Archive | October, 2008

Albinski takes Victorian Senior Amateur Golf Championship

Albinski takes Victorian Senior Amateur Golf Championship

Sydney golfer Stefan Albinski has started the senior amateur golf season with a bang with a magnificent come from behind win in the 2008 Victorian Senior Amateur Championship. Albinski, the current Australian Senior Amateur Champion, fired a final round 67 to make up for a wayward start of a nine over 80. He improved every [...]

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PGA Australia Summer of Golf

PGA Australia Summer of Golf

 THE PGA of Australia has released a new look “Summer of Golf” schedule for 2009 and a “refreshed” PGA Tour of Australasia  brand that includes the consolidation of its major events with the support cast from its secondary Von Nida Tour. The 2009 “Summer of Golf” will see the  staging of seven events in six [...]

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Peter Senior wins the Handa Australia Cup

Peter Senior wins the Handa Australia Cup

Peter Senior wound back the clock to win the Handa Australia Cup in Perth, Mathew Goggin fired a seven-under par 63 to finish in third place at the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Arizona, Gavin Coles fired a three-under par 68 to finish in a tie for third place at the Miccosukee Championships in Miami, Florida and David Gleeson clinched a three shot victory at the Macau Open to break his six year drought. See the full Aussies in Action world roundup

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Are You Fit For Golf?

Are You Fit For Golf?

Loss of flexibility and strength can be a real problem for older golfers. Here, Trent Malcolm, an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, provides a tailored improvement program especially for older golfers.

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Ross Percy record win in SA Seniors

Ross Percy record win in SA Seniors

Victorian golfer Ross Percy has recorded the lowest ever score in an Australian Senior Order of Merit round to win the 2008 South Australian Seniors Championship. Percy’s final round four under par 64 secured his first ever Order of Merit victory. It was a very popular win for the much travelled Victorian. Percy had an [...]

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Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship Result

Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship Result

Victorian golfer Richard Froebel has won the Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship in Adelaide. It was two years on the trot for Froebel, from Cranbourne Golf Club, who also won the event in Darwin last year. Some 250 golfers from around the country took part in the week long event, with the 54 championship holes played at thee of Adelaide’s premier courses. NOW UPDATED WITH FULL RESULTS.

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Want to caddie for Rodger Davis?

Want to caddie for Rodger Davis?

Legendary Australian golfer Rodger Davis is looking for a caddie for the 2008 NSW Open in November. Davis is leaving his caddie at home and auctioning this fantastic opportunity to “walk inside the ropes”  to the highest bidder, all to benefit the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The winning bidder will caddie for Davis, 1989 NSW Open [...]

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Caddie says Norman was as good as Woods

Caddie says Norman was as good as Woods

Leading caddie Steve Williams has revealed some fascinating insights into his current boss Tiger Woods compared to former boss and friend Greg Norman.
In an interview with Peter Stone, published on smh.com.au, Williams says Norman was as good a player as Woods and could have been equal to the best of what Tiger has done. But his fatal flaw was in dwelling on bad shots and not being able to get over them.

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Leishman smashes field in maiden Nationwide Tour win

Leishman smashes field in maiden Nationwide Tour win

Marc Leishman became the sixth Aussie winner on the Nationwide Tour on the weekend, claiming the WNB Golf Classic in Texas by a whopping 11 shots and rocketing into the Top 25.
The 24 year old Victorian smashed the field to finish on 21 under par, equaling the Nationwide Tour’s largest margin of victory. See the full roundup of world golf inlcudng the senior tour results.

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Ballesteros diagnosed with brain tumour

Ballesteros diagnosed with brain tumour

Five times major winner Seve Ballesteros has been diagnosed with a brain tumour after undergoing tests at a Madrid hospital. “I inform you that after an exhaustive check that was realised at Hospital La Paz, a brain tumour has been detected,” the 51-year-old Spanish golf legend said in a statement issued by the hospital. “During [...]

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Ladies European Tour/ALPG Tour
Feb 2-5 Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters, RACV Royal Pines Resort, QLD, $500,000. Last year's winner: Yani Tseng
US PGA Tour
Feb 2-5 Waste Management Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, $6,100,000. Last year's winner: Mark Wilson
European PGA Tour
Feb 2-5 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy, Doha GC, Doha, Qatar, $2,500,000. Last year's winner: Thomas Bjorn
PGA of Australia Legends Series
Feb 6 PGA Centenary Queensland Member Day, Royal Queensland Golf Club, QLD, Optional Sweepstakes
PGA of AUSTRALIA PRO-AMS
Feb 1 Country Club Tasmania & SIW/IGA Pro Am, Country Club Tasmania, TAS, $7,000
Feb 1 Fleetweld Devilbend Pro-Am, Devilbend Golf Club, VIC, $10,000
Feb 2 Launceston Mitsubishi Exeter Golf Club Pro-Am, Exeter Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 3 9/11 Bottleshop Ulverstone Pro-Am, Ulverstone Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 3 2012 Victorian Club Professional Championship, Forest Resort Creswick, VIC, Sweepstakes
Feb 4 Stanley Seaview Inn Pro-Am, Stanley Golf Club, TAS, $6,500
Feb 5 James Boag Port Sorell Pro-Am, Port Sorell Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 6 Flinders Pro-Am sponsored by Bendigo Bank, Flinders Golf Club, VIC, $12,500
Feb 6 PGA Centenary Queensland Member Day, Royal Queensland Golf Club, QLD, Optional Sweepstakes
Feb 7 RACV Cape Schanck Resort Pro-Am, RACV Cape Schanck Resort, VIC, $10,000

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