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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.

“AUSSIE GOLF’S ELITE MEN’S SCHEDULE IS GAINING MOMENTUM”

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THE AUSTRALIAN GOLF CLUB KENSINGTON NEW SOUTH WALES • There is plenty to like about the championship course Jack Nicklaus built … twice. What started life as a rugged, sandy links is arguably the best-conditioned parkland layout in the nation some 120 years later.

“AS IN PUTTING, THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE CHIPPING YIPS HAVE TRIED ALL SORTS OF REMEDIES.” EDIES.”

SIZZLING SUMMER OF AUSSIE GOLF

NSW OPEN HITS NEW HEIGHTS

BMW ADDS AUSSIE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TO ITS PREMIUM EVENT LIST

LIV GOLF DEBUTS “ANY SHOT, ANY TIME”

FLASHBACK • SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

TAMING TROON AN UPHILL BATTLE

“SEVE HAD THE BEST SHORT GAME I’VE EVER SEEN”

OLYMPIC LAYOUT • On the back of golf’s third-consecutive appearance at the world’s biggest sports carnival in Paris, exciting plans are afoot for Royal Queensland Golf Club ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.

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WAR OF THE WORLDS • Golfing enthusiasts’ attention now shifts to the Solheim Cup for the biennial joust between the United States and Europe. More than just a tournament, this is the women’s professional event that has it all.

BEHIND the MAGIC WAND • Kazuma Kobori is earning a reputation for his world-class abilities on the greens, but there is so much more to this likeable Kiwi than his lethal putting skills. Scratch the surface and you’ll discover a determined, competitive and critical-thinking country-town kid who lives and breathes the game and who loves to give back.

ULTIMATE AMBROSE • Following a group consisting of Australia’s long-drive champion, our mini golf national title-holder, a top-flight teaching pro and an all-star women’s professional was great fun, but we upped up the ante by seeing if we could build a PGA Tour superstar – Xander Schauffele, for example – from their areas of expertise. This is what happened …

GREAT GOLF COURSES: AUSTRALIA • A fantastic new book, written and photographed by long-time Golf Australia magazine Editor Brendan James, nominates the top golfing locations in Australia, from the major metropolitan courses to stunningly diverse layouts such as King Island, Kalgoorlie and Port Fairy. Here, we present a brace of Western Australian locations highlighted by Brendan in Great Golf Courses: Australia.

CHIPPING FROM LONG ROUGH ON A DOWNSLOPE

HIT A STINGER IN THE WIND

GREEN MACHINE • The five pillars of better putting.

SIMPLE APPROACH BEST FOR CLASSIC GOLF SWING

THE COURSE THAT NEVER WAS

TEEING UP IN THAILAND

HICKORY HEAT IS ON

MINI GOLF, BIG BRAGGING RIGHTS

This is LONDON CALLING • A treasure trove of heathland golf across Greater London awaits tourists and locals who are prepared to search a little wider than the region’s more obvious and world-renowned layouts.

ROUND the WORLD on a GOLF TOUR • A recently released illustrated anthology, The Good Doctor’s Prescriptions, edited by Neil Crafter and containing the writings of Dr Alister MacKenzie, brings to life the legendary golf course architect’s editorial submissions to London’s Golf Illustrated almost a century ago. Here, we present an excerpt, covering MacKenzie’s thoughts on Australian golf courses.

MANLY GOLF CLUB SYDNEY NEW SOUTH WALES

gear REVIEWS & NEW RELEASES

MIZUNO PRO & PRO FLI-HI IRONS

ZOOM FOCUS S & OLED PRO RANGE FINDER

TOUR EDGE EXOTICS WINGMAN WEDGES

TOUR EDGE EXOTICS C723 IRONS

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