On Par – All about golf in Australia

The Forest Resort – Creswick Golfers can be a hardy bunch, they are often seen walking the course on sweltering summer days, or in torrential rain, even through fog and icy winters mornings.  But golfers dont mind the odd indulgent escape once in a while, a fine red wine, gourmet dining, five star accommodation and [...]

The Golf Boys aka Bubba Watson, Ben Crane, Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler are back. Golf Boys “2.Oh” is the latest ‘rap’ epic from the four touring PGA golfers. Not sure that its going to knock Macklemore out of the charts but its fun, its funky and it shows another side of professional golfers who [...]

Not everyone has easy access to a golf driving range. Here’s a dedicated golfer that has trained his dog to patiently collect golf balls and return them to him (in a bucket!) Bet his bark is worse than his slice!

Since it opened in 1932, the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia has been one of America’s most exclusive  Clubs.  Its segregational policies have seen it widely criticised including rules that required all caddies to be black, a refusal to allow black members and a refusal to allow Ladies to become members. Club Founder [...]

Arrived at my local course for an early tee time to be greeted by a scene more reminiscent of the Scottish Moors.  Saturday morning had transformed the Growling Frog Golf Course to the Growling Fog!   The thick blanket of fog delayed the first group by almost an hour as players waited for the visibility to [...]

Steve Williams is the Kim Kardashian of Golf, both have used the media to build a high profile that should never have existed. A good Golf Caddy can be Sherpa, Mentor, Coach, Doctor and more to a professional golfer.  But the best caddy also keeps out of the media spotlight and lets the player go [...]

Jamie and Mike, the legendary kiwi golfers who are playing a round of golf every day for the whole year are currently working their way through Scotland on their epic adventure. The lads have played 216 rounds through New Zealand, Australia, North America and now UK. Their blog – is a must read documenting every [...]

My On Par Golf Blog has been strolling the internets virtual fairways for almost five years. In that time Ive posted almost 350 posts, predominantly about golf. The blog is a hobby about a sport that Im passionate about. Now there is a rival On Par Golf Blog, published by none other than the New [...]

The world really is a wonderful place…..

The Easter Mini Golf Invitational was held at the Maroondah Adventure Park earlier today.  Sam, Becca (complete with easter bunny ears), Mum and Dad played a closely contested round on the Lakes Course, a tough Par 56 layout including water hazards, bunkers, multileveled greens, and some pretty funky tubes and channels.  Sam started the strongest, [...]