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The South East Queensland area of Australia is a tourist haven and is renowned for world-class golf courses. The Glades, Royal Pines, the Pines at Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort immediately come to mind. It was my intention to review as many of those courses for the good members of THP...

In 2007 at the Australian PGA Championship, Rory Sabbatini had a confrontation with a kangaroo on the course. I've just been emailed a wmv attachment of a late night news report about that event. It involves marsupial 'preening', Rory bent over laughing & the two news presenters breaking...

In case anyone is interested, here's an article about how John Daly came to give away his irons last week in Australia. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24815123-5012690,00.html

Here is the Day 2 article from the main site. http://thehackersparadise.com/home/?p=1092 Folks, I've pasted a progress score in case you're up late in the U.S. Heavy rain came partway through the round. Play has just been suspended due to the rain. If you're interested in live scoring...

The Australian Open starts tomorrow (Thursday) at Royal Sydney Golf Club. Adam Scott has withdrawn due to not having recovered from the recent knee injury. Scott dislocated his right kneecap while running out of the surf last week. It is reported to be the sixth time he has suffered...

Folks, Following Harry L's thread about the Q School winners, I thought I'd post this interview of second place getter James Nitties today. He'll be playing in the Australian Open which commences Thursday (Australian time). Enjoy!! PS. "Novocastrian" means a person who comes from Newcastle...

Folks, It's late in Australia as I file this report, so I have condensed the tournament report and photos into this post. ------------ Day Four Geoff Ogilvy finally rid himself of the monkey on his back. Although, he has won the US Open and a number of other PGA Tour events, Ogilvy has...

The annual Nedbank Golf Challenge is underway at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa and the first round has been completed. Some of the world's best golfers are there, with Robert Karlsson, Henrik Stenson, Luke Donald, KJ Choi, Rory Sabbatini, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood...

Adam Scott's run of bad luck with injuries continues. "Adam Scott has been forced to withdraw from this week's Australian PGA Championship in Coolum after injuring his knee while swimming. Scott, ranked No.17 in the world, twisted his right knee while coming out of the surf on Sunday and took...

I'd be interested in others' thoughts on this one. Robert Allenby is one of the top ranked golfers on the US PGA tour. At present, he's the top ranked Australian money earner on the tour at No. 11. Although he hasn't won on the tour since about 2004, he had an excellent year in 2008. From...

With one round to go, Australia grabbed a share of the lead after the third round of the World Cup of Golf at Mission Hills Country Club at Shenzen on Saturday as Spain faltered. Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal had a four-shot advantage at the start of play but carded 67 to...

Going, going, John ... or should I say John Daly misses the cut. Overnight leader, US based South African Tim Clark shot a second round 70 to hold a slender lead at the half-way mark of the Australian Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club. The cut was made at one over par 145, reducing the field...

Guys, Apologies for posting my report but unfortunately due to an illness in the family, I've had to be brief today. Hopefully, a more fuller report will follow tomorrow. Today's report is as follows. The wind was the winner today, with many players struggling with the flat stick in the...

In light of Harry L's recent post about the Kiwi Challenge this story may be timely. New Zealand has been voted ‘Golf Destination of the Year 2009’ for the Asia and Australasia region at the International Association of Golf Tour Operators world's top destination awards held in Marbella...

Recently I was doing some background research about writer and golfer, Vivian Saunders. For those of you who may not know, Vivian Saunders, has written a bunch of handy instructional books, including co-authoring with Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer. My research originally was to try and...