On Par – All about golf in Australia

Adam Scott’s long overdue Australian Open win last week showed some signs that the classic Scott swing was getting back on track after a shocker of a year. Scott crashed to 108th on the USA PGA Tour money list in 2009 At the Australian PGA at Coolum this weekend, Scott is 2 shots off the [...]

With Tigers mistresses now up to 12, including nightclub waitresses and porn stars, the whole Tiger Woods story has been on front, middle and back page news now for a couple of weeks. The only official word from Tiger himself is via his website – tigerwoods.com. His latest news, probably not surprising, is that he [...]

Adam Scott won his maiden title on home soil winning the Australian Open at New South Wales by 5 shots from Stuart Appleby. At the presentation, Greg Norman whispered “About bloody time”, and many agree. Scott has one of the games best swings, we’d all like the mechanics of Scott’s swing, which has been compared [...]

Its seems that Tiger is more of a Cheetah than originally was revealed. In Tigers own words via tigerwoods.com “I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and [...]

Tiger Woods has been in the news over the last few days for all the wrong reasons. Not long ago, Tiger single handedly put golf onto the front and back pages of the Australian press as Tigermania swept Melbourne. He commanded awe and respect, he came, he played, he won. Facts are still limited on [...]

The Australian Open will be played at the spectacular NSW golf club on the coast in Sydney. The poster boys were Geoff Ogilvy and Greg ‘we couldnt get Tiger so we dusted off the Shark’ Norman. However Norman has withdrawn from the tournament due to shoulder injury. The local pros include Ogilvy, Scott, Appleby and [...]

Tiger shared the lead into the final round of the Australian Masters, but given his third round form and signs of anger and frustration the result wasnt a forgone conclusion. Nitties, Chalmers and Dufner were in the hunt, Appleby and Scott not far off the pace. Tigers 3 birdies in the first six holes pretty [...]

The worlds number one golfer returned from the stratosphere in the third round of the Masters with an even par 72, joined on 10 under with Nitties and lefty Chalmers who both shot 69s. Tiger was more intense, had taken some agro pills, and wasnt happy with a number of wayward shots, at one stage [...]

Tiger started the second round of the Masters with 2 birdies and stamped the authority of the worlds Number one golfer on the tournament again. Woods followed his 66 on Thursday with an effortless 68 which included 4 birdies and no blemishes, he didnt raise a sweat. Woods is now 3 shots clear and looking [...]

Im lucky enough to be heading to Kingston Heath for the second round of the Australian Masters. As part of my tourism role, I will be working on the ‘Golf in Victoria’ stand helping to promote Melbourne and Victoria’s wealth of excellent golf courses. If you are at the course, be sure to come past [...]