Golf Australia

Each month, Golf Australia showcases great Australian courses and golfing holidays, profiles players and conducts road tests of the latest equipment. Leading PGA professional share instruction tips to improve your game and keep your handicap tumbling.

“… NORMAN AND HIS LIV GOLF TEAM WERE WISE IN SELECTING ADELAIDE TO HOST THEIR FIRST AUSTRALIAN EVENT”

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HAMILTON ISLAND GOLF CLUB • Great views, great golf and great food … it’s all in a day’s fun at one of Australia’s most spectacular courses.

“… THE SOONER MBS SHOWS NORMAN THE DOOR, THE SOONER WE CAN REACH AN ACCEPTABLE END …”

MAJOR CHANGES AIMED AT INCLUSIVITY

SHOULD THE AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR BE JUST STROKE PLAY?

BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS (2004)

LONG GAINS RESPECT, ERNIE KEEPS WALKING JANUARY 26, 1997

RYAN FOX

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

“THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS TO CELEBRATE THE GOLF COURSES.”

AUSTRALIA’S TOP-100 PUBLIC ACCESS COURSES 2023 • Here is our biennial ranking of the very best courses to be found in all corners of the nation that every golfer can play.

TOP-100 RANKING CRITERIA

THE JUDGING PANEL

THE NEXT 30…

PETER KOSTIS • With more than 30 years in TV commentary as a lead analyst, swing coach Peter Kostis has been an eyewitness to the biggest changes – on and off the course – in modern professional golf. Here, he speaks candidly about the decline in golf broadcasting, the state of men’s professional golf and the future of LIV Golf.

SOMETHING TO CROWE ABOUT • Masters-bound Harrison Crowe will be the unbackable favourite to win the men’s Australian Amateur when it is contested on his home turf this month, while Queensland teens Sarah Hammett and Justice Bosio will be looking to follow in some world-class footsteps in the women’s championship.

NSW BACK ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

RYAN FOX • World No.27 Ryan Fox had a banner year in 2022, winning twice on the DP World Tour. One of the most powerful players in world golf, Fox is something of a throwback feel player who favours “form over function”. Here he reveals his key checkpoints and thoughts that could help your game if you follow his example and swing your swing.

FOX’S STATS AT A GLANCE

WHAT’S IN FOX’S BAG?

DON’T LET TENSION KILL YOUR GAME • We get tense because golf is difficult, but there are ways to alleviate it

AUSSIE STARS OF 2022 & WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM • The year 2022 will be written into the history of Australian golf as a very good year indeed. Two of our finest players were crowned major champions, there were big tournament wins – professional and amateur – and Aussies in contention most weeks. Here is what you can learn from the cream of the crop.

MANAGE YOUR WAY TO LOWER SCORES • Bring these five attributes into your short game… and start saving shots instantly

LOOK OUTWARDS, STAY AWAKE

FREE UP YOUR IMAGINATION

SIDESTEP ‘DEPTH DECEPTION’

BECOME AN EXPERT

TWO QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU HOLE MORE PUTTS

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“…THEY ARE LOVED BY THOSE WHO PLAY THEM, AND YET ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE BEAUTY OF PUBLIC GOLF.”