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WHITSUNDAYS • QUEENSLAND There is nothing ordinary about playing a round of golf at Hamilton Island Golf Club. From the moment you walk out of your tropical island accommodation, golf bag slung over your shoulder, you are in for an extraordinary day. It is not just a round of golf on a world-class course to tick off your bucket list, either … playing golf here is an experience which extends beyond the 18 holes and is one you won’t easily forget. It all starts with your journey to the course. Take a golf cart or resort shuttle to the Hamilton Island Marina to catch the “Island Links” ferry across the turquoise waters of the Dent Passage. Yes, that’s right, Hamilton Island Golf Club is not on Hamilton Island and is…

Earlier this year, the USGA announced Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio would host the U.S Open in 2045. Yes, that’s correct, 2045. In 2052 it will be at Merion. National Opens are the centrepiece for golf governing bodies and the USGA has started leaning into official “anchor sites”, much like the Open Championship rota of courses in the UK. The U.S Open has been played at 52 different courses since 1895, but the shift towards more tailored venues means it can lock in the event long-term, even as far as 25 years in advance. Governing body Golf Australia in recent times has not had anything like that luxury, relying, almost solely, on government contracts to determine which state the Australian Open would be played in, before then locking down a…

From the hard-nosed rugby league fields of Newcastle to the frantic driving ranges of Tokyo and the elite training grounds of Sanctuary Cove, PGA Professional Michael Jones has spent decades proving that building a better golf swing starts from the ground up. How did you first get involved with golf, and what did your path look like leading up to your PGA traineeship? MICHAEL JONES: I actually started playing golf when I was about 12 or 13. Before that, I played rugby league all my life - hooker and lock, mostly. As I grew older, the guys I was tackling just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I quickly worked out that I wasn’t going to be alive for much longer if I kept trying to bring down those kinds…

Since none of the five Australian men competing at the U.S Open in June managed to make the cut at Shinnecock Hills, there’s been a pause for thought. It was the first time in 67 years it had happened. Adam Scott and Cam Smith, both major champions, were done in two days, as was Min Woo Lee and LIV’s Lucas Herbert, who was playing just his second major out of the past 10. Jason Day, the 2015 PGA champion, only lasted nine holes on the opening day before he withdrew because of a back issue, from which he recovered well enough to finish 55th in theTravellers Championship the following week. The issue of the entire contingent missing the cut was one problem, but another glaring one emerged. Why were those…

In golf, the bottom line shouldn’t always be the top priority. Not for the blazers at the United States Golf Association and the R&A. Not for those charged with running the oldest and most historic major championships, both amateur and professional. And not for those administering the game’s still-too-often esoteric rulebook. It is a fact, or should be. For both organisations, the job description contains more than strict adherence to financially focused business practices. While those obligations clearly need to be observed, compromise is sometimes required. There are big moments when the best interests of the game must supersede the maximising of income and/or profits. Time was, of course, when the USGA and R&A followed that noble doctrine religiously, to the point where both were labelled “stuffy”. Things have changed,…

Across the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and LIV Golf, there have been elite peaks, uneven middle ground, and a widening gap between those converting chances and those still searching for rhythm. If report cards were handed out today, there would be straight As, solid passes and a few players still sitting in the “working hard, needs consistency” bracket. PGA TOUR: FINDING FORM Australia’s PGA Tour group arrives at the midpoint of the season with no shortage of talent, but limited continuity. The difference between good weeks and good seasons has rarely been clearer. Cam Davis’ 2026 season has been a struggle so far. Across 12 starts, he has made just three cuts, a return that places him in survival mode as the season hits crunch time. The year began with…

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The U.S Open has never concerned itself with fairness. It does not reward reputation, sentiment or expectation. It simply asks questions until there are no answers left. At Shinnecock Hills in 2026, those questions came in waves, through rolling fog, shifting winds, bruising greens and mounting pressure until only one player remained standing. By Sunday evening on Long Island, Wyndham Clark had emerged from the examination with a second U.S Open title in four years, completing a week that demanded patience, composure and resilience in equal measure. The championship opened in suitably dramatic fashion. Before the field had even settled into rhythm on Thursday morning, the weather intervened. After just 30 minutes of play, officials suspended the opening round for two hours, as thick fog swallowed sections of the golf…