On Par – All about golf in Australia

  The Australian Masters starts tomorrow at Victoria Golf Club, one of Melbourne’s sandbelt gems.   There has been no media hype, but the quality of course and the field sets up for an excellent tournament.   The lack of media attention has been deafening, with very little promotion and limited publicity.   It was always [...]

The early groups for the opening round of the Australian Open golf tournament are on the course, and already its a pretty impressive leaderboard.   Geoff Ogilvy leads from names including Bill Haas, Bubba Watson, David Toms and Dustin Johnston.  Plus the Presidents Cup captains Greg Norman and Freddie Couples.     Waiting in the Clubhouse [...]

With the recent launch of the iPhone 4S and the many other excellent mobile devices now available, golfers have a new secret weapon to help their game.  Sophisticated and practical mobile apps for golf including the Golfshot GPS App (reviewed here) can provide key information and game improvements. iSwing  Golf  App Review The iSwing is [...]

Tiger Woods has now fallen outside the top 50 in the World Golf Rankings.   OK, its only just, he is currently ranked #51 but its the first time he has been outside the top 50 since October 13 1996.  And Woods is not in the form that would see him getting back into the Top [...]

The number 16 in golf is usually reserved for the 3rd last hole on a golf course.  16 does appear occasionally on the scorecards of rank amateurs but Kevin Na reluctantly pencilled in a 16 on his scorecard in the first round of the Valerio Texas Open.  Playing the par 4 9th hole at TPC [...]

Victoria Golf Club hosted the 2010 Australian Masters last weekend, the second Masters since the fantastic decision to leave Huntingdale and rotate through the best courses on the Sandbelt. Victoria also welcomed back Tiger Woods, 12 months after his victory at Kingston Heath. To say that a lot had happened since that victory is an [...]

In the 1970′s Steve Austin was completely rebuilt by scientists after being smashed into hundreds of pieces in an unfortunate training incident, he became the Six Million Dollar Man, bionic arm, legs, eyes etc. This weekend, Jim Furyk’s swing, which looks like its been rebuilt by some wierd scientists, helped him become the Ten Million [...]

Here’s a few alternative golfing terms to use out on the course. A Diegio Maradonna – a very nasty five footer A Salman Rushdie – an impossible read A Rock Hudson – thought it was straight, but it wasn’t A Cuban – needs one more revolution An Elton John – a big bender that lips [...]

Melbourne’s 3AW radio this morning reported a rumour that the Freeway Golf Course (previously known as Camberwell Golf Course) in the Melbourne leafy Eastern suburbs has been sold to a property developer and bulldozed for a housing development. Freeway Golf wouldn’t be included in any list of Melbourne’s best public access courses, its a standard [...]

This weekends US PGA Championship returns to Whistling Straits Golf Club near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The course is a Pete Dye design modelled on Scottish Links layouts, and is remarkable for its 967 bunkers scattered across the course. Yep, thats no typo, 967 bunkers, the satellite view of the course looks like a moon landscape with [...]