Australian Senior Golfer

LEGENDARY Kiwi golfer Sir Bob Charles will turn 73 during the running of the New Zealand Open this Saturday but the World Golf Hall of Famer hasn’t been talking up his chances of making his second cut in a row at the event.

Charles turned the competition on its ear last time, finishing T23, twice shooting better than his age, coming home third best Kiwi and becoming the oldest player in history to make the cut at a major PGA Tour event.

With a sudden cold snap plummeting temperatures and bringing snow and soggy conditions to New Zealand’s south island, Charles didn’t fancy the effect it would have on his circulation or his run off the tee.

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ACCORDING to the latest rankings, five out of the top ten players on the US Tour use Titleist golf balls. That might give Titleist, who have just released their new Pro V1 model 2009 range, something to crow about. But then again, not one of the world’s top three golfers use them. So there is a choice out there.
The chief stand out is of course a man named Tiger Woods, who you can’t have missed using Nike One Platinum balls.

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IMAGINE you’ve had an eight month lay off from golf, you’ve had major knee surgery, you’re on the first tee of your first competition game after spending all those months in rehabilitation.

Forget that you’re Tiger Woods and you have the added pressure of the eyes and cameras of the world on you, as you tee up your ball after being away for so long what are you thinking?

If you are Tiger Woods hitting of at the Accenture Match Play, what you are thinking is going to help you start back with a birdie, eagle on the first two holes, and to go on and comfortably win the match.

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MERCURIAL Briton Laura Davies has claimed her second Australian Open title after a sensational day of see-sawing fortunes at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne. In the clubhouse on 285, seven-under, after her final round 68, Davies watched as nearest rival Tania Elosegui of Spain imploded with a double-bogey six on the 72nd hole which she [...]

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MORE golf will be appearing on Australian free to air television following the announcement of an historic new agreement between the PGA of Australia and Network Ten. The five year deal means that for the first time marquee golf tournaments from Australia, Asia and the United States will be broadcast on a single network. The [...]

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VICTORIAN Ashley Hall has held off the challenge from Scott Laycock and Craig Scott to claim the 2009 Subaru Victorian Open by two shots. Twenty five year old Hall fired a final round two under 69 to finish on ten under par for the event, his second win on the Australasian Tour after he claimed [...]

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Some might only see actress Kate Hudson pictured here with Adam Scott in Maui. We just note Scott learned his lesson after a beach incident put him out of action in Australia and he is now wearing a knee brace in the surf.

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GEOFF OGILVY has started the 2009 golfing year in fine style for himself and the nation with a comfortable six-shot win at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Maui. It was Ogilvy’s fifth PGA Tour title and moves him from 11th to sixth in the world. The wire-to-wire victory finished with a topsy-turvy five-under 68 on [...]

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GOLF hasn’t been played at the Olympics for over a century but now many of its leading players and governing bodies are pushing for its inclusion in 2016. Much has changed in the sport since 77 golfers from just two countries – the USA and Canada – competed for men’s medals in individual and teams [...]

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Local favorite Aaron Townsend has claimed the NSW Open by seven shots whist Michael Long has been crowned the 2008 Von Nida Tour Money List winner.   Townsend and Long accepted their trophies at the final Von Nida Tour event held at The Vintage Golf Club in the New South Wales Hunter Valley on Sunday. [...]

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