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Aussie Beef plays Ratho Farm, Australia’s oldest golf course, shot by shot

Michael Green — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:08:54 +0000

Aussie Beef Golf has taken his Tasmanian series to Ratho Farm in Bothwell, playing every hole of Australia’s oldest golf course shot by shot. Then it’s up the road to Barnbougle for a match on Bougle Run.

Earlier this year, a group of us did almost exactly this trip.

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LIV golf is dead. What next for Cam Smith and North Adelaide golf course?

Michael Green — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:22:13 +0000

LIV Golf will wind down and head into liquidation after its last rescue deal collapsed in a US bankruptcy court. There will be no LIV in 2027, and South Australia is left with a $45 million golf course built for a league that no longer exists.

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WATCH: Aussie Test cricket stars swap the whites for golf at St Francis Links

Michael Green — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:28:55 +0000

With a series decider coming up in Cape Town, Australia’s Test squad swapped the nets for a round at Jack Nicklaus’s St Francis Links. Mitchell Starc took the cameras along.

Australian cricketers have long used a golf course to switch off between Tests, and this tour of South Africa is no different.

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Australian PGA Championship 2026: who’s playing at The Lakes in Sydney

Michael Green — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:44:44 +0000

The BMW Australian PGA Championship moves to Sydney this year, and the field heading to The Lakes already includes the defending champion, two major winners and a Presidents Cup player.

After years in Queensland, the Joe Kirkwood Cup has a new home.

The BMW Australian PGA Championship runs from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 November at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the week before the Australian Open at Kingston Heath.

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PGA Tour deepens partnership with Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour

Michael Green — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:10:23 +0000

Expanded partnership strengthens global pathways and commercial alignment, with BMW Australian PGA Championship co-sanctioning confirmed for a further three years.

Media release

The Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, DP World Tour and PGA Tour today announced an expanded partnership, extending the long-standing relationship between the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour until the end of 2027 as the three organisations continue to work towards a more connected global professional golf ecosystem.

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Big name golfers leave LIV, but Cam Smith is yet to say

Michael Green — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:44:06 +0000

Lucas Herbert has become the first Ripper GC player to confirm he’s leaving a bankrupt LIV Golf. His captain, Cam Smith, still hasn’t told anyone which way he’s going.

The exodus has reached the Rippers.

Herbert told independent reporter Tom Hobbs (Flushing It Golf) that he’s leaving LIV to play the DP World Tour in 2027.

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Australian Open 2026: who’s playing at Kingston Heath

Michael Green — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:57:18 +0000

Rory McIlroy and Open champion Ryan Fox lead the field for the 2026 Capital.com Australian Open at Kingston Heath, and the home contingent is building nicely behind them. Here is everyone of note confirmed so far.

The Stonehaven Cup comes back to the Sandbelt this summer.

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Kirkwood Cup goes on tour ahead of BMW Australian PGA Championship

Michael Green — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:14:06 +0000

The Kirkwood Cup is going on the road, visiting 13 golf clubs on the NSW coast from Tweed Heads to Shelly Beach before the BMW Australian PGA Championship returns to Sydney next month.

Media release

The Kirkwood Cup is hitting the road.

The iconic BMW Australian PGA Championship trophy is about to be taken on a week-long journey down the NSW coast ahead of the tournament’s return to Sydney on November 26-29 after a 28-year absence.

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Ron Chopper gives us the first real look at all 18 holes at The Cliffs

Michael Green — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:58:55 +0000

Ron Chopper has headed to Kangaroo Island for the first real look at all 18 holes at The Cliffs, which opens for public bookings from mid-November.

This is the first real look we’ve had at the full 18 holes at The Cliffs Kangaroo Island.

And it looks absolutely spectacular.

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An albatross, then an ace: Sydney golfer’s two-hole miracle at Lynwood

Michael Green — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:54:05 +0000

Kris Clelland made a two on the par-five 16th at Lynwood Country Club on Saturday, then aced the par-three 17th. Two holes, three shots, five under par.

Sydney golfer Kris Clelland has pulled off one of the rarest back-to-back feats in the game, making an albatross and a hole-in-one on consecutive holes at Lynwood Country Club in Pitt Town, in Sydney’s north-west.

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