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Elvis may not be The King. But Next Big Thing? Look out
Our man Matt Cleary set out to find a man in a yellow bucket hat. He came back with tales of the PGA Championship leader, Elvis Smylie.
21 Nov 2024
What would Australian golf do if the Saudis turned up with a big bag of money?
In part three of our feature with Gavin Kirkman, the PGA of Australia chief expands on our local tour, his hopes that LIV and PGA Inc. will find common ground, and what he'd say if Saudi PIF executives turned up with a big bag of money.
21 Nov 2024
LIV, the PGA, the PIF, and all that: Gav Kirkman on where Australia sits in golf's ecosystem
In part two of our feature piece with PGA of Australia chief Gavin Kirkman, we discuss Australia's position in the great PGA Tour versus LIV Golf imbroglio, how to attract international players to our 'major' tournaments ("have you heard of the Whitsundays?"), and why Australia has aligned with the 'European' tour when there's a Saudi-funded Asian one on our doorstep.
20 Nov 2024
It's complicated: the challenges and opportunities for Australia's PGA
Gavin Kirkman, CEO of the PGA of Australia, has to provide the best pathway opportunities for Australia’s players and at the same time try to satisfy local fans and sponsors by luring the biggest names in golf come to support our major tournaments. In part one of Matt Cleary's feature (in our December issue, on shelves now) we discuss his organisation's challenges and opportunities...
19 Nov 2024
PGA Personal Lesson - Andrew Cooper, Victoria GC
You’ve hit the back of the green and are now faced with a long, big-breaking, downhill putt which is well within three-putt territory. The keys from here are process, touch and feel, according to Head Teaching Professional at Victoria GC, Andrew Cooper
19 Nov 2024
Cleary: Murray Downs was cool but Seven wasn't Heaven
The NSW Open at Murray Downs was a celebration of some of the best things about Australia and golf in this country, as a pair of superstars did battle with the best of the locals. But the television broadcast left Matt Cleary shouting at a cloud.
18 Nov 2024
Cleary: Moore Park fires salvo in War on Golf
The Save Moore Park Movement has fired its first salvo in the War On Golf, and come up with a plan to assuage the NSW government's desire for "green space" while still maintaining Moore Park as an 18-holer. Our man Matt Cleary nods along but reckons the movement needs bolder, grander, shorter-form vision...
11 Nov 2024
Cleary: Giving it a Nudgee. The players who brought "It" at Queensland PGA
Nudgee GC was a worthy championship venue and produced a worthy champion. Yet it was the eyes of those gunning for the title that proved the compelling entertainment in the Queensland PGA, according to Matt Cleary.
4 Nov 2024
Cleary: Is it time for the men's and women's Australian Opens to stand alone?
The Australian Open and the Australian Women's Open will again run concurrently this year, taking place at Kingston Heath and Victoria golf clubs from November 28. And for sure we'll get along and tune in. But are both tournaments lesser for it?
20 Oct 2024
Cleary: Build it and they will come? No need - the venue for every Australian Open is already here
Every year, about this time of year, ahead of our ‘Summer of Golf’, players, punters and media pundits highlight, bemoan, call-it-what-you-will, the lack of international star power attendant at our showpiece ‘major’ golf tournaments, the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship.
14 Oct 2024
Viva Las Vegas: Join Golf Australia magazine's Matt Cleary on a golf and rugby league spectacular
On March 1 of 2025, our Senior Writer, Matt Cleary, who moonlights as a golf tour operator, will be hosting a group of like-minded types in Las Vegas where they'll play some of the most spectacular Nevada desert golf and attend the rugby league season opener at Allegiant Stadium. And you may join his party for the party.
2 Oct 2024
CLEARY: Underdogs versus Overlords keeps Presidents Cup compelling
The writer arched an eyebrow, stroked his goat-beard and rested the butt end of a pencil in the groove between his upper lip and lower nose, the area he learned today is called a ‘philtrum’, and wrote off the Presidents Cup.
30 Sep 2024
Mild Mike: Can Weir whip local fans into (Canadian version of) frenzy?
The Internationals have several large obstacles to overcome if they're to win the 2024 Presidents Cup, notably history, language and cultural differences, and, of course, their all-powerful opponents, the United States. Yet, as Nick O'Hern and Ian Baker-Finch explain to Golf Australia magazine, Royal Montreal is a great tournament venue, and team captain Mike Weir could be just the man to whip the locals into a frenzy (or at least a Canadian version thereof).
26 Sep 2024
Lytham and Secret Plans: How the International team sacked an Aussie golf legend
The Presidents Cup kicked off in 1994 with a 20-12 win to the USA at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. Within two years, the International team had sacked their captain, Australian golf legend, David Graham. Nearly 30 years later, some of the players regret it still.
26 Sep 2024
19 Holes With ... Damien Oliver
In the first iteration of Golf Australia magazine‘s spanking new “19 Holes with … ” segment, Matt Cleary had a round with champion jockey Damien Oliver at Commonwealth Golf Club.
25 Sep 2024
International Rescue: Can the Aussies save the Presidents Cup?
Once again the International team will be relying on the Aussie stars to supply the bulk of the team spirit in their war against the Americans in the Presidents Cup. This isn’t specifically Australia’s fight to take up, but it’s one we’re in, whether it still captivates the fans or not.
25 Sep 2024
Young golf star in specialist care after freak injury
Rising Australian golf star Jeffrey Guan is seeking further specialist treatment after suffering a career-threatening eye injury when he was hit by a golf ball.
23 Sep 2024
CLEARY: When breakfast beers in a corporate Ambrose spawned a great revelation
Following another 31 points in a stableford competition, another four hours swimming in the viscous soup of competitive juice, I made a half-joking post-round quip to our teaching pro: mate, you don’t do psychiatry services, do you?
23 Sep 2024
CLEARY: PGA or LIV, major or minor, every pro golf tournament is an exhibition
One of the sledges about LIV Golf is that it’s nothing more than an exhibition of highly-paid players, out there, playing for nothing, writhing in money, what else could possibly be their motivation, it’s meaningless, an aberration, something-something, and so on. And people, in manifold ways, can make a case.
16 Sep 2024
CLEARY: Golf addiction explained by a round on the Sandbelt
And so to Commonwealth GC on the famous Melbourne ‘Sandbelt’ where one may only take a good-sized divot to create a world-class bunker complex, and where we enjoyed a round with the great Nick O’Hern, the great Damien Oliver, and the not as great though if he continues on his current career trajectory may well be, Lukas Michel, who works with Mike Clayton’s architecture mob and is one of Australia’s gun amateur golfers. And it was a bloody great day out.
9 Sep 2024
CLEARY: Love, loss and acceptance on a journey towards bogey-golf
And so, another Saturday, another round of bogey-golf, another afternoon of beers and gaffes and laffs with the usual suspects at The Club, for truly the middle-aged man’s needs are simple and few; give us beer and freedom and golf in God’s Country, and we’ll pay the bills forever.
2 Sep 2024
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