf course at Wembley Golf Course and got thinking about what a list of Australia’s best mini golf courses would look like.
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A whole bunch of new golf rules will come into play from January 1, 2019 including a number of changes pertaining to the putting green.
We’ve previously shared the details on the new local rule on stroke and distance as part of the new changes to the rules of golf that come into effect on January 1, 2019 (and not before!).
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A nice instruction video from Kerrod Gray on how to perfect the lob shot.
It’s a dangerous shot to play. Especially for those on the other side of the green if you haven’t had much practice. Watch and listen carefully.
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Drinking alcohol on the golf course can lead to better performance for some golfer, for a short time.
Golf Digest posted this interesting video that saw three golfers slowly get drunk while hitting golf balls and making (or at least attempting to make) putts. It’s perhaps too small a sample size, and too small an experiment in general to glean much from but it is an interesting watch nonetheless.
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