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The floods that ravaged our strong Aussie Dollar (leading to more online So, whether or not your local course has
L E A D E R
nation last month were a stark purchases vs locally) and other factors. been directly affected by floods, why not ring
reminder of just how humbling Anecdotal evidence suggests that, prior to up your local course/club and see how you
Mother Nature can be. All of the floods, some courses and retailers were can help. It may be as simple as dedicating a
our usual day-to-day worries suffering a massive 40 per cent drop in business few hours to help clean up. Or maybe having
and concerns seem trivial when compared compared to last year. The floods will put many a meal in their restaurant (if open). Or buying
to the truly mammoth task that lay ahead businesses at further risk, while many courses a dozen balls from the pro shop. Even from
for many. may never be the same. afar, making donations via one of the disaster
But as all disasters tend to do, the floods So what can we all do to help? relief funds can have a significant impact.
also showed us the strength of the human While the thought of golf may seem trivial Remember: every little bit helps your course
resolve, and the banding together during the at a time like this, helping out your local (and community) on the road to recovery.
recovery and cleanup revealed just how strong course will have a follow-on effect to the Until next month,
we Aussies can be when we work together for entire community. By donating a bit of time
a common goal. or money to your local club, you’ll not only
The disaster comes at a particularly difficult be helping out the course itself, but also their
time for the golf industry in general, which employees (and their families), contractors,
has been hit hard this summer by poor local businesses and even the course’s partners Richard Fellner
weather (leading to fewer rounds played), a or product suppliers. Editor
Contents
OntheCover 38 Australian Open vs Presidents Cup 34 New products
12 After the floods - Golf industry 56 Will Olympic golf make the cut? 49 PGA IGI
begins massive recovery 59 Travel: Great Ocean Road 50 Golf tips
18 Q & A with Peter Senior - Australia’s 60 Travel: New Caledonia 53 Inside your mind
man of steel 61 Are you Ready2Golf? 54 Health & fitness
36 Course Reviews: Secret Harbour 62 Charles Tarby to the fore 55 Junior golf
40 Golf on the NSW South Coast 57 Golf Legends - Carnegie Clark
46 Tom Lewis - Europe’s amateur star
Regulars 58 Architecture - Residential courses
7 Chips & Shanks 63 Teeing off - Craig Bellamy
52 Tips to cure your slice
16 Industry news 60 Last Word
Features 20 Events 61 The 19th hole
30 Refreshing Alison to be herself 25 Upcoming events 62 Golf Directory
32 The biomechanics of golf 26 Results from around the world 64 Demo dates
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TIME FOR EQUALITY
It’s time the sport of golf moved into the 21st
century and recognise women as equals. Golf
has always treated women players as inferior and
only recently have we been allowed to become full
members of golf clubs, having in the past been
classified as “Associate Members”. There is still
one major step to be taken for the recognition
of women golfers’ rights and that is to abolish
“Women’s Tees”, and allow all golfers to play the
same course.
Imagine the outcry if women had to play tennis
on a small “Ladies Court” with a lowered net or if
women mountain climbers had “Little Mountains”
reserved for ladies to climb. Or if the Olympic-
sized pool was considered too big for women’s
swimming events. Women cricketers would be
outraged if they had to play on a shortened pitch.
There seems to be no other sport that
discriminates against women as golf does.
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(Inside Golf, December).
Surely I must be missing something. Daryl
thinks that members of clubs who contribute
thousands to the future capital expenditure
programs of the Club (via entrance fees)
or thousands to the increasing day-to-day
operational costs of the Club should welcome
him with open arms when he wishes to go and
use their facilities which he contributes nothing
more than a one-off green fee to.
Open days have become a necessity for many
Women golfers must unite and demand to be
treated as equals and play the full length course.
“Hope Morelength” via email
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is that, by removing the ladies tees, you would
also be removing the thoroughly enjoyable male
sledging that comes when my mates’ duffed
drives end up short of the infamous red markers.
In all seriousness, we have noticed that more
and more courses are eschewing the traditional
“Mens & Womens” tee monikers, and instead
assigning themed names for the teeboxes.
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Barnbougle Dunes are good examples of this,
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at the end of the day it is your personal choice
as to whether you wish to join a golf club and
be part of that family or not. It is clearly not as
simplistic as saying clubs need to “do themselves
a favour by thinking outside the box when it
comes to the type of membership programs
they offer”. The problem with golf clubs today
is that they try to be too many different things
to too many people; and get caught in a spiral
of discounting and compromising until they
no longer have any joining fees for capital
improvement projects and therefore struggle
My 10-year-old grandson recently said to me:
“At school we can play cricket, rugby, tennis or
soccer. We can swim, do athletics, go to the gym
and row, but we can’t play golf.” I love taking him
on my course and he just loves it. I organised a
couple of clinics for him but that has to happen
during school holidays. So golf in school: is it
a possibility?
Love your magazine. 
Dominique, via email
Opportunity lost
GOLF organisations pay public relations people
millions across Australia annually, apparently
for nothing.
A recent storm lightning tragedy on a golf
course near Newcastle took a man’s life.
It was reported widely on television news
services.
No golf spokesperson or officials went on the
news to discuss the recommended action for
people to take if on a golf course when such a
storm threatens.
After all, the players are using metal sticks,
pulling metal buggies or riding in a golf cart
with their clubs exposed at the back.
Okay, so it is not the most positive subject, but
golf could have shown its responsible concern
for not just its own club members but also
the thousands who only walk their fairways
occasionally.
And guess what, news watchers may think
about golf.
Name withheld at writer’s request
Service no shoe-in
ON Christmas Eve, I ventured back into the retail
golf world in my area in search of golf shoes.
Surprising is not the word for it.
My first foray was to a huge outlet manned at
the cash register by two young males.
My partner and I and several other people
Next stop was a signature sports store where
a young lady rolled her eyes at our entrance and
informed us the store did not stock golf shoes.
Next, another well-known large outlet where
we found our own way to the sports shoe area.
Again we were ignored until we approached
an employee who confessed to little knowledge
of available stock. Trips in and out of the back
room were followed by a public address call
for assistance.
Was it me or Christmas or staff not on
commission?
Name and address supplied and withheld at
writer’s request
Divot disaster
I am a member at Kingston Heath which
hosted the 2011 British Open Australasian Final
Qualification Event.
This morning I played a round of golf and
was both astounded and appalled at the number
of unrepaired divots on the fairways. Every
fairway had deep and obvious divots. Golf is a
game where ‘active ethics’ is a mantra and surely
leaving the course as one has found it is part
of those ethics. I doubt that the players would
appreciate a return to unraked bunkers and
the stymie rule. Tidying up a divot is a simple
measure for the benefit of other players and to
maintain the playing conditions and aesthetics
of our courses. Our tournament players should
be the leaders in this area.
Alister Murray, via email
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on the course, decreased members’ ability to
access their facility, increased round times and
decreases in etiquette standards (dress code, rule
infringements, etc) and quality of the course.
Families do have less and less free time and
for some it is hard to justify the expense, but
in pristine conditions with ongoing capital
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club will have a significant number of public
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facility can handle which will lead to lower
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Kel Nagle (centre) with Peter Thomson and Joe Steranka of the US PGA
Nagle celebrates 90th in style
Golfing legend Kel Nagle celebrated
the biggest 90th birthday party in
the history of Australian golf when
more than 100 of his friends, family
and fellow golf professionals enjoyed
lunch at the Mona Vale Golf Club in
Sydney’s north.
Organised by the PGA of Australia’s
NSW/ACT division, Nagle was feted
in person, by video and in writing by
a ‘who’s who’ of world golf, including
Peter Thomson, PGA of Australia
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Nagle was joined by two special
guests in fellow PGA professionals Al
Howard, who is 94, and 96-year-old
Dan Cullen.
With 61 wins Nagle won more
Australasian Tour events than any other
player (Peter Thomson has 31 and Greg
Norman 30). He scored a tournament
victory every year from 1949 to 1975
and with the highlight being his
triumph at the 1960 Centenary Open
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League star shines at
St Michael’s
High profile NRL footballer Braith
Anasta showed his talents extend
further than the rugby league field
with some solid form on the golf
course during his Christmas break
from pre-season training.
The Roosters forward, who has
been spotted having lessons from
highly regarded teaching pro Gary
Barter at the Australian Golf Club,
returned a stableford scratch score of
38, equating to a 2-under par round
at the St Michaels course in Sydney.
Anasta’s name then appeared in
the fine print in the results pages of
the Sydney newspapers a week later
when he backed that round up with
a 1-under par score at St Mich’s, in
an indication his previous effort was
no fluke.
McKechnie sizzles at
‘The Jack’
Obviously inspired rather than
intimidated by the celebrities in
at t e n d a n c e , l o c a l - b oy L e i g h
McKechnie fired rounds of 65-63 to
finish at 15-under-par to win the Jack
Newton Celebrity Classic at the
Cypress Lakes Resort in the Hunter
Valley.
It was an outstanding display from
the 2009 NSW Open champ, who in
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“It’s my fifth Jack Newton Classic
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that I made today,” said McKechnie.
Japanese Tour regular Brendan
Jones finished in second position,
six strokes shy of McKechnie, with
James Nitties and Craig Parry
finishing in a tie for third at 8-under-
par. Ladies European Tour Player
Nikki Garrett won the ladies event
with a 6-under-par total.
In the celebrity field, actor-
musician Nick Ardle took the prize,
edging out former Newcastle Knights
and Parramatta Eels coach, Michael
Hagan. Other celebrities in the field
included actors Kyton Grantley
and Steven Curry, Australian NRL
player Kurt Gidley and channel nine
personality John Blackman.
‘The Jack’, which has been in
existence since 1979, raises money
for the Diabetes Foundation and for
Jack Newton Junior Golf.
Corporate sponsors of the event
include Events New South Wales,
A.H. Beard, Benedict Industries,
Bluetongue, Cypress Lakes Resort,
Erect Safe Scaffolding, L’Oreal,
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Jake Higginbottom and win the
four-round prize with a 13-under
par total. Higginbottom, who is
a member at the Australian Golf
Club, finished 9-under for the
72-holes.
In the girls event Claudia Lim
held off a fast finishing Cathleen
Santoso to take first place, while
in the boys Sub Junior event,
Fidel Concepcion of the Lynwood
Golf Club led from start to finish
to claim his second consecutive
Har vey Norman Sub Junior
Week of Golf. He finished the
championship at 10-over par, three
shots clear of Grant Booth from
the Ashlar.
In the girls sub junior division
12-year-old Shelly Shin from
Concord won by a convincing 12
shots on a total score of 20-over
par for the four rounds.
Over 300 junior golfers contested
the Harvey Norman Week of Golf
at the Pennant Hills, Killara, Ashlar
and Long Reef Golf Clubs.
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Champion professional golfer Peter Senior with Ben Shand, who is receiving
treatment at Brisbane’s Royal Children’s Hospital
Senior a million dollar man
AUSTRALIAN PGA champion Peter
Senior might be the iron man of
Australian golf, but there’s a softer side to
the likable Queenslander – much softer.
For the past 15 years, Senior has
devoted his time to raising money for
the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation
through the Peter Senior Charity Pro-
Am at Hope Island on the Gold Coast.
And in that time Senior has helped
raise more than $1m through his charity
pro-am.
It all started in 1994 when Senior
played in the inaugural Presidents Cup.
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the Presidents Cup,” Senior said.
“When I played in Europe I had to pick
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“All the players got $25,000 or
$30,000 and I had to name a charity
in Australia so I did one for the Royal
Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and
that’s how it started.
“I have been to the hospital quite a
few times and I get to meet the kids
and I tell you what – you really know
how good you’ve got it when you see
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“It’s real soul destroying. If anybody
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MANY Queensland golf clubs face a
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by the devastating floods.
While some golf clubs are starting to
get back to some semblance of normality,
others are still counting the costs.
The impact on golf clubs, particularly
bigger clubs, is going to be considerable.
It is not only the loss of competition
fees, green fees and bar and catering
income that hurts.
The constant rain causes a lot of
disease in greens and fairways, washes
out bunkers and generally magnifies
maintenance problems and associated
costs at a time when income streams
have dried up.
The Wide Bay District Golf
Association’s secretary Alan Aldridge
said he doubted any of the district’s
20-member clubs has had decent trading
in the past three months.
Car park members
THE much-retired Oxley Golf Club
general manager Don Gregory was
famous for many things — not the least
were his views on the game.
While general manager at Brisbane’s
Pacific Golf Club he coined the phrase
“car park members”.
“They drive into the car park, take
the clubs out of the car and change their
shoes at the boot.
“They go to the pro shop, pay the fees,
play a round, return to the car park, put
the clubs in the car, change the shoes
and drive home.”
He was bemoaning the lack of use
made of club bars and lounges etc,
which many clubs upgraded after poker
machines arrived.
Breathalysers didn’t help, either.
The last laugh
WITH one exception, the six new holes
at the Hyatt Regency Coolum’s par-72
championship golf course were given
the thumbs-up by most players in the
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The exception was the new par-3
sixth, surrounded by six bunkers, which
many rejected as “too easy”.
Its 122-metres length, the critics said,
made scoring par like dropping a shot.
One commentator was reported to
have recommended “bulldozing it”
and trying again.
The designer of the original course
and of the replacement six holes,
American Robert Trent-Jones Junior,
noted the comment and sat back with
a tolerant smile on his face, according
to the Hyatt’s Director of Recreation
Brett Braithwaite.
The smile was still there when Peter
Senior sank the playoff putt that won
him the 2010 title.
The reason: the “too easy” sixth
played at an over-par average of 3.14
strokes.
Good advice
ROOKIE professional Alison Whitaker
is always smiling – even when she’s
engaged in a tough match.
That’s because she’s a glass half full
person who always looks on the bright
side of life.
Keep smiling is her motto.
“You are getting paid to do the thing
you love so if you can’t put on a smile
when you are doing it then you are
making it harder than it is,” she said.
As a qualified psychologist, Whitaker
is smart enough to know not every day’s
a good day on the golf course.
“Golf has the ability to surprise you
in the best and worst ways,” she said.
“I think believing in golf ’s ability to
surprise you is sometimes part of the
key to getting things back on track.
“You have to know there’s slumps
and rises for everyone.
“But believing that the good
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Thieves hit
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TALK about being kicked when you
are down.
Dalby Golf Club on the Darling
Downs was seriously affected by the
recent floods, but to add insult to
injury thieves broke in and stole the
club’s alcohol supply – not once, but
three times.
The golf club’s secretary manager
Leanne Toms said the club had not been
able to trade since December 19, 2010.
“To add to our troubles, some
mindless people have broken in to the
club and stolen alcohol three times in
three weeks,” Toms said.
“The golf course went under water on
December 20, then again on December
29 and a third time on January 6.
“We did manage to clean up the
course enough on January 2 to enable
golf to be played on the 3rd, but
unfortunately for the past 25 days the
golf course has been under water or
heavy rain.
“Some of the damage to our course
includes a hole in our dam, pathways
washed away, some up to two feet deep,
the car park is completely ripped apart,
greens dying due to the silt and water
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Australasian Tour School
Neven Basic cruised to victory at
the 2010 PGA Tour of Australasia
Final Stage qualifying at Melbourne’s
Peninsula Country Club, and in the
process set himself up an exciting year
ahead.
The 32-year-old Basic shot rounds of
73-69-67-70 for a 9-under par total. He
can now look forward to competing in
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Basic came into the qualifying
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Kieran Pratt, a 22-year-old
Victorian, capped off an eventful
first few weeks in the professional
ranks in shooting rounds of 67-76-
73-68, for a 4-under par total, one
shot better than fellow first-year
pro Jordan Sherratt in winning
the award named in honour of one
of the legends of Australian golf.
Pratt came under the spotlight
in early November when he was
drawn to play with Tiger Woods in
the third round of the Australian
Masters, with his performance
earning the former world number
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“He’s only 22 and just starting
out, so it’s pretty cool to see,”
Woods said after the round. “With
the game that he’s got right now,
he has an opportunity to make it
on tour.”
Eastern GC hits
stumbling block
Eastern Golf Club has been
forced to review its move from
Doncaster to Yering after Victoria’s
peak planning body recently
blocked the club’s building plans.
In a 9-day hearing, The Victorian
Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(VCAT) set aside Yarra Ranges
Council’s decision to grant a
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citing a lack of evacuation routes
during floods, the encroachment
of a maintenance facility on the
floodplain, and other minor issues.
“The board will review our
position after further advice is
received, however we do have
the confidence of knowing what
now remains to be completed
should the club decide to pursue
this application further,’’ Eastern’s
General Manager Ben Telley said.
Mr Telley also noted that the
Tribunal’s findings shed some
positives on Eastern’s plans.
“The findings of the Tribunal
include that the site as a golf course
with a turf farm is appropriate; that
all planning scheme requirements
are met through the proposal;
that environmental outcomes
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Smoke gets in your eyes...
at Joondalup
On February 27th, from 12.00pm–
3.00pm, legendary group The Platters
will feature at a Sunday Lunch and
Concert at Joondalup Resort. Ticket
price is $95 per person includes a
complimentary beverage upon arrival,
delicious two course set menu lunch
followed by all of your favourite hits
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Smith, Combes to
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Sanctuary Golf Resort will be
holding the 2011 Bunbury Honda
Ladies International Golf Challenge
on March 1. Last year’s inaugural event
proved to be very successful, with Irish
professional Rebecca Coakley shooting
a course record 67 to win the event.
The day allows local business and
golf enthusiasts to dine and play
with one of the best European and
Australian Lady professionals in a
competitive but fun environment.
Onsite Golf school operator Shani
Waugh coordinates the professional
players and while still finalizing
Kristie Smith (Photo courtesy of Scott Miller - Duramed Futures Tour)
attendees she has confirmed that
Australian young guns Kristie Smith
(Winner of 2 Tournaments in 2010 )
and Kate Combes (One of Australia’s
most promising young players) will
also be playing.
Though not yet confirmed it is also
hoped that Australian legend Jan
Stephenson may also be a starter.
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phone (08) 9725 2999
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For just $41 per person, players get a
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public holidays). Bookings open 7 days
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Earl and Lee crowned
SA Junior Amateur
Champions
Sam Earl and Jenny Lee have
been crowned 2011 Golf SA Junior
Amateur champions after winning
their respective finals at The Vines Golf
Club of Reynella.
Local Vines member Earl defeated
Jacin Cook (Tea Tree Gully) 7 & 5
while Lee (Glenelg) defeated Rachel
Taylor (Mt Osmond) 4 & 3.
It was an excellent result for Earl, a
17-year-old Blackwood High School
student, who finished 7th in stroke
play qualifying earlier in the week.
On route to the final, Earl accounted
for the top two Boy’s qualifiers in
Cory Baker and Will Somerfield
in his quarter final and semi final
respectively.
The Girl’s Championship final
proved to be a tight affair with Golf
SA Junior Masters winner Jenny Lee
holding a two-hole advantage over
Rachel Taylor after the first 18 holes.
In a seesawing match, Lee extended
her lead by a further shot at the 12th
only for Taylor to win a hole back
with an excellent birdie 4 on the
par-5 14th. After both players had
found the green on the par-3 14th,
Taylor conceded the hole with an
unfortunate three-putt and when she
drove into the trees from the next tee
the contest was sealed in Lee’s favour.
For all results from the 2011 Golf
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visit www.golfsa.com.au.
CORRECTION
Ivo had more wins
IT seems we denied legendary golfer
Ivo Whitton a couple of victories.
In the December 2010 issue we
stated Whitton had won the Barwon
Heads club championship four times.
According to family friend John
Fawcett, Whitton won six club titles
at Barwon Heads.
The golf club confirmed that he did
win six championships in 1924, 1928,
1929, 1934, 1935 and 1936.
Australia’s greatest amateur won
the Australian Open five times, but
his fifth title was possibly his best.
He was in eighth place going into
the final round and given little chance
of winning, but he rallied and edged
out Harry Williams and Jim Ferrier.
Playing in a gale, Whitton played
some wonderful controlled golf.
Unfortunately, his wife was the only
spectator following the great man
that day.
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Water, water
everywhere
DavidNewbery
CENTRAL Queensland golf clubs spared by
the devastating floods have rallied to support
neighbouring clubs hardest hit by the crisis.
And reports suggest some clubs have been hit hard.
Yeppoon Golf Club, which survived the big wet,
has offered transferable memberships to affiliated
golf club members of the worst-affected courses.
Members of some golf clubs had only recently
paid their annual subscriptions and now find their
golf courses under water.
Biloela Golf Club will also assist in the same way.
The offers, which have been approved by Golf
Central Queensland and Golf Queensland, will be
on a month-by-month basis.
According to early reports, it could be months
before some golf courses are playable again.
Golf Central Queensland secretary Gurney Clamp
said a number of the district’s golf courses were lucky
enough to escape the wall of water.
“Rockhampton Golf Club is travelling okay and
is presenting a composite course at the moment,”
he said.
“However, the Capricorn Country Club, which is
on the north side of Rocky, has been seriously affected.
“It’ll be months before the members are back on
their course – if they are ever back.
“It has hit them pretty hard because they were
affected by the floods last year and it doesn’t take
much for water to go on to their course. It’s not
looking good for them.”
Moura and Baralaba golf courses went under and
Calliope Golf Club, near Gladstone, was playing its
first competition since before December.
The Queensland Government had offered grant
money of up to $20,000.
“That might help them out a bit but to repair a
green is very expensive and when you have been
under water for a long time you are looking at a big
recovery cost,” Clamps said.
“They will have to redo a number of greens.”
Here’s is a brief report from some of Central
Queensland’s golf clubs.
Baralaba Golf Club
“There was about three metres of water over
the golf course with water just entering the
clubhouse,” said the golf club’s Jim Bourke.
“On a couple of holes, we could only see the
flag flying just above the water level.”
Moura Golf Club
The golf club’s Daryl Myles said the golf
course was totally under water.
“It’s been under water since December 28
and unplayable since mid-December,” he said.
“Water is just under the clubhouse.
“We will be doing work on the greens and
tees to remove the mud from them soon as
possible.”
Capricorn Country Golf Club
The Capricorn Country Club course was
90 per cent under water, according to Kay
Donnollan.
“Things are not looking too good,”
Donnollan said.
“Fortunately, the clubhouse was spared but
the power was cut off for quite a while.”
Miriam Vale Golf Club
The golf club’s Pam Cawthray reported the
golf course had recently reopened.
“It’s still very wet in places but our major
flood damage is to our entrance road.
“We only have one way in and only recently
upgraded parts of road and now almost back
to square one.
“With no access road there are no players
so it is vital to us that we can source funding
to assist with the necessary repairs.”
Calliope Golf Club
Club president Ian Johnson said the golf
course was still very wet in places and that
water continued to affect a couple of holes.
The members haven’t been able to get on
the golf course since November.
MUDDY WATERS: Somewhere under the water lies Baralaba golf course … and maybe a few deadly
snakes and crocodiles
Biloela Golf Club
Biloela Golf Club secretary Roy Gourley said
there were no major issues with the golf course.
“The course is fine but the problem is keeping
up with the grass growth.
“We have been in contact with affected
clubs in our area and have made some playing
arrangements with them.”
Other courses, as reported by AGCSA
(www.agcsa.com.au) were equally affected:
Indooroopilly Golf Club
Ninety-five percent of Indooroopilly’s West
Course was affected by floodwaters with just one
hole – the 6th on the Red Course – remaining
dry. Located right on a bend of the Brisbane
River, Indooroopilly’s lower West Course basically
merged with the river as levels peaked. The higher
East Course isn’t as badly affected, with five holes
water logged.
Oxley Golf Club
Superintendent Shane McDonald swapped
his work utility for a row boat as he surveyed
the damaged floodwaters had caused at Oxley
Golf Club. In the 19 years he has been at the club
McDonald says he has never seen anything like
the floodwaters which inundated both the course
and the surrounding suburbs. Fortunately for the
club, all machinery was saved and flood levels
peaked about a metre short of the maintenance
shed and half a metre from the pump station.
“We rowed across the 1st and 10th greens
yesterday,” says McDonald. “We’re pretty bad
but certainly not as bad as some. About 35 per
cent of the course was under. At the lowest point
on the course the water level would have been
about 4m. Several tees were also under, half the
bunkers are trashed and there is rubbish all over
the course like you wouldn’t believe – tyres, 44
gallon drums and even a 1000-litre fuel tank on
the 6th fairway.”
Wolston Park Golf Club
As floodwaters had receded – only the 12th
remained under – a three-inch layer of silt was
spread across much of the course with a total of
nine greens going under. Floodwaters reached
the guttering of the course maintenance facility,
but fortunately all major machinery items had
been moved to a nearby hospital car park on the
Tuesday. The clubhouse has suffered extensive
structural damage.

