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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
Feature story: Welcome home to St Andrews
The Women’s Open returns to the Old Course for 2024. We are talking the home of golf. Where the game began. Simple as. The best stage in the world for the best players in the world. It is how it’s meant to be.
21 Aug 2024
Travel: Highlands Swing
Every now and then a newspaper will trot out an article quoting academics and professionals advocating for the four-day working week.
19 Aug 2024
CLEARY: A round of golf destroyed by Gozer the Gozerian
If golf can produce one thing it’s memes. And there’s a pretty cool one going around about the contrasting emotions of a round of golf before one tees off and after one putts in.
19 Aug 2024
CLEARY: How Caddyshack can save a golfer's mind
It was following another Saturday stableford competition, another boulevard of broken dreams, with sublime mixed with ridiculous, that I realised I needed the tough love and wisdom of the greatest film of all time.
12 Aug 2024
CLEARY: Is this the worst thing you can do on a golf course?
Is this the greatest crime on a golf course? No. You could cheat in the Wednesday stableford competition. You could tear up the greens on a Suzuki GSX-R600. You could wear denim jeans. But! It is one of the worst things. It is in my top-five Pet Hates with a bullet. And it needn't bloody well be.
1 Aug 2024
Video Lesson: Hit a stinger into the wind
Head Teaching Professional at Long Reef Golf Club in Sydney, Michael Infanti, offers up a quick tip on how to successfully penetrate a prevailing breeze.
30 Jul 2024
CLEARY: Zed's dead but LIV lives, one year on from predicted doom
Unlike Zed who is dead, LIV Golf is still kicking and Greg Norman remains chief executive despite a proposal that he be "terminated”.
27 Jul 2024
CLEARY: Tiger Woods isn't done and Monty can eat crow
For reasons known only to the high priests of nomenclature, the collective noun for a group of mongoose is a 'band'. And that's what was stampeding over Tiger Woods' grave as he posted 79-77 to miss the cut at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
21 Jul 2024
Our Experts Tip the Open Championship
Warning bookmakers, punters and the world's greatest golfers: Golf Australia magazine's crack stable of top experts - top stable of crack experts? Now, now, none of your cheek - have submitted their tips for this 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. And, let's just say, Rory McIlroy may thank us not at all.
17 Jul 2024
Let them cook: the six Aussie chances at Troon
Australians have won more Open Championships than any other major title. Ten times our nation has supped from the Auld Claret Jug. And, starting Thursday, in the 152nd iteration of the oldest golf tournament in the world, there are another six men with a red hot shot.
17 Jul 2024
Video Lesson: Make putts with money
Keep your head down, the putter head square, and putt for dough with dough using these two simple drills performed by Cypress Lakes' Head Golf Professional and PGA of Australia member, Scott Cubis.
17 Jul 2024
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