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Australia’s Top-100 golf courses: Latest rankings from Golf Australia magazine

Royal Melbourne tops Australia’s best golf course rankings closely followed by the gems at Barnbougle.

Golf Australia magazine has released its biennial list of Australia’s Top-100 golf courses and there are a few surprises at the top.

I was privileged to be a part of the judging panel for this year’s list along with 23 other golf course judges that include Golf Australia magazine readers, editors and golf course experts.

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Port Pirie Golf Club embraces synthetic green

Are artificial, synthetic greens the way of the future for country clubs?

It’s easy to forget how hard it can be living in the country in Australia and when it comes to golf, us city folk would have a hard time recognising some of the golf courses.

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Golf Australia videos explain slope and new handicap system

Golf Australia have released a series of videos which help to explain how the new slope system will impact on your game of golf.

The first video above shows you how simple the new system will be implemented as you arrive at the golf course. Anyone who has played in Europe or the US probably knows how this works already but many weekend Australian golfers will be keen to see that the impact will be minimal.

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Big HOLE golf hits Canberra

Would you like to see a few more of your putts go in? Big HOLE golf could be for you.

Big HOLE Golf has been described as golf’s version of T20 cricket.

The game is the same as regular golf with the only difference being the size of the holes. 

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Adam Scott tells Australia to play golf: video

Adam Scott TV commercial launches PlayGolf Week.

The inaugural Playgolf week will be staged throughout South Australia from October 28 – November 3, 2013 and to coincide with the launch Golf Australia have released a TV commercial featuring Adam Scott.

Already, 38 golf courses across South Australia have signed up to be a part of the week’s activities with many clubs participating in Open Days on Sunday 3rd November.

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Jarrod Lyle welcomes GolfLink’s Race to Bonville: video

Jarrod Lyle and cancer charity Challenge join the Race to Bonville.

GolfLink has announced that the cancer charity Challenge is the official charity partner of the 2013/14 Race to Bonville.

The Race to Bonville series sees club golfers from all over the country competing in a tour-style series of events to accumulate points.

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Have Australian golfers lost interest in playing nine holes?

Golf clubs should place more emphasis on nine hole rounds of golf, perhaps even doing something crazy like introducing 9-hole Saturday competitions.

I was pleased to see The Links Shell Cove Golf Club recently launch a 9-hole competition for members to play this summer. While they’re not the only golf club managing 9-hole competitions, they are sadly a rarity in an age when two hours seems like the perfect length of time to play golf.

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What are Australia’s hardest golf courses?

The Australian golf course ratings have been released by Golf Australia leading to a debate about Australia’s difficult golf courses.

Golf Australia has released the full list of slope and scratch ratings for every Australian golf course, but do they say anything about course difficulty and tell us which is Australia’s toughest golf course?

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83-year-old golfer shoots his age at Beverley Park

An 83-year-old golfer shoots 79 off the stick.

John Parnham is an 83-year-old member of Beverley Park Golf Club in Sydney and last week he shot 79 off the stick to easily beat his age by four shots.

Shooting one’s age is on most golfer’s bucket list but is an extremely rare event.

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Brett Ogle Invitational raises money for junior golfers

The inaugural Brett Ogle Invitational was held at Bonnie Doon Golf Club to raise funds for junior golf development.

It’s no secret that a sign of a good golf club is a good junior golf program. If you see plenty of juniors, there is a good chance this is a progressive, healthy golf club.

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