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Golf Queensland and Golf

An aerial shot of flooded Indooroopilly golf course near the Brisbane River
Brisbane & Jindalee Golf Clubs,
St Lucia Golf Links, UQ grounds
Reports indicate that Brisbane Golf Club has also
been badly inundated. The nine-hole Jindalee Golf
Club, downstream from McLeod Country Golf Club,
has been completely swamped with all machinery
lost. Similarly, the Brisbane City Council maintained
St Lucia Golf Links which neighbours Indooroopilly
has suffered major damage and loss of equipment,
while the University of Queensland campus just
downstream from St Lucia has also been hit hard.
No swimming at Carbrook
IT’S a well-known fact that sharks measuring up
to three metres have been spotted in the dam at
Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane.
After Brisbane’s recent flood, it was thought
the sharks may have been washed out of the dam,
but the club’s general manager Scott Wagstaff says
they are safe and sound.
The club has even advertised the message on the
gigantic sign at the front entrance to the course:
“Don’t worry, the sharks haven’t escaped!”
Australia pledge support
The Queensland floods will cost the golf industry
millions of dollars but Golf Queensland president
Tom Crothers said clubs are resilient and they
will recover.
“The full brunt of the floods won’t be clear
until the waters recede but early indications show
damage to club houses, machinery and courses
is far beyond anything experienced before,” Mr
Crothers said.
Flood Relief Charity Day “We are yet to determine the full extent of
Monday 14 February damage but Golf Queensland is prepared to assist
where possible in rebuilding and ensuring clubs
Royal Melbourne Golf Club Composite Course
The Melbourne Sandbelt Group of Clubs are get back up and recover.”
pleased to invite players to participate in this Mr Crothers said family wellbeing is an
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at Royal immediate priority but it will become important
Melbourne Golf Club. to provide people with a much needed avenue
This is the very first event held on the world for releasing their stress by getting them back
renowned Composite Course in the Presidents playing golf.
Cup layout. “We will be working with clubs, the Government
Format: Morning (7.30am) or Afternoon and Golf Australia to ensure those affected are
(1.00pm) Shotgun Starts provided with all possible assistance through
Four-ball Better Ball Stableford (Golflink hand- grants and other support programs,” Mr Crothers
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The draw will be available from 5 February,
lives,” Mr Crothers said.
2011.
Clubs and districts are also encouraged to
For further information, contact Victoria Golf
Club on (03) 9584 1733 or contact update Golf Queensland with their flood damage
info@victoriagolf.com.au by completing a survey at Golf Queensland’s
website.
In addition, Golf Australia has committed $50,000
to the Golf Industry Flood Disaster Relief Fund to
assist flood victims.
Golf Australia Chairman Anne Lenagan said the
golf community was renowned for its ability to care
for others in times of crisis.
“Everyone recognises the severity of this natural
disaster and we are all keen to support the flood
victims. Our thoughts are with the friends and
families of those who have died and the thousands
who have lost their homes,” Lenagan said.
“Just as in 2009 during the terrible fires in Victoria,
we have received a number of calls in the last few
days from people looking to get involved or help
affected people and golf clubs in any way they can.”
Lenagan said there were a number of ways that
people could get involved.
“Whether it’s as simple as asking for a donation
from players at your club, offering $5 when they
play on the weekend or running special fundraising
days, every little bit will count towards the enormous
recovery work that lies ahead for Queensland,”
Lenagan said.
The Golf Industry Flood Disaster Relief Fund is a
fund established and supported by the golf industry
bodies and is being coordinated by Golf Australia.
In 2009 the Australian golf industry raised $675,000
for the victims of the Victorian Bushfires.
In addition, Golf Link has offered, at no cost, an
opportunity for clubs to register a charity open day
on their website to raise funds.
Interest clubs are invited to contact Jon Perkins
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Big wet won’t stop Ottaways

DavidNewbery
BRUCE and Sandy Ottaway had it
all worked out – work hard for a few
more years and then sail off into the
sunset.
But Mother Nature scuttled their
plans when the disastrous Brisbane
flood ripped through their golf
supplies business at Rocklea.
The Ottaways, who own the
wholesale business Aussie Junior Pro
and Redback Sport, face hefty losses
with the retail value of their damaged
stock amounting to $800,000.
“We can’t really complain when
you consider what happened,” Bruce
said. “You just have to get back up
and keep going.
“What’s the other option?
“It’s just a little road block that gets
in the way and you get over it and
keep going.
“There are other people in the area
Bruce and Sandy Ottaway begin the cleanup at their Rocklea warehouse
with businesses and they have just
walked away with nothing. to work a couple of years longer than rose as high as the mezzanine floor. I couldn’t get everything off the floor. here and now we have been flooded,”
“We are lucky we still have a we originally planned. “We knew the flood was coming and “So we lost everything on the floor, Bruce said.
business. We are back trading and “Okay, we have lost all this money, moved some of the stock,” Bruce said. everything on the first level of racking He said he was getting mixed
we’ll be fully-stocked in a few weeks.” but all it has done is extend our “We didn’t think it would get up and some of it on the next level of messages from his insurer.
Bruce was quick to assure his wife working life a bit more. to our premises and we thought if racking as well.” “We have insurance for fire and
Sandy life would go on. “If you spread out the loss over a it did it would only come in on the The Ottaways moved their business damage, but not flood.
“Sandy was pretty upset about the number of years it’s not so bad.” floor a little bit. from Sherwood to the area seven “It covers rainwater coming up
whole thing when it happened and I Aussie Junior Pro and Redback “So I lifted as much off the floor as years ago. from the street, but they won’t pay us
said all it means is that we will have Sport lost half its stock when the water I could and filled up the racking, but “The place burnt down so we moved out for that because it was a flood.”

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Four Aussies earn 2011 LET cards
Four Australians have earned their
full playing cards for the 2011 Ladies
European Tour following a gruelling
five-round final qualifying tournament
at the La Manga Club in Southern
Spain.
24-year-old Australian Amateur
Champion Stacey Keating was the
highest placed of the successful Aussies.
With rounds of 72-71-75-71-69, the
Victorian finished in outright 4th place
at 3-under-par.
Fellow Australian Danielle Bowers
(WA) finished tied for 14th position
whilst Rachel Bailey (NSW) and Kate
Combes (Vic) shared 18th place after
storming home with final rounds of 71
and 70, respectively to sneak in at +8.
“It’s a great feeling, especially after
missing out last year,” Keating told
Inside Golf.
“Now I can plan my whole year and
I’m really excited!”
Going into the final round of an
event can be a testing time for a golfer
on the verge of securing a card. But
for Keating, it was smooth sailing all
the way.
“In the final stage I got off to a good
start, and was in a good position all
the way, so I guess it wasn’t too nerve
wracking as I wasn’t exactly on the cut
line, but you know it’s such a long week
and anything can happen! “ she said.
“I was just trying not to think too far
ahead, like not trying to think about
Stacey Keating
the possibility of playing in Europe
next season.”
Bowers was no doubt concerned
after opening rounds of 74, 75 & 80
had her sitting in 42nd position and
with a lot of ground to make up under
mounting pressure. She bounced back
in extraordinary style with rounds of
68 & 70, the equal 2nd best final 36-
hole score, to climb 28 places on the
final leaderboard.
Heading into the fifth and final
round, Bailey and Combes sat in 28th
and 33rd positions, respectively, and
had a pressure-filled day ahead of them
knowing that they required sub-par
rounds to achieve their top-30 goal.
Both fired on the day with Combes
posting a bogey-free round of 3-under
and Bailey impressing with birdies at
her final two holes for a 70.
Queenslander Bree Arthur will
have only limited starts after finishing
outside the top-30 cut-off list, after
playoffs saw her finish in 41st place
at +13.
Millar, Barnes and Kulacz
book Open starts
Matt Millar, Kurt Barnes and Rick
Kulacz have qualified to play the
2011 Open Championship at Royal
St George’s after finishing at the top
of the leaderboard at last month’s
International Final Qualifying (IFQ)
Australasia.
Millar finished as the clear leader
after a gruelling 36 holes at Kingston
Heath, the Canberran shooting a total
of 10-under par to clinch his first start
in a Major championship.
Barnes finished a shot back at
9-under par following 2 rounds, while
the West Australian duo of Stephen
Leaney and Rick Kulacz were forced Kurt Barnes
into a playoff to decide the final Open
spot after both finished at 8-under “Kingston Heath has really suited
par. Kulacz prevailed on the second my game over the last couple of years,
sudden death hole after Leaney missed I put in some hard work and it’s really
a par putt. paying off,” said Barnes.
For Millar, the result tops off an The third of the qualifiers, Kulacz,
incredible week in which his wife gave said he was more than happy to take
birth to their second child, a little girl the result particularly as he hasn’t been
Charlotte. playing his best golf of late.
“My wife gave birth on Wednesday “I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I
so I haven’t had a chance to play much would be on the first tee of the playoff,
golf and practice so maybe that’s the but I have been battling hooks so I
secret for me,” said Millar. wouldn’t have been surprised if I’d hit
For Barnes, the result confirms his it 70m left,” said Kulacz.
second Open start in as many years, “My first Major- it’s going to be great.
and the New South Welshman is An Australian has won there (Royal St
determined to learn from the lessons George’s) before, so I’m really looking
of his 2010 experience. forward to what it’s all about.”

