Articles by Steve Kiepert

Course Overview: Hamilton Island Golf Course

Few golf destinations globally have woven their fairways into the natural landscape as seamlessly as Hamilton Island Golf Course, Australiaโ€™s only 18-hole championship course on its own island

Top 100 Spotlight: The Heritage G&CC (Henley)

Of the eight courses to earn their way back into our biennial Top 100 Golf Courses ranking on merit (as opposed to returning after previous omission due to renovation work), none jumped higher than the 77th-ranked Henley course at The Heritage. It also surpassed its sister course, the St John, for the first time since Read moreโ€ฆ

Top 100 Spotlight: Avondale Golf Club

Call it secluded, call it unheralded, call it hidden within the bushy suburbs of Australiaโ€™s largest city. Whichever way you wish to frame it, found mere walking distance from Sydneyโ€™s bustling Pacific Highway is the bushland oasis of Avondale, which has been a steady rankings riser ever since Ross Watson oversaw thorough redesign work in Read moreโ€ฆ

Tournaments: Mastering Their Trade

The 2024 edition of the Australian Master of the Amateurs will continue to build on a foundation thatโ€™s been growing for more than 26 years