Tiger Woods proud of Aussie golfer Jason Day after winning first major title

/0 Comments/in /by

Australian professional golfer Jason Day has grabbed his first PGA Championship title in a record-breaking win against Jordan Spieth last Sunday. Day finally broke through to win a Major after shortcomings in this year’s previous tournaments, but the Aussie’s recent victory may just be the beginning of his journey in winning further Majors, and fellow PGA […]

Read more

Orange short course for beginners

/0 Comments/in /by

by Golf South Australia ‘Tee it Forward’ introduced in 2011, is a joint initiative between USGA and PGA of America to encourage golfers to play from a set of tees that are aligned to their driving distance. This is achieved by Golf Clubs offering extra courses for their players, generally a forward tee option to […]

Read more

Snoopy bunker at St. Paul’s Highland National pays tribute to cartoonist Schulz

/0 Comments/in /by

Legendary cartoonist caddied and played golf often at his hometown municipal golf course Charles Schulz made his fame and fortune as a cartoonist, but he enjoyed playing golf in his hometown of St. Paul, Minn., nearly as much as he enjoyed making people laugh with his Peanuts characters for 50 years. Schulz died in 2000, […]

Read more

Legacy Plans in Place for Rio Olympic Golf Course

/0 Comments/in /by

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: By the time the first test event at the Olympic Games golf venue takes place early next year a total of 35 Jacobsen turf maintenance machines will be employed at the Gil Hanse-designed course. In the interim, Jacobsen’s Product Support Manager, Andrew Echenique, will be providing technical training for Course Superintendent […]

Read more

SA’s Jones named Japan national coach

/0 Comments/in /by

South Australia National Coach Gareth Jones has been appointed to the role of National Coach for Japan. Jones will start the role in October and be responsible for establishing and overseeing the development of the Japan Golf High Performance Program for male and female players, which includes training, coaching and sports medicine elements. Jones will […]

Read more

Queensland coast golf kids a hit in Southern California

/0 Comments/in /by

YEPPOON’S Don and Shelley Scott’s dream finally came to fruition after four years of research and planning for the inaugural Australian Junior Age Division Golf Championships at the Capricorn Resort. With the complete support of management, more than 150 juniors teed off the inaugural event in an effort to represent Australia in the Veritas World […]

Read more

Kiradech ready to ‘give back’ to the game through Academy

/0 Comments/in /by

Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat will launch his own golf academy in Bangkok later this week to expand the legacy of his late coach and also to ‘give back’ to the game. The big-hitting former Asian Tour number one, who won his first title on European soil last week for his second victory of the year, […]

Read more

New look with one year before Rio

/0 Comments/in /by

Australia’s top golfers will not only return to the Olympic family in one year’s time, they’ll do so wearing brand new logos. As the countdown to Rio 2016 hits the one-year mark today, the Australian Olympic Committee has launched its new branding in Sydney. Gone are the three entirely different logos of the team, the […]

Read more

MyGolf centre of the month: July 2015

/0 Comments/in /by

Alyangula Golf Club, nestled within the tropical setting of Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, is the winner of this month’s MyGolf Centre of the Month award. Alyangula wanted to align with Australia’s national junior golf program to deliver a structured junior program at the club and subsequently signed up to MyGolf earlier this year. […]

Read more

Report: Rory McIlroy Planning PGA Championship Practice Round at Whistling Straits

/0 Comments/in /by

Rory McIlroy is scheduled to play a practice round Saturday at Whistling Straits in what appears to be a test run for his injured ankle in advance of next week’s PGA Championship, according to a report by Reuters, which cited a “reliable” source. The world No. 1 has already ruled himself out of the WGC-Bridgestone […]

Read more