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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.

“ROYAL TROON’S LEVEL OF CRUELNESS IS BOTH REFRESHING AND LONG-LASTING.”

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GERRINGONG GOLF CLUB • With panoramic ocean views from every corner of the layout, this always-improving course on NSW’s South Coast is quirky, challenging and – most importantly – a lot of fun to play.

“IT’S OVER. HE ISN’T COMPETITIVE ANY MORE AT THE ELITE LEVEL. THERE, I’VE SAID IT.”

COTTESLOE’S LONG JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE

GOLF ICON NEW CHAIR OF PGA OF AUSTRALIA

LEXI’S LAST STAND ON LPGA TOUR

FLASHBACK JULY 21, 1991

FANS CAPTURE MUGSHOT MOMENT

“PINEHURST ASKS YOU TO BE COURAGEOUS ALL DAY ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY SHOT.”

HENRIK STENSON • Join us for a quick chat with none other than the winner of The Open in 2016 at Royal Troon … and huge Nick Faldo and Celtic fan.

BESTING the BRITISH • The Open Championship returns to Royal Troon this month for its 152nd edition. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and the leading Americans will no doubt figure again as major factors, as will the Australian contingent led by Cam Smith, Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee and especially Jason Day, following on from his strong T2 finish behind Brian Harman last year at Hoylake.

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This is ROYAL TROON • This month The Open returns to Royal Troon for the 10th time across its 152-year history. While not as popular with the tourists as some of the other glamour courses across Scotland, this layout’s claim to fame is the mental challenge it presents to those brave enough to take it on.

WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DUMMIES • The third major on the women’s schedule, won by so many of the world’s greatest players, is almost here. Whoever conquers Washington State’s Sahalee Country Club in 2024 will be contributing to the tournament’s long and truly intriguing history.

GOLF EMPOWERED • Empower Golf isn’t just giving people with disabilities the opportunity to live a life of joy through golf, it is empowering them in many other aspects.

HITTING OUT OF FAIRWAY BUNKERS

PUTTING BANG ON THE MONEY

BANISH THE SPECTRE OF EXPECTATION • As humans, we crave the predictable. But as a golfer, it could be killing your game.

CONTACT DISTANCE DIRECTION • A simple blueprint for better golf. With YouTube star Danny Maude

PART 1: CONTACT • Improving your contact has to be the starting point on your path to a better game; after all, there is no point working on distance or direction when you are duffing or thinning your shots. So in this first part, we’ll examine some proven ways to develop your ability to put the club on the ball. But let’s start by clarifying exactly what good contact means, and what it looks like…

PART 2: DISTANCE • Every golfer needs the ability to create power in their swing. Yet too few go about creating it in the right way. Power is not about making your swing longer or simply hitting harder; it has a lot more to do with organising your movement to create rhythm and momentum – something we can all do, irrespective of strength or athleticism. That’s where we’ll focus now.

PART 3: DIRECTION • So we’re striking it well, and we’re developing good speed and distance; so the final piece of the jigsaw is to gain control of direction. While creating power is more about the larger, macro movements of the body, direction is much more reliant on the micro movements of hands and wrists. This is because the hands and wrists control the clubface… and when it comes to direction, the clubface is king. Let’s break this down into four...