Golf Australia Magazine

Ripper: Aussies in touch after entertaining day one at LIV Adelaide

Cleary: If nobody cares about LIV Golf, why do so many people care?

Norman rejects other states, locks in Adelaide

Professional golf suddenly has two dominant forces

How to watch this week’s golf
Turn it up: Greg Norman on Rory McIlroy, LIV Adelaide, and the "best golf event that's ever been to Australia"

Ogilvy named Presidents Cup assistant captain

Exhausted Korda withdraws from L.A Championship

Playing From The Tips Ep.60: LIV Adelaide, Zurich Classic & more

Winner’s Bag: Nelly Korda – Chevron Championship

More News

Second-place finish for Aussie at Saudi Open

Second-place finish for Aussie at Saudi Open

Australian Wade Ormsby registered his best performance since winning the International Series Thailand in March last year by carding a stunning 64 in the final round of the Saudi Open at Riyadh Golf Club at the weekend.

Weather only barrier for red-hot Scheffler

Weather only barrier for red-hot Scheffler

World No.1 and 2024 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler holed a difficult pitch for eagle on his second hole on Sunday and turned the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage into another rout, however a storm system with heavy rain stopped play for two and half hours.

Korda claims her second major, ties LPGA's win streak record

Korda claims her second major, ties LPGA's win streak record

Nelly Korda has etched her name into the LPGA Tour record books, winning a record-tying fifth-straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship for her second Major title.

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

LIV Golf’s on this week which means one thing: golf’s version of #CodeWars will heat up again, with punters and pundits shouting opinions into TikTok, or what have you, about whether the PGA Tour or LIV Golf is better, and denigrating the other one to make their point.

Gabi Ruffels: The 'Unrookie' Rookie

Gabi Ruffels: The 'Unrookie' Rookie

Gabi Ruffels is the LPGA Tour's unrookie Rookie. By rights she should be pretty raw, given it’s only eight years since she started playing golf with any form of commitment and just six years since she enrolled at the University of Southern California on a golf scholarship. But, no, she’s not raw. At all.

News

The Chevron Championship 2024 First Round Tee Times (AEST)

The first women’s Major of the year, the Chevron Championship, has finally arrived. Here are the first-round tee times for Thursday night converted to Australian Eastern Standard Time, with all the Aussies in bold.

How to watch this week’s golf

In the aftermath of the attention-demanding tsunami that is the Masters, we return to regular programming this week, highlighted by the USLPGA’s major, The Chevron Championship.

Ruffels focused, confident and in-form ahead of first women's major

Ruffels focused, confident and in-form ahead of first women's major

Gabi Ruffels is in a sweet spot. She’s 24 years old, seeing the world and playing golf for fun. And, ahead of the first women’s major championship of the year, The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods in Texas, she’s in pretty tasty form.

Playing From The Tips Ep.58: Chevron, RBC Heritage, Saudi Open & more

Playing From The Tips Ep.58: Chevron, RBC Heritage, Saudi Open & more

From one major to another … The Masters is run and won for 2024, but this week it’s the game’s best women who take centre stage at their first major for the year, The Chevron Championship in Texas.

Smith the pick of the Aussies at Augusta

Smith the pick of the Aussies at Augusta

Cameron Smith was the pick of the Aussies at Augusta National.

Features

Ripper: Aussies in touch after entertaining day one at LIV Adelaide

The big sign at the front gate of The Grange says 'WELCOME' in LIV Golf's recognisable font with aquamarine plumage, and on Friday for day one of the second annual golf-, drink- and music-fest maybe 35,000 fans said don't mind if they do.

Cleary: If nobody cares about LIV Golf, why do so many people care?

The man on talkback radio was adamant: it’s party golf. It’s an exhibition. It isn’t real golf. The punters on Facebook agree: no legacy, no history, no value. And the kicker, uttered without irony, without reading this yarn: nobody cares.

Turn it up: Greg Norman on Rory McIlroy, LIV Adelaide, and the

Turn it up: Greg Norman on Rory McIlroy, LIV Adelaide, and the "best golf event that's ever been to Australia"

And so to Adelaide for a movie we’ve seen before - call it 'LIV Adelaide II: Return to The Grange' - and we’re straight into a mighty marquee for a Big Cheese Presser, Matt Cleary reports.

