Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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Darryl Hearsch wraps up all the latest senior amateur golfing action from around the country, including great wins by Tammy Hall and Robbie Berne at the Tasmanian Senior Masters, and "Mr 58"  Shane Floyd goes ultra low in Sydney.
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Australian Senior Amateur Golfing Wrap: March 2020

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CONCOURSE GOLF has certainly come a long way in a comparatively short time. Not only have their individual products like the renowned Smart Wheels quickly matured, but the range of offerings has also greatly expanded.
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Concourse CBM3 Power Buggy, Smart Wheels Series 2: Review

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Wayne DeFrancesco has an impressive record as both  a golf player and teacher so when the 62 year old talks about the senior golf swing you’ve got to suspect he knows what he is talking about. DeFrancesco has played in 8 majors, 3 of them senior majors, and in this video talks about the personal swing he has developed that has allowed him – a self-confessed “kind of a beat up senior golfer” – to keep playing at an elite level.
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The Best Senior Golf Swing for Elite Level Play and Competition

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Veteran Golf

A Guide To Veteran Golf Around Australia

This guide gives a state by state overview of veteran golf in Australia. For the latest veteran golf news and events see postings in the Events/Veteran Golf category. VETERANS...
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When was golf first played in Australia? Golf historian Dr Michael Sheret presents the evidence

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When was golf first played in Australia? By Dr Michael Sheret To answer this question, historians look for good solid evidence. So far the best evidence...
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IM4 Single Seat Golf Buggy: a top choice for older golfers

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OLDER golfers needing a bit of motorised assistance around the course have a number of options but one that should not be overlooked is...
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Concourse Smart Wheels Golf Buggy Review: Reinventing the wheel

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By Brian O'Hare IT can be a little disconcerting when you realise one of your golfing partners is falling in love with your golf buggy. As...
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Equipment

Alien Pros Golf Overgrips Review: Liven up your game with these great feeling, functional, low cost golf club grips

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THEY reckon one of the quickest ways to revamp a “tired” set of golf clubs is to fit new grips. Traditionally, that meant a trip...
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MGI Zip Electric Buggy Series: 25th Anniversary Edition Zip Navigator

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THE latest MGI Zip electric golf buggy series has been marketed very successfully for some months now as we write this but the Australian owned company is stepping up celebrations of its 25th anniversary year with the release of a special limited edition of its top selling Zip Navigator.
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Garmin Approach S20 GPS golf watch: Review

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Review by Brian O'Hare. I’VE got to state right at the outset that after six weeks of using the Garmin Approach S20 I’m totally won...
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Instruction

3 Big Chipping Mistakes Amateur Golfers Make

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TODD KOLB, PGA Teaching Professional, not only has a Titleist hat, he also has a large whiteboard and a green marker pen, so he definitely has to know what he is talking about... right? Todd, from US Golf TV, here details what he believes are the three biggest chipping mistakes amateur golfers make. Todd reckons amateurs keep making these three mistakes, because they are exactly what everyone keeps telling them to do.
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Game Improvement with Darryl Hearsch: Putting and chipping

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Leading senior amateur golfer Darryl Hearsch suggests some practice drills and challenges - including one from the great Jack Nicklaus - to help you get your short game up to scratch.
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Top golf coach gets a few lessons – from his 75 year old dad: Easiest driver swing tip video

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TOP golf coach Danny Maude gets some help from an unexpected quarter in this new golf instruction video – with his 75 year old...
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Travel and Courses

Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses Revealed: Golf Digest 2020 Rankings

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GOLF DIGEST has just released its biennial rankings of Australia's top golf courses and as usual the list provides plenty to talk about. Star of the 2019 Presidents Cup (in composite form) Royal Melbourne West  continues to rule the roost (just), but three Tasmanian courses loom large in the Top 10, the Packer family’s private masterpiece Ellerston remains among the elite (despite a slight slip), while Clive's Palmer Resort Coolum has recovered from its dinosaur dramas to return to the fold.enty to talk about.
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Join in the fun at the 2020 Yarrawonga Charity Golf Classic – Postponed

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ENJOY the beautiful Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort and help a good cause by participating in the 2020 Yarrawonga Charity Golf Classic from May 31 to June 4. There’s three rounds of golf at Yarrawonga’s renowned golf courses, four nights’ accommodation (a 5th free if desired), a gala charity dinner and much more.
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Eight Aussie golf courses make the 2019 world top 100 courses list

