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05 September 2008
WALKING not only boosts physical health but new Australian research shows it can also help your brain stay younger longer. That’s good news for (the many cartless) older golfers and means that even if your score starts to skyrocket as your aging body deteriorates, at least you’ll still have the mental capacity to add it all up at the end of the round.
01 September 2008
The strong six man Australian team chosen to compete in the 2008 Asia-Pacific Senior Golf Championship in Malaysia in November is hoping to go one better after previous national teams finished second in the last two championships. The Australian team includes Rick Oliver (NSW), Denis Dale (NSW), Ross Percy (VIC), Brian Sams (NSW), Nigel Goodall (WA) [...]
01 September 2008
The maximum men’s golf handicap has now increased to 36.4 under changes announced by Golf Australia. A number of other measures also come into force as of September 1, including new provisions cracking down on players suspected of “manipulating” their handicaps, and help for those returning from injury.
29 August 2008
Actor Sean Connery, the original and best James Bond, has revealed that preparing for the movie Goldfinger led to his lifelong passion for golf. In his just released memoir, Connery says he came to see golf as a metaphor for living, that it greatly enhanced his life and was the nearest he ever came to having a religion.
28 August 2008
Billy McWilliam was one of Australia's most famous golf coaches and when he passed away this week he left a legacy that had touched golfing careers going back to the likes of a young Greg Norman and stretched to more recently guiding Sarah Kemp on the path to LPGA success. He was still an active coach well into his 80's.
21 August 2008
Many people have long suspected Tiger Woods could walk on water and now there is a video to "prove" it. The first look at a long-rumoured "Jesus Shot" has been posted on YouTube, showing Woods hitting a wedge from the middle of a water hazard. Problem is, he does break Rule 13-4 in the process.
19 August 2008
Tony and Joe are playing a course that is wet and muddy. Both have played their second shots to just short of the green. Joe is away by a few centimetres. Tony, thinking his ball will interfere with Joe's play, marks, lifts and puts it in his pocket so he can hold an umbrella and his clubs.
18 August 2008
Leading golf physiotherapist Ramsay McMaster shows an ideal way to warm up for golf with a five minute, five step routine that will not only aid in injury prevention but provides a sequence that will help build up the correct "feel" in your golf swing and get your round off to a great start.
15 August 2008
Australian Senior Golfer is teaming with Ramsay McMaster, a leading authority on golf and the body, to publish a series of articles on golf fitness, particularly relating to older golfers. Ramsay, founder of the Melbourne Golf Injury Clinic, is a golf physiotherapist who has worked with countless average golfers, with top tour pros and coaches and with PGA's around the world.
11 August 2008
Padraig Harrington has come from nowhere to win the US PGA Championship and end Europe's 78 year drought in the event. It was Harrignton's second major on the trot and he's won three of the last six majors. Aaron Baddeley was the best placed Australian
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