A quick refresher on the details of marking, signing and submitting your golf scorecard.
The rules of golf are reasonably well-known (and documented) but surprisingly the nuances of marking the scorecard are often misunderstood.
Do you have to put the date on your card? Do you need to mark your scores as well as your playing partner’s?
Read MoreSome golf courses are promoting their club as a great wedding centre, cheap steak house and gambling venue – but forgetting to promote the golf.
A couple of years ago, I ‘Liked” (as in Facebook liked) the golf club where I was a junior member for many years.
Read MoreSpending time at the driving range can be boring, so why not watch TV while you do it?
In what is a first for world golf, Moore Park Golf have installed a giant TV screen on the their driving range.
According to the Moore Park Golf website, the screens specs are:
The new addition to one of Australia’s best public golf courses is 6.6m in height, and features a 22m2 screen, a custom-built protective net and weighs 6.2 tonnes.
Read MoreThe Beach Course at Thirteenth Beach Golf Links has arguably the best set of per-3’s in Australia.
I wasn’t prepared for my round at The Beach Course at Thirteenth Beach.
Firstly, I’d misjudged the weather. My shorts and t-shirt weren’t appropriate for this chilly, windy day.
Read MoreIf James Bond couldn’t deal with a cheat on the golf course without resorting to cheating himself, what hope do the rest of us have?
My latest column for GolfLink delves into the murky world of cheating on the golf course.
While I wouldn’t say cheating in golf is a pressing issue like slow play, it does tend to rear its ugly head from time to time and confronting a cheat is not an easy thing to do.
Read MoreJust because some ignorant golf fan calls you a choker, doesn’t mean you’re stuck with it for life.
I recently penned a piece for GolfLink on the offensive ‘c’ word on golf – choker. I discuss how many golfers have been stupidly labelled with this term, only to go on and win major golf championships – Adam Scott included.
Read MoreOver a million Australians played golf in 2013, but half of Australian golf clubs are in financial trouble.
Golf Australia have released the 2013 National Golf Participation Report – essentially a summary of the state of the game in Australia.
The report includes information such as golf participation numbers across the country, golfer demographics, club membership and how these numbers have changed compared to 2012.
Read MoreCheck out this great video of a golf match between legendary Australian golfer Jim Ferrier and the somewhat lesser known Alan Waterson.
Jim Ferrier was the first Australian golfer to win a major, winning the 1947 US PGA Championship 2 & 1 over Chick Harbert. Ferrier is about 24-years-old in this video and had already won the New South Wales Open five times, the Queensland Open twice and an Australian Open’s in 1938.
Read MoreThe Golf Show recently featured four of South Australia’s finest golf courses.
Brett Ogle and TV presenter, golf fan and golf writer Andrew Daddo teamed up to sample the golf and the wines in Adelaide.
The Four Reds holiday packages they are talking about feature four of Adelaide’s best golf courses – The Grange and Royal Adelaide are featured in the first part above, while Kooyonga and Glenelg Golf Club is featured in the second part below.
Read MoreKing Island golf is set to take off with what could be Australia’s most spectacular golf course.
My goodness, would you look at that… this is Cape Wickham golf course. Australia’s most anticipated golf course since Barnbougle Lost Farm.
Cape Wickham golf course is situated on King Island, Tasmania – bang in the middle of Bass Strait – and is set to open in 2015.
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