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Canadian Anna Huang realises her triumph on the 18th green of Centurion Club after a dramatic finish to the PIF London Championship last month. The 17-year-old held her nerve to drain an eagle putt on the final green and finish two shots clear of Charley Hull at 22-under par, sealing her fourth Ladies European Tour title. At 17 years, nine months and 10 days, Huang also became the youngest player to win four LET titles, eclipsing Kiwi Lydia Ko’s previous record of 18 years, four months and 20 days.…

Peter Thomson was one of the game’s greatest-ever links players, having raised the Auld Claret Jug as Open Champion five times in his remarkable career. Links golf was more accommodating of Thomson’s strengths, which was less about power and founded more on control, strategy and imagination. He taught himself how to master hitting low-trajectory draws so he wouldn’t have to fight the wind, and he embraced the distance and bounce provided by firm fairways and greens. He was, perhaps, the game’s greatest advocate for keeping the ball on the ground as much as possible and he always preferred putting, or a chip-and-run shot with a low-lofted iron, from off the green. The ground game philosophy followed him into his 51-year golf course design career. He would regularly argue the soft,…

A Claret Jug tour of Australia, even a short one, looms as another strong addition to the golfing summer, which will be boosted by increased prizemoney and new courses, as well as the impending return of Rory McIlroy. The 19-event schedule for the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia was confirmed early in August amid rising interest from players both locally and abroad and growing expectation newly minted Open Champion Ryan Fox would take part. Across 207 days, a horde of players, including former US Army officer Marcus Plunkett, who was one of eight to earn status at the second edition of US Qualifying School in Georgia in July, will vie for around $12m in prizemoney. Nick Dastey, the PGA of Australia General Manager of Tournaments and Global Tour Relationships, and…

Jason Day’s body failed him again at the worst possible time and he missed the PGA Tour playoffs for the first time in 18 years. However, the end of his streak arguably sat second on the fallout list for International team captain Geoff Ogilvy, who had already feared he wouldn’t have the former world No.1 available for the Presidents Cup showdown with the USA at Medinah later this month. Day’s renewed passion for the biennial contest and his leadership were crucial ingredients in 2024 in Montreal, and Ogilvy had been in constant contact with him throughout his recent challenges, keen for his presence in Chicago. Forced to withdraw from two PGA Tour events following his missed cut at The Open as he battled back issues, Day’s attempt to qualify for…

Tim, let’s start right back at the beginning. Where did the passion for golf first spark for you? The passion started a long way from the Sandbelt; over a decade of my life in Papua New Guinea. My dad loved golf, and eventually, my mum found the game as well, so we had a pretty good trio of golf maniacs. Growing up in an environment like PNG, how did the local course conditions or the unique lifestyle there shape your early perception of what golf could be, compared to traditional Aussie club settings? It gave you a completely different perspective, because it wasn’t about pristine, manicured Sandbelt perfection; it was about pure enjoyment and being outdoors with family. Because Dad was so hooked and Mum eventually joined in, it felt…

There was a time when the words “retirement living” conjured images of slowing down, downsizing and, for many people, giving up a little independence along the way. Those perceptions are changing quickly, and developments like Levande Oatlands are helping redefine what retirement can actually look like. Set within the grounds of Sydney’s Oatlands Golf Club, Levande Oatlands is a rare development that brings together premium homes, expansive green space and a genuine sense of community in one of the city’s most unique settings. This isn’t a retirement village sitting beside a golf course – it’s integrated into one, giving residents uninterrupted views across rolling fairways and established trees that are becoming increasingly difficult to find in metropolitan Sydney. For golfers, the appeal is obvious. Imagine stepping outside each morning to…

Nigh on half a century ago, golf’s greatest champion, Jack Nicklaus, took it upon himself to pen a letter. Written from the heart, it turned out to be a highly significant missive, one which transformed the fortunes of an historic, but faltering occasion that is now arguably the most popular event in the game. It was in the wake of the 1977 Ryder Cup matches at Royal Lytham (a “contest” which produced the then-inevitable victory for the United States over the perennially hapless Great British and Ireland squad) that the Golden Bear wrote to Lord Derby, president of the British PGA. Jack had a suggestion. Because the result of the trans-Atlantic biennial contest had reached a state of acute predictability, it was clear that GB&I needed reinforcements. So how about adding…

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Geoff Ogilvy knows it can be done; he’s adamant, even. First as a Presidents Cup player, then an assistant captain and for close to two years now in charge of the International team’s planning, Ogilvy has been trying to “crack the code” and end team USA’s dominance of the biennial event. His planning time, from thinking about it once a month, then once a week, then all day every day, quickly whittled down to a matter of weeks ahead of the September showdown at Medinah Country Club in Chicago. As it loomed ever closer, with newly minted Open Champion Ryan Fox storming into the International team for the first time after Korean star and Presidents Cup lover Tom Kim won the Scottish Open the week before, there was a growing…