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MJ Viljoen’s SDC Open winner’s photo had a very African extra. Trophy in hand and daughter Kylie-Grace tucked in close at Zebula Golf Estate, the South African smiled as an elephant ambled through the background, clearly unimpressed by the silverware. It was a laid-back Bela Bela moment: family, golf and the bush all in one frame. Viljoen soaked it in, Kylie-Grace stole the spotlight, and the elephant reminded everyone who really runs the place.…

Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, known as Sheikh Nasser, spent his final pro-am hole at Royal Golf Club in the best company: a group of young Bahraini golfers. The third in line to the throne made the fairway a friendly playground for the country’s next generation of talent. Surrounded by enthusiastic juniors ahead of the 2026 Bahrain Championship, the prince showed that even royals can enjoy a round of golf with a lively, youthful twist.…

YAN YEAN • VICTORIA At no stage in the storied history of golf in this country has the game been more popular. In the years following the pandemic, participation rates have soared well beyond a million rounds a year. Across the nation, many clubs spruiking for new members pre-Covid have since closed their books and waiting lists have become more of the norm. However, despite golf’s growing popularity, there remains an ongoing fight, especially with local councils in our biggest cities, to keep this wonderful sport easily accessible to the wider golf-loving community. Some local councils campaigning golf as an elite sport and closing courses to create green space have had public golf courses in the crosshairs at different times during the past 25 years. Some have been closed. There…

The February issue of Golf Australia magazine had been well and truly “put to bed”, as we say in the trade, when the man from The Times, Tom Kershaw, scooped everyone and dropped a bomb: Elvis had left the building. Along with Belgian Thomas Detry, Kershaw reported that Australian golf’s “Next Big Thing”, Elvis Smylie, had signed with LIV Golf, presumably, though it had yet to be confirmed, joining Cam Smith’s all-Aussie Ripper GC to replace Matt Jones. Weeks later when that, too, was announced, the press release from LIV Golf, in the way of the startup’s messaging, was global in scale and borderline breathless. “Ripper GC of the LIV Golf League, the global golf league blending world-class competition with entertainment and culture to grow the game worldwide, today announced…

The upgraded venue will feature a technology-enabled driving range powered by TrackMan, Australia’s second URBN SHANX mini-golf course, and the introduction of padel — one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. Designed as a year-round, multi-sport hub, the facility aims to support player development for committed golfers while offering low-barrier, fun experiences for first-timers, families and social players. “Off-course facilities are playing a significant role in growing the game,” said Damien de Bohun (General Manager-- Clubs, Facilities and Places to Play), highlighting their role in welcoming new audiences and strengthening golf’s long-term connection with the community. Led by Greenspace Management, the project reflects the rapid growth of off-course golf across Australia, creating facilities that appeal not only to golfers, but also to non-golfers and the wider community. The vision is to move…

You must be really excited to return home and play in the two showpiece events, in front of home crowds … I’m super-excited. I was just saying to a couple of friends, I think the Aussie crowds are the best to play in front of, especially being Australian. I went down to the men’s Aussie Open and the crowds there were insane. And I think we’ll get a good crowd at the Women’s Aussie Open and the Women’s PGA. Tell us about the bond between yourself, Minjee, Hannah and Grace. Obviously, we saw it in South Korea [at the International Crown event] at the end of last year. But just how close and how special is it to have peers like that as friends? It’s great. I mean, we’ve got…

On the first Tuesday in November of 2024, Robbie Dolan was streaming towards the finish line in the Melbourne Cup aboard Knight’s Choice, a five-year-old bay gelding which had found previously unimagined speed and bolted through a claque of fellow desperate animals “at any old price,” according to race caller Matt Hill. In the pregnant seconds after Dolan crossed the line, it was left to judges to confirm what keen eyeballs had assumed in that flash of colour and muscle and thundering hooves - that Knight’s Choice had won the Cup at odds of 90-1. And the 27-year-old Irishman’s life changed in that instant. Win the race that stops the nation and you can go from obscure figure in a niche sport to front page national news. In the months…

Anine-month gap between the Open Championship and the following year’s Masters means we all have a long time to wait between majors. Once Christmas and the New Year celebrations are out of the way, however, it doesn’t take long for the anticipation to begin. I am no different from anyone else in that respect. They aren’t everything in golf, but a player’s record in the majors does go a long way to telling us just how good or great they are. Of course, it can be argued that no four tournaments should ever completely define a golfer. However, I like that they are special. Four is a good number. Less is more. And, as I can testify, winning at least one of the four – rightly or wrongly – does…

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