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.
“EVERYBODY LOVES AN UNDERDOG.”
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CAMDEN GOLF CLUB • One of Sydney’s most historic golfing properties is embarking on a raft of major changes to further improve what is already a fun and challenging layout.
“SERGIO… ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.”
HEADING BACK TO SYDNEY
U.S OPEN MAKES THREE FOR JAN • JULY 31, 1983
POST COVID… THE BOOM CONTINUES
DALTRY CALHOUN (2005)
FLASHBACK • JULY 20, 2003
“… TODAY THERE ARE 130 PLAYERS WHO APPEAR TO BE GOOD AT JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME.”
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A MGI Ai NAVIGATOR GPS+
WINNING WAVE • The 2023 U.S Women’s Open at Pebble Beach will feature four legitimate Aussie chances to hoist the trophy. Defending champion Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Grace Kim and Gabi Ruffels might just be the best foursome of contenders we’ve ever fielded in a major championship.
AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST 18 REVEALED • Australia’s golfers have spoken. After a three-month voting period, Australia’s greatest 18 holes, according to you, can now be unveiled.
Baker’s HISTORY IN THE MAKING • Ross Baker has spent half a century compiling one of Australia’s biggest and most impressive golf club collections, which provide a window into the history of club and ball making here and abroad.
PLAYING ON THE cheap
12 BEST VALUE METRO SOCIAL ROUNDS
12 BEST VALUE REGIONAL SOCIAL ROUNDS
12 BEST VALUE NINE-HOLE ROUNDS
PLAYING ON A BUDGET TIPS
GEAR ON A BUDGET
BRIGHT Sparky • Annika Rathbone has her sights on one day playing the LPGA Tour. But, in the meantime, she’s helping keep Sydney’s trains running, while collecting the occasional piece of silverware.
MASTER GREEN’S SEAMLESS TRANSITION
A BACKSWING DISSECTION
CHIPPING FROM A DIVOT
DRILLING THE IDEAL TAKEAWAY
WHERE’S YOUR HEAD AT IMPACT?
YOUR FIVE STEPS TO BETTER PUTTING WITH PHIL KENYON • Putting coach to the stars, Matt Fitzpatrick’s guru on the greens and arguably the world’s best putting coach, Phil Kenyon reveals how two alignment sticks and some elastic bands will improve your set-up and stroke.
LOCK AND ROCK
LAY DOWN A MARKER
PERFECT YOUR PIVOT
BAND AID
CHOPSTICKS
ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU
BAROSSA VALLEY GC
CRUSING WITH KARRIE & CO.
FORSTER-TUNCURRY GOLF CLUB TUNCURRY COURSE • MID NORTH COAST • NEW SOUTH WALES
ENJOY NATURAL MOTION
LAYERS FOR PLAYERS
THE PATH TO BETTER PUTTING
SUN PROTECTION … NO SWEAT
TOUR EDGE EXOTICS E723, C723 & 723 PRO IRONS • Cost: C723: $249 per iron (graphite shafts); $229 (steel). E723: $199 (graphite); $179 (steel). 723 Pro: $229.
MIZUNO ST-Z 230 & ST-X 230 DRIVERS • Cost: $999.
GAME CHANGERS
“HE’S BUILT DIFFERENT …”