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Dell Technologies Match Play – Growing the Game

In March of 1999 the first World Golf Championship event was played in Carlsbad in California when the then Accenture Match Play was played at La Costa Resort and Spa. While the intent of the introduction of the World Golf Championships was…

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Webb earns special exemption to US Women’s Open

Two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Karrie Webb, of Australia, has received a special exemption into the 73rd U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be conducted May 31-June 3 at Shoal Creek in Alabama. Webb, 43, won…

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Australasians looking to improve Japan Open record

The Japan Tour heads to the Gifuseki Country Club’s East Course in Gifu to the north of Nagoya for the ¥200 million Japan Open an event which Australians have won on only two occasions. Craig Parry in 1997 and Paul Sheehan in 2006 are…

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The 2017 PGA Championship Form Guide

The final men’s golfing major of the year, the PGA Championship begins on August 10th at the Quail Club in Charlotte in North Carolina, a venue that has previously held PGA Tour events over a long period of time but now the outstanding…

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The need for diligence when signing scorecards

There has been a lot of talk of late about rules and the signing of scorecards and the impact both are having on the game, several high profile incidents ensuring discussion on these issues and possible remedies continues. While the incident…

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Norman Von Nida ten years gone but long remembered

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and while that is important for obvious reasons, 103 years ago on this day one of the great trailblazers of Australian Golf was born. Several years ago, before he had left this world, I had the opportunity to…

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Caddying – then and now

I had my first caddying gig at the inaugural Otago Charity Classic in Dunedin in New Zealand when I managed to get the bag of New Zealand’s then rising star, John Lister as a result of my sister being a good friend of John’s sister. In…

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Is Japan’s first male major title close at hand?

The likelihood of Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama becoming the first male golfer from that country to win a major championship looms large, the 24 year old already with three PGA Tour titles to his name in addition to his eight Japan Tour victories…

Outweighed Europeans chase another David vs Goliath Solheim victorySeptember 13, 2024
Captains Stacey Lewis (left) and Suzanne Pettersen – image Ladies European Tour This week’s Solheim Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, will again highlight one of the more fascinating David and Goliath battles in world sport never mind just women’s golf. Of the 18 encounters between the USA and Europe since the event’s inception in 1990, the […]
Jason Norris joins large Australian line-up on PGA Tour ChampionsSeptember 11, 2024
Jason Norris – file photo 2024 has seen a great increase in the amount of Australians playing the USPGA Tour Champions and this week’s field for the Sanford International is a great example of just that. The event, being played at the Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls in South Dakota, will see 12 Australians […]
Important finish for Jason Scrivener in SwitzerlandSeptember 9, 2024
Jason Scrievenr – file photo courtesy of Golf NSW Perth’s Jason Scrivener has made an important leap in the Race to Dubai rankings following his share of 4th place at the European Masters in Crans Sur Sierre this weekend. In 123rd place in the ranking heading into the event held high above the Rhone Valley […]