London Calling – A treasure trove of heathland golf.
‘Often overlooked by many making haste for a date with more prominent ‘bucket list’ courses around the UK, astute golfers with a sense of history and an appreciation for golf course architecture are not among those making the same mistake.’ The quality of golf around London is staggering and historically significant. You’re doing yourself a disservice […]
Forster Tuncurry in developers’ crosshairs.
A proposed North Tuncurry Landcom development has been running alongside the much-publicised golf course land impositions at Melbourne’s Oakleigh and Sydney’s Moore Park, albeit without anywhere near the same public discourse outside the mid-NSW township itself. If you have visited the Tuncurry course previously – including participants at the 2023 NSW Women’s Open – you […]
Sandbelt Invitational 2023 – ‘Sharing is Caring’.
Photo: Paul Shire. The third Sandbelt Invitational has been run and won in spectacular fashion by NSW’s Daniel Gale, with a hole-in-one on the 70th hole allowing him to squeeze past Victoria’s Matthew Griffin for the overall title on the final day around Royal Melbourne’s East Course. The unique nature of this tournament – pitting […]
Scottie and Steve – 10-years on.
Photo: Mark Wilson – Golfplus Media. Adam Scott’s 2013 Masters triumph remains the first and only Green Jacket ever donned by an Australian. What are the chances of a repeat performance from the Queenslander at Augusta National 10 years on? According to Scott, tidying up the ‘one percenters’ will hold the key to any success. […]
Whitsunday Dreaming.
By Paul Prendergast Photo: Golfplus Media One of the more spectacular media famils of 2022 – the glorious Whitsundays region in Queensland – included visits to such wonderful properties as the Coral Sea Resort, Intercontinental Hayman Island and Qualia on Hamilton Island. Helicopters, snorkeling and champagne at the Heart Reef, bush walks to swim at […]
Louis Dobbelaar – A rookie no more.
By Paul Prendergast Photo: Brookwater Golf & Country Club After a stellar amateur career, Springfield’s Louis Dobbelaar hardly missed a beat in his first season as a professional – finishing in 6th place on the 2021/22 PGA Tour of Australasian Order of Merit. And yet, you sense there is much more in store for the […]
Major Memories drive Medinah Makeover
The team at OCM Golf have the renovation of Medinah No. 3 in their sights and memories of what Geoff Ogilvy regards as one of his standout major championship experiences at the 2006 PGA Championships are driving some of the team’s early design thoughts. Golfplus Media’s Paul Prendergast delves into what it means to Ogilvy […]
Blum takes out inaugural ‘The Athena’ at Coolangatta-Tweed.
Home favourite Becky Kay at the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Golf Club. South Australia’s Kristalle Blum took out the WPGA Tour’s innovative new event ‘The Athena’ at the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Golf Club in February. She and her fellow competitors stunned onlookers with their skills, the back story as to how the Tour and their partners got the […]
Presidents Cup retained by the U.S. but, what a great fight it was
Captain Tiger Woods shed tears, his opponent Ernie Els probably did likewise, as the United States fought back from a two-point deficnt with a day to play to win 8 of a possible 12 matches to retain the 2019 Presidents Cup at a sublime Royal Melbourne. The Internationals were gallant in defeat, chock full of […]
Lowry wins in epic week for Irish Golf
The 2019 Open Championship returned to Northern Ireland for just the second time in history and it was amidst scenes of joy and raw emotion that Offaly’s Shane Lowry emerged triumphant – an Irish winner at Royal Portrush. A script writer’s dream and the celebrations are still continuing across all of Ireland! Download article from […]
