Exciting times ahead for golf on King Island as Ocean Dunes to open 9-holes this month.
This month marks the start of Australia’s new golf destination with two courses opening on King Island. Ocean dunes will open its front nine-hole to the public on October 30 this month to coincide with the full course opening of nearby Cape Wickham.
Read MoreCould a 12-hole golf course be the answer to some courses financial woes?
Greg Norman recently re-ignited the discussion of 12-hole golf courses and after stewing on the idea for a number years, I finally got some of my thoughts down for the latest article for GolfLink:
It’s a shift in thinking some golfers are just too stubborn to make, despite the fact that an 18-hole round of golf isn’t going anywhere.
Read MoreIn our club profile feature, we take a look at the Pacific Dunes Golf Club in NSW’s Port Stephens.
As much as would like to, we can’t get around to all of the 1000+ golf courses in Australia and review them properly. But what we can do is throw the spotlight on some of Australia’s great golf courses and give you a taste (and a tease) on what they have on offer including the golf course, club house, membership options and accommodation in case you want to “stay and play”.
Read MoreThe Shark has a few ideas on how to get millennials into golf.
Greg Norman has never been afraid to speak his mind and when he was recently interviewed by the Australian Financial Review he didn’t hold back on his thoughts to shake-up the game of golf in Australia when so many golf courses are in financial trouble.
Read MorePine Valley once again reigns supreme on this list of the world’s top-100 golf courses.
Golf.com have released their biennial list of the world’s top-100 golf courses and like all subjective lists, their just asking for discussion/debate and just a bit of fun.
The ultra-exclusive Pine Valley has once again been rated as the world’s best golf course – as it has since 1985 according to Golf.com.
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Check out these great clips featuring Australia’s ex-servicemen playing golf.
Last week we featured a superb old mini-documentary of golf in Australia in the late 1960’s, well here is another short video from around 35 years earlier.
British Pathé released a whole bunch of great, old movies last year and in among them were these two wonderful clips from the Australian Ex-servicemen’s Golf Championship played in 1933.
Read MoreEver wondered where those odds of making a hole-in-one come from?
Each time a golfer cards a couple of aces in one round, or perhaps a hole-in-one in consecutive rounds, the likelihood of it happening go with the article. But where do these odds come from in the first place?
Read MoreNeed a starting point for the best three golf holes in each Australian state?
Former touring professional golfer and now golf course designer Mike Clayton has given us his picks of the best golf holes in each Australian state. This was always a going to be a difficult task with plenty of arguments to follow, but Clayton is as qualified as anybody to start the debate.
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We’ve been wanting something like this for ages; a fast, simple way of tracking the progress of your golfing mates.
We can’t help but let everyone know about this simple app that lets you track the handicaps of your golfing mates.
Available just for Android and iPhone users at the moment, Handy Cap lets you add a golfer’s name and GolfLink number to track their handicap and competition round results.
Read MoreForget Oktoberfest, October is GOLF MONTH across Australia. Octeeberfest perhaps?
A few years ago a couple of Australia’s golf organisations launched a ‘Golf Week’ to showcase the game of golf to the broader Australian public hoping to attract new players to the game. It’s success has meant the week has become a nation-wide “GOLF MONTH” to be held throughout October.
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