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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.

“… GOOCH WAS $1.9 MILLION SHORT, THANKS TO THE AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE.”

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Victoria GOLF CLUB MELBOURNE SANDBELT • VICTORIA • Victoria Golf Club has been regarded among this country’s best courses for almost a century. In all those years, it has never been better than the impressive piece of golfing artwork now adorning the heart of the Melbourne Sandbelt.

WILL LIV QUENCH AUSTRALIA’S THIRST FOR MORE?

‘I’VE BOUGHT AN RV – I’LL BE GLAMPING ON TOUR’ • Jordan Spieth on swing rehearsals, Netflix and his big change for 2023

HOGAN’S U.S OPEN LEGEND BEGINS JUNE 12, 1948

ATHLEA ARCHER

GOLF BENEFITS OSTEOARTHRITIS SUFFERERS

FRANK PHILLIPS OAM

AUSTRALIA’S BEST PUBLIC GOLF EXPERIENCE

CADDYSHACK II (1988)

“SOMETIMES, EVEN THE MOST GIFTED NEED BETTER ADVICE.”

“THERE REMAINS MUCH LIV CAN LEARN FROM EVENTS LIKE THE MASTERS”

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L.A STORY • For the first time in 75 years, the men’s U.S Open returns to Los Angeles and a classically designed course that, although untried as a major venue, promises to reward a strategically gifted champion.

JUST FOR THE RECORD • World No.1 Jon Rahm is a student of the game, and the more he learns the more the new Masters Champion will find himself written into the historical logs and records of modern golf.

GOLF WHEN YOU LIKE IT • The COVID generated golf boom might have slowed a little, but there is another rapidly increasing segment of the game popping up all around Australia and across the globe. Golf simulators are almost everywhere you look these days.

THE IDEAL PITCH SHOT RELEASE

TWO THOUGHTS FOR PURE IRONS

A LONG-TERM FIX FOR YOUR EARLY EXTENSION

DIVOTS REVEAL ALL ABOUT YOUR SWING PLANE

A ‘SHADOWY’ CHIPPING DRILL

The TIPS FROM 650 MILLION SHOTS • The Arccos shot-tracking system has captured almost two-thirds of a billion shots, hit by golfers just like you. Here, Arccos stat expert Lou Stagner crunches the numbers to reveal five strategies that will change the way you approach a round of golf…

KIA ORA! • The scenery is to die for, and the landscapes have seemingly been hand-crafted by Mother Nature leaving dramatic canvases for playing golf. Welcome to New Zealand’s North Island.

“THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE CAPE KIDNAPPERS” • It is nearly 20 years since Tom Doak oversaw the completion of his dramatic design, Cape Kidnappers. Here, he talks about his recent New Zealand return and how he remains awestruck by the setting.

NUDGEE GOLF CLUB

ROMAN HOLIDAY

WEMBLEY GETS TRACKMAN RANGE

KOOINDAHWATERS GOLF CLUB CENTRAL COAST • NEW SOUTH WALES

MAKE EVERY SHOT YOUR BEST

DISTANCE DRIVEN, DESIGNED FOR WOMEN

THE BEST GETS BETTER

CASUAL COMFORT

BACK TO THE FUTURE

2023 GOLF BALL GUIDE • Arguably the most important piece of equipment in the game, the golf ball market is a wide and varied one offering a range of performance qualities. Here, we sort through the latest and greatest from the biggest names in golf balls to help you find the ball that’s best for you.

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THE FINAL PUTT