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Ruffels Remains Alive at US Women’s Am

Ruffels in action today - Chris Keane USGA Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels hopes of a second consecutive US Women’s Amateur Championship title remain alive following success in her Round of 32 and Round of 16 matches at the Woodmont Golf…

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Jason Day Shares PGA Championship Lead

Jason Day in action today - photo courtesy of PGA of America Australian Jason Day has opened with a round of 5 under par 65 at the PGA Championship at the TPC Harding near San Francisco and shares the lead with American Brendon Todd at…

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Mahar and Ruffels Advance at US Women’s Amateur

Brisbane's Emily Mahar in action during her win today - Chris Keane USGA Australians Gabriela Ruffels and Emily Mahar have advanced to the second round of the US Women's Amateur Championship in Rockville in Maryland. The only other Australian…

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Gabi Ruffels begins well in US Amateur Defence

Ruffels in action today - photo Chris Keane USGA Victorian, Gabriela Ruffels, has made a promising start to the defence of her US Women’s Amateur Championship, the 20 year old daughter of tennis champions, Ray Ruffels and Anna-Maria Fernandez,…

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Jason Day Shaping as Australia’s Hope at Harding Park

Can Day add another major to his 2015 PGA Championship? - photo PGA of America Four months after it was meant to happen, the first major golf title of the year will be decided this week at the TPC Harding Park, just outside of San Francisco,…

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A Friendship With Norman Von Nida

It was July 2000 and, on the eve of what would be Tiger Woods’ first of three Open Championship victories, I was preparing to head to Brisbane for my regular radio spot on the Radio TAB network. 18 months earlier I had made the decision…

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Betting: Travelers Championship Stacked Full of Class and Value

With the 2020 PGA Tour now back in full swing, this week’s event in Hartford in Connecticut tells the story of professional golf on the way back to at least some level of normality. With this in mind, I take a look at the Travelers Championship…

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The 1994 US Senior Open – One That Got Away

Grainy footage from the TV coverage shows Graham Marsh and I on the 72nd hole. As 1990 drew to a close, so too did my involvement in the dual role as caddy / assistant to Graham Marsh, a role which had involved caddying on the Japan Golf…

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The Japan Golf Tour – A Very Special Experience

Graham Marsh and I study a putt in Japan - the blind leading the blind - perhaps My previous memoir included the last event in New Zealand in which I would caddy. It brought one chapter of my involvement in professional golf to an end…

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1983 – The End Of An Amazing Ride

John Lister again thrilling a New Zealand crowd as I look on 1983 would see me caddying in my last season in New Zealand. To some extent the season was bitter/sweet in that it brought to an end a long, rewarding and very successful association…

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The USPGA Tour – Yet Another Great Adventure

John Lister - who gave me the opportunity to caddy in the US After three seasons in Europe, my caddying in 1976, 1977 and 1978 had been restricted to Australia and New Zealand and, even then, on a part time basis. Although there had been…

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Two Great Days Against Seve Ballesteros

Seve Ballesteros, myself, John Lister and Eldon Carswell As outlined in my previous post, 1975 was a year of mixed results for those of whom I was caddying. There were both highlights and lowlights but as the year progressed, I would get…

Race Against Time Ahead of Masters for Scott and DayOctober 23, 2020
Adam Scott and Jason Day have injury and health issues to overcome ahead of the Masters beginning on November 12th, but the pair who enjoy fine records in the event appear on track to extend their love affair with Augusta National. Scott’s recent diagnosis when testing positive for Covid 19 will mean a disrupted preparation […]
Chalk and Cheese for Hannah GreenOctober 10, 2020
Hannah Green – file photo Defending champion Hannah Green improved 13 shots on her opening round of 79 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia, adding a 4 under 66 to jump a massive 79 places, the West Australian now tied for 46th in the third major championship of […]
Hannah Green Defends at AroniminkOctober 7, 2020
Hannah Green – awarded the Greg Norman Medal in 2019 for her major breakthrough The LPGA Tour will this week play the third of its four 2020 major championships when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is contested at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Only the US Women’s Open in […]