FORMER Scottish Open champion and PGA life member Peter O’Malley has been named the new patron of Nomads Golf Australia. O’Malley takes over the role from golf legend Jack Newton who sadly passed away in April this year. Speaking recently from Thurgoona Golf and Country Club where he played in the NSW Senior Open Championship, […]
By Peter Owen FOR the past five years members of Headland Golf Club on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have been receiving their very own unique weekly news bulletin, penned by one of the country’s best-known sports writers. Tony Durkin, once editor of Rugby League Week, media manager of the Brisbane Broncos and long-time league columnist for […]
IT’S one of the most successful junior golf events played anywhere in the world. And the Jack Newton International Junior Classic always attracts a sprinkling of class players from overseas as well as the best youngsters in Australia when it is played in the Hunter Valley each year. The ever-popular Cypress Lakes Golf and Country […]
THE strength of junior golf in Australia was obvious when a seven-strong team of boys and girls took the Maple Leaf Junior Tour’s National Team Challenge in Ontario, Canada, in mid-September. It was the second time the Aussies had won the highly regarded 54-hole tournament, contested by teams from Canada and the United States. They […]
KEEP a watchful eye on Central Queensland junior Isaak Jensen. After winning the Rockhampton Junior Open and Greg Norman junior qualifying event, Jensen took out the 36-hole Central Queensland Junior Open played at Emu Park Golf Club by a whopping 27 strokes. That’s right, 27 strokes! He carded rounds of 71-69 for a 140 total. […]
HARRY Takis is arguably the best male junior golfer in Queensland, and if his Bundaberg-based girlfriend Kate McFarlane isn’t the best female junior, she’s certainly one of the best two or three. The two practice together, play together, support one another and take joy in each other’s successes. But they’re still highly competitive, and like […]
QUEENSLAND and Australian representative Justice Bosio has virtually made the Keperra Bowl her own. The 18-year-old, who will represent Australia at the Asia-Pacific Women’s Amateur in Thailand this month, won the inaugural women’s Keperra Bowl in 2020, finished runner-up in 2021 and last month captured her second Bowl at Keperra Country Golf Club in Brisbane. […]
By Michael Davis SOUTH Australia’s Grange Golf Club has elected its first woman president. Nicolle Rantanen Reynolds officially became the club’s 25th president at the Annual General Meeting in September. Ms Rantanen Reynolds replaced Bruno Battistella, who was the second longest serving president in the club’s history. He held the office for eight years. Prior […]
RENOVATIONS are in full swing at Metung Country Club, formerly known as Kings Cove Golf Club, located in Metung on the Gippsland Lakes. Metung Hot Springs recently took over management of the club, which boasts a Ted Parslow-designed nine-hole public access golf course. Clubhouse facilities are being reimaged with a unique aesthetic, pairing the relaxed […]
HIS short game has always been his strength, but now Brian Taylor’s drive is “smooth” after taking delivery of a brand-new $10,000 Yamaha golf cart he won in a chip-off competition. To recap, Brian won the golf cart in a 50m chip-off against 13 other club golfers at the Handiskins national final at Royal Pines […]
RENOWNED golf coach Charlie Earp and his beloved wife Margaret will celebrate something special this month – their 60th wedding anniversary. Yes, the happy couple tied the knot on October 4 way back in 1962 when Greg Norman, the man Charlieguided to world number one, was still in short pants and attending primary school. And […]
GOLFERS braved a windswept St Andrews Beach golf course on the Mornington Peninsula for a very good cause recently. The occasion was the Kieser Australia St Andrews Beach Pro-Am organised by St Andrews Beach PGA associate professional James Bowen, who was determined to raise much-needed funds for Challenge – supporting kids with cancer. The day […]
MAYBE there’s something in the water which seemingly threatens almost every shot at the famous Tournament Players Club in Sawgrass, Florida. Or maybe it just suits the ‘eye’ of the Aussies who have done so well there. Now young Sydneysider Jeffrey Guan has thrust his name up there beside Cameron Smith as a 2022 winner […]
EXCITEMENT is building for the 18th edition of the prestigious Keperra Bowl to be played at the picturesque Keperra Country Golf Club in Brisbane from October 11-14. The 72-hole Keperra Bowl is a Golf Australia Order of Merit and R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking Event. The event always attracts the cream of the amateur crop […]
By Michael Davis ONE of the main people responsible for saving the Northcote Public Golf Course had no intention of gloating over his rivals. Spokesman for the Northcote Golf and Community Hub group, Bill Jennings, simply described the compromise voted on by the Darebin City Council as a victory for common sense. “Common sense has […]
THEY’RE golf’s ultimate power couple. The only problem is their unabashed love of sport actually keeps them off the golf course, rather than on it. And despite golf being one of their great loves, life does come first. Oh, and cricket as well. In case you’re still guessing, I am referring to a couple of […]
THE excited chatter among members at Victoria’s Patterson River Golf Club (PRGC) continues to grow as they settle into the club’s newly renovated 19th hole. PRGC membership and operations manager Jessica Gagliardi said the club’s directors had identified that the previous bistro was a little tired. So, after consultation with its membership base, the club […]
CAROLYN Jones won’t ever forget the first time she met her future husband. She was at school in Grafton (NSW) in the mid-1950s when ‘new boy’ Peter Jones turned up after his dad, a policeman, was transferred to the town. “I first met Peter at school in Grafton,” Carolyn recalled. “When I was about 14 […]
By Peter Owen KAI Komulainen, the gifted Gold Coast youngster with the classic golf swing, stood on the 10th tee in the final round of the world’s biggest international junior tournament and, for a brief few seconds, allowed himself to think about winning. He’d just eagled the par-5 ninth hole at California’s famous Torrey Pines […]