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

LIV Golf’s on this week which means one thing: golf’s version of #CodeWars will heat up again, with punters and pundits shouting opinions into TikTok, or what have you, about whether the PGA Tour or LIV Golf is better, and denigrating the other one to make their point.

Gabi Ruffels: The 'Unrookie' Rookie

Gabi Ruffels: The 'Unrookie' Rookie

Gabi Ruffels is the LPGA Tour's unrookie Rookie. By rights she should be pretty raw, given it’s only eight years since she started playing golf with any form of commitment and just six years since she enrolled at the University of Southern California on a golf scholarship. But, no, she’s not raw. At all.

COURSES AND TRAVEL

Review: Cobram Barooga Golf Club

The founding members of Cobram Golf Club could never have envisioned their humble nine-hole sand scrape course would one day expand to become a massive rolling 36-hole complex.

Review: Pymble Golf Club

Of all the questions that are asked of a golf course one that is rarely heard is “does it give the members what they want?”

Ranking: The ‘Nearly’ Courses for 2024

Ranking: The ‘Nearly’ Courses for 2024

The ranking of Australia’s Top-100 Courses for 2024 was recently published in Golf Australia Magazine.

Review: Red Rocks Golf Course

Review: Red Rocks Golf Course

Phillip Island is about two hours’ drive south of Melbourne and is internationally famous for two things – its motor racing circuit and the daily march of penguins that waddle ashore at sunset.

Review: Moonah Links

Review: Moonah Links

A tick over 25 years ago, five-time Open Champion and prolific course designer Peter Thomson stood on a sand dune overlooking a vast area of grazing land on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. He liked what he saw. He would later proclaim the site as the “some of the finest golfing land to be found in Australia.”

Galleries

Gallery: 2024 Masters Sunday

Scottie Scheffler's second victory at Augusta National in three years offered terrific theatre for the patrons on-course and for fans across the globe, as did the rest of the field wherever they ventured on this stunning layout. Here, we present the best of the best imagery as snapped by some of the world's best sports photographers on the job at the final round at Augusta.

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Three

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Three

As the hype surrounding the start of this year's Masters tournament builds, the players have been treating every minute they're spending out on the famed Augusta course like gold during the vital practice rounds. Here, we present the best images captured during the latest session.

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Two

Gallery: 2024 Masters Practice Day Two

As the most prestigious golf tournament on the planet drawers ever closer, the superstar combatants have begun either attempting to eliminate the last of any bugs remaining in their game, or are further fine-tuning their approach and tactics for the 2024 Masters. Here, we present the best images captured out on the historic layout on the second day of practice.

Gallery: 2024 Masters Monday

Gallery: 2024 Masters Monday

The superstars and the passionate fans have arrived at Augusta National, as the field prepares to contest the 88th Masters Tournament. Here are the best images from on the ground during the opening practice round.

EQUIPMENT

Winner’s Bag: Stephan Jaeger – Texas Children’s Houston Open.

Stephan Jaeger ended Scottie Scheffler’s winning run at the Houston Open. Here is what he had in the bag to emerge victorious.

Winner's bag: Scottie Scheffler – The Players Championship

Scottie Scheffler has become the first player in history to go back-to-back at The Players Championship. Here is what he used to achieve the monumental first.

Winner’s Bag: Scottie Scheffler – Arnold Palmer Invitational

Winner’s Bag: Scottie Scheffler – Arnold Palmer Invitational

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler returned to the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour with his win at Bay Hill, here is what he had in the bag during the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

First look: PING’s all-new G730 & i530 irons

First look: PING’s all-new G730 & i530 irons

PING’s latest additions to the irons market are all about gaining you more distance and, ultimately, making the game more enjoyable for you.

Winner’s Bag: Joaquin Niemann – LIV Jeddah.

Winner’s Bag: Joaquin Niemann – LIV Jeddah.

Australian Open champion Joaquin Niemann has continued his electric start to the 2024 season, picking up his second LIV Golf win of the year at LIV Jeddah. Here is the equipment he used to seal the deal at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.