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PGA of Australia names new CEO Destroyed Mudgee Golf

Clubhouse set for demolition
Last month, the Professional Golfers Association
of Australia Limited (PGA) announced the MUDGEE Golf Club members and staff were
appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, devastated when they awoke on a few days prior
Brian Thorburn. Thorburn will take over the to Christmas to the news that their clubhouse had
reins of the PGA from Max Garske, who retires been burned to the ground in an early morning fire.
in July 2011. Police and firefighters were called to the golf club
Thorburn has held executive positions for over shortly before 3am on Thursday December 23 and
twenty years in the banking sector with CitiBank, found the eastern end of the clubhouse well alight.
The State Bank of NSW and Westpac prior to Six fire units and 25 men took two hours to bring the
moving into sports management in 1996. Before fire under control. The fire is believed to have started
establishing 24/7 Sports, a sports marketing, in the kitchen area and had engulfed the clubhouse
promotions and events management company, he within 30 minutes of the arrival of firefighters and
was the Commercial Director of the Australian police. The building housing the proshop and old
Rugby Union. squash courts escaped the fire.
“The Board is pleased to have been able to Club Vice President, Mr. Brian Insull said while
appoint Brian Thorburn at this time as he will the club could be rebuilt, the fire had destroyed
enjoy the benefit of a significant transition memorabilia dating back to the early 1900s. “The
period with the current CEO, Max Garske, who real loss is the memories that have been lost inside
retires from the PGA after almost thirty years’ New PGA Chief Executive Officer Brian Thorburn that building.”
distinguished service,” PGA Chairman, Mark and Australian Rugby sale of broadcasting rights coming to Australia, our coaches are in demand, The burnt out Mudgee Golf Clubhouse will be
Gibson said. to News Limited. we now play a significant part on the OneAsia tour demolished to make way for a new building at the site.
At the ARU, Thorburn oversaw ten successive In making the announcement PGA Chairman and September 2011 will see the commencement The General Manager, Phillip Small, says members
seasons of Super 12 and Tri Nations Rugby and Mark Gibson highlighted that, “the role of of a year of celebrations as the PGA’s Centenary and visitors have shown massive support since the
was heavily involved in the staging of the Rugby CEO of the PGA was critical for a sport and an Year. blaze, filling tee off timesheets over the weekends.
World Cup in 2003. During his ten year ARU organisation that has a great responsibility to “We thank Max for his years of service and The police investigation to determine the cause of
tenure, first as Head of Finance and Marketing, the show leadership. The PGA is in good shape and contribution and we now look to Brian to lead the fire is continuing.
organisation grew from turning over $21million growing but our plans are ambitious. the PGA over the coming years and to implement Source: ABC News
to $79million. In 2004, he led the Australian “Australians are performing well on all tours the new strategic plan set for the organisation by
negotiation of the South African, New Zealand across the world, 2011 sees the Presidents Cup the Board.” he said.
Glenn Howard wins inaugural
GMA NSW Club Manager of the
Year Award
Glenn Howard, General Manager of Wyong Golf
Club, has been awarded the 2010 Club Manager of the
Year at the recent GMA NSW Awards Presentation.
Glenn has been General Manager at Wyong
Golf Club for the past 10 years, and since his
commencement he has achieved many goals and
helped progress the Club enormously over this period.
In the past 3 years Glenn has instigated many
new initiatives, resulting in annual average profits of
$200K, and achieving a record profit of $276K in 2010.
Glenn was successful over five other nominees
which included Michelle Vernon – Asquith Golf Club,
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AGIC releases golf industry Golf Club, Brian Leggett – Warringah Golf Club.
economic report
THE Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) has Survival on horizon for Port
released The Australian Golf Industry Economic Stephens golf course
Report: 2010. The report shows that the Australian
golf industry continues to make a significant HORIZONS Golf Resort in Port Stephens NSW will
contribution to the Australian economy – some survive after Queenslander Brett Lawton agreed last
$2.9 billion – and creates full-time employment for month to pay about $4 million for the Salamander

New course about to set Sale

over 23,000 people. The report, when compared Bay centre. Mr Lawton owns golf courses in
with other Australian sports, indicates that the Queensland, including the Sandy Gallop Course in
Australian golf industry is one of the biggest -- if Ipswich, and will take the property out of the hands
not the biggest -- competitive participant sports DEVELOPERS Gippsland Links Pty Ltd and “Well it’s another step, slowly but surely we of liquidators following the demise of former owners
within Australia based both on participation levels Sale Golf Club announced that construction are heading in the right direction with the Le Meilleur. The Korean construction company
and also its economic contribution. of the first golf hole on their new golf and development,’’ he said. bought the resort course for $7 million in 2004 and
The independent report has been undertaken residential development in Longford, Victoria “It will probably take about a month to build it went into voluntary administration in June 2010 with
by Ernst & Young on behalf of the AGIC and will start commencement this month, reports and probably another three months to grow it in.’’ debts totalling more than $17 million. Unsecured
highlights the broad range and diversity of Gippsland Times. Mr. Perrett said the 17th hole would be one of creditors are owed $2.3 million, a Korean bank more
the golf industry and its importance as a key Golf course architects Thomson Perrett have the most challenging holes to construct. than $12 million and Port Stephens Council more
sector of the Australian economy. Not only completed preliminary designs for the 17th “This is probably the dullest piece of land on than $200,000 from the failed venture. "Mr Lawton
does it cover the people, equipment and events hole which will be a long par three. Golf course the whole project, so we have to manufacture said most jobs at Horizons would be preserved and
traditionally associated with the sport of golf, construction company Turnpoint Pty Ltd will something from nothing whereas most of the all existing memberships would be honoured,"
but it also highlights other important economic undertake construction of the new course with new land, it already looks like a golf course.’’ liquidator Ken Whittingham from PKF Chartered
aspects of the golf industry including golf course director Andrew Purchase having visited the 10 new holes will be constructed on the Accountants said. "The Korean company is still at
investment, the value of golf related to charity, site last month with Thomson Perrett chief green fields site with the remaining eight to be fault in the deed of company arrangement but there
construction and maintenance, golf-related real executive Ross Perrett. constructed where the existing 18 are now. The is a chance we can pay some superannuation and
estate and the value of hospitality and tourism Mr. Perrett said he expected construction project will also include 300 houses around the employee entitlements." The deal with Mr Lawton
associated with golf. For more information go to of the new hole to take about four months to course and the Sale Golf Club clubrooms will was secured after interest from several other parties,
www.agic.org.au complete. also receive an upgrade. including a consortium of Horizons members. 
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Local golf veteran joins
Pacific Harbour
QUEENSLAND’S Pacific Harbour
Golf & Country Club has announced
former PGA professional and long-
time Bribie resident Robbie Paul has
been appointed as the new Group
& Corporate Golf Sales Manager.
Catching the golfing bug at just 10
years old, Robbie has a long history in
the golf industry, beginning as a junior
champion and turning professional at
only 21 before touring Australia and the
globe as a teacher and player.
In his position as Sales Manager,
Robbie will be working with the sales
and marketing team bringing in new
clients, increasing memberships as well
as raising awareness and interest in the
club’s events and facilities.
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
general manager Damian Brown said he
GMA NSW Annual General Meeting
TrevorHarrison
Executive Officer – GMA NSW
At the GMA NSW Annual General
Meeting the following members were
elected to the GMA NSW Board
unopposed:
Paul Hinton Royal Sydney GC
President, Brenden Ellam North Ryde
GC Captain, David Burton New South
Wales GC Treasurer, Stuart Fraser Castle
Hill CC Director, Jason Seagg Roseville
GC Director, Paul Paterson Oatlands
GC Director, Michelle Vernon Asquith
GC Director, Cameron Harvey Pennant
Hills GC Director
After lunch fifty players teed up for
the GMA NSW Golf Championship and
played for the JB Ferrier Cup. The winner
is delighted to have someone with such
broad golf experience joining the team.
“We are very excited to welcome such
a talented professional with such a rich
golfing background,” Mr Brown said.
“I have no doubt his experience,
knowledge of the game and the golfing
lifestyle will make him a huge asset to
Pacific Harbour.
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
was recently named the number one
Queensland Public Access Golf Course
again, and with Robbie’s appointment
we believe we have added another
strength to the club.”
Robbie has also been involved
with the game from a corporate level,
working as the company ambassador
for Greg Norman’s ‘International
Brands.’ 
was Craig Ellis (Tuggerah Lakes/Shelly
Beach) with a net 67. Gary Considine
(Springwood CC) was runner up with net
68 on a count back from Derryn Weigand
(Bankstown GC). In the non-managers
field, Michael Williams (NSWGC) had
a fine net 63 to defeat Bruce Bosworth
(Newcastle GC) on a count back.
GMA NSW would like to thank the
host manager, Doug Jones, his Board
and all staff for hosting a great day at
Camden Lakeside.
New Members
We welcome the following new
members who have joined GMA NSW
Scott Ranse – Riverside Oaks Country
Club–Ordinary Member
Helen White – Royal Sydney GC–
Provisional C Member
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Peter Senior Australia’s man of steel
DavidNewbery
US President George W. Bush once called former
Prime Minister John Howard “a man of steel”, but
Australian golf ’s man of steel has to be Peter Senior.
Senior showed his mettle when he rallied to win
his third Australian PGA Championship at age 51
– the oldest winner of the event. And he captured
the Handa Australian Senior Open at Royal Perth.
In a professional career spanning more than three
decades, Senior has won some 30 tournaments
around the globe.
In 1989 alone, he won four times (NSW PGA,
Australian PGA, Australian Open and the Johnnie
Walker Classic), but, according to Senior, that year
pales into insignificance compared to 2010.
In this forthright interview, Senior, who plays
full-time on the US Champions Tour, reveals an
appealing sense of humour as he talks about himself,
his goals and his zest for life.
Congratulations on winning your third
Australian PGA Championship.
It was a great way to cap the year off. The years are
going now and I don’t get that many opportunities
so you have to take them.
Did you give yourself a realistic chance of
winning at Coolum?
We have got so many good players now and to
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win, irrespective of where you play, you have
to play extremely well. But I probably played
my best golf at the Australian Open in Sydney.
From tee to green I played pretty good, but I
didn’t hole anything all week and still finished
reasonably well. I finished bogey, par, bogey to
finish 20th so I could have done really, really
well. I probably didn’t play as well at Coolum,
but I putted better. That was the only difference.
What does winning a major Australian
title at age 51 mean to you?
It’s not something I am going to yell and
scream about. I don’t want to say I’m the oldest
winner in Australia. I am just so happy I won
the event.
It certainly put a few younger players with
big egos in their place?
The good thing about it is it’s proved to quite
a few guys that we are not done when we turn
50 years of age. I had a good talk to Peter Fowler
afterwards and it looks like he is going to come
over to America and have a shot at it as well. It’s
just given guys a little bit of hope.
How did you celebrate the win?
Well, I don’t drink alcohol and neither does
June. We had a family dinner and got a few
friends over and we had a great time.
Once again John Daly was the big drawcard
at the Australian Open and the Australian
PGA. Is he still good for golf?
For me, he’s a great guy. If you really get to know
him he is a sensational guy. It’s just a pity he does
what he does. The only disappointing thing for
me is the way that he just gives up. I don’t like
that about any sportsperson if they just give up.
He’s got so much talent and he is a drawcard and
we love seeing him down here.
Last year was an outstanding one for you.
How much satisfaction did you get from
playing well on the US Champions Tour,
winning the Australian Senior Open and
the PGA?
This is my first full year of golf in nine years
and it’s done me the world of good. Nearly every
year I play the Australian Tour and a couple of
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smaller events. So, tournament-wise, I normally
play about eight tournaments a year and that
means I have spent a lot of time at home with my
kids. Playing full time has hardened me up again.
Have you enjoyed it?
I had a ball in America. The best thing I did
was taking June and my kids (Krystlle, Jasmine
and Mitchell). My eldest had 10 months off work
and I took the two younger kids out of school. I
wanted to make it as easy as possible for me and
good for the family so we just went over for a 10
month holiday. It was great and it was the best
family bonding session we could have had.
Where did you base yourself in the US?
We are in Orlando, Florida not far from
Disneyland. The kids enjoyed that and we had a
great time over there.
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Did your results on the Champions Tour
exceed your expectations?
My one and only goal I set myself was to finish
in the top-30 on the money list so that I could
go back and play again this year. The first year is
very important. If I had not finished in the top-
30 it would have meant going back to qualify and
it would have been hard. (Note: Senior finished
20th with earnings of $US821,000).
Would this rate as one of his best years on
Tour considering where you’re now at with
your career?
It’s been the most enjoyable year I’ve had. I
can look back and even the tournaments I won
in the late ’80s, and there were quite a few in a
row, but this year topped any year I have ever
had in my career. And that’s because I had my
family there. I did well and I finished well. It
was just a year that I can look back on and say,
‘gee, I had a good time’.
You have been a touring pro for 32 years,
what keeps you going?
I enjoy life and I still feel I can contest in every
tournament I play regardless of who’s in the field.
The fire is still there and I want to be competitive.
The moment I lose my competitiveness I won’t
play the game. I’ll just play with my mates.
How old do you feel?
I feel no older than I look – 60. (Laughter).
How do you keep fit?
I hardly ever work out when I’m on tour because
I just feel strange if I start doing it. When I come
home I’ll have six weeks in the gym trying to
lose a little weight and trying to get fitter for the
beginning of the Champions Tour.
How does your game compare to 21 years ago
when you were a prolific winner?
I am probably a more consistent ball-striker
from tee to green now than I ever was. When I was
younger I had my weeks and I did play some good
tournaments but week in, week out I probably hit
it better now that I did then.
You must be satisfied with your mental game
at the moment?
That was one thing at the PGA at Coolum that
I was happy about – the way I stood up and felt
over the ball when I needed to do something. I
could still key in and could still focus and do what
I needed to do. That means more to a sportsperson
than anything.
Your coach Gary Edwin says no-one loves the
game more than you. Is that a fair comment?
I think about golf all the time – even at
night. Sometimes I’ll be lying in bed with
my wife and we’ll be watching TV and all of
a sudden I’ll disappear for 10 minutes and
I’ve got a club in my hand and I’m in front of
the mirror in the bathroom thinking, ‘I need
to get it there and then I need to get it there’
– so it’s just great.
Has there ever been a time in your career
that you fell out of love with golf?
There’s only been one time and that was in
1997 when I actually contemplated giving the
game away. I had just won the Canon Challenge
at Terrey Hills. I played with Peter Lonard on
the last day and I just lost the enjoyment for
it (golf). Nearly every round I went out and
it was just a fight. I didn’t know where the
ball was going and somehow I was putting
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a score together but there was no enjoyment
in it. Gary Edwin came up to me after that
tournament and said ‘well done, Pete’. I said
‘Gaz, I don’t feel very good about it’. We sat
down for half an hour and he could understand
what I was trying to say. Even though I won
the tournament it was a fight. Funny enough
Gary was at Hope Island as the pro and he
took me down the back and said ‘this is how
you used to swing it and he said this is what
we are going to do and if you want to change
it and want to do something about it and fix it,
we’ll fix it’. I said it would be worth anything if
you can just bring the enjoyment back again.
I tell you what, in six or eight months I was
enjoying the game again and I have been
with him since 1997. Gary is a great guy and
I would stand up for him anywhere against
anybody.
You have got a break before returning to
the US, what area of your game will you
be working on with Gary?
We are going to do a lot of work on my
short game before I go back because that’s
the only area I have to improve. It’s just my
chipping and my putting. If I can improve
one shot a round it’s going to be good by the
end of each week.
What goals have you set for 2011?
I definitely want to do a little better than I
did in 2010. One of my goals is to win on the
Champions Tour, but I’m definitely going to
get fitter. The guys who played well last year
are the guys who are the fittest as well. So I
am going to drop a few kilos and work hard
on everything this year to give myself the best
possible chance.
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Coolum lets amateurs ‘follow the PGA’