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JUST eight Australian golf courses have made the latest world top 100 golf courses list compiled by the US based Golf magazine. The Royal Melbourne...
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Larry Canning ruminating on: “A Delightful, Mixed Arrangement”

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THE players are happy, the fans are wrapped and it appears the sponsors are ready to jump on board again for 2021! Eight years ago the Victorian Open became a Multi-Sexual, or as the Americans call it “Multeye-Sexual”, or as the people from the R&A call it – “A Delightful, Mixed Arrangement” event - and for a bunch of very good reasons it was an absolute masterstroke!
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Instruction

3 Big Chipping Mistakes Amateur Golfers Make

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TODD KOLB, PGA Teaching Professional, not only has a Titleist hat, he also has a large whiteboard and a green marker pen, so he definitely has to know what he is talking about... right? Todd, from US Golf TV, here details what he believes are the three biggest chipping mistakes amateur golfers make. Todd reckons amateurs keep making these three mistakes, because they are exactly what everyone keeps telling them to do.
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Latest Golf News

Join in the fun at the 2020 Yarrawonga Charity Golf Classic – Postponed

Brian O'Hare -
ENJOY the beautiful Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort and help a good cause by participating in the 2020 Yarrawonga Charity Golf Classic from May 31 to June 4. There’s three rounds of golf at Yarrawonga’s renowned golf courses, four nights’ accommodation (a 5th free if desired), a gala charity dinner and much more.
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Latest Golf News

Stephen Pitt announces resignation as CEO of Golf Australia

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Golf Australia has announced that Stephen Pitt has resigned as Chief Executive Officer after 11 years in the role and will step down from the organisation later this year.
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Instruction

Game Improvement with Darryl Hearsch: Putting and chipping

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Leading senior amateur golfer Darryl Hearsch suggests some practice drills and challenges - including one from the great Jack Nicklaus - to help you get your short game up to scratch.
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Events

2020 Women’s Australian Open: TV Times, Live Leaderboard

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IT'S not often when you get a golf event where 10 percent of the field are Major champions but that's the case at the 2020 Women's Australian this week at Royal Adelaide Golf Club. And the good new is there is live free to air television coverage of the co-sanctioned LPGA Tour tournament over four days on the ABC.
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AUSOOM

Claney shows his class in Tasmania: Australian Senior Amateur Golfing Wrap February 2020

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Darryl Hearsch wraps up all the latest senior amateur golfing action from around the country, including a classy win by Gordon Claney in the Tasmanian Senior Amateur and the announcement of the Golf Australia AUSOOM team to play the ADF.
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Latest Golf News

2020 Australian Veteran Golfers National Championship back to its original home on the Murray

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THE 2020 Australian Veteran Golfers Union (AVGU) National Championship will be held in Yarrawonga on the Victoria/NSW border with the Murray River area the scene of the first ever event back in 1990.
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Equipment

Golf to act on the “profound impact” of increased hitting distance: review of club and ball standards proposed

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AFTER studying the long term detrimental impacts of increased hitting distance golf's governing bodies have declared action is needed to secure the game's future. The R&A and The USGA have issued a 90 page Distance Insights Report and other material which provide sober reading for everyone involved in the great game.
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Latest Golf News

Play the 37th Annual Blue Mountains Veteran Week of Golf

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Story and Photos by Noel Rowsell. The Blue Mountains Veteran Golfer's Association (BMVGA) will host the 37th Annual Blue Mountains Week of Golf,  from 24th-28th February, with rounds being played at four local courses.
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Golf Rules

New golf World Handicap System in force from January 30, 2020

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THE new World Golf Handicap System comes into force from Thursday, January 30, 2020 and the good news for Australian golfers is that they...
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Latest Golf News

Larry Canning: Are golf fans taking the constant Patrick Reed verbal bashing a fairway too far?

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TO say I don’t have a lot of respect for the individuals who use the safety of a gallery rope or a cooperate box...
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Peter Senior’s ‘Swan Song’ Season

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Peter Senior is embarking on his seventh and final year on the US Champions Tour. This article celebrating the landmark is the cover story of the February edition of Inside Golf
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MGI introduces a “new age of motorised golf buggies” with new Quad Series

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LONG-TIME motorised golf buggy brand MGI has introduced a new very slick looking range of four wheel motorised golf buggies with lots of impressive features.
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NSW Veteran Golf Program 2017

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  A NUMBER of people have been searching for the NSW Veteran Golfers Association Week of Golf Program for 2017 so we thought for ease...
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