Inside Golf Australia

THE superintendent holding the tiller on the Burleigh Golf Course ship for the past 17 years has cut the painter and headed off into the sunset. Darryl Edwards, an award-winning golf course superintendent, told Inside Golf it was time to “smell the roses” and reset the alarm clock that woke him from his slumber at four o’clock every working day morning. “I said to my wife, Anne-Marie, ‘that’s the four o’clock rise of a morning out of the way for a little while’,” he laughed.

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THE final golf ball has been struck at Victoria Park. After more than 90 years of golf on one of Brisbane’s most historic sporting sites, the gates have closed, the thwack of golf balls being struck have fallen silent and the bulldozers have moved in. For many Brisbane residents, the redevelopment of Victoria Park for the 2032 Olympic Games is being presented as progress.

GOLF Australia has entered into a partnership with the DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR to continue to elevate the men’s Capital.com Australian Open. Covering 2027, 2028 and 2029, the new agreement will see the national championship again co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, continuing the tournament’s momentum.

FROM Peter Thomson, twice successful at the Southport Links course, to Ian Baker Finch in 1991, Australians have enjoyed a measure of success at Royal Birkdale, venue for this year’s 154th Open Championship. So too the Americans, who have won the Claret Jug in six of the 10 previous occasions Birkdale has hosted the world’s oldest major championship. It’s a course rich in history, and one likely to crown another worthy ‘Champion Golfer’ in 2026.

SO many superb golf facilities often lack soul. Not so, when talking about Moonah Links Resort on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, with two highly acclaimed championship golf courses, a pristine clubhouse with multiple dining options clubhouse and quiet, comfortable resort accommodation, all just over an hour from the city of Melbourne.

The Great Southern Golf Cruise finishes in style at the New South Wales course in Sydney. EXPERIENCE the perfect fusion of championship golf and refined cruising on The Great Southern Australia Golf Cruise, hosted by PGA Professional Robert Stock.

FOR Australian golfers planning their next overseas golf adventure, Thailand has long been a favourite destination. Great weather, outstanding hospitality, exceptional value, and world-class golf continue to attract golfers from across Australia year after year. Yet today’s golf traveller is looking for more than simply another round of golf. They seek memorable experiences, exceptional facilities, authentic destinations, and golf clubs that deliver excellence from arrival to departure.

WITH his recent return to something like the form which saw him claim the Open Championship in 2022, Cameron Smith will arrive at Royal Birkdale with a level of confidence, with a number of golfing experts predicting a bold showing.

THERE’S no doubt that if not for the great Jack Nicklaus, we’d be lauding major championship wins for two of Australian golf’s genuine trailblazers. So, it was hardly surprising when Bruce Crampton and Bruce Devlin were last month awarded life membership of the PGA of Australia, alongside West Australian Rob Farley. Crampton, now aged 90, finished runner-up in all three of the United States’ major championships in the early 1970s, and usually that was because Nicklaus was at his peak.