Indholdsfortegnelse for Apr 2022 - Issue 395 i Golf Australia

Australia’s highest ranked male and female pros begin their quest for major glory this month. The first major championship of the year starts on March 31 with the LPGA’s Chevron Championship, to be played in the California desert. The Desmond Muirhead-designed Dinah Shore Course at Mission Hills Country Club will host for the last time, having been the home of the championship since its inception in 1972. The championship will move to a later date and will be played in Houston starting in 2023. West Australian duo Minjee Lee (World No.8) and Hannah Green (No.29), will lead the charge at Mission Hills. At the time of writing, the LPGA had yet to publish a list of players exempt into the field, but Victoria’s Su Oh, rising star Steph Kyriacou and…

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Titleist is known as the “No.1 Ball in Golf” thanks to its premium offering Pro V1 and Pro V1x that have been the most played golf balls on Tours around the world for as long as anyone cares to remember. But the brand is also committed to the golfer not opting for those or the AVX, represented by the improvements in the latest Velocity and TruFeel. Announced at the same time, these two golf balls are targeted at quite different players looking for varied outcomes, however both still possess the trusted quality and performance of Titleist. And are made at the brand’s Ball Plant 2 in Massachusetts. Velocity, as the name suggests, is engineered for long distance through increased ball speeds and a high flight. “This golf ball is fun…

ALLOGGIO & GREAT OCEAN ROAD HOLIDAYS Alloggio’ in Italian means accommodation, and that’s what they do. Alloggio is the leading consolidator of short-term holiday accommodation in Australia, including along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. If you are looking for Great Ocean Road accommodation, look no further. Alloggio’s reach extends the length of the road from holiday homes in Torquay, to little beach shacks in Anglesea, sprawling luxury family homes in Aireys Inlet and cosmopolitan apartments in Lorne. Then there are warm fireplaces in Wye River to salty, sun drenched balconies in Apollo Bay – every possible taste and budget is covered. Great Ocean Road Holidays professionally manage more than 600 holiday home accommodation rentals in Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Fairhaven, Wye River and more. They have operated for more…

THE SANDS, TORQUAY Green fees: $60 (18 holes, off-peak times), $70 (peak times) www.thesandstorquay.com RACV TORQUAY RESORT Green fees: $74 (18 holes, off-peak times), $85 (peak times). Discounts for RACV members. www.racv.com.au ANGLESEA GC Green fee: $60 (18 holes, weekdays), $65 (weekends). www.angleseagolfclub.com.au LORNE CC Green fee: $35 (18 holes). www.lornecountryclub.com.au APOLLO BAY GC Green fee: $25 (all day ticket). www.apollobaygolfclub.org.au PETERBOROUGH GC Green fee: $20 (all day ticket), $60 (weekly ticket). No website. Phone: (03) 5598 5245 WARRNAMBOOL GOLF CLUB Green fee: $49 (18 holes), $15 (juniors under 18). www.warrnamboolgolf.com.au PORT FAIRY GOLF LINKS Green fee: $59 (18 holes, Sunday to Friday), $69 (Saturday). www.portfairygolf.com.au…

Polish a gem long enough and it will be transformed into an absolute thing of beauty. In this case, that gem is the par-72 layout at St. Michael’s, which covers beautifully natural undulating terrain overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The course, which opened for play in 1938, lies on the best strip of golfing real estate in Sydney, which incorporates the world renowned New South Wales Golf Club to the south, and the nationally-ranked The Coast Golf Club next door to the north. With several tees perched high in the dunes affording great ocean views beyond the fairway and green that lies in front, St Michael’s has always been a spectacular place to play golf. In the past 12 years, the club has undertaken a step-by-step program of course changes to…

England’s Ian Botham sits in the top handful of cricketers to ever play the game. And the all-rounder was an eternal thorn in Australia’s side during the Ashes. We caught up with him to discuss his love of another game at the recent Vic Open. What is the thing about golf for Sir Ian Botham? I don’t remember it, but my father says I started hitting golf balls when I was about three. I have always had a love of the game. I like a lot of things about it, the way players conduct themselves, they call it out on themselves, you don’t get much of that in professional sport. I’ve been very lucky to play with some of the best players in the world over the years … I…

There is such a lack of truly great golf-related cinema that golfers will claim almost anything as a ‘golf movie’. Even the small budget, independent comedy/melodrama Lost in Translation, which includes a grand total of one minute of golf in its 102-minute runtime. Fortunately, the 101-minutes of non-golf scenes are actually worth your time – enjoyable even. As much as we golfers might want to skip forward to minute 55 and see 60 seconds of Bill Murray hitting one solitary golf shot, this is the rare movie you might consider watching for more than the golf. You might watch it for Sofia Coppola’s Oscar winning screenplay – which is intimate and personal and hilarious. Or for the light touch of her assured direction in only her second feature building on…

CALLAWAY ROGUE ST Callaway has been at the forefront of driver technology in golf for much of the brand’s existence and the new Rogue ST family are its “fastest, most stable drivers ever”. Four models makes up the new range released earlier this year, with each model utilising the same innovative technologies with a unique tweak to the design for optimised performance for a variety of players. Put simply, there is a Rogue driver for every golfer. The new ‘Tungsten Speed Cartridge’ places a significant amount of weight low and deep to increase speed on mis-hits while also boosting moment of inertia (MOI) for straighter drives across the face. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) was used to create the ‘Jailbreak Speed Frame’ that supports the flexing face and increases stability resulting in…

