Timed perfectly ahead of the next week’s Masters Tournament, Bridgestone have launched a Tiger Woods edition golf ball.
Woods currently uses the Bridgestone Tour B XS golf ball and a new edition have been released in a box with Tiger Woods on the front. Each ball has ‘TIGER’ stamped on to the side of the ball in the way Woods has marked his ball to identify it over his career.
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One of the most welcomed new rules of golf to come into effect next year is the new local rule alternative to stroke and distance.
As of January 1, 2019 a whole raft of new changes to the rules of golf will come into play including this alternative to the stroke and distance rule.
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I did a double-take when I saw this cross the Aussie Golfer Twitter feed last night; it’s a video of Ray Martin ‘discovering’ Cape Wickham Golf Links on King Island in Tasmania.
Brand Tasmania have released this great video of Ray Martin ‘discovering’ Cape Wickham. Martin chats to an American visitor and also General Manager Michael Brasier about the spectacular site and it’s place in the world’s best golf courses.
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If I could get out to see Golf Physiotherapist Matt Green every week I would. I frst met Matt when I decided that trying out his golf pilates classes seemed like a nice topic to write an article. After that, I just kept going and my golf, and core strength was never better.
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Dropping the ball from knee height, relaxed rules on the green and in bunkers and no penalty for a double-hit are some of the changes to the rules of golf to begin in 2019.
Golf’s New Rules have arrived.
They go into effect Jan. 1, 2019.
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Golf’s governing bodies have put the wheels in motion for 2020 launch of a worldwide golf handicapping system.
The R&A and the USGA have agreed to roll out a new, standardized world handicapping system that will be launched in 2020.
The new system will align each of the six world golf organisations under one handicapping umbrella ensuring all handicaps are not just comparable but portable across continents and countries.
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The 18-hole golf course at Albert Park in Melbourne looks safe after a backflip by Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government.
The Age’s Benjamin Preiss is reporting that a proposal to reduce Albert Park golf course in Melbourne to just 9-holes has been thrown out after plenty of opposition had it in danger of becoming an election issue.
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Golf Australia will focus on changing golf culture in a big to attract more women to the game of golf.
Ahead of this week’s Women’s Australian Open at Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide, Golf Australia have launched a new vision outlining the future of women and girls in golf in Australia.
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You can now buy tee times on some of Australia’s best golf course at 75% of total value, with all proceeds going to disadvantaged junior golfers around the world.
by Jeremy White at Fairways
Tiffany Chaisson took up golf while working as a waitress at a golf resort on Prince Edward Island in Canada.
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Public golf courses across Australia are under threat; the latest being Melbourne’s public Albert Park golf course.
One of Melbourne’s most loved golf courses is under threat with a proposal by Parks Victoria to reduce the Albert Park golf course by 75%, constraining it to a short 9-hole course in the process.
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