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October 17th, 2025

3 words to more distance off the tee: load, separate and release

Most amateurs know they have to use their body to create more clubhead speed. They just don’t know how. The following drill helps train the body to move correctly and in the proper sequence, efficiently storing and then transferring energy from your body to your arms and, ultimately, to the ball for maximum speed and Read more…

October 17th, 2025

Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the LPGA’s 2025 BMW Ladies Championship

With one streak over, it’s time to start a new one. When World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul won last week in China she was the first repeat winner on the LPGA this season, the longest streak without someone winning twice in the history of the tour. Fitting that it was Thitikul who doubled up. This Read more…

October 17th, 2025

LPGA’s Lucy Li makes hole-in-one to win new car

As if making a hole-in-one wasn’t enough of a prize in itself, one LPGA player earned an actual prize for one on Thursday. And a particularly nice one at that. Lucy Li aced the par-3 13th hole at Pine Beach Golf Links during the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship, holing a 7-iron from Read more…

PGA Tour

October 17th, 2025

‘It’s going to be awesome’: Another Aussie PGA Tour winner confirmed for Australian Open

Fresh off a winning season on the PGA Tour in the United States, rising Australian golfer Karl Vilips will compete in this year’s men’s Australian Open at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December.

October 16th, 2025

Robert Allenby receives huge honour

Robert Allenby has been added to a list of some of Australian golf’s most famous names with induction into the Victorian Golf Hall of Fame.

October 13th, 2025

6-foot-8 South African who crushes the ball among 20 KFT players now PGA Tour members for 2026

A talented, 6-foot-8 South African who crushes the golf ball was among 20 Korn Ferry Tour players who graduated to the PGA Tour for the 2026 season.

LIV Golf

October 17th, 2025

WATCH: Did Bryson DeChambeau dagger Rory McIlroy in his latest episode of ‘Break 50’ or are golf fans imagining things?

What could have (and perhaps should have) been a quiet day during golf’s autumn ebb turned into another hubbub when Bryson DeChambeau seemingly evoked Rory McIlroy’s gut-wrenching missed putt on the 18th hole of the 2024 US Open

October 17th, 2025

‘I can’t beat that!’ Bryson DeChambeau amazed by Stephen Curry driving the green on a 320-yard par 4

Bryson DeChambeau went a disappointing 1-3-1 at the recent Ryder Cup, but we may know what the problem was now: He wasn’t playing with Stephen Curry.

October 14th, 2025

Why Jon Rahm just finished one of the weirdest years in golf history

The 30-year-old played plenty of good golf and made plenty of money during 2025, but there were no great weeks. For the first time since turning pro in 2016, Rahm failed to hoist an individual trophy.

AGD All-Access Pass articles

September 18th, 2025

Editor’s Letter: Is any handicapping system immune to dishonest golfers?

Is any handicapping system immune to dishonest golfers?

September 18th, 2025

Your Questions Answered: October 2025

In our ongoing series with Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland, our readers get clarity on golf’s most pertinent issues

September 18th, 2025

News You May Have Missed: October 2025

Aussies of the month: Aces Galore! Yes, you read that correctly as plural – Aussies of the Month. We saw several professional tour winners across the world, but no clear standout. So, the obvious development in the past month was the string of Australian weekend golfers (and one truly elite junior golfer) bagging aces: Talk Read more…

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How to play

October 14th, 2025

Pros use this simple approach strategy to miss in the right spots

Make your target bigger by aiming at the safe side of the green.

October 13th, 2025

I never noticed how many pros do this – until I started looking

Need something simple to think about during your swing? Then borrow this golf-ball logo trick.

October 11th, 2025

Want to put the high lob shot in your bag? Here’s all you need to know

To perfect the lob shot, you want a soft and loose feeling in your wrists so the weight of the clubhead moves fast through impact.

What to play

October 13th, 2025

The clubs Xander Schauffele used to win the 2025 Baycurrent Classic

A number of clubs in Schauffele’s bag played a role in the win, but it was his Callaway Apex TCB irons that turned the tide down the stretch.

October 7th, 2025

Robot data confirms these 5 irons are best for golfers who routinely miss it off the toe

PXG, Callaway and Cobra are leading the way in producing irons that limit the amount of distance lost for shots off the toe.

October 6th, 2025

The clubs Steven Fisk used to win the 2025 Sanderson Farms Championship

For the week Fisk ranked 15th in strokes gained/putting, picking up nearly four shots on the field and was third in putts per green in regulation.

Where to play

October 14th, 2025

Inside one of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey (no, not Pine Valley)

Being a golf sicko that grew up in New Jersey, I had always heard stories about this place called Due Process. People talked about it with more reverence than they would for Pine Valley. The place only like 60 or 70 members. It’s as exclusive as it gets, yet there are no rules when you’re Read more…

October 10th, 2025

Little by little: The rise of the short course in Australia

News that Royal Queensland Golf Club has received government approval to use its returned parcel of land to develop a new short course continues a welcome trend in course architecture.

October 9th, 2025

US billionaire had Tom Fazio build a $76 million private golf course for his family

They say money can’t buy happiness, but whoever “they” is probably hasn’t meant David Dean Halbert.

Women in Golf

October 15th, 2025

Wollongong set to stage biggest ever Women’s NSW Open in 2026

October 15th, 2025

Epson Tour player shares her expenses from her best week on tour, reveals realities of secondary-tour life

October 13th, 2025

World No.1 puts an end to this crazy LPGA streak with incredible comeback win in Shanghai

Golf Rules

October 9th, 2025

Rules Review: Another golfer found my ball and propped it up in the rough. Can I play it like that?

October 1st, 2025

Rules Review: When does ‘tidying’ a bunker turn into improving your line of play?

September 18th, 2025

Rules: Water, Water Everywhere

Opinion

October 17th, 2025

Opinion: A little slice of the Sandbelt in Perth

October 10th, 2025

Why don’t we care when a journeyman or no-name triumphs on tour?

September 30th, 2025

‘The Badge and The Boys’: Europe’s Ryder Cup inspiration comes from within