Monthly Archives: February 2009

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.

ENTRIES are now open for the 2009 Australian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship to be played at the picturesque Bribie Island Golf Club in Queensland. The...

VICTORIAN Michael Harwood has won the Tasmania Senior Open Championship for 2009 whilst local Michael Leedham (pictured) made it three in a row in...

GREG NORMAN will be helping celebrate his recent 54th birthday with a serious tilt at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth. After his stunning British...

One of the inspiring venues for the Australian Veteran Golfers National Championship to be held in Cairns from August 23 to 28.

THE 2009 Australian Veteran Golfers National Championship is shaping up as a spectacular event with organisers delighted with the interest shown by senior golfers. The Bendigo Bank sponsored event will be held in Cairns from the 23rd to 28th August. The ceiling of 360 male starters is likely to be reached well in advance of the closing date of June 12th. Current champion Richard Froebell will be vying for a third title.

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 2009 Victorian and NSW Senior Orders of Merit are underway with the first two events decided. In Victoria, scratch marker Thomas Warren from Queenscliff...

PLAYERS and officials at the Women’s Australian Open in Melbourne have pledged their support to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund. The Ladies European Tour (LET)...

ELITE Australian senior amateur golf gets underway for the year this month with a number of national and state events scheduled. Over at AUSOOM,...

THERE has long been anecdotal advice about not focussing too much on technique during a round, particularly in competition, and now a new study...

MORE golf will be appearing on Australian free to air television following the announcement of an historic new agreement between the PGA of Australia...