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Skiing on Buller

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MCG 3qtr time hawks up, Sam asleep

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Been a big day for the birthday boy, hawks 12.11 to pies 6.13

Somewhere over the…..

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Alas Greg Norman didnt complete the fairytale finish and win the 2008 British Open. I committed to the late night and with suitable snacks followed The Shark through the first nine holes as he battled Padraig Harrington and the Scottish conditions. By the turn, it wasnt looking good, though he was still in [...]

Have been working on a ski widget for the visitvictoria.com website. The “Skidget” provides regularly updated snow conditions for all of the Victorian Snow resorts. And with the snow continuing to fall, fingers crossed that the season will be a good one. Skidget is easily shared across other sites, blogs and social networking [...]

Played the second round of the Herald Sun Matchplay today. Drawn to play Rick, we decided to play at his home club – Yarra Valley Country Club. My preparation was poor having only swung a club once since the last game. Yarra Valley is a small 9 hole course in Bulleen and [...]

The US Open goes to an 18 hole playoff, as Tiger holed a 72nd hole birdie putt to draw level with Rocco Mediate.  Tigers 3rd round heroics finishing with a chip in birdie then massive putt on the 18th were almost undone as he had a shocker opening to the final day.  Rocco held his [...]

Supagolf – Swan Valley, Perth

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Played Supagolf with the family whilst in Perth. Its a family friendly version of the game with oversize clubheads and balls.  As the ball doesn’t fly as far, a par 3 is 60metres, par 4s about 120 and the big par 5 is 150.  Great fun, [...]

This is one of the best medical research papers Ive seen since a Doctor somewhere stated that Red Wine is good for your health. Professor Anders Ahlbom of the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has identified that “the death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same [...]

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 [...]