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If there was a better seat at the Austrian Alpine Open than the hillsides surrounding the 18th green, nobody found it. Fans lined every available vantage point at Golfplatz Kitzbühel - Schwarzsee-Reith in late May, turning the natural amphitheatre into one of the most picturesque finishing holes on the DP World Tour schedule. They were rewarded with a breakthrough performance from Japan’s Kota Kaneko, who calmly closed out his maiden DP World Tour title with a final-round display that belied his 23 years. Fresh from earning his tour card by topping last season’s Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit, Kaneko continued his rapid rise in Europe, winning by two shots and giving spectators another reason to remember a spectacular week in the Austrian Alps.…

Bernard Darwin is widely considered to be the greatest golf writer of all time. And there was no more vocal advocate for the joys of links golf than the Englishman. From the early 1900s through to the 1950s, Darwin penned hundreds of thousands of words deeply romanticising his love for the wild, rugged nature of links golf. He possessed a poetic, spiritual view of the game and often wrote of only feeling truly “alive” when playing the greatest of games on windswept, sandy shores. “The wind blowing, the seagulls screaming, the sand hills looking lonely and majestic … that is the golf that remains in the memory,” Darwin famously wrote. I couldn’t agree more. And that’s what you can experience at Magenta Shores Golf and Country Club. The origins of…

The Kingston Heath which Rory McIlroy recently confirmed was on his “Mt Rushmore” of golf courses will take on a dramatic new look when he returns for the Australian Open in 2026. The two-time Masters champ rattled a few cages days before his appearance in last year’s event at Royal Melbourne when he said the host course wasn’t even the “best in Melbourne”. That provocative statement came despite the West Course in Black Rock taking a clear place at No.1 on Golf Australia magazine’s top 100 list. McIlroy has a clear love for Kingston Heath, and taking the national Open to the course ranked No.3 on that top 100 list played no small part in getting him to sign a two-tournament deal to try to win a second Stonehaven Cup. However,…

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Golf always seemed to be the natural path for Brisbane-based PGA Professional Shane Heath. Yet, his journey to the lesson tee wasn’t a straight line. The regimen didn’t start with a singular focus on coaching; it was forged through a comprehensive understanding of golf operations and the diverse demands of managing a bustling public venue. We sat down with Shane to map out his time in both management and instruction, tracing how a career initially aimed at running venues transformed into a genuine passion for building players. How long have you been a PGA member now, and what does your current role at St Lucia look like on a day-to-day basis? I have been a pro since 2016, and I’ve been here at St Lucia since the middle of 2017.…

The NSW Government has confirmed Sydney’s iconic Moore Park Golf Course will be reduced from 18 holes to 12, finalising a controversial redevelopment plan which will transform large sections of the site into new public parkland and recreational space. Planning Minister Paul Scully announced the final Moore Park South Establishment Plan in May, bringing to an end years of political and community debate over the future of one of Australia’s busiest public golf courses. The revised proposal increases the golf offering from an earlier nine-hole concept to a redesigned 12-hole, par-45 public course. Under the redevelopment, 20 hectares of the existing golf course will be converted into open public space featuring walking and cycling paths, sports courts, a fenced dog park, fitness equipment, picnic areas and new community facilities. The golf…

Benevolent dictatorship is truly a wonderful thing; an ideal which would surely benefit almost every aspect of our existence on this planet. The world of golf certainly needs something similar. At just about every level, professional and amateur, the game is right now run by an alphabet-soup of initials and acronyms, all with often-conflicting self-interests at their hearts. It is an overcrowded status quo crying out for drastic amendment. A big-hearted boss whose sole aim is not simply winning a cold-hearted competition to generate the most money is absolutely required. Instead, an overriding instinct and intent to do only what is best for the sport should be his/her/its primary characteristic. If things were currently as they should be, that description is one we would readily apply to the Royal &…

The 154th Open Championship returns in July to Royal Birkdale in Southport, England, for the 11th time. The seaside links has boasted an eclectic list of winners, including Aussie Ian Baker-Finch in 1991, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson and, most recently, Jordan Spieth in 2017. Spieth orchestrated a brilliant final-round finish, though he struggled immensely out of the gates that Sunday, shooting a 3-over 37 on the front nine to give his playing partner, Matt Kuchar, a chance. In the end, though, it was Spieth’s bogey he salvaged on the par-4 13th hole when he was way right off the tee, and his 4-under finish over the final five holes, that gets remembered. “The image that lasts with me most from that week was Jordan hitting that…

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