JamesShrimpton
THE pro golfers and the crowds were
all gone and the temporary stands were
being dismantled the day after Peter
Senior’s PGA playoff win over Geoff
Ogilvy, but more intriguing action
followed on the Hyatt Coolum course
on the Sunshine Coast.
Amateurs from all grades who
had watched the championship as
spectators or on TV had been invited
to experience the game as the pros
play it – in competition, from the same
back tees and with the same tricky pin
placements.
An additional test was that the course
was playing longer than usual after the
rains that caused postponement of
the final PGA holes until the Monday
morning, and continued on afternoons
all week.
The outstanding round among the
amateurs of all grades who contested
any of the four separate stableford
events played from Tuesday to
Friday came from Daniel McGraw, a
scratch-marker from the Gailes club
in southwest Brisbane.
Daniel, 23, recorded the four days’
only sub-par round off the stick with
a one-under-par 71 for 37 stableford
points on the second day.
Two-under-par early, he dropped
a couple of shots later and was even
par coming to the fearsome 18th, a
385-metre par-4 with water on the
left which has proved perilous to
many a pro.
Daniel struck a mighty drive which
left him only a sand-wedge to the green
– then made the putt for a birdie.
“It’s a lot different playing inside the
ropes from watching it from outside,”
said Daniel. “You get a different
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Daniel McGraw made Coolum look easy, even under the difficult PGA tournament conditions
He was delighted with the experience
and with his score.
Daniel, who works part-time at a
driving range, played rugby league
and soccer as a boy before taking up
golf at 14.
Improving his game steadily, he
played at Banora Point, Chambers
Pines then Sanctuary Cove, where he
has been coached by Ossie Moore.
At Gailes for six years, Daniel has
twice been club champion, in 2008
and in 2010, when he also captained
the Queensland Colts team.
His hope in 2011 is to make the state
men’s team – and if he can maintain
his progress, could consider trying
late this year to qualify as a pro for the
Australasian tour.
With a sensible attitude towards the
future, Daniel’s philosophy is: “If I don’t
give it a try, I’ll never know.”
Daniel’s role model is Tiger Woods
(“at least ON the course”) and he has
learned from watching Robert Allenby,
Geoff Ogilvy and other Australians by
walking courses and on TV.
Ossie Moore believes Daniel could
make it as a pro.
“He has the potential,” he said. “His
swing has improved, he’s level-headed
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horton park
Prizes for the “follow the PGA”
events were a trophy and a $60 order
on the pro-shop for first, $40 for second
and $20 for third with $10 for nearest-
the-pins.
The idea behind the tournament
was to show regular golfers who might
watch the pros on TV and wonder:
“How would I have gone on that
one?”–or even: “I could have done
better than that.”
Head Coolum professional Peter
Heiniger said it was rare for amateurs to
experience pro tournament conditions
since most big Australian tournaments
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Royal Sydney and Royal Melbourne
which were not open to the public.
The Hyatt’s Director of Recreation
Brett Braithwaite pronounced it a
success although the wet weather
reduced the hoped-for numbers, and
predicted it would be held again next
year and could become annual.
He said the stableford scoring system
rather than stroke-play was used for
the same reason as for regular club
events – picking up when unable to
score a point sped up the game and it
was easier for a player to recover after
(say) a disastrous 10 on one hole.
Reactions from the participants,
all of whom had to own an official
handicap and Golf Link number, were
enthusiastic.
“A fantastic idea,” said John Waugh,
an 11-handicapper from Sydney’s
Terrey Hills club, who won on the final
day with 34 stableford points.
Other comments ranged from
“terrific” to “nine out of 10 – it would
have been ten except the ground was
so soft.”
Daniel McGraw also placed third
in the first day’s event with 31 points,
seven behind the winner George
Coudounaris from The Lakes club in
Sydney who, playing off 30, went on to
take the third day’s prize with 38 points
on a reduced handicap of 27.
George was one of three family
members who took part in the
tournament; his father Eric (off 13)
claimed second prize with 37 points on
the third day and his brother Stephen
won a nearest-the-pin prize.
Best round by an associate during
the four days was by Fiona Shortis
from Sydney’s Avondale club who–off
the regular women’s red tees with a 19
handicap matched Daniel McGraw’s 37
points on the second day.

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It’s E-Z-GO for Rex
RACV Royal Pines Resort’s senior manager golf, sport and leisure Gavin
Kirkman (left) with challenge winners Greg Rix, Val Buckley, Rob Fussell and
Nico Shutte from Augusta Golf Cars
IF you want to win a prize then you’ve
got to be in it to win it.
Rex Dengate made sure he was in
it when he completed the entry form
at the RACV Royal Pines Resort
Challenge final and ended up the big
winner.
Rex, who plays his golf at Horizons
Golf Club in New South Wales, made
the effort to fill in the entry form and
won a RXV E-Z-GO Golf Cart for
his trouble.
His name was the first pulled from
the “hat” in the tournament’s lucky
draw and he drove away with a brand-
new golf cart from E-Z-GO.
The tournament proper was played
in three divisions – men’s division 1
(handicaps 0-11), men’s division 2
(handicaps (12-36) and ladies (open).
In the men’s division 1, local
knowledge helped Greg Rix win the
day.
Rex, who plays off a one handicap at
Royal Pines Resort, returned a 69 off
the stick for a nett 68.
The Glades Golf Club’s Bob Fussell,
off 27, won the men’s division 2 title
with 46 single stableford points.
In the ladies championship,
Brookwater Golf Club’s Val Buckley
was triumphant.
The 17 marker returned 39 single
stableford points.
The challenge is a weekly competition
played every Tuesday where all the
winners are invited back to play in the
final at Royal Pines Resort.
More than 75 players took part in
the recent challenge final.
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Senior wins…without hitting a shot
DavidNewbery
PETER Senior’s trophy cabinet is
starting to get a little crowded after he
picked up another trophy when he was
presented with the Queensland PGA
Championship cup.
The 51-year-old was awarded with
the Charles Bonham Trophy two days
after being presented the Joe Kirkwood
Cup for winning the Australian PGA
Championship.
And he picked up the Queensland
PGA trophy without even hitting a
drive or sinking a putt.
Confused?
Well, the championship was last
played in November 2009 and when
organisers were unable to find a suitable
date in 2010 it was rescheduled to be
played from February 24-27, 2011.
So, without an actual winner in 2010,
it was decided the winner of the 2010
Australian PGA Championship at Queensland PGA tournament chairman Peter McWhinney presents Peter Senior
Coolum would also be given the title with the Charles Bonham Trophy
of Queensland PGA champion.
Senior was delighted to have his “To have my name back on here 24 “I can’t think of another player
name etched on the prestigious trophy. years after my first Queensland PGA throughout history that is more iconic
“You look at the names on this trophy win is indescribable and, to be honest, in Queensland than Peter Senior,”
from Greg Norman to Ian Baker-Finch if someone had told me a few years ago he said.
– not to mention up-and-coming that it was possible I probably would “His bulldog-like competitive nature
players like Steven Bowditch, who won have laughed at them.” and his ability to get the job done down
last year and it’s not hard to see why Queensland PGA tournament the stretch is something that the entire
this is the most sought-after trophy we chairman and former Queensland golfing public here in Queensland
have in Queensland,” said Senior, who PGA champion Peter McWhinney and, in fact, throughout Australia can
won the title in 1987. said Senior was a Queensland legend. appreciate.”
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Holden Young Lions roars into its 12th year

For 11 years now, Holden have been promoting
the game of golf through their Holden Young
Lions program.
It came about after a successful decade with
the Holden Scramble, when Holden indicated
their passion to get further involved in golf at
all levels.
In conjunction with the PGA, the Holden
Young Lions are a collection of PGA professionals
around Australia that promote golf at both at
the elite and grass roots level.
The first and major component of the Holden
Young Lions program is the free coaching
clinics that are provided by some of Australia’s
best teaching PGA professionals to local golf
communities and Holden Dealers across
Australia. They provide free clinics at various
Pro-Ams and Holden Scramble Local, Regional
and Championship Finals as well as partaking in
playing lessons for dealers and their customers.
The other side of the Holden Young Lions
program are the PGA Tour professionals that
promote the Holden brand all over the world
through golf. The Holden Young Lions program
has sponsored players such as Peter Lonard,
Stephen Leaney, David Smail, John Senden,
Australia’s best teaching PGA professionals provide free clinics at various Pro-Ams and Holden events
David Mackenzie and Cameron Percy who
have all played on international tours in past Lions purpose is to expand the coverage of GM commitment to the Young Lion program. and with the 20th anniversary of the Holden
years. More recently, the Holden Young Lions Holden at all Tour events. GM Holden aim to “The Holden Young Lion Coaching team Scramble, 2011 looks to be Holden’s biggest
team now comprises of names such as Ashley be represented at every event so the Holden will continue to travel the country providing year yet.
Hall, Marcus Cain, Andrew Tschudin, and brand will be synonymous with golf. assistance to golfers of all ages. It reinforces our For more information on how you can be
Mark Allan. With GM Holden’s recent announcement commitment to teaching players of all ages and involved in a Holden Young Lion Coaching
While the Coaching Young Lions are more continuing their support of the long-running skill levels” said Devereux. Clinic or Holden Scramble event, contact the
focused on promoting golf and Holden at Holden Scramble, Chairman and Managing The Holden Young Lions have contributed PGA Events Division on (03) 8320 1999 or visit
grass roots level, the Touring Holden Young Director Mike Devereux also confirmed Holden’s a lot to golf in Australia over the past 11 years www.pga.org.au
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Phillip Island Linfox Pro-Am extravaganza

One of Melbourne’s favourite regional courses
is set to take centre stage this year, as the 2011
Phillip Island Linfox Pro-Am Extravaganza tees
off from March 18.
The tournament will be a unique event on the
Australian golfing calendar, with three consecutive
days of Pro-Am golf involving lady professionals,
senior professionals (Legends) and the touring
professionals.
The event kicks off on Friday 18th March 2011
with the Ladies Pro-Am. A field of 20 female
professionals and celebrities will tee off alongside
amateur partners to compete for a healthy prize
purse. Interest in the event from the female
professionals has been great, with players such
as Jan Stephenson and Nadina Light already
indicating they would like to play.
“Our girls have shown a strong level of interest
in helping to make this event happen and are
looking forward to exploring Phillip Island,” said
Fergus Cameron (Left), Managing Director of Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, tees it up with Phillip Island Golf Club Professional Marcus Liberman on
Paul Melville, Operations Manager of ALPG Tour.
the Grand Prix track at Phillip Island at the launch of the 2011 Linfox Pro Am
“We hope this is the start of a long-running
event that will grow bigger and bigger in the years winners of the event include Leighton Lyle, Heath and special accommodation rates being offered currently running a special membership offer.
to come and a long association with the club and D’Altera & Craig Scott. by Pro-Am partner the All Seasons Phillip Island With a variety of affordable membership options, a
the ALPG,” he added. Linfox and Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Eco Resort, which is located only minutes from reduced entrance fee for new members, Handicap
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Legend golfers & celebrities pair up with the for the tournament, and the event is hoped to celebrities and amateur players can all bring down & beverage discounts on offer, it represents great
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Amateurs made to feel like pros
Amateur golfers who played on the
SGA Tour in Victoria in 2010 were treated
to a deluxe golfing experience when they
played the final event of the year, The Tour
Championship, at Kingston Heath Golf Club.
A field of 100 golfers took part, with the top
20 players in the Order of Merit competing
for the exclusive Tour Championship. The
rest of the field, which included celebrity
guest Andy Lee from Hamish and Andy,
played a single stableford competition on
the course rated as the best in Australia.
Andy Lee and his mate Nick Fletcher had
a great time golfing with Dave Farrelly and
David Rushmore from Social Golf Australia,
who operates the SGA Tour in Queensland.
After the round, Andy confessed that he
and Hamish are ‘seeing other people’ at the
moment and that means he is playing heaps
of golf over the summer.
“We had a lot fun out there today, even
though Hamish was not with us. He is a hoot
on a golf course, but his swing isn’t quite as
refined yet. Like a good marathon runner,
he says he’s building up to the ultimate
round which he plans to execute in the year
2033 – when they have robotic golf clubs
Appleby Junior Masters event draws record numbers
Benalla golfer Jamie Stapleton has
taken out the 2010 Stuart Appleby
Murray River
Junior Masters Golf Tournament in
a thrilling finish.
At the conclusion of play after 72
holes of Tournament Play at Tocumwal
Golf Club and Cobram Barooga Golf
Club, 2 players Sean Ong (Kingswood
Golf Club) and Jamie Stapleton (Benalla
Golf Club), finished with combined
totals of 291 (3 over par).
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Compete in a fun atmosphere and have
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a four-ball Ambrose competition. Nicky
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Cost: $800.00 per team of four
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SGA Tour Ambassador Andy Lee with playing partners Nick Fletcher, Dave Farrelly
and David Rushmore
that do all the work for you. As this was a
real tournament for golfers, I brought Nick
along as his proxy. Nick is nearly as funny
as Hamish, much better looking and can hit
his driver about 240 metres further, which
came in handy.”
Andy was not the only one who had a fun
day, with most of the participants enjoying
the perfect weather and superb layout. Golf
Australia CEO Stephen Pitt was a guest at the
presentation dinner and Anthony Murphy
and Niall Shearer from Drummond Golf
played in the event. Anthony said it was a
great day all round.
A playoff took place in front of a large
crowd, the first hole at Cobram Barooga
was halved in birdies
with Stapleton birdieing the second
playoff hole to win the 2010 Stuart
Appleby Murray River Junior Masters
in style.
Tournament Director Ashley
Marshall said this year’s event was a
record in player numbers with players
travelling considerable distances
across Australia. The event also had
Counterstroke Golf Classic 2011
Your invitation to play golf and save lives.
Five days on the Mornington Peninsula’s
most esteemed courses:
Monday 21 Feb: Portsea Golf Club
Tuesday 22 Feb: The National Golf Club
Wednesday 23 Feb: The Dunes Golf Links
Thursday 24 Feb: Sorrento Golf Club
Friday 25 Feb: Flinders Golf Club
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Mornington Peninsula 54-hole Tournament
May 3-5
Rosebud Park, The Dunes and Sorrento GC
THE Mornington Peninsula will be on
show to golfers across the country in May as
the region prepares to host its second annual
Mornington Peninsula 54-hole Tournament.
Golfers will play an individual Stableford
event on each day of the 3-day tournament.
Courses include Rosebud Park, The Dunes
and Sorrento Golf Club.
Entry to the Mornington Peninsula 54-
hole Tournament is $235 per person, and
includes golf, three lunches, trophies, the
eventresults
“Niall and I both had a terrific time. We
enjoyed our game with Richard Fellner from
Inside Golf and Liam Anderson, who was
the low marker in the field playing off plus
two–he hits a mean ball! The event was great
value, well organised and everyone really
enjoyed themselves.”
When the results were in, SGA Tour player
John Potter won The Tour Championship
with 36 Stableford points on countback from
Neil Hocking and took home a new set of
FG Tour irons thanks to Wilson Staff.
For all the results and photos, go to
sgatour.com.au
an international flavour with 2 players
from PNG participating.
For the second time, Reanna
Matthews from Leongatha Golf Club
won the girls section with a combined
total of 292 (1-over-par), a tournament
record. This was an outstanding
achievement as Reanna played with
the Boys in the final round and shot
1-under-par. Reanna’s winning margin
was an impressive 28 shots over the rest
of the girl’s field.
welcome party and a bag of goodies that will
showcase the region’s attractions.
www.golfmorningtonpeninsula.com.au
Yallourn Golf Club Open Days and Pro-Am
Sunday 27th February
Yallourn Golf Club
The par-72 course at Yallourn Golf Club
is one of the best in Gippsland (Vic).This
year, the Yallourn Pro-am will be held on
Sunday 27th February. It is sure to be a fun
event for all. In addition, Yallourn also offers
Open Day Competitions every Wednesday.
Contact manager Jason Johnson for
further details (03) 5127 6962, or visit
www.yallourngolfclub.com.au.
Magenta Challenge
Every Sunday at Magenta Shores.
Magenta Shores, New South Wales’
Number 1 resort course is excited to
announce the Magenta Challenge will
now be played every Sunday in 2011.
If you have a registered handicap and
would like to test your skills at their
wonderful Ross Watson-designed golf
course, please call the pro shop on 02
4352 8145 to make a booking. Times are
available from 7am each Sunday. Format
is individual Stableford, and the cost is
only $99, which includes cart.
www.magentagolf.com.au
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Stats and scores around the world

Nitties prevails in ‘epic’ battle 2011 Cellarbrations Victorian PGA C’ship Leaderboard
Pos Name Overall Total
with O’Malley 1 James Nitties -18 198
2 Peter O’Malley -17 199
James Nitties prevailed as the 2011 3 Andrew Buckle -13 203
Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Champion after 4 Leigh McKechnie -12 204
T5 Damon Welsford -11 205
a tough day fighting it out with Peter O’Malley T5 Daniel Fox -11 205
at the Sandhurst Club south-east of Melbourne. T7 Alistair Presnell -10 206
Nitties finished the 54-hole tournament T7 Terry Pilkadaris -10 206
at 18-under par, one ahead of O’Malley at T7 Anthony Brown -10 206
17-under who played what Nitties described T7 Andre Stolz -10 206
T7 Bronson La’Cassie -10 206
as ‘epic’ golf.
With a final round of three-under par, Nitties But it wasn’t until O’Malley’s second shot to the
battled with O’Malley for much of the day with 18th missed the green to the right that the win
the lead changing on several occasions. looked a certainty for the Novocastrian.
Playing alongside Nitties in the final group, “This is a great win and a great field – it’s the
O’Malley, who had a final round of 4-under best Vic PGA field I’ve ever played in,” said Nitties
par, led for most of the afternoon and looked “It’s good to come home and play well. To do well
good for the title until Nitties birdied the 17th. in any event is good, but at home it’s even better.”

