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2023 Australian Golf Media Awards winners: see the full list

The winners of the 2023 Australian Golf Media Association Awards were announced on Saturday evening at the annual AGMA Awards dinner.

Announced by former AGMA President Martin Blake, Golf Australia Magazine writers scooped a stack of the 2023 Australian Golf Media Associations Awards. Mark Hayes took home three trophies for his features on Peter Fowler, Annika Rathbone, and a critique of the PGA Tour.

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New look party hole at Australian PGA Championship

How does the Australian PGA party hole measure up to TPC Sawgrass?

Media release

Veteran Rod Pampling has compared the tee shot at Royal Queensland Golf Club’s party hole to that of the iconic 17th at TPC Sawgrass… with one significant exception.

Up to 3,000 golf fans a day will be able to experience the electric atmosphere of the Southern Comfort Party Hole at this week’s Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, capacity expanded by 50 per cent compared to last year.

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Ryan Fox gives cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar a putting lesson

Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest to ever hold a cricket bat. And it seems he’s also no slouch with a putter in his hand.

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was on course ahead of last week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

(Tendulkar was in Mumbai to see India defeat New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup a day earlier – so he clearly gets around a bit.)

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X-Golf Indoor Golf Venue Set To Tee Off In Rockingham

Rockingham residents have scored a hole-in-one as Australia’s biggest indoor golf brand, X-Golf, prepares to open its doors in the heart of the city next month.

Media release

X-Golf’s second dual-brand location to open in Western Australia since 2021, golfing enthusiasts will be able to test their skills at the six-simulator indoor venue or putt for fun at the brand’s unique 18-hole mini golf experience, Hey Caddy.

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