FORMER television personality and politician, Derryn Hinch, would often end a story with the words, “shame, shame, shame” after someone had been wronged. Well, shame on the Royal and Ancient Golf Club for barring Greg Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner, from attending the traditional champions’ dinner at the 150th Open played at St Andrews. […]
By Peter Owen GRAEME Miller, the founder and president of the Invincibles Sunshine Coast Junior Golf Tour, remembers when Cameron Smith, a skinny 10-year-old with a handicap that matched his age, turned up for his first junior event. “He was a delightful young fellow,” Miller recalls. “He was always thinking of others, always helping – […]
FOUR decades ago David Graham became the first Australian to win the US Open when he finished three strokes clear of Americans Bill Rogers and George Burns on the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. For the record, Graham fired rounds of 68-68-70-67 for a 273 total – seven-under par. His final […]
By Michael Davis KARRIE Webb will be nominated as captain of Australia’s golf team for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Webb, the legendary seven-time major winner and World Golf Hall of Fame member, steps in to replace Ian Baker-Finch, who has retired from the role after captaining Australia at the 2016 Rio De […]
