There is a story about Patrick Reed that has received very little attention, yet which the 2018 Masters champion feels sums him up as a golfer and a person.
LIV Golf’s latest smash-hit Elvis Smylie reveals his reasons for joining Ripper GC, how he’ll deal with the haters, and why his major championship ambitions remain non-negotiable.
Jared Van Snellenberg, once the bleached blond looper in “Happy Gilmore”, is now (fittingly) a psychiatry professor. He’s a living golf legend, one of the game’s great folk heroes. To golf fans, he might be more recognisable than some recent PGA Tour winners. And yet, he’s never even played a round of golf. It’s been Read more…
Measuring caddie credit in pro golf is a subjective exercise. Few moments are as clearcut as Steve Williams calling Tiger Woods off a bounced-in sand wedge from deep rough in favour of a risky, nuked and spinning lob wedge on the 72nd hole of the 2008 US Open, setting up the most momentous 12-footer ever. Usually, Read more…
With his trademark beard, larger-than-life personality and world-class game, Andrew “Beef” Johnston was once one of golf’s most recognisable figures before seemingly vanishing from the spotlight. So why has the fan-favourite Englishman resurfaced in Western Australia?
While most fans only see the trophies and tee-times, the real work of restoring Australian golf’s professional heartbeat has happened quietly, behind the scenes. The PGA Tour of Australasia’s Nick Dastey and Kim Felton share how a six-year masterplan is bearing fruit, and why the best is yet to come.
Twenty years on from his historic Triple Crown where he won the Australian Open, PGA and Masters in consecutive weeks, Robert Allenby reflects on one of golf’s most extraordinary accomplishments
A short history of 2013 Australian Open champion Rory McIlroy’s affinity for our country, which began when a skinny, 16-year-old amateur hopped on a plane from Northern Ireland to Victoria in 2005.
Out of the LIV Golf firing line and into a brand-new office, Greg Norman is mapping the future on his own terms. But if you think the 70-year-old World Golf Hall of Famer is ready to slow down, think again.
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