It is nearly two decades since ground was first broken in the construction of Melbourne’s Growling Frog golf course and, today, it is one of the most popular layouts to be found north of the city. Graham Marsh and his design team maximised the land’s natural attributes and created a challenge for every player no matter how good their game is. Nestled among stately 300-year-old River Red Gums on more than 280 acres, Growling Frog offers a different playing experience to traditional sandbelt courses found south of the city. “One of the first and lasting impressions on arrival at the Growling Frog course is the magnificence of the site and the serenity of the setting,” Marsh said. “This is a classic piece of land that truly reflects the unique beauty…

“Golf courses can’t be boring. If a course is boring golfers won’t come back. To capture that sort of repeat business, you need to build golf holes that are seared into people’s memories, and Barnbougle has those in spades.” – Tom Doak. Doak – one of the world’s best golf course architects and the co-designer of Barnbougle Dunes alongside Mike Clayton – is 100 percent correct. Nearly 22 years after the first shots were struck here, much of Barnbougle’s ongoing success can be attributed to the golfers who visit time-and-time again, from across Australia and overseas, to test themselves across this wonderful stretch of Tasmanian coastline. Entrusted to build a world class layout on raw and exciting links land, Doak and Clayton created a layout so good that it was…

Nearly four decades before the first of Greg Norman’s close calls or collapses at Augusta National, Australian golf suffered its first Masters near miss. In 1950, Jim Ferrier looked almost certain to become the first Australian to win the Masters. Born in Sydney in 1915, Ferrier was taught how to play by his father, John, who was a low-handicapped player and descended from a line of Carnoustie golfers in Scotland. By the age of five, Ferrier junior was swinging a club around the course at Manly Golf Club, where his father was the secretary. Ferrier won his first big amateur event, the NSW Amateur, in 1931 aged 16. By 1939, he had won the Australian, NSW and Queensland Amateur Championships four times. He also won 10 different Open championships across…

“…THE BEST WAY TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY TOURNAMENT GOLF IS BY PLAYING IN TOURNAMENTS.” How good is the Vic Open? So good that, when anyone asks that question, it is taken for granted that the response is going to be, “really good.” Okay, this year’s event was on a smaller scale than it had been before the global pandemic changed everything. It wasn’t co-sanctioned by either the European Tour – now the DP World Tour – or the LPGA Tour, so the prizemoney was lower than it had been in 2020. But I would contend that it was the most important event we’ve seen in Australia in the past two years, almost the equivalent of a national Open. It was run by Golf Australia and the top-three finishers in…

BEST PERFORMANCES IN 2022 (at the time of writing) 2nd AT&T Pebble Beach T21 Tournament of Champions DRIVING DISTANCE 310.3 yards (Tour rank 27) STROKES GAINED TEE-TO-GREEN .456 (Tour rank 60) GREENS IN REGULATION 71.46% (Tour rank 42) SCRAMBLING Par or better 69.03% (Tour rank 14) • Stats from PGA Tour 2021-2022 wraparound season 1 ADDRESS Jordan’s arms hang freely and his weight is nicely distributed over the balls of his feet. What you can’t see from this angle is he has a weaker left hand (turned toward the target) than most players on Tour, which allows him to hit his stock high fade. 2 TAKEAWAY The first 40 centimetres of the backswing has been initiated by the turning of the shoulders and sees Jordan’s clubhead low to the ground…

Think about when you play golf and you are very score focused. You want to make lots of pars and some birdies and above all, avoid bogeys and doubles. That is your focus. To get back into the clubhouse with a ‘good score’. The problem is we are focused on the score but can we control it? If we hit a perfect putt on the perfect line at the perfect pace, does it always go in the hole? If we hit a perfect drive and the ball bounces left instead of to the right, we have missed the fairway and the ball sits nestled in some thick rough. We can, of course, heavily influence the score by our actions but can we control it? When you look at the concept…

Cruising is back and what better way to get back into the swing of things than with your golf clubs in tow. Trendsetter Travel Golf Tours is now taking bookings for a luxurious 13-night Auckland to Melbourne golf cruise – from January 3 to 16, 2023 – which can include up to nine rounds of golf. The ultra-luxury liner Silver Muse will cruise out of magnificent Auckland harbour into the Hauraki Gulf on January 4 before heading north up the east coast of the North Island to Paihia in the Bay of Islands. The first round of the tour is at the scenic Waitangi Golf Club. A round at the famed Kauri Cliffs can be arranged while in port at Paihia. The tour then works its way south with stops…

Victoria’s Great Ocean Road is famous as a spectacular touring route that boasts some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in the world. Home to quaint seaside towns, white sandy beaches, rainforests, bushland and an abundance of native wildlife – the Great Ocean Road is not just a beautiful driving destination, but the ideal location to experience the great outdoors. Many, for example, choose to venture along the Great Ocean Walk, from Apollo Bay to the magnificent 12 Apostles, which weaves through beautiful parks, deserted beaches and rugged coastline. Others, find their own way to soak in the amazing natural attractions and also reserve time to play some of the wonderful golf courses along the route between Torquay – about 80 minutes’ drive from Melbourne’s Westgate Bridge – and west…