My advice for playing this game for decades to come. Editor’s note: You probably know Bernhard Langer is the oldest player to win a PGA Tour Champions event. Langer, now 68, did it in 2024 at age 67 (Charles Schwab Cup).…
How the once-maligned mallet putter won over golf’s toughest critics. You might be surprised to know that mallet putters have been around almost since the birth of the game. Large, imposing clubheads have always been their signature, with some designs…
Let’s all play more foursomes. For 2026, I have a golf goal that’s right up there with weight loss, reading the classics and saving money. The dividends stand to be life-changing if I can only muster the discipline. I’m talking…
The recent renovation of two favourite courses accentuates Western Australia’s allure as a golf destination. Facelifts are all the rage in golf. Unlike many ageing Hollywood stars on a desperate quest for relevance, however, most re-dos in golf are an…
As far as redesigns go, few can surpass the impact of the renovation of the two courses at Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club late last decade. The 36-hole facility at Frankston on Melbourne’s south-eastern fringe today ranks as one of…
December 22nd, 2025 By Australian Golf Digest Golf participation in Australia continues its unprecedented rise, surpassing four million adult players in 2024-2025 – the highest total ever recorded. With participation up 5.2 percent and social memberships growing more than four…
The big-hitting South African who found stardom on the PGA Tour in 2025 pivoted via Perth on his way to lighting up the American circuits. My parents told me a little lie when I was 8 years old. We were…
Twin Aussie major winners, a career Grand Slam completed and a return to ‘normal’ Australian Opens highlighted a banner year in world golf. The long putter looks to have done for Minjee Lee what it did for Adam Scott at…
Aussie of the month: Australian Open The Australian Open is back! Modern attendance records were smashed when more than 112,000 fans came through the gates during the week of the Crown Australian Open at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. It reinforces…
The Mizuno fitting experience can map an entire bag – from lie angle to shafts, set make-up to golf ball – in just three swings. There is a moment familiar to every committed golfer. You flush one, watch the ball…