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GOLF+ Official Trailer: Bringing Virtual Reality Golf to Life

VR Golf is now affordable, looks incredible and deeply immersive.

GOLF+, the innovative virtual reality golf experience, has taken another step forward with the release of an official trailer on YouTube.

Despite being around and available for a few years in the VR gaming world, the first GOLF+ promotional video signals its growing prominence within the tech and golf communities.

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7 Mile Beach Golf Course: Mat Goggin shares exciting progress update

Mat Goggin shares the latest updates on Tasmania’s long-awaited 7 Mile Beach Golf Course, including its opening timeline, project delays, and exciting plans for a second course.

Professional golfer Mat Goggin is the driving force behind Hobart’s eagerly anticipated new golf course, 7 Mile Beach. After a decade of setbacks and red tape, Goggin’s persistence has paid off, and the course is now just months away from opening.

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Golf Over the Roof: Bryson DeChambeau’s Backyard Hole-in-One

Bryson DeChambeau has completed a one-of-a-kind challenge: hitting a hole-in-one over his house.

If you aren’t up to speed, here’s what’s been happening.

DeChambeau set out to launch a golf ball from the front of his home onto a putting green in the backyard. The 16-day challenge involved him attempting progressively more shots each day, with his efforts documented on social media.

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Sporting Stars Tee Off in the Cross Code Challenge at Australian Open

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell, Melbourne Storm star Ryan Papenhuyzen and Western Bulldogs AFL player Rory Lobb will all tee off in Golf’s first-ever Cross Code Challenge at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open this November in Melbourne. 

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Taking place on Sunday, November 24 before the tournament kicks off, the Cross Code Challenge will see 18 athletes from a range of sporting backgrounds battle it out at The Furrows, Kingston Heath for a spot in the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open Pro Am.

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Tiger and Rory’s new indoor golf league now has a schedule, but what is it anyway?

The six-team tech-infused golf league, the TGL, now has a broadcast schedule. We drill down into what it’s all about.

TGL, a new tech-infused golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is set to kick off on January 7, 2025. This innovative league, featuring top PGA Tour players, offers an alternative take on the sport, with matches played in a custom-built arena using a giant simulator and real grass for shots.

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Australia’s most anticipated new golf course is nearing completion

Australia’s next world-class golf destination is taking shape in Hobart, Tasmania, with 7 Mile Beach set to open soon and a second course already approved.

Tasmania’s 7 Mile Beach Golf Course is nearing completion, promising to be a world-class addition to Australia’s golf scene. Designed by the renowned team of Mike DeVries, Mike Clayton, and Frank Pont, this new layout is the vision of PGA Tour professional Mathew Goggin, who grew up nearby and saw the potential for golf on the area’s spectacular sand dunes.

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How to go viral on Tiktok by playing (mini) golf

Curious how a simple round of mini-golf catapulted two brothers to TikTok stardom? Here’s the story of the Sanicki twins’ viral success.

Danny and Steven Sanicki, twin brothers and former D-II college golfers, have found an unlikely path to viral fame by playing mini-golf. It all started in 2021, when they live-streamed their golf simulator tests, racking up over 200,000 viewers.

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