AMATEUR EVENTS

Paul Sheehan
MacManus ‘Masters’ stellar field
Young Queenslander Tarquin MacManus
stormed home amid rough conditions to win the
AUSTRALASIAN TOUR Victorian Open Golf C’ship – Leaderboard 2011 Australian Master of the Amateurs at the Royal
Pos Name Overall Total
Paul Sheehan found himself back in the 1 Paul Sheehan -8 276 Melbourne Golf Club.
winner’s circle after claiming the 2011 Victorian 2 Matthew Griffin -6 278 The 21-year-old from Cairns finished the four
Open at Spring Valley Golf Club. 3 Tony McNaughton -5 279 rounds with a 12-under-par total of 276, which was
In front of a large crowd, Sheehan shot a final T4 Steven Jones -4 280 a record score for the 14 years of the event, pipping
day round of one-over par which, in the tough T4 Aaron Townsend -4 280 young Queenslander Jason Day’s top score of 281
T6 James Nitties -1 283
conditions, was enough to maintain his lead T6 Adam Crawford -1 283 in 2006.
throughout the day. 8 Kieran Pratt E 284 Like Day, MacManus has been honing his golfing
9 David Bransdon 1 285 Tarquin MacManus
Hitting only five greens in regulation throughout skills in the United States, taking part in the successful
his round Sheehan credited his putter for his first T10 Rick Kulacz 2 286 golfing program at the University of Arizona. His
win since 2006, which found the hole on a number T10 Brendan Smith 2 286 father, who introduced Tarquin to the game as a 2011 PGA TOUR OFFICIAL
T10 Simon Furneaux 2 286
of occasions from the far reaches of the greens. three-year-old was his caddie for the four days at WORLD GOLF RANKING
“My putting and my chipping today was just also shooting a round of one-over. Royal Melbourne and his mother followed them Through: Sony Open in Hawaii Jan 16, 2011
unbelievable. Every hole I had to work for my “It was close. At the start I played well early around the course. RANK PLAYER TOTAL COUNTRY
pars and it was a real challenge,” said Sheehan. and then I just didn’t quite take advantage of “That made today’s win even more special,” POINTS
“I’m rapt. I love coming to this tournament opportunities,” said Griffin. MacManus said. 1 Lee Westwood 406.14 Eng
and it’s a great venue [Spring Valley]. I’ve finished “The more you get in these positions the better MacManus sealed the title with his last shot of 2 Tiger Woods 292.59 USA
second in the Vic Open before – I’ve had a lot you get at it. I had my chance today and it didn’t the tournament, sinking a 20 metre putt from the 3 Martin Kaymer 338.21 Deu
T4 Graeme McDowell 343.11 Nir
of seconds- so it feels great. It’s a great way to quite happen.” edge of the green. His final round of 65 was the best T4 Phil Mickelson 268.24 USA
start the year.” Tony McNaughton finished in outright third round on a day which had gone from heavy rain and 6 Steve Stricker 264.87 USA
Local crowd favourite Matthew Griffin finished at five-under while Steve Jones and Aaron a four-hour delay to bright sunshine by the time his 7 Jim Furyk 276.53 USA
in second place two shots back from Sheehan after Townsend tied for fourth at four-under. last putt dropped. 8 Paul Casey 248.80 Eng
Ryan McCarthy (Tasmania), Ryan Fox (New 9 Luke Donald 297.15 Eng
T10 Ernie Els 302.54 Zaf
Zealand) and Andrew Sullivan (England) all finished T10 Ian Poulter 270.12 Eng
EUROPEAN TOUR US PGA TOUR three shots behind the winner. 12 Rory McIlroy 291.65 Nir
Louis Oosthuizen birdied the first hole of a At the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Final Placings 13 Matt Kuchar 255.42 USA
three-way playoff to win the Africa Open in his Hawaii, Jonathan Byrd edged Robert Garrigus on 276 MacManus-QLD (74 67 70 65) 14 Dustin Johnson 220.92 USA
native South Africa. Oosthuizen, who started the second extra playoff hole to claim the Tour’s first 279 McCarthy-TAS (65 73 72 69) 15 Francesco Molinari 237.99 Ita
16 Retief Goosen 241.06 Zaf
the final round tied for the lead, converted a tournament of 2011. The win is the fifth and most Fox-NZ (64 74 75 66) 17 Robert Karlsson 180.93 Swe
12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force significant of Byrd’s PGA TOUR career. The victory Sullivan-ENG (68 71 71 69) 18 Louis Oosthuizen 209.74 Zaf
the playoff against Chris Wood and Manuel qualified him for this season’s Masters, U.S. Open 281 Canter-ENG (73 71 68 69) 19 Edoardo Molinari 213.61 Ita
Quiros, who tied for regulation at 16-under 276. and at least one World Golf Championship, as well 282 Campbell-NZ (68 74 69 71) 20 Tim Clark 206.89 Zaf
21 Hunter Mahan 205.37 USA
The win was Oosthuizen’s first since capturing as a trip to back to Kapalua’s Plantation Course next 283 Richardson-TAS (69 72 71 71) 22 Robert Allenby 199.09 Aus
the British Open for his first major victory at St. January to defend his title. He advanced to No. 58 284 Holman-VIC (70 74 74 66) 23 Charl Schwartzel 198.57 Zaf
Andrews in July. in the Official World Golf Ranking. Wright-ENG (67 75 73 69) 24 Adam Scott 181.93 Aus
25 Geoff Ogilvy 169.90 Aus
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JasonGruber
You may not have heard of the RE/MAX World Long
Drive Championship Australia, but you soon will.
You see, as we all become more time poor in our
day-to-day lives, getting out to play a game of golf
or even simply watching the game becomes very
limited. But imagine rocking down to your local club
on a Saturday afternoon to witness Australia’s biggest
hitters crushing it 330+ metres and to hear the music
pumping and healthy sledges coming from the crowd.
Welcome to the sport of Long Drive Golf.
As Australian clubs struggle to draw new faces
into their premises, clubs like Richmond (NSW),
Ballarat (VIC) and Gold Creek Country Club (ACT)
have embraced the sport of Long Drive Golf to
attract new patrons to their club by hosting a round
of the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship
Australia. These clubs feel that by hosting their own
qualifying event that they are boosting their profile
within their community and even more with the
golfing community.
Every time a Long Drive event is run at these clubs,
hundreds of spectators flock to see the flamboyant
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Andrew “Popeye” Brennan (who stands at 5’5 and
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in at a mere 160kgs, Shrek has been known to swing
his driver at 150mph plus. That’s 30mph higher than
Tiger or Bubba Watson.
We all know golf has struggled to attract the
younger generations, as the X & Y generations don’t
want to spend 4-5 hours walking around a golf course.
With Long Drive, they can come down and compete
within the hour and be involved, maybe attracting him
or her to stay longer and enjoy what the host club has
to offer. As this sport grows, bigger companies like
RE/MAX, Suzuki and Shark Golf see the advantages
of being associated with this sport, as they know that
newer customers will be attracted to their product.
So if you like to watch highly talented athletes push
the limits of the human body, come on down to one
of the scheduled events and see Australia’s best battle
it out for a ticket to Las Vegas. Yes that’s right: the
winner in the Open division will represent Australia
at the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship in
Las Vegas at the end of the year, where the world’s
best will battle out for a $500,000 prize pool, just
like 2010 RWLCA Open Mens Champion Brendon
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Unlike any other major golf tour, anyone can
have a crack on the day, a fantastic aspect of this
growing sport is that there is no need to book in,
nor pre qualify; just rock on down to your local
hosting club pay your money, put your name on
the list and it is as easy as that. With five divisions
in the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship
Australia, there is a category to suit all golfers, and if
you are keen to try it out or just want to come down
and join the hundreds in the crowd, just log onto
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Refreshing Alison to be herself

DavidNewbery
THE first thing you notice about rookie professional
Alison Whitaker is not nervous tension but her
good natured humour.
Whitaker’s an effervescent, fun-loving person
with an infectious smile and a bubby personality.
She exudes energy and laughter is her constant
companion.
When we caught up for a chat she was eating
which, she says, is one of life’s little pleasures.
It’s what the former elite amateur, who spent
four years at Duke University in North Carolina,
enjoys doing when she’s not playing golf.
Her other favourite pastime is playing her guitar.
Whitaker, 25, has spent the past two months at
home in Melbourne preparing for a return to the US
where she has conditional status on the US LPGA
Tour and a full playing card on the Futures Tour
courtesy of finishing 22nd at qualifying school.
In 2005, Whitaker was a semi-finalist at the US
Amateur and in 2006 she joined Duke University
where she majored in psychology.
“I don’t know if I studied psychology or I was
just a psycho,” Whitaker laughs.
“I enjoyed psychology – it’s good for life and I Alison Whitaker plays good golf when she’s enjoying herself. Photo courtesy of Golf Australia
wish everyone could study it to get a better feel of
understanding people in general.” “College really proved to be a good stepping “So you learn to be time efficient.” when I have nothing to lose.
Back home in Melbourne, Whitaker has spent the stone for me. Whitaker, who had a stellar amateur career “I have loosely set goals, but my aim is to make
past six weeks playing ALPG events and preparing “They really do prepare you for professional golf which included winning the Victorian Amateur sure I enjoy it.
for her rookie pro season in the US. with the way you have to adapt your work ethic title and representing Australia, told Inside Golf “It’s such an awesome opportunity for me and
“It’s an exciting time of my career and I am just to make the most of your practice time every day she was ready for professional golf. I don’t want to waste my time trying too hard
rapt about that and can’t wait to get out there – because you have to do it around a full schedule “I haven’t set any goals yet,” she said. “I am because when you try too hard that’s when start
I’m so excited,” she said. of college classes. reluctant to do it because I generally play better playing bad.

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“I usually play my best golf when I am enjoying
myself.
“I don’t enjoy playing good golf – I play good
golf when I’m enjoying myself.
“Golf is an inverse game – it’s a horrible game
but we all love it.”
Like most young golfers, Whitaker was
introduced to the game by her parents, but it was
Royal Melbourne club pro Bruce Green who took
her game to another level.
“I was playing with my mum and my sister at
Sandringham during the last Presidents Cup at
Royal Melbourne when Bruce and Bill Richardson
(general manager) drove over and said, ‘show us
what you’ve got, Al’.
“My voice has improved but some people, a.k.a.
my sister, beg to differ.
“I also love cooking and eating so the food never
goes to waste.
“I try to challenge myself to cook different
cuisines like pastas, Spanish and Japanese food
every now and then. I mix it up and try to do a
world tour (of food).”
Whitaker grew up in a loving, tight-knit family
unit that encouraged plenty of laughter.
“We are the type of people that get through life
with a lot of laughter and when times are bad we
all pull together.
“I am so spoilt with my family – there’s so
much love and laughter, which is usually at each
womeningolf 31
Rachel, Greg won’t give an inch
DavidNewbery
EVEN in retirement, Rachel Hetherington is still
a force to be reckoned with – especially when it
comes to a round of golf with husband and former
Test cricketer Greg Ritchie.
They don’t often get the opportunity to play golf
together due to work commitments, but when
they do it’s a battle of epic proportions.
Still, you’d expect nothing less from two highly
competitive, high profile sporting champions.
I ask Hetherington how serious these husband/
wife matches get.

It’s an exciting time of my career and I am

just rapt about that and can’t wait to get out
there – I’m so excited
Impressed with her ability, Green offered to
coach her.
“He coached me for the next four years and he
was an amazing mentor who taught me how to
love crowds.
“He used to make me hit balls in front of people
all the time and put me under pressure. Now I’m
benefiting from it because I love big events.”
Away from the rigours of pro golf, Whitaker
enjoys cooking and playing her guitar.
In fact, she says her guitar, chef ’s knife and golf
clubs are her most prized possessions.
“Those are the three things I always pack when
I’m on tour,” she said.
“I love my music and taught myself to play guitar.
“I didn’t have much of a voice when I started,
but I had an ear for it and that definitely helped.
others’ expense.
“Don’t get me wrong, we are not holding hands
and singing Kumbaya.
“We are definitely getting into each other every
now and then.
“My sister Lauren likes playing pranks on me like
hiding things in my food and who knows what else.”
I ask if Americans get her Aussie sense of
humour.
She laughs.
“My sense of humour gets lost on a lot of
Americans. It took them a little while to work out
I was joking the majority of the time.
“I am someone who gets a lot out of life and
that’s the main thing I want to walk away from all
the experiences saying, ‘I tried my best and I got
the most out of it regardless of the outcome’.”
“It’s very serious,” she said. “We are both very
competitive and we usually have a bet and I don’t
like losing and neither does he.
“He plays off a four handicap and is a really
good player. That’s what bugs me because I have
to play really well to beat him.
“I don’t want to work that hard when I play
golf anymore.”
Hetherington said the pair was evenly matched
on the golf course because they played off the
same tees.
“I was ahead for a while, but Greg won the last
couple of matches.
“He hits it a long way so off the same tees it’s a
bit tough and I have got to scramble well, which
is a good way to practice.”
Even though they play off the same tees,
Hetherington has to give Ritchie a few shots.
“It’s pretty tough to give shots to a good player,”
she said.
“I don’t agree with it because we have to play
off the same tees.
“He gets a pretty good deal, but it is good fun.
Even when he played cricket he loved golf and
almost always took his clubs on most tours.
“He loves golf far more than I do. Golf to Greg
is what surfing is to me.”
In the lead-up to her retirement, Hetherington
would grab her surfboard and hit the beach at
every opportunity.
Unfortunately, a skateboarding accident left
her with a broken ankle at the start of 2010 and
surfing was off the agenda for a while.
The 38-year-old told Inside Golf she had no
regrets about retiring from the US LPGA Tour.
“I am enjoying my golf far more now and I have
enjoyed it far more in the last year, but I just don’t
want to play competitively anymore.
“I guess that’s the unfairness of it.”

