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The Golf Doctor reminds us to keep those negative thoughts at bay on the golf course.
And while it’s easier said than done, Brian does a great job of giving us a few tips on keeping the mind positive or at least neutral while playing some difficult golf shots.
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Adam Scott interviewing Fred Couples on the range is not something we were expecting to see.
We just stumbled across this 10-minute chat between Fred Couples and Adam Scott that looks to be part of a series of videos and podcasts from a new thing (perhaps an app?)
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Harrison Endycott was not ever sure he would win in the United States, or ever win again for that matter.
Media release via PGA Tour
The 25-year-old Australian last won in 2016, when he was still an amateur, and Endycott described much of his roughly five-year professional career as “frustrating” multiple times this week.
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I just wanted to direct you all to this considerate article by Rod Morri over at Golf Australia: Golf. A Rich Person’s Sport?
It came about on the back of a tweet about the inaccurate link between golf and wealth.
“Disappointingly, a small minority took the bait and reacted with abuse (hardly helpful to improving the image of the game they profess to love) but an encouraging majority instead attempted to engage with reasoned and reasonable responses.
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Several news outlets including Golf Australia Magazine are reporting that recently retired tennis player Ash Barty will tee it up in an upcoming golf tournament in the US.
The Icons Series is a golf event that self-proclaims to “redefine and disrupt the golf and sports content space”.
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This is interesting. Rather than ignore the on-course tantrums of England’s Tyrrell Hatton, the DP World Tour are embracing them.
The angry exploits of Tyrrell Hatton have been packaged up into one angry video.
To be fair many of these are in good spirit and fun to watch.
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South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli first assumed he’d just made one of the most amazing pars of his life when he walked off the par-4 6th hole during the final round of the RBC Heritage.
Frittelli’s wayward drive at the Harbour Town Links sixth hole finished in a tree.
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Australian golfer Jack Newton has died at the age of 72.
The golf world has been rocked by the news of Jack Newton’s death.
A statement released by Newton’s family on Friday morning announced that Jack Newton had passed away overnight.
The PGA of Australia and the Australian Golf Media reported:
Newton had been battling Alzheimer’s disease for a number of years, he and his family sharing his plight with the broader community as his health deteriorated.
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The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship is here to stay in Queensland, and about to grow bigger than ever.
Media Release
The 2022 championship will be played on the 24-27 of November at Royal Queensland Golf Club, and in a coup for Brisbane, it will be the opening event of the DP World Tour season.
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The 2022 Masters begins late on Thursday Australian time and you can watch it on FoxSports/Kayo.
Unfortunately, the TV coverage of round 1 doesn’t actually begin until 5am Friday AEST, but you can catch live holes and a few featured groups on FoxSports from around 10:30pm Thursday.
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