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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.

“… IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME ONE MAN’S SLUM IS ANOTHER MAN’S KINGDOM. ”

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SANDHURST CLUB SANDHURST • VICTORIA • What began as an ambitious idea in the early 1990s is today a thriving residential community with two nationally-ranked golf courses lying at its heart.

FACT FILE

“WHO ARE THE PLAYERS EUROPE WILL BE LOOKING AT IN HOPEFUL RYDER CUP EXPECTATION?”

WORK BEGINS AT THE CLIFFS

ULTRA GOLF IS COMING

Australian Opens – Together or stand alone?

JAN’S AMERICAN BREAKTHROUGH • FEBRUARY 8, 1976

FLASHBACK

“… I like the contest between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour/DP World Tour.”

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CHASING A PIECE OF VIC OPEN HISTORY • The Vic Open might not have returned to its heights pre-covid just yet, but the equal prizemoney of $420,000 for men and women, plus plenty of other perks, makes it an important tournament on the local calendar. Especially for the defending champions Dimi Papadatos and Hannah Green.

IT’S TPS SEASON!

MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN GOLF • Meet the Tour stars, YouTubers, Instagrammers, equipment designers, company CEOs, course architects, legends, rule-makers, deal-breakers and controversial disruptors who had the biggest impact on our game this past year.

‘SOMETIMES A VIDEO OF MY GOLF SWING WILL GET THREE MILLION VIEWS’ • As the original Insta golf girl, Paige Spiranac has built a following which far outstrips the biggest names in golf. Her success owes as much to the flirtatious nature of her content as it does to finding a niche in a sport which has always taken itself too seriously …

“I LEFT SCHOOL WITH AN ‘A’ IN DRAMA AND AN ‘A’ IN P.E, AND SOMEHOW I’VE TURNED THEM INTO A JOB!” • Rick Shiels explains how he went from a Manchester club pro hoping to boost his client base, to the biggest YouTube channel in golf – with an audience of millions.

‘OUR MISSION IS TO GROW THE GAME AND CLOSE THE GAP FINANCIALLY IN WOMEN’S GOLF’ • Justin Rose tells Michael Catling how hearing about the plight of LET stars gave him a guilty conscience, and why he wants to emulate what Sir Andy Murray is doing in tennis to drive equality.

‘I BELIEVE TAYLORMADE WILL BECOME THE NEW LEADING BALL IN GOLF WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS’ • Once described as “the man with the Midas touch”, David Abeles has turned TaylorMade into a global powerhouse and recruited some of the biggest names in golf as brand ambassadors. Now he’s looking to topple Titleist as the leading golf ball manufacturer.

BREWER’S BRANDS

‘WE WILL NOT BE BANNING LIV GOLFERS – BUT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR EXEMPTIONS AND QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR THE OPEN’ • Martin Slumbers has the power to decide where The Open goes and who is eligible. This is his take on what the future holds for LIV golfers and why the R&A won’t undermine the spirit of open competitions.

HOW TO CONTROL BUNKER SHOT DISTANCE

‘TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE, EMBRACE FAILURE’ • How to believe in yourself in a game of mistakes

PURE STRIKES FROM SANDY LIES

UNORTHODOX POWER & PRECISION

THE MOST IMPORTANT OF FLEXES

OVERLOOKING DOAK’S GEM

LINKS FLIGHT OF FANCY

THE COFFS COAST SWING • With rainforest-covered escarpments to the west and more than 90 kilometres of golden beaches to the east, New South Wales’ Coffs Coast region is the paradise wedged in between. And it is here where you will also discover some beautiful, and challenging, golf courses.

TOURING THE COFFS...