Australian Senior Golfer

The Australian team has recorded a resounding victory at the 2008 Asia-Pacific Senior Golf Championship played in Sabah, Malaysia. Current Australian Senior Amateur Champion Stefan Albinski compounded the win, taking out the individual championship. The six man Australian team of Rick Oliver (captain), Denis Dale, Ross Percy, Brian Sams, Nigel Goodall and Albinksi finished 23 [...]

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There are news reports that the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball is on the verge of being banned.
But if you are one of the many who hold the Titleist Pro V1’s dear, don’t panic. Reports of their demise may be premature. It all revolves around a long running dispute with Callaway over alleged infringement of technology patents. Titleist has responded to a US District court injunction stopping the manufacture of the balls. UPDATED WITH TITLEIST FAQ.

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Geoff Ogilvy has finished in a tie for third place at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai; Victorian Tim Wood has held off a late charge from Peter Senior and Michael Long to win the 2008 Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship at Riverside Oaks; Jarrod Lyle, Greg Chalmers, Aron Price and Marc Leishman have secured their 2009 US PGA TOUR cards after finishing in the Top 25 on the Nationwide Tour Money List for 2008; Camilo Villegas and Ian Poulter will join Greg Norman for the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth and the NSW Open, the year’s final Von Nida event, gets underway in the Hunter Valley

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Queensland golfer Mike Ferguson has won the inaugural Greater Building Society Australian Masters Invitational at the Emerald Lakes Golf Club on the Gold Coast. Hs final round 71 left him two shots clear of in form New Zealander Stuart Reese and tournament drawcard Ian Baker-Finch. Ferguson earned $30,000 for his victory in the seniors event [...]

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What is the key to starting the golf swing back in the take away? Head Teaching Professional Bobby Eldridge of PurePoint Golf says one of the top five most asked questions in the past 25 years has been, “What starts the backswing?” Here, in the first of a series of articles on the full golf swing, Eldridge graphically answers that question. The answer, he says, is that the clubhead, shaft, your hands, arms and right shoulder move in ONE PIECE at the exact same time.

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FIFTY FOUR year old former New Zealand PGA Champion Stuart Reese gave tournament golf away for 16 years after losing all feel and confidence in his golf swing. “I couldn’t even hit balls in front of my members, I was just too embarrassed,” the Club Peninsula Professional (NZ) says. Now he has fought back with an opening round of six under par to lead the Greater Building Society Australian Masters Invitational at Emerald Lakes Golf Club.

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With just two events to go on the 2008 Von Nida Tour, New Zealander Michael Long has jumped to the top of the Money List with a three shot victory at the Oceanique WA PGA Championship. In Florida, Robert Allenby narrowly missed claiming his first US Tour title in seven years bogeying the final hole at the Ginn sur Mer Classic to finish two shots behind winner Ryan Palmer. See all the latest results in Aussies in Action.

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New South Wales golfer Sylvia Donohoe has won her fifth Australian Women’s Senior Amateur Championship in convincing fashion at the Ulverstone Golf Club in Tasmania. After two tough previous matches where she was taken to the 18th hole, Donohoe defeated Liz Smyth from the ACT 4/3. Donohoe went into the back 9 two up after [...]

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Former US PGA champion Wayne Grady has fired a final round 68 to win the Australian Senior Open at Sydney’s Concord Golf Club for the second year running. Grady took home the $54,000 Handa Open winner’s cheque in the prestigious $300,000 event after a strong challenge from last year’s runner-up David Merriman. Grady and Merriman [...]

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