THERE was some serious golf played and loads of fun and laughter at the Champions of the Murray final played at Tocumwal Golf and Bowls Club. More than 50 finalists from the qualifying partner clubs took part in the final with Cobram Barooga Golf Club’s Carolyn Huggins and Margaret Rhode edging out Kristine Geary and […]
By Peter Owen IF the goal was to attract visiting golfers to Queensland during the quieter winter period, then this year’s Sunshine Coast Winter Classic ticked all the boxes. A sellout field turned up to play four of the region’s premier golf courses in a 72-hole amateur tournament aimed at club golfers. Players travelled from […]
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By Peter Owen THEY’RE a devoted bunch, these hickory golfers. They see beauty in rusty old golf clubs that most of us would consign to the scrap heap. And they readily take responsibility for upholding the traditions and behaviours that have made golf such a special game. So they happily cop the jibes that greet […]
DOES Central Queensland golfer Trevor Tougher know the golf course at Yeppoon Golf Club like the back of his hand? You bet he does! After all, he is the club’s superintendent and last month won his umpteenth Men’s Open Championship when he fired rounds of 66-67 for a 133 total – nine-under par. “I’m not […]
By Peter Owen FOR the past eight years former Nambour pro Darrell Dalton has been conducting weekly golf clinics for intellectually handicapped people on the Sunshine Coast. What’s more, he and his wife Michelle operate a charity pro shop in downtown Nambour, raising funds through the sale of golf gear – much of it donated […]
A SURVEY conducted prior to the explosive golf war between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf has golf as the sport that amasses the most positive news coverage. Researchers at online ticket sales website livefootballtickets.com analysed 45,000 sports news articles over the past nine years (2013-2022) to find out which sporting codes received the best […]
At a historic night on Wednesday 8th June, the Huntingdale Golf Club members, by an overwhelming majority, voted in favour to proceed with the Club’s new OCM Master Plan. The delivery of the Master Plan and the partnership with the Cranbourne Country Club will ensure the future sustainability of the Huntingdale Golf Club. The innovative […]
By Rob Willis EWAN Porter knows a bit about golfing talent. A junior prodigy with a +4 handicap before turning professional in his teens, Porter had an abundance of it. Twice a winner on the US Nationwide Tour, qualified for three Open Championships, long off the tee and with the fearless attitude needed to compete […]
OCTOGENERIAN ACT leftie Ray Wright, for the second time, has achieved the feat of shooting his age. The 82-year-old achieved the feat in a Wednesday members’ competition at his home club RMC, Canberra. According to Ray, it should have been the third time, but on a previous attempt he missed by a shot after three-putting […]
LIVING Choice staff members, deposit holders, clients and guests celebrated another milestone in the creation of Living Choice Parkwood at a ground-breaking ceremony held at The Club at Parkwood Village. Living Choice, which owns 10 operating retirement villages in three states, will build its first Gold Coast village overlooking the Parkwood Golf Club on the […]
By Peter Owen IONNA Muir, the outstanding 14-year-old who owns the lowest handicap of any junior player on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, has just won Headland’s women’s club championship – by a staggering 32 strokes. The workaholic young star, who says she practices for three hours a day, even when she’s playing, is a member of […]
By TONY DURKIN THE recent floods may have inundated much of The Brisbane Golf Club course, but damage – and washed-up debris – was scant when compared to recent naturaldisasters. As a result, the course was closed for only 15 days in late February-early March while the clean-up took place, and is now back in […]
By Michael Davis CORELLAS are the nemesis of many turf managers. But one Victorian superintendent has literally taken the battle to the skies in a novel approach to ridding his course of the feathered scourge. Over the past few months the greens and surrounds at Ballarat Golf Club, an hour west of Melbourne, have been […]
By Michael Davis AN extremely talented 12-year-old from country Victoria has become the youngest player to win the Ladies’ Championship at Commonwealth Golf Club. But that’s only part of Olive Spitty’s story. She stepped out in the first round of the senior pennant season and won her match 3&1 against the Heritage Golf and Country […]
WOMEN have been recognised as a powerhouse at the Novotel Vines Resort in Western Australia with the entire golf department made up of dynamic females, which is unusual in a traditionally male-dominated sport. Believed to be the only all-female golf team in Australia, the resort is also one of the few clubs with equal playing […]
THERE’S nothing like producing a winning streak in the family … especially when it comes to club championships. And if ever you doubted whether or not golf was a game for youngsters, take a drive out to Liverpool Golf Club and find out for yourself. Siblings Mirabelle and Adam Naaman created club history there when […]
THERE were many fatigued golfers around the nation following the Cancer Council’s The Longest Day golf challenge, but despite players’ tiredness they still managed to raise a glass when it was announced more than $2.5m was raised for the Cancer Council. Keperra Country Golf Club, located in the north-west of Brisbane, led the charged and […]
THE odds of scoring an albatross, they say, are upwards of six million to one. They’re probably even greater if you’re talking about one on a par-4 hole. But Sunshine Coast golfer Daniel Hall wasn’t thinking about any of that when he played the shot of his life on the 268m par-4 15th hole at […]
THE late, great teaching pro Bill McWilliam always rated Sarah Kemp as one of his most talented proteges. So, it was fitting that Kemp should be present when McWilliam’s home club, Beverley Park, in Sydney’s south, proudly hosted the annual Bill McWilliam OAM St George Boys Junior Masters. It was run in conjunction with the […]
IT’S been 50 years since the first ever golf ball was launched down the first fairway at Ocean Shores CC and over the five decades the club has managed to combine the attraction of a resort-style facility with the charm and personality of a local golf club. First-time visitors to Ocean Shores CC in the […]
