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Holiday at home: Mornington Glory

Holiday at home: Mornington Glory

There’s nowhere else in the golfing world quite like it. 21 Apr 2023
Opinion: They’ve built it, but will it be better

Opinion: They’ve built it, but will it be better

You get your first taste of the LIV Golf experience arriving in Australia when you’ve barely felt the Adelaide soil beneath your feet at the South Australian capital’s airport. 19 Apr 2023
Morri: In praise of Jon Rahm

Morri: In praise of Jon Rahm

It’s hard to know what was more impressive about Jon Rahm this past week. That he turned up at all, the quality of his golf or the fact he resisted the urge to criticise Patrick Cantlay for his slow play when in the commentary booth on Sunday. 17 Apr 2023
Opinion: Cantlay a slow-moving target for growing problem

Opinion: Cantlay a slow-moving target for growing problem

The slow play debate, well it's not so much a debate but a rare universal golf agreeance, reared its head again last week when Brooks Koepka passed comment on the glacial pace of the Masters final round. 12 Apr 2023
Video lesson: Roll your putts on the right line, every time

Video lesson: Roll your putts on the right line, every time

Putter face alignment and the speed you hit a putt are both variables within your control to get right and increase your chances of making any given putt. 11 Apr 2023
Morri: Augusta’s public golf move

Morri: Augusta’s public golf move

Forget LIV vs PGA Tour or the remarkable golf of Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson Sunday. Forget the Brooks Koepka controversy from the 15th hole Thursday (which spilled over into Friday) and the amazing performance of amateur Sam Bennett over the opening 36 holes. 10 Apr 2023
Augusta’s 'new' 13th and how they'll play it

Augusta’s 'new' 13th and how they'll play it

It will be around 12:45am Australian eastern time that the first players in the 87th Masters will reach the 13th hole at Augusta National and face the updated, and more substantial test in competitive play. 6 Apr 2023
Opinion: He’s just like us

Opinion: He’s just like us

Tiger Woods and I both started playing golf at a young age. We also share the fact that our professional lives are built around golf. 5 Apr 2023
Morri: A summer to remember and celebrate

Morri: A summer to remember and celebrate

Pretty much everything you read, watch and hear in the golf bubble from today until next Tuesday is going to be – inevitably and understandably – about The Masters. 3 Apr 2023
Morri: Tour’s two birds one stone opportunity

Morri: Tour’s two birds one stone opportunity

You wonder sometimes if those in charge of the PGA Tour have any knowledge of, or perhaps even interest in, golf. 27 Mar 2023
Opinion: Hopefully it’s goodbye for now, not forever

Opinion: Hopefully it’s goodbye for now, not forever

This week marks a big moment in men’s professional golf with the abandonment of the World Golf Championship concept. 22 Mar 2023
Morri: Rollback could test power of ruling bodies

Morri: Rollback could test power of ruling bodies

Leaving aside the golf specific elements, the most important development from last week’s rollback proposal might end up being the first real test of the legitimacy of the game’s governing bodies in living memory. 20 Mar 2023
Opinion: LIV … golf but longer?

Opinion: LIV … golf but longer?

Another divide at the top level of the game has emerged. This time with clear intention. 15 Mar 2023
Morri: Seventeen at Sawgrass proves entertaining doesn’t mean interesting

Morri: Seventeen at Sawgrass proves entertaining doesn’t mean interesting

Sure it’s entertaining but is the iconic 17th at Sawgrass a ‘good’ golf hole? 13 Mar 2023
Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

For the avid golfer, Melbourne’s south-east might best be described as paradise. 10 Mar 2023
Opinion: Enough of the talk, get on with the golf

Opinion: Enough of the talk, get on with the golf

In one of the most unsurprising occurrences in the world of golf, Players Championship week has thus far been dominated by discussions about LIV Golf, Cam Smith’s non-defence as defending champion and the PGA Tour’s incoming schedule changes. 8 Mar 2023
Morri: Golf’s new world order

Morri: Golf’s new world order

It can be hard to see the big picture while events are unfolding in the moment but make no mistake about the fundamental nature and scale of the changes men’s professional golf is undergoing right now. 6 Mar 2023
Opinion: There’s more golf on TV but will people keep watching?

Opinion: There’s more golf on TV but will people keep watching?

LIV Golf made its debut for 2023 last week, which also marked the first showcase of its new television deal in America. 1 Mar 2023
REVIEW: Hamilton Island Golf Club

REVIEW: Hamilton Island Golf Club

The sun was just rising above the eastern horizon when I arrived at the Hamilton Island marina to get the ferry that would whisk me across the narrow passage to Dent Island for a morning of golf and then lunch at Hamilton Island Golf Club. 27 Feb 2023
Morri: Can Full Swing help golf’s greater good?

Morri: Can Full Swing help golf’s greater good?

If golf and golfers are the measure then the Netflix documentary Full Swing would have to be considered a success. 27 Feb 2023
Morri: Lack of Saudi women’s discussion a blight on golf

Morri: Lack of Saudi women’s discussion a blight on golf

Are the game’s top women being given a free ride when it comes to playing for Saudi money? Some on social media would like to have you think so, but the reality is likely much more depressing. 20 Feb 2023