29 July 2010
PETER SENIOR has arrived at the scene of the 2010 US Senior Open Championship brimming with confidence following his third placing at the Senior British Open. The veteran Aussie golfer believes the tight, tree lined Sahalee Country Club course in Seattle, Washington, will suit his game. The tournament gets underway Friday AEST with Fox Sports coverage beginning [...]
29 July 2010
ENTRIES for two of Australia’s top senior amateur golf tournaments are now open - the 2010 Australian Women’s Senior Championship and the 2010 Australian Men’s Senior Match Championships. The two tournaments will take place at separate venues from 25-29 October. The Australian Women’s Senior Amateur will be played at the Commonwealth Golf Club on Melbourne’s sand-belt, the [...]
26 July 2010
RODGER DAVIS has played one of the shots of the year to birdie the final hole of the day and claim his third Queensland Senior Open title at Nudgee Golf Club. With his drive bunkered on the left hand side of the fairway and his approach to the elevated 18th green obscured by an overhanging Moreton [...]
26 July 2010
GERMANY’S Bernhard Langer has held off a determined challenge by Corey Pavin to win the 2010 British Senior Open Championship with Australia’s Peter Senior third. Senior began his day strongly with three birdies on first four holes to put himself right in contention but the ever challenging Carnoustie course caught up with him when he bogeyed [...]
16 July 2010
THE future of Australia’s premier senior golf tournament, the Handa Australian Senior Open, continues to strengthen with the announcement to co-sanction the event with the European Senior Tour. The three year co-sanctioning of the Handa Australian Senior Open will see a $100,000 increase in the prize money to AUD$400,000 and the inclusion of the leading 30 [...]
16 July 2010
YOUNG Irishman Rory McIlroy set the lowset first round score in the history of the British Open with a nine under 63 to lead the championship at the St Andrews Old Course after day one. LIVE LEADERBOARD
16 July 2010
JUST released figures show the average male and female handicaps in Australia have risen since the introduction of the new golf handicapping system on 9 April. The average male handicap rose by 1.15 points whilst for women it was 2.21 points. But the average increases were not even across the handicap ranges, with low single figure [...]
12 July 2010
ONCE again all those searching for live television free to air coverage of the 2010 British Open golf won’t find much joy. Channel Nine supposedly has the rights sewn up to golf’s oldest and most loved major golf tournament but at this stage they seem to have more commitment to screening old episodes of Skippy. Fox Sports [...]
06 July 2010
A NEW report shows an increase of almost seven percent in competition rounds played by Australian golfers in 2009. The Australian Golf Industry Council report says the additional rounds generated a $4.56 million boost to golf club revenues. Much of the increased rounds came from male golfers — up by 7.7 per cent and they contributed 81 [...]
06 July 2010
FORMER Tour professional and now well known television presenter Grant Dodd has been given the task of taking the game of golf to a wider audience. It was announced today Dodd has been appointed as PGA of Australia ambassador for 12 months. “Grant is universally known within the Australian golf community and is respected for both his [...]
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