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The biomechanics of golf
ScottBeaumont
Biomechanics is the analysis of human
motion using the principals of physics and
physiology.
As we perform physical tasks as simple as
walking or as complicated as the golf swing,
muscles within the body create force and tension
across joints in a coordinated fashion to produce
the desired movement. Biomechanics allows us to
measure and quantify that movement, providing
an understanding of movement patterns and
stress created at joints. Biomechanics ultimately
allows us to increase performance while at the
same time decrease injury potential.
Using Biomechanics technology and
techniques in the golf swing, we gain a complete
understanding of how the body creates clubhead
speed. Maximum power is generated using a golf
swing-specific factor called the Kinetic Link.
In the human body, the Kinetic Link is
composed of physics and physiology. To illustrate
this: the physics component can be represented
by the action of snapping a whip. The arms start
the action of the whip but then decelerate and
stop, thereby “passing” the momentum on and
creating enough acceleration (or speed) at the
end of the whip to produce a snap!
The physiology component of the Kinetic
Link can be represented by the action of a
vertical jump. When jumping up from a standing
position, the first movement is to “dip” down.
That action pre-loads muscles for the strongest
contraction, propelling the body to maximum
height.
The Kinetic Link in the golf swing is composed
of four components and three links. The
components are the hips, shoulders, arms and club
shaft. The links are the musculature connection
for each component.
As the golfer begins the backswing, the
components rotate in a clockwise fashion around
the spine. This then begins to lengthen the
muscles and pre-loads the links. Before the club
and shoulders reach maximum rotation on the
backswing, the hips begin to transition; changing
direction and rotating in an anti-clockwise
acceleration towards impact with the ball. Note
that this occurs while the shoulders, arms and
club continue in their clockwise direction, thus
creating muscular pre-load of the upper body.
The shoulders then begin their transition,
changing direction (following the lead of the hips)
in an anti-clockwise acceleration towards impact,
while the arms and club are still in a clockwise
direction pre-loading the upper body. Once pre-
loaded, the arms change direction and accelerate
toward impact. The same occurs between the arms
and club pre-loading the muscles of the wrist and
forearm, the arms and wrist accelerate into impact.
Once all of the components are accelerating in
an anti-clockwise direction towards impact of the
ball, the body uses both physics and physiology
to most efficiently create clubhead speed. The
hips are the first to reach maximum rotational
speed. Like a whip, once a maximum speed is
reached, the segment then decelerates, “passing”
the momentum (speed) to the shoulder segment.
Both the passing of momentum and the stretch
and shortening of the muscles between hips and
Great players like Greg Norman produce consistent swings every time; with their hips, shoulders, arms and
clubshaft all firing at precisely the right time to produce maximum speed at impact. (© USGA/Fred Vuich)
shoulders accelerate the shoulder segment to a
maximum speed twice that of the hips.
The shoulders, having reached the maximum
rotational speed, now decelerate and “pass” their
momentum to the arms to a maximum speed twice
that of the shoulders.
Finally, the arms — in the same manner as the
hips and shoulders – decelerate, passing energy
to the club, thereby doubling the momentum yet
again. The club then uncocks and accelerates into
impact with the ball with both maximum linear
and angular speed, creating optimum speed and
power at the point of impact.
Why is the Kinetic Link important?
If your body is consistently creating the same
sequence to produce power, this increases your
consistency of ball striking and accuracy. How does
this help accuracy? If your body creates the same
patterns every time, and the same power, it is much
easier to square-up the face at impact, thus hitting
the ball straight. In addition, if you’re producing
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the same power every time, you’ll hit your full
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Greg Norman and other tour professionals are so
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biomechanical breakdowns in their golf swing.
ZenoLink allows coaches to test students on the
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speed, arm speed, shoulder speed, club release
speed and club linear speed, ZenoLink creates
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Featuring a challenging layout, spectacular scenery
and a sparkling new $2.5 million clubhouse
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RichardFellner
Located just outside of Mandurah, about 40
minutes’ drive from Perth, Secret Harbour Golf
Links is one of those courses that falls into the
“you could play it every day” category.
Designed by Graham Marsh (who has also
crafted other excellent courses like Eynesbury,
Twin Creeks, Growling Frog and the brand-new
Kalgoorlie GC), Secret Harbour features wide and
generous fairways, soft greens and some truly
scenic holes. Rated among the Top 10 courses in
WA, it’s a fantastic course for players of all levels,
and it offers plenty of enjoyment and challenge
along the way.
It also features some quirky local rules, as we
discovered during our recent visit.
At the first tee, for example, I began my
customary search for a sand bucket or divot filler
– on the rare chance that I would be anywhere
near the fairways that day. To my amazement,
however, there were no buckets. This is due to
the fact that, unlike most courses on the planet,
Secret Harbour prefers that you NOT fill your
fairway divots with sand. Instead, they ask that
you simply repair it with a gentle tapping of
the club, and let the grass grow back naturally.
(Evidently, the sand can wreak havoc with the
mowers, plus it can be blown around with the
regular course winds.)
While the immediate fear would be that the
fairways would then look something like the
road to Baghdad, I was amazed at how beautiful
they actually were. In fact, they were as good as
any fairways I’ve played in Australia. The quick-
growing grass tends to fill in the divots rather
quickly on the course, so player repair isn’t really
necessary.
Another unique point about Secret Harbour is
that the bunkers are purposely not raked. If you
get stuck into a bunker, you simply pick up your
ball, wipe a nice lie in the sand, and place your
ball. While this may bother the golf purist, this
gives all players an equal chance, avoids those
impossible “Footprint lies”, and eliminates the
need for rakes and bunker maintenance. It also
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sand dunes, and there are some nice views of the
surrounding suburb and even some glimpses of
the ocean. It has a very “coastal” feel to it, without
the noisy seagulls or ocean mist.
There are many great holes at Secret Harbour,
but as I am always a sucker for a par-3 over water,
I rate the 179m 8th as a favourite. As close as you
can get to an island green, this baby requires a
solid tee shot if you want to get anywhere near
the green. A marvellous hole.
The par-4 17th is also a cracker. Secret Harbour’s
signature hole, this short but challenging hole
features treacherous bunkers as well as a bit of
water. With roughly 200 metres to the water
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you play for position. The next shot is a knee
trembler with the green sloping back to front. It’s
important to keep the ball under the pin on your
approach, because a downhill putt from the top
of the green can roll into the water.
For the most part, the par-5’s are solid 3-shotters
for the average players. Big hitters will be able to go
for many of the greens in two, but will be in severe
bunker/rough trouble if they miss. Risk-Reward
is the name of the game, but you’d better have an
impeccable short game to clean up your messes.
There are some really great holes at Secret
Harbour. Best of all, though, is that every one
of them is playable, fair and enjoyable. This fact
makes it an ideal spot for corporate golf days
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But don’t assume that it is an easy course.
On the contrary, it’s got plenty of challenge Course Notes
for even the country’s best players, and there
Secret Harbour Golf Links
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Australian Open nabs coveted pre-Presidents Cup week

RichardFellner
Ending months of speculation
surrounding the scheduling of Australia’s
major tournaments in regards to The
Presidents Cup, The Australian PGA
announced that the 2011 Australian
Open will be played from November
10 – 13 2011, while the Australian PGA
Championship will be played from
November 24-27 2011.
Thus, the schedule in November will
be as follows:
Nov 10-13: Australian Open (NSW)
Nov 14-20: Presidents Cup (Vic)
Nov 24-27: PGA Championship (QLD)
The Australian Masters is tentatively
scheduled for December 1 -4 2011, but
this date is still to be confirmed.
On announcing the dates, the PGA’s
CEO Max Garske said the decision was
made in the best interest of both Australian
golf and the PGA Tour of Australasia.
“There were a number of factors
that needed to be carefully considered
in finalising the scheduling for 2011
including the timing of a number of
international events, the availability of
certain venues and the domestic schedule
that best serves the Australian golfing
public,” said Garske.
“With the focus of the golfing world
set to be firmly on Melbourne come mid-
November 2011, it is a given that the
Presidents Cup will offer up a number of
benefits to events falling on either side.
So with these factors in mind we feel we
have made the decision in the best interest
of the game and we now look forward to
what will be a great year for the Australian
golf community.”
Golf Australia Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Pitt said he was very pleased with
the schedule.
“We are delighted that the Australian
Open has been scheduled before the
2011 Presidents Cup. As some of the
top players in the world visit our shores,
golf will be at the forefront of everyone’s
minds. We look forward to welcoming
any of the Presidents Cup players to
compete in Sydney at the Australian
Open.”
“Not only will the Open provide a
magnificent opportunity for players to
compete for one of the world’s oldest
National Opens, it also gives these players
the opportunity to climb even higher on into the Presidents Cup. The course was
the world rankings through the double to be similar to Royal Melbourne and
ranking points on offer to the champion.” two weeks would give them a chance to
“We have consistently said that we acclimatise.
wanted the best result for golf – the While the schedule has been set, it’s
schedule that grows the game across the likely that the drama is far from over.
board and the Australian Open remains IMG’s silence on the matter speaks
the most prestigious championship in volumes, and it leads us to wonder what
Australian golf and will be an excellent they may have up their sleeves.
lead-in event to the Presidents Cup.” Either way, it is certain to be an
IMG, which manages The JBWere interesting year for Australian golf.
Masters, has yet to make a formal
statement regarding the decision. In a
recent press release, IMG simply said “We
Presidents cup player tracker
thank you in advance for respecting our US Team Leaderboard
position and would also like to thank you Rank Player Points
1 Matt Kuchar 7,274,677
all for your outstanding support of the 2 Steve Stricker 7,181,785
2009 and 2010 JBWere Masters.” 3 Jim Furyk 6,563,422
The decision will doubtless have been 4 Dustin Johnson 5,433,366
a major blow to IMG, as they believe that 5 Phil Mickelson 5,285,977
they deserve to have been awarded the 6 Heath Slocum 4,185,227
7 Jonathan Byrd 4,129,992
coveted dates prior to The Presidents Cup 8 Tiger Woods 4,114,765
– given their significant investment in 9 Hunter Mahan 4,051,612
time, effort and money to raise the profile 10 Bill Haas 3,881,224
of the Australian Masters in recent years. International Team Leaderboard
It may also seem to be a minor blow for Rank Player Points
Victorian golf tourism in general, as the 1 Ernie Els 302.54
notion of a two-week JBWere Masters/ 2 Retief Goosen 241.06
3 Louis Oosthuizen 209.74
Presidents Cup double-header had been 4 Tim Clark 206.89
touted as a major potential drawcard for 5 Robert Allenby 199.09
golfers across the globe. It was assumed 6 Charl Schwartzel 198.57
(or hoped) that team members from 7 Adam Scott 181.93
the US and International teams would 8 Geoff Ogilvy 169.90
9 Kyung-tae Kim 176.79
come en-masse to play at Kingston Heath 10 Ryo Ishikawa 172.99
were it scheduled for the week leading YTD statistics through: Sony Open in Hawaii, Jan 16

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Head to head: The Australian Open scheduling debate

Did the PGA make the right call in scheduling the Australian Open before the Presidents Cup?

YES NO
RobWillis Goosen or Oosthuizen. RichardFellner to a yearly or even biennial “Travelling show” would
Most of the Australians will come to The make the event “special” again. It would result in many
I’ve got one simple statement Australian Open and PGA Championship, Being an enthusiastic (nay, rabid) economic benefits for each state, and boost interest in
to make. To IMG, to State and if conditions can be met and financial Melburnian, I will begin by removing golf in those areas as well. Now THAT’s good for golf.
Government officials in inducements included, International my “Victorian Golf ” cap, and try to But I digress.
Victoria, to golf followers in Melbourne, and teammates and opponents from the US weigh in wearing my “Golf Purist” cap. Let’s imagine, if you will, that the JB Were Masters or
to those who thought the Australian Masters squad will join them. The PGA and Golf Australia say that their decision a “travelling” Australian Open was held in Melbourne
had the God-given right to be the lead-in The Singapore Open is the same week as was made “for the good of Australian golf”. Spreading this year. Any Sandbelt course would do. And while
event for the Presidents Cup in November the Open and they are certain to have fatter the love to all states this year certainly makes sense on we’re at it, let’s also imagine that John Brumby was
- you weren’t getting all the players for two wallets than we do, and knowing the best the surface (below the surface, we’re sure there were still the Premier of Victoria (and willing to put proper
weeks anyway. 50-or-so in the world are in China the week plenty of politics and even a bit of chest-pounding prizemoney toward the event). Now, if we slot the
The decision surely was the right one, and before, they will bid at play, but we’ll leave that for event before the Presidents Cup – and give it a proper
certainly the only decision which could be heavily for a collection another discussion.) winner’s cheque — we would have created a fortnight-
made in best interests of golf in Australia. of superstars to attend One of the forgotten long “Mega Event” that would surely have brought
As individual as the players are in their their event. Should the issues here is the fact that in extra corporate sponsors, more spectators and a
scheduling and commitments, getting them schedule have come the Australian Open – our level of excitement that would rarely have been seen
together for one week at the Presidents Cup out differently, Singapore National Championship in Australia. Imagine all of the mini clinics, celebrity
is hard enough. Securing them all for two certainly wouldn’t have – is currently not played appearances, Charity Skins Games or other private
weeks is a pipedream. thrown the hands up and said, ‘Nationally’. Many years ago, events that we could have created in Victoria (or even
As for “preparation in Sandbelt conditions”: “for the benefit of the game of the decision was made to “lock Tasmania) with these golf stars over the two weeks.
the truth is these blokes are good enough to golf we will leave all Presidents in” the Open for an extended period It’s the “whole is greater than the sum of the parts”
adjust from one type of golf course to the Cup players alone and let them in NSW. While it is beneficial for effect. And while Victoria would have certainly seen
next. Some will be better at it than others, prepare in Melbourne.” Sydney golf fans, I believe the lion’s share of the tourism/hospitality spoils, the
but isn’t that what becoming an elite player Then there are others still this was a mistake, as it is cumulative effect on Australian golf and Australian
--capable of playing anywhere in the world- who will return to the US after depriving the rest of the tourism could have been glorious.
-is all about? a long and arduous season, nation the opportunity At any rate, this is all moot, as the decision has
Yes, Melbourne has the best golf courses recharge, pack some bags, to witness our National been made. And when put in context of the recent
in the country. Yes, they can stage a quality pick up the family and get Championship. flood devastation, it all seems minor by comparison.
sporting event, and there is little doubt the themselves organised for the The Australian Open One thing is certain: Australian golf fans are in for
Presidents Cup will be a fantastic week of Presidents Cup. Those falling was once considered the a spectacular summer in 2011. 
golf. But if (and it is a big if ) a selection into that bracket were never coming for the 5th Major. Back then, it travelled around the country
of Presidents Cup team members want to two weeks regardless. to a variety of courses like Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga, YOUR SAY
play the week prior, it wasn’t going to make The fact of the matter is Melbourne will Lake Karrinyup, etc. Heck, even Royal Hobart hosted
any difference where the tournament was have 24 of the world’s best golfers for one the event in 1971 (won by Jack Nicklaus in a landslide). What do you think about the scheduling?
conducted. week during November and they should be When the event came to your state/course, it was Would you rather have the Australian
And even if they were to come for a justifiably excited about that. “special”. It was something that only came around Masters (in Melbourne) play host to the
fortnight to Australian shores, why should Spread the love Melbourne. And if a once in a while. Like today’s US Open and (British) first tournament prior to The Presidents
Cup? Or should the Australian Open
Melbourne have the exclusive rights to the sprinkling of Presidents Cup team members Open Championships.
be moved to Victoria? Share your
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Wollongong Golf Club Calderwood Valley, an ideal venue for the social golfer

Wollongong has the lot
There aren’t too many golf clubs in Australia
like Wollongong Golf Club.
That’s because they’ve got everything you need
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The club boasts one of the region’s best golf
courses and superb on-site accommodation.
And it’s not just amateur golfers who are raving
about the course.
Golf pros also agree that it’s a superb course
with wonderful facilities.
Wollongong Golf Club is ideally placed to cater
for the visiting golf market.
And it certainly makes for a “must do” for any
golfer looking to enjoy a short break.
The club caters for social groups and even has
allocated tee times for non members on a Saturday.
Better still, you only have to contact the With no need to work around competition days
club and they’ll arrange a fully inclusive golf the course is theirs seven days a week.
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The Pambula Merimbula Golf Club is one of
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The club held the NSW PGA for several years,
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tournaments each year: The Ace of Clubs is held
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golfers in Australia with visitors from every state,
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The event should be on every golfer’s calendar, available. Merimbula Golf Club on (02) 6495 6154 or a crucial factor on any seaside course — add to
with approximately 800 players playing a variety The Club’s Glasshouse Restaurant delivers visit www.merimbulagolf.com.au the difficulty.
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The Pambula Merimbula course offers a good Clubhouse and restaurant are friendly, relaxing, Country Club many of the holes here.
test for any standard of player. The facilities include warm and inviting and provide an experience If a real golfing challenge is what you want,
27 beautifully manicured golf holes cut through above the rest for all visitors. The attractive Club Sapphire Tura is referred to as “the club look no further than Tura Beach.
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Each nine has its own special set of challenges,
with stand out holes being the water carry
par‑three fifth, the tricky par-three ninth and
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Club Sapphire Tura, through its parent body
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bowling greens and two synthetic tennis courts.
Throw in the beach, located alongside the
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The club professional at Tura Beach is Scott
Tasker who will be only too willing to offer
assistance or advice to visitors and members alike.
Scott and his staff also provide information on
a number of tournaments the club has to offer.
Club Sapphire Tura is located five kilometres
north of Merimbula along Sapphire Coast Drive.
With an interest for everyone, the Club offers
patrons facilities such as Keno, TAB, SKY Racing,
regular live entertainment, a courtesy bus and a
restaurant with “million dollar views” over the
golf course to complement the best food and
service in the region.
For more information call (02) 6495 9002 or
visit www.clubsapphire.com.au
Catalina – a one stop golf
destination
Catalina Country Club is one golf course you
just can’t ignore.
The 27-hole club is widely regarded as one of
Australia’s most progressive.
That’s because it offers everything a five-star
resort can but at a price which is affordable for
everyone.
“Our biggest advantage here is that we have 27
holes which means we can cope with the large
The Tura Beach Country Club, a Peter Thomson designed gem
numbers of people who want to play the course,”
club professional Nigel Wilson said.
“Even on Saturdays we have tee times available
for social and group play.”
Wilson said there had been a lot of hard work
done to make the club a destination in its own right.
Catalina Country Club is also moving to
become one of the state’s top event driven
destinations.
The club already plays host to the PGA Futures
tournament, the national trainee title as well as
the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation state
age championship.
“We’ve got the perfect facility to host these
events and the feedback we’ve had has been
fantastic.
“The experience we get from hosting these
events also makes us better at catering to large
and small groups who visit here.”
Aside from golf, Bateman’s Bay is home to
countless off course activities with stunning
scenery and some of the best fishing in Australia.
There are “play and stay” packages at Catalina
Country Club to suit all budgets.
For bookings phone (02) 4472 4022 or visit
www.catalinacountryclub.com.au
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Sapphire Coast gem
With plenty of space, fresh air and freedom, Eden
Gardens Country Club is one of the best kept golfing
secrets in Australia.
Abundant wildlife, a quality collection of holes and
one of the friendliest clubhouses between Melbourne
and Sydney, it is an ideal spot for a south coast getaway.
Just three hours from Canberra, Eden is a popular
holiday spot with tourists from that part of the world
but daily flights into the nearby Merimbula Airport
from both Sydney and Melbourne make it easily
accessible from the major centres as well.
Eden is the southern getaway to the stunning
Sapphire Coast and the picturesque Eden Gardens
Country Club is a golf course that benefits from its
location.
Amoung the club’s other facilities are two bowling
greens, a relaxing beer garden and excellent Chinese
bistro.
And with the Sapphire Coast Golf School on site,
Eden Gardens really is a one stop golf and holiday
destination.
For further information visit the website at
www.edengardenscountryclub.com.au or phone
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Golfers improve their game at Eden Gardens Country Club under the watchful eye of professionals Eden Gardens Country Club, the Augusta National of the Sapphire Coast with its beautiful surrounds
Lisa Newling and Loraine Lambert from the Sapphire Coast Golf School

The schools are designed to cater for
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Eden Gardens Country Club is one of the
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You could easily spend a week in this part
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The quality of the local seafood is excellent.
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Both Certified Club Fitters and Titleist
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Over the past 18 months they’ve had a lot of
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“There’s something about the way I
play in Australia,” said Lewis regarding
his maiden tour down under.
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like you are intruding a little, yet everyone
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Tom Lewis
excellent towards me.”
Lewis’ performance at the Australian
Open at The Lakes in Sydney was nothing
short of impressive on his way to a tie for
12th, finishing at 7-under-par to collect
the silver medal for top amateur over
Ryan McCarthy.
“I was chuffed with what I finished
on,” said Lewis.

