On Par – All about golf in Australia

When a thin bike tyre meets a wet strip of polished metal at speed the results are not good. Cruising home on new bike, post-rain, right hand turn across tram tracks in Smith Street. All going well until my rear wheel decided to continue up Smith Street at pace. Luckily for new bike my arm [...]

Tiger did reign supreme to record a comfortable two shot win in the 2006 Open over fellow American DiMarco. Ernie was a further 3 shots back. OK, so I said that an American wouldnt win and they finished 1st, 2nd and 4th. Tigers was an emotional victory, breaking down in memory of his father after [...]

Ok, so my pre-tournament British Open prediction that ruled out any American failed to mention Tiger. At this stage the only thing that could stop Tiger running away with this is some good old fashioned Scottish links type gailforce winds or a toe to toe smack it out stoush with Els to the final hole. [...]

Another British Open is upon us, this year returning to Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) for the first time in almost 40 years. Will be interesting to see how the pro’s play a course that is essentially foreign to many. The dry British summer (didnt know that was possible!) has baked the greens and sped up the [...]

Another Australian has won on the US PGA Tour, this weekend it was a first up victory on the tour for John Senden who has come close a few times over the last few years. Senden won the John Deere Classic and is now the 5th Australian to win on the tour this year. He [...]

Italy has hoisted the World Cup aloft having defeated France in a penalty shootout. At least thats what happened in reality. My virtual parallel reality played out on the PS2 had Australia defeating the Italians, then easily accounting for Ukraine. They knocked out Germany in the semi final, and progressed to the Final against France. [...]

Australia had the perfect start with a goal to Viduka in the 3rd minute. But disaster towards the end of the half as a crude Moore tackle sent Ballack to the penalty spot, converting for a 1-1 halftime score and Australia down to 10 men. Still tied at end of full time, the game went [...]

Unfortunately in reality, the Socceroos didnt win as predicted losing in the cruelest of circumstances to a dive that Greg Lougainess would be proud of. But in the world of the PS2, the Australian’s did win through to the quarter finals to meet the Ukraine. Here is the result of the crucial quarter final clash. [...]

The actual second round game against Italy in the 2006 World Cup is still over 24 hours away, yet after a tough encounter between these two teams on the PS2 Fifa World Cup game, Australia has progressed to the quarter finals. With the teams playing at a frantic pace, both had opportunities in the first [...]

Ive never been so excited about a draw in my life. What a rollercoaster of a game! Very depressed after Croatia scored in the first 2 minutes, elated when Australia equalised with a penalty, back to depression with a shocking Jonathon Hay like fumble by backup keeper Kalac (why was he on the field!), excitement [...]