On Par – All about golf in Australia

11th green at the Growling Frog, looking back to the Clubhouse Played in a comp on Monday at the Growling Frog with members Dave, Ange and Pino.  Sensational weather with little wind and warm but not hot.  On the first tee, sent an overfaded drive into the rough, which is dry and rarely provides a [...]

Have entered a competition to win a 9 day golfing holiday, the prize is a Queensland golf experience for the winner and three mates and comprises: 8 nights accommodation Flights one round of golf at 5 Queensland golf courses helicopter transfers to each golf course 4 sets (one for each participant) of Tour Special Golf [...]

Played the monthly Stroke medal comp at the Growling Frog on Saturday (yes Kiwi, it is an Awesome name for a golf course!).  Joining Domenic, Phil and Pam, teed off early with perfect conditions on the first tee.  Hit right of fairway but landed a wedge on and 2 putts for a par.  Confidence was [...]

Oh look..my ball is in another bunker, this time the par 5 16th. Returned to the Growling Frog for my first comp round in a while.  Today was the annual Callaway Black Tee Challenge from the back tees. Id played a fine round this time last year finishing with 37 pts and scoring a new [...]

Drove down to the Mornington Peninsula with Scott, Glenn and Manny for a short Mancation (aka a Boys night!).  Having consumed a few beers and played poker the night before, we teed up at Rosebud Park (a hidden Gem of the Peninsula) for the inaugural “Mancation Cup”.  Playing a foursome/ambrose/best ball/matchplay format, Manny and I [...]

Last year I blogged about Tony Cashmore’s golf course designs which include the Dunes, 13th Beach and Heritage Henley courses.  Having recently played the stunning Eynesbury golf course, I have to add Graham Marsh to my favourite course designers. Graham Marsh has designed courses throughout Australia, North America and Asia.  He makes the most of [...]

Looking down the final hole at Eynesbury Played a new Melbourne layout yesterday with Rob.  Eynesbury Golf Course is tucked away near Melton in Melbournes West, and has been up a running for a year or so.  The Graham Marsh designed course is a cracker, and will definitely be back to play again.  Much of the [...]

Whilst in Perth, Sam & I drove down to Secret Harbour for our ‘Boys day Out’. Secret Harbour is about 45mins South of Perth towards Mandurah. The course is set amongst a new housing development, so very spread out amongst residential housing. With limited time, we hired a cart and played nine holes. Sam was [...]

Havent been keeping ye olde blog up to date….so catching up on recent news. Played the first round of the Herald Sun Matchplay comp recently. Have played in this competition over the last couple of years and made it to about the fourth round a few years ago: 2006 – Won the first round 2/1 [...]

Had planned a round at the Growling Frog this morning, but with a forecast that read Rain, possible hail and a max of 14 degrees, we decided to postpone! Yes, Im a golf tragic and have played in tropical humidity, heat, torrential rain, gail force winds and sleet but sometimes the brain has a reality [...]