Nothing short of stunning! “Hopefully, I can take forward some

AnthonyPowter The week before in the Hunter Valley he’d
pushed European Tour journeyman Peter
Tom Lewis continues to O’Malley to the wire at the NSW Open
show why he is one of the championship, eventually going out to
world’s best amateurs. O’Malley after the third play-off hole.
At the Australian Open in Sydney, the The Englishman returned to Australia
20-year-old Englishman collected the in January to contest the Australian
amateur medal for the championship. Master of the Amateurs at Royal
Melbourne and featured strongly for
another top-10 finish. Lewis in this
second tour of duty will also play the
Lake Macquarie Amateur and NSW
Amateur Championship before returning
home to England.
Those fortunate enough to see
Lewis in action during the Australian
and NSW Open back in December
witnessed an evolving player with a
game that has a powerful mix of raw
talent balanced with maturity and poise
well beyond his young years.
Australia has and continues to be
kind for Lewis and he loves being part
of our tour.
of the confidence with some of the
performances that I’ve played here
in Australia. I was pleased with how
I played at The Vintage and then to
play well in your national Open was
another bonus.”
Lewis has plenty of game and isn’t
afraid to show it. In fact it is scary to
witness a young gun with such game
so early in a career that’s sure to evolve
onwards towards the professional
ranks. A quick review of Lewis’ list of
amateur achievements are testament to
his prodigious talent and what’s likely
to become of him.
In 2009 Lewis won the British
Boys and English Boys amateur
championships before reaching the
quarter-finals of the Spanish amateur
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Welsh Open Amateur Championship
in the same year.
Last year at the British Amateur
Championship had Jin Jeong’s putter
not been “red-hot” during their round
of 16, where Jeong pipped Lewis with
a 1-up win before going on to claim
the title, another championship may
have fallen Lewis’ way.
His biggest victory to date is certainly
the British Boys title in 2009, yet his
win at the Carris Trophy referred to as
the English Boys amateur, was just as
special. Lewis was also a member of
England’s Eisenhower Trophy team in
Argentina, finishing in a tie for 16th in
the individual standings and in 2010
he finished 3rd on the English Golf
Union Order of Merit.
Lewis sets high expectations upon
himself and is a methodical worker
with his game. It’s an approach that’s
already delivered dividends and in
any tournament Lewis competes, he’s
a constant threat to the rest of the
field. This we witnessed firsthand at
the Master of the Amateurs at Royal
Melbourne where but for a disappointing
final day which was played in atrocious
conditions, Lewis proved his status
within world amateur golf.
His consistency continues to
improve, particularly when playing
abroad in main amateur events. At
the same time Lewis knows there
remains the need for improvement in
his game. Like many emerging players,
he’s aware of the need to have a well-
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Everyone has been fantastic.
The golf courses have been
wonderful and the crowds have
been excellent towards me.
idiosyncratic nature of the world’s
golf courses and the grind associated
with travel.
“At times I continue to make too
many mistakes out there,” says Lewis.
“There can be too many bogies, some
doubles from nowhere. I need to touch
up on a few things and removing these
mistakes will be the thing that will win
me events in the future.”
As 2011 unfolds Lewis will focus
upon achieving results overseas. His
main goal this year is to make the
Great Britain & Ireland team for the
Walker Cup.
“Playing the Walker Cup is a huge
goal for me,” says Lewis.
“At the same time I want to get
myself into position to win more
championships and feel what it is like
to put yourself under pressure. I’m
usually pretty good in those situations
and it’s been great to have been there
a few times in Australia.”
Good players make their own
chances and even greater players seize
the opportunities that they create.
Lewis continues to create opportunities
for himself when the glove is on.
You only had to hear the comments
amateurs 47
from many commentators so far this
summer in Australia as Lewis pounded
his drives around the back nine at
The Lakes on a course he’d never seen
before to realise Lewis is not your
average player. At Royal Melbourne,
a course that requires precision from
the tee, Lewis impressed even the
seasoned members with his play and
respect for the course.
He will need time to settle into the
game, but the bottom line is Lewis has
stirred our curiosity.
Players of Lewis’ calibre are making
us wonder what will come of them,
even given the fickle nature of the
game where emerging talents come
and go like the seasons themselves.
You can think of countless names that
were poised for grandeur at the same
age Lewis is, only to vaporise from the
scene and never return.
There’s no question that Lewis
brings game and is sure to be around
in the game for a while. He’s gifted,
charming, engaging and fiercely
competitive, a trait that will serve
him well as he carves out his own
niche on the world golfing stage in
the coming years.
He’s been crowned by many in the
UK as the next big thing. Although it
is wise not to rush into conclusions
of future stardom, Lewis’ efforts
during the Australian summer so far
have already been nothing short of
stunning and it’s not over yet as he
goes in pursuit of our main amateur
titles down under.
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DavidNewbery
THE importance of education has not been lost
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Hetherington had a stellar professional career
winning more than $6m in prizemoney, but that’s
hasn’t stopped her from further study.
Hetherington, who has retired from the US
LPGA Tour, recently completed a bridging course
to become a member of the PGA.
The 38-year-old said anyone with ambitions
of making golf a career should consider further
education.
“I think education is incredibly important
because only a small percentage of players are
successful and can earn a good living playing
golf,” she said.
“In Australia, we have golf management
programs through the PGA International Golf
Institute (IGI) and Griffith University.
“So, if you want to be in the golf industry, there
are opportunities to be able to learn while you
are learning the game of golf.”
The PGA IGI’s marketing and student
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“We prepare our graduates for a career in the
business and management of golf as an industry.”
Owned by the PGA of Australia, the IGI has
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These links provide the opportunity to choose
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“Our graduates have secured employment as
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“Along with our partners, we offer a variety of
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Reading slopes on greens The ‘Key’ drill

Target line C

Aiming point
Actual ball
path 4 feet
B
30 feet 25 feet 20 feet 15 feet 10 feet

A
A downhill putt will break more than an uphill putt, as Uphill putts break less when the ball is travelling faster, and
gravity affects the ball earlier in the putt then gradually break more as the ball slows down

BrentGerman
Have you ever wondered
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Here are a few quick tips to help you on
your way to reading the greens better and
improving your score.
Uphill versus Downhill
Downhill Putts (Less speed equals more
break)
With less momentum on a downhill
putt, gravity acts upon the ball sooner
and forces the ball down the direction of
the true downslope. On downhill putts,
therefore, we need to allow for more break.
Uphill Putts (More speed equals less
break)
Uphill putts are a lot easier than
downhill putts as they have less break.
This is because we are hitting an uphill
putt much harder than a downhill putt,
and thereby eliminating the break in the downslope; as this is where the slope will
early part of the putt. have the greatest influence on your putt.
The ball will take any break when it By building up a picture of the contours,
starts to “die” (i.e. loses speed). Gravity you will build up a picture of the line and MikeBury putts. You must make both twice to
starts to take over and the ball will follow pace you will need to hit the ball on for it move to the 10-foot putt. The putts
the true slope. to go in the hole. You Need: 2 golf balls from 10 to 30 feet must finish between
Side Slope Putts Summary The Set Up: Place 8 tees in the following the cup and the 4-foot tee (B). If you
Putts hit across any side slope are If you practice reading putts and build positions: are short or past the tee, you are outside
generally uphill on the first part of the putt, it into your pre-shot routine and practice • One level with the hole, 3 feet from the range. You must make both putts to
and then downhill on the second part. putting from different spots on the green the cup (A) move to the next tee, if you miss both
Once you have assessed whether on your home course, it will help you to • One 4 feet behind the cup (B) you go back to the previous tee. If only
the put is uphill or downhill (to help assess the effects that different slopes • One 5 feet level with the cup (C) one putt finishes within the semi-circle,
you determine the pace of the putt and and speeds have on your putts. Building • Five in a straight line at 10, 15, 20, stay on the same tee.
initial starting line), then focus on the up such experience will make you more 25, and 30 feet
area around the hole where the ball decisive and improve your confidence Mike Bury is an Australian PGA
will die. This will help you to gain an and putting on the course and hopefully The Drill professional, living in Dallas Texas.
understanding of the direction of the true improve your score. Start with the 3-foot putt. You must Mike’s proven coaching style has
finish within the semi-circle twice to been extensively crafted through
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Pitching tips
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Many people attempt to
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not correct and will lead to poor contact,
distance control and directional issues.
The lofted pitch shot is played with a
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Setup
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The Pitching Action
1. The Club path travels parallel to your
body alignment, which is left of the
target.
2. In the takeaway, check clubface at about
hip height to make sure you have not
shut the loft down (this will lead to
shots going low and left).
3. In the downswing the club head trails
the shaft, which comes by clearing the
left hip as the first move back to the ball.
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Tee off to success
MarkVictorsen
I managed to interview Steve
Williams when Tiger Woods came to
Australia in 2009 and Steve had some
very interesting things to say about how
Tiger plans his way around the course.
He said that Tiger plays the course the
way the designer had intended. That is,
if the hole requires a draw off the tee he
hits a draw; if the hole needs a fade tee
shot that’s what he tries to do.
To hit a draw/hook tee shot, tee the
ball up higher than normal, play the
ball more forward (i.e towards the
target) and get the feeling that you
are keeping the body well “behind the
ball” through impact. This will allow
the arms/clubface to cross over early
A good way to think of the finish your local professional will make through impact and produce hook or
is to see if you can sit a glass on the putting all these angles into practice draw spin. Remember to adjust your aim
clubface at the finish. This means a lot easier. to allow the draw to finish at your target.
you have created the right angles To hit a fade/slice tee shot, tee the
to slide the clubface under the ball ball much lower than normal (this
and achieve a soft high pitched shot.
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Attention all faders and slicers
KurtStegbauer
Spending hours out on the
teaching tee allows the coach to
improve players faster. The best
coaches use the least amount
of words, yet bring forth the biggest amount of
improvement.
I once heard how 80% of the world’s golfers
are faders or slicers. Now, a lot of golfers don’t
think they fade or slice, however they really do.
The best way to figure out if you are a fader or a
slicer is to hit 20 golf balls with a 5-iron and write
down what each shot does, I guarantee you that
there will be a pattern to your 20 shots, and this
will allow you to see what your shot pattern is.
A great drill to get a player hitting the ball
straighter or even to understand how to hit a
draw or hook is to have a player grab a tennis
racquet and take a golf set up position. If you’ve
played a couple of games of tennis then the
concept should be fine. If you don’t have a tennis
background, then you may need your local golf
pro to assist.
The concept of hitting the ball with a draw or
hook is very similar to hitting a topspin forehand,
you will feel as though you are hitting the ball
to the right and then have the ball curve back
in. Looking at pictures 1 and 2 you can clearly
see the correct images for a top spinner, these
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then relate back to how you can hit a draw or
hook shot.
Looking at pictures 3 and 4 will show you
how these match up to a player who cut-spins
the ball – an out-to-in shot that relates to hitting
a slice or a fade.
In teaching students of all levels, I insist that
— to be the player that you want to be — you
need to be able to hit a ball deliberately with a
fade or draw at will. Using the tennis racquet and To hit a draw, imagine hitting a topspin forehand shot in tennis (i.e. in-to-out, with a roll)
adopting a hybrid tennis/golf swing will allow
you to achieve shaping your golf shots at will.
And finally, a short story to finish with. A client
of mine (we’ll call him “Fred”) has recently been 3 4
on fire, dropping 8 shots from his handicap in
a couple of months. I used the tennis racquet
concept a couple of times with Fred during a
lesson. Fred now has regular warm up sessions
in his garage using the tennis racquet to get the
feel of a top spin/draw shot. Fred now hits the ball
further and straighter, partly by using this drill.
My suggestion is that if you are a fader or slicer,
dig out the old tennis racquet and practice some
top spinners to achieve a draw or hook shot.
Kurt Stegbauer is the 2009 NSW PGA Coach
of the Year, and is the Head Professional and
Director of Coaching at The Ridge Golf Course
and Driving Range. Ph 02 9541 4960 or visit
www.theridgegolf.com.au Faders and slicers tend to hit shots similar to a cut-spin stroke in tennis (i.e. out-to-in)
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The switch to
success
JamieGlazier
It has long been said
that Tiger Woods is
one of the most focused
athletes the world has ever seen. I
believe that there are few athletes that
have the quality of focus that Tiger
possesses, and he is obviously in a class
above all amateur golfers that enjoy the
challenges that the game of golf offers.
But what if I said that it wasn’t
the quality of focus where Tiger
stands heads and shoulders above his
competitors; but rather it is his ability
to switch his focus ON and OFF during
the course of a round. This enables
Tiger to have the same quality of focus
for the last 6 holes of a round that he
had in the first 6 holes.
During Tiger’s teen years, he learnt
to be able to switch his focus ON and
OFF for each shot, helping him stay in
the present and give himself the best
possible chance of hitting a great shot
“right now”.
A lot of players believe that switching
your focus ON is the most important
aspect to achieving a consistent high
level of focus. This couldn’t be further
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from the truth. The switching OFF
after each shot is the most important
component to being able to store
enough focus for the latter stages of a
round so that you can eliminate those
late round mistakes.
Tiger worked extensively with a
Sports Psychologist in his teen years
and one of the important mental game
components that helped Tiger store this
much needed focus, was to create what
he called the “Ten Yard Line”.
The “Ten Yard Line” came from the
National Football League (NFL) in the
US, whereby there are incremental lines
on field every 10 yards. When Tiger was
on the course, for every shot he would
visualize his golf ball in the middle of
two Ten Yard Lines. When he walked
over the first line heading toward the
ball, this would be his mental trigger to
switch ON for the shot he was about to
play. Once he had finished his shot, he
would cross the second Ten Yard Line,
and this would be his mental trigger
to switch his focus OFF and enjoy the
time in between shots, not analyzing
or worrying about the next shot until
it was time to switch ON. This is where
Tiger has an edge over the competition
Switch off
Using the Ten Yard Line method can help you control your focus while on the course (Photo by Andy Shaffer)
in being able to sustain a high level of
focus on the last 9 holes on Sunday as
this is generally where his competitors
begin to run out of that all-important
focus energy.
If the gridiron image isn’t to your
liking, there is an even easier trigger
to help you switch your focus ON and
OFF during the round.
The golf glove has been used as
a trigger to help golfers all over the
world switch on and off, as it is the
one piece of equipment that a high
percentage of golfers use for every
shot. Another aspect to why the golf
glove is a great trigger is that it uses 3
out of the 5 different sensory systems,
which means it can be developed as an
extremely powerful trigger: you SEE,
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Switch on
your ball
FEEL and HEAR the glove being put trigger to help you switch your focus
ON and also taken OFF. ON and OFF for each shot, as well as
The next time you head out to the helping you to better prepare for what
range or practice fairway, I want you you will experience in competition.
to use your glove as a trigger to switch If you can train your mind to use
your focus ON and OFF for every shot. the golf glove to be a trigger to switch
A great exercise to help you achieve this your mind ON and OFF for each shot,
is to pretend you are playing the first you will begin to see the quality of
6-9 holes of a course, changing clubs your focus be sustained and available
for each shot until you have reached to you over the crucial finishing holes
the green, and then moving onto the that seem to play an enormous role in
next hole. This exercise will help you whether your handicap drops, or your
to create the golf glove as a specific frustration levels rise!
Jamie Glazier is a qualified peak performance and mental conditioning coach
specializing in the fields of sport and poker. His client list includes Joe Hachem,
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Take your
medicine (balls)
RichardNizielski
Last month I gave a rundown of
the gym equipment I recommend
to my clients if they are doing
their golf fitness training at home.
Amongst the equipment listed, I mentioned
medicine balls as part of a home gym set up.
Medicine balls — or medballs — have become
increasingly popular with golf fitness training
and can be used for a variety of exercises and
drills.
Medballs come in a variety of sizes and
constructions. The type I find particularly good
are the rubber “live” medballs; live because they
have air inside and rebound off a hard surface
when thrown against it. That quality makes
this type of medball great for throw and catch
exercises and these types of exercises are great
for increasing power in the golf swing.
Here are a several medball throwing exercises
to help develop power in your swing.
Depending on your experience and strength,
a medball of between 1-4 kg will be sufficient
for the majority of the throw and catch exercises
shown here. You can purchase a medball
from most sports equipment stores or ask a
physiotherapist clinic if they have can order
one for you. If you still have no luck then feel
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The first two exercises require you to kneel,
this will isolate the lower body, demanding the
muscles of the mid-section to do the majority
of the work in the throwing action. If kneeling
is a problem, these exercises can be done from
a seated position on a chair or bench.
1. Kneeling alternate side throws:
In a kneeling position facing the wall, hold
the ball with two hands on one side of your
body. Rotate the waist as if making a back swing,
Begin the throwing action releasing the ball at
the wall in front of you. From the rebound, catch
the ball on the opposite side of your body (like
in a follow-through) and repeat the movement
from the opposite side. Repeat for 10 repetitions.
2. Kneeling lateral throws:
In a kneeling position hold the ball out in
front of you and rotate from the waist into a
backswing. Without hesitation move into the
throwing action and release the ball so it hits the
wall on your side. Catch the ball on its return and
immediately go into the backswing again. Repeat
the catch and throw action for 10 continuous
repetitions. Repeat on the opposite side.
3. Lunge lateral throws:
Assume a lunge position parallel to the wall.
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Holding the medball in both hands rotate from 4. Single leg lateral throws:
the waist and move into a backswing. Begin the In a golf posture stand on one leg holding the
throwing action releasing the ball at the wall. ball out in front of you. Rotate from the torso
From the rebound, catch the ball and repeat the into the backswing. Throw the ball at the wall and
movement for 10 repetitions. Repeat the drill from the rebound, catch the ball and return to
facing the opposite direction.
 the backswing position. Repeat for 10 repetitions
Taking a lunge position narrows the base continuously. Switch to the other foot to repeat
from which you are performing the throwing the exercise once completed, face the opposite
action which challenges your balance and direction and repeat the repetitions on each foot.
stability muscles.
 These are just a few of the exercises I use with
Single leg exercises add another element to my clients to develop swing power.
exercises including balance and add requirements As with all exercise, start easy while focusing
of stabilisation and control. on good form and control.
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three-time Olympian and medallist in the sport of short track speed skating, Richard is a qualified
sports and personal trainer designing individual fitness and nutrition programs for both professional
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Playing with a future superstar of golf
DavidWilliams
In most PGA Pro-Ams, the
amateurs stand in awe of the
professionals they play with. But
recently at the Howlong Pro-Am
it was the exact opposite in my group.
The professional winner of the event, Raff
Toporoso, shot a respectable 65 (-5). Yet, had he
been playing Stableford off a scratch handicap,
he would have been beaten by 10 year-old Hilary
Wealperspeat.
The day started with a walk to the 15th tee
(shotgun start), where my playing partners for
the day were waiting for me, including Hilary —
who was barely taller than her driver — and her
mother Sari. After swapping cards and a quick chat
we hit our opening shots of the day and set off.
Walking down the first fairway next to their
cart, I found out Hilary was only 10 year old. I
must admit to thinking that it could be a long
day ahead. Now, don’t misunderstand me, I love
coaching kids. They are the future members of
our golf clubs and budding professionals. Most
10-year-olds, however, are usually just starting
to learn the etiquette and how to play the game,
so I thought it might make it a little difficult to
concentrate.
How mistaken I was!
Young Hilary was playing with the grace
and poise of a seasoned professional. She had
a beautifully balanced and smooth swing that
any golfer would be envious of. She rarely mis-
hit a golf shot or left the fairway. Twice she hit
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her ball into a greenside bunker and both times
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from the hole.
After a couple of holes she had her first par of
the day and, luckily for me, I had played a couple
of good shots and managed to tie her score with
a par of my own. I then thought of what my
peers might say if I was beaten on a hole by a
10-year-old!
I was playing OK, even par after 8 holes, and
we stood up on the fifth hole, a 120-metre par
three. I hit a pitching wedge straight over the pin
and finished about 4 feet past. Hilary teed up her
ball and made another beautifully smooth and
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and, to my dismay, there were a few spectators
to witness my first defeat of the day from the
amazingly talented Hilary. Her shot was good
enough to win Nearest to the Pin for the day
against the rest of the field; and her resulting
birdie was good enough to beat my regulation par.
One of the spectators kindly reminded me that
I was just beaten by a 10-year-old. All I could say
was, “I tried my hardest”.
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birdie for the day. She finished with 42 Stableford
points shooting a 95 off the stick. She had the best
stableford score on the day and was only 8 shots
behind the highest professional score. I ended up
with 73 and managed to win last money on the
day but I certainly got a lesson in golf.
Credit must go to Sari, Hilary’s mother,
who coaches her daughter. Sari herself is an
accomplished golfer off 4 so it’s not difficult to see
where young Hilary gets her talent from. Hilary
was an absolute delight to play with and watch,
and far more mature than her age suggests.
After the round when I was having a bit of a chat
with Hilary I asked her if she loved golf. While
she said YES straight away it was the “BUT” that
came after it that astonished me. Hilary’s reply
was “Yes, BUT, I love school a little more.”
I predict that we will be hearing the name Hilary
Wealperspeat sometime in the future. Whether
it is for her golfing prowess, or her academic
achievements, or something else in which she
excels. Watch this space!
David Williams is a AAA Rated PGA Professional
at Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links. He can
be contacted on (03) 5945 9230, via mobile:
0422 276 142, or at www.willowgolf.com.au
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Will Olympic golf make the cut?

DavidNewbery
WORLD golf bosses have been
putting their heads together over the
past few years contemplating their
triumphal return to the Olympics.
Their efforts were not without
success and the ultimate reward.
After a 112-year absence the
great game will once again grace
the international Olympic stage in
Brazil in 2016.
Millions of dollars worth of
extremely expensive golf equipment
emblazoned by the names of some
of the game’s greatest players will be
unloaded at Rio de Janeiro airport.
From there they will be ferried
to the more expensive hotels and
resorts.
The golf world’s top-60 players
will walk the famous city’s fairways
for a few weeks before sending the
aforementioned expensive clubs
back to the home of the professional
circuits of America and Europe.
The administrative giants of the
game will bask the reflected glory of
the momentous occasion.
‘Getinthehole’ will continue to
ring out annoyingly across the
fairways as world golf settles back in
its carefully upholstered television-
inspired routine.
Only the very foolhardy would
dare ask what the renewed Olympic
appearance will achieve for the overall
game cross the world.
How many players from how many
nations have shared the breathtaking
opportunity to be on the same course,
let alone the first tee, with world
champions Woods, Mickelsen, Els et al?
If Olympic golf is to mean anything
around the globe it has to embrace the
concept of encouraging the widest
possible participation.
No-one is suggesting simple
ownership of a bag of clubs or a
low handicap should be enough to
guarantee a place in the field.
Nevertheless the world watched and
cheered in awe as Equatorial Guinea’s
Eric “the Eel” Moussambani almost
drowned in an Olympic swimming race.
Every official games have standards
for qualifying and the last thing golf
needs is unknown players from who
knows where mowing down spectators
from the first tee.
But surely at the top is the
International Golf Federation and
the sport is played in places where the
good players don’t play for millions
every weekend.
Does that mean they should be
ignored and treated as second-class
citizens being unworthy of playing the
game we all hold dear?
Golf and the Olympic Movement
have five years to put in place some
qualifying tournaments in the
Americas, Europe and Asia.
Golf in Bhutan and Nepal –
yes they are countries – must be
supported financially by the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Both places have highly trained
golfers of real ability whose chests
would defy shirt makers to fit if they
were even considered for a game
outside their own backyards.
The revered Olympic Movement
was the unfortunate victim of the
world’s gold medal charge when the
game went professional.
How many athletes have had to
return their medals because the
simple joy of competing on the world
stage was lost in the insane pursuit
of money and fame?
The IOC should be encouraged
to determine the exact number of
countries which could happily field
a qualified team and then assess the
best way to open the world stage
to players whose only sin is the all-
consuming desire to have a chance
to compete.
Breaking new ground and moving
forward shouldn’t be outside the
Olympic charter and maybe the
International Golf Federation
should be encouraged to remove its
comfortably opulent digit from its
safe aperture and remove its shades
as it gazes toward the future.

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Carnegie Clark a true legend

DavidNewbery
THE legendary Norman von Nida may have been
Australian golf ’s trail-blazer, but Scottish-born
Carnegie Clark was considered to be the daddy
of golf in Australia.
Born in 1881, Clark helped pioneer golf in this
country and was instrumental in founding the
PGA of Australia when he attended meetings
and he served on the first committees.
He was the first to use and introduce the
Vardon grip to Australia and play with the rubber-
bound golf ball.
Clark, the son of a fisherman (as well as the
nephew to Andrew Carnegie of Carnegie Hall and
US Steel fame; hence his unusual first name), was
among the first group of professionals to make
golf clubs, golf balls, give lessons to beginners
and design golf courses.
And when he wasn’t doing all that he was
winning golf tournaments including three
Australian Open titles.
Clark was introduced to golf when he started
caddying as a 13-year-old at Carnoustie Golf
Club in Scotland.
A year later he joined the shop of Bob Simpson,
a renowned club-maker at Carnoustie.
He was taught the art of clubmaking and repairs
during 12-hour shifts.
And before and after work he would practice
his golf, sometimes finishing at 9.30 at night
during the summer months.
When Clark turned 21 he decided to try
his luck elsewhere and he was brought from
Carnoustie to Sydney to work for one of city’s
leading sports stores, Holdsworth Macpherson
and Co.
He was contracted to organise club-making and
repairs, re-covering golf balls and give lessons.
Unfortunately, the golf section of the store
failed to flourish and Clark left when his contract
expired to become the first professional at Royal
Sydney, where he remained for 27 years.
He manufactured his own brand of golf clubs in a
Rose Bay factory, and while he gained a reputation
as a teacher and clubmaker, he was also a top
professional.
Carnegie Clark, the man who helped pioneer golf in Australia. Photo courtesy of Golf Australia
A diminutive man, Clark played in a buttoned
up jacket and tie and wore plus-fours.
And when he had a mashie-niblick in his hands
he was deadly from 150 metres out. He could land
the ball on the green with backspin most modern
day plays would be proud of.
Clark won the Australian Open in 1906, 1910 and
1911, was runner-up in 1924 and finished third in
1905, 1907 and 1909.
Apparently the £10 he received for winning the
1906 Open helped pay for his wedding.
He also won the Australian PGA Championship in
1908 and a number of smaller events in New South
Wales and Victoria.
But perhaps his greatest triumph was to win The
Sun £500 tournament in 1924.
It was Australia’s first big-money event and he
edged out his younger brother Walter in the final
at Royal Sydney.
Clark received £195 and a £5 gold medal for
the win.
He also held the course records at Ballarat (67),
Concord (72), Royal Sydney (68), Metropolitan (67)
and Elsternwick (65).
Clark was a golf course designer of some
repute, having laid out many golf courses in New
South Wales and Queensland over a long and
distinguished career.
In fact, he designed his first golf course not long
after arriving in Australia.
It was a nine-hole golf course for the Blue
Mountains Golf Club, which is now known as
Leura Golf Club.
It opened for played in November 1902.
After that he designed dozens of golf courses
including the original Royal Sydney, Royal
Queensland, Brisbane, Moore Park, Bowral, Coffs
Harbour, Moss Vale, Dubbo, Port Macquarie,
Kempsey, Tamworth, Waratah, West Wyalong,
Mittagong, Inverell and Walcha.
At Moore Park, Clark was approached by the
Deputy Town Clerk of Sydney to inspect the site
with a view to building a nine-hole course where
the working man could play the game.
This was a passion for Clark and he later said:
“All work done by me for Moore Park was free as it
was my sincere wish that golf be given the chance
it so richly deserved.”
The golf course opened in May 1913 and was
soon attracting more than 1300 rounds per week.
Clark extended the course to 18 holes in 1922.
In 1904, Clark designed Moss Vale Golf Club’s
new course and gave lessons while he was there
for three shillings and sixpence.
He was an excellent tutor and loved teaching
people to play golf.
The book Pro Golf Out of the Rough reveals
Clark’s theory on teaching.
“Golf can be made the simplest game in the world
and I do not agree that the average golfer needs
to practice all the time to play a reasonable game.
“Once his swing is grooved, he will always be
able to play a fairly good game.
“I have taught many people to become good
golfers, and the old adage of ‘keep your eye on
the ball’ was one that I soon learned had flaws.
“You can still move your head and keep your
eye on the ball. So I told my pupils to play with
the chin – concentrate on its position, and half
your troubles are over.”
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Residential golf courses

Living on a golf course is a dream for many
golfers. Social researchers refer to this
phenomenon as ‘lifestyle living’ where residents
seek to live in a location that enhances their
desired lifestyle, whether it be access to the
beach, to their boat, to the golf course or a
vibrant city life.
RossPerrett
Golf residential
developments are not
new. They have been
with us for decades, particularly in
the United States where golf resorts
and golf residential boomed for over
40 years only to come to a screaming
halt over the past few years. One of the
original golf residential communities
was Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey
in The United Kingdom. Built in
the 1920’s it is now the home of The
European PGA and famous golfers
such as Sir Nick Faldo and Ernie Els.
In Australia, the first golf residential
projects were built by housebuilding
giant A V Jennings at Turu Beach on
the southern coast of NSW and at
The Launceston Casino in Tasmania.
These were followed in the 1980’s
by landmark projects such as Mike
Gore’s bold Sanctuary Cove on The
Gold Coast and Christopher Skase’s
Mirage at Port Douglas. Both projects
were pioneers in integrated residential
development and set a new benchmark
for development.
Sanctuary Cove was to become
Australia’s largest brick paving project
as all the roads were brick paved.
Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer
designed the course and a concert by
Frank Sinatra launched the project
amid unprecedented hype. At Port
Douglas, Skase used Thomson
Wolveridge to design the course and
transformed the sleepy seaside port
by importing thousands of established
palm trees and put Port Douglas and
the Barrier Reef on the international
tourist map. The rest is history as
other developers followed with major
projects like The National Golf Club
in Victoria, Palm Meadows and Hope
Island in Queensland and Joondalup
and The Vines in Western Australia.
The earlier projects generally had
a resort component and were the
forerunners to residential communities
which are more the norm today. Golf
community development has boomed
around our capital cities with projects
like Sanctuary Lakes, Sandhurst, The
Heritage, Moonah Links and 13th
Beach around Melbourne, Brookwater
and North Lakes in Brisbane and
Magenta Shores, Kerwinda Waters
and Stone Cutters in Sydney. In the
future, golf community development
will more likely be in regional cities
and the larger country towns where
land availability and planning controls
are more favourable. Many regional
courses will secure a sustainable future
by embracing associated residential
development.
The majority of new golf course
developments rely on associated
residential development to fund the
golf course, a fact that some golf purists
find abhorrent. Golf Community
development has also had its battles
in the planning environment as
some politicians have referred to golf
developments as real estate by stealth.
Old hang ups that golf is an elitist
game and bad for the environment
still exist in government circles but
are gradually being broken down by
the excellence that the golf industry
is promoting.
Other key considerations with
integrated developments are safety,
golf layout and housing design.
Technological advances in golf
equipment have resulted in the golf ball
travelling greater distances, which in turn
demands more land for the course and
greater setbacks for the housing.
Safety is essential for community living
and whist the incidence of personal injury
is very low, property damage is quite
common, particularly adjacent to existing
courses that predated the surrounding
real estate. Whilst golf authorities and golf
architects are reluctant to set arbitrary
limits for setbacks they have generally
increased in response to changes in
technology and the trend towards a
more litigious society. Whereas 20 years
ago the Urban Land Institute of USA
recommended 45 meters as a desirable
setback for real estate boundaries from
the centreline of the golf hole, most
architects would now recommend 70
meters. Internal safety setbacks are
generally 60 meters between centrelines.
The golf layout must respond to the
land form and it is desirable for the
residential land to sit above the golf
course. Golf holes are generally laid
out in