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Huggan: José María Olazábal – all that is best about the Masters
Understandably, he won’t feature in too many headlines at this 88th playing of the Masters Tournament.
14 Apr 2024
Huggan: LIV update… or downdate
The proud “father” that is Greg Norman came to watch his 13-strong LIV clan in action at the Masters Tournament.
13 Apr 2024
Huggan: The old boys speak
Plugging a brief gap between traditions here at the Masters, three legends of the game took their places in the interview room on Thursday morning. Having just hit their traditional tee-shots to officially open the 88th playing of golf’s so-called “rite of spring”, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson were primed to answer all the usual questions from the assembled journalists. Hey, it’s tradition...
12 Apr 2024
Feature: Once upon a time...
In the months after his father passed away in 2006, Tiger Woods became so obsessed with the elite special forces known as Navy SEALs that there were fears among his inner sanctum that he might quit golf and enlist in the military. The fear was real. Tiger was banging himself up so badly they staged an intervention.
11 Apr 2024
Huggan: State of the Augusta National nation
It really should begin with a member of the Monty Python team announcing “and now for something completely different”. But it doesn’t, of course. Instead, “Chairman Fred Ridley” does the opening honours at his own annual eve-of-Masters press conference.
11 Apr 2024
Masters Preview: The Aussie Assault
It goes without saying that Masters week is one of the most memorable on the calendar. Similar to an Ashes Test at Lords or Wimbledon, it is rich in tradition … it just feels different, it’s a purist’s haven.
10 Apr 2024
Huggan: Old boys a joyous reminder of how things used to be
Amidst some of the questionable things that go on here at Augusta National during Masters week (the two-hour wait to get into the merchandise facility is but one example), the presence of so many past champions is a pleasant distraction. The old boys are joyous reminders of how things used to be, all in happy contrast to the toxic atmosphere surrounding professional golf right now.
10 Apr 2024
Huggan: Same old story for Augusta's Aussies
“There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.” – Eugene O’Neill
9 Apr 2024
Morri: Public golf... again
Almost evert day it seems my Twitter feed contains news of another public golf course under threat somewhere in the world.
26 Feb 2024
Review: Red Rocks Golf Course
Phillip Island is about two hours’ drive south of Melbourne and is internationally famous for two things – its motor racing circuit and the daily march of penguins that waddle ashore at sunset.
20 Feb 2024
Morri: Golf at Riviera is golf worth watching
Watching the play at Riviera this past week once again brought the role of the golf course in tournament play sharply into focus.
19 Feb 2024
Morri: Thoughts from left field
Aaah the Phoenix Open. What more can be said.
12 Feb 2024
Morri: Social media done right
For all its faults (and there are many, as we know) social media does at least one thing better than ‘traditional’ media ever has and that is offer direct access to the thoughts of some of the game’s best proponents.
29 Jan 2024
Course Review: Carrington Estate
The seaside location of the Carrington Estate had me fully expecting to find a links style course.
24 Jan 2024
Morri: Does driver hold the key?
It was a throwaway line from DP World Tour player Andy Sullivan in Dubai, but it was telling about the distance debate on many levels.
22 Jan 2024
A Shark's Tale
Greg Norman can sell. Because “Greg Norman” sells.
17 Jan 2024
Review: Mollymook Golf Club
“I guess now we know why they call them rapids and not ‘slow-pids’, huh?” – Ned Flanders, The Simpsons, 1993,
17 Jan 2024
Morri: Aussie Open’s status according to Rory
It’s hard to pin down exactly when it happened (and it’s never been close to the truth) but the notion of the Australian Open as some kind of ‘fifth major’ is back in the headlines thanks to Rory McIlroy.
15 Jan 2024
Local Legend: Scott Warren
There are local legends, and there are genuinely high-quality players.
20 Dec 2023
Morri: Out of the mouths of babes …
With Christmas fast approaching the temptation when one writes a regular column is to cast one’s mind back over the 12 months just passed and run through some highlights and lowlights.
18 Dec 2023
Beauties of the Bellarine
The Bellarine Peninsula was a very different place to play golf when I first visited there in 1998.
14 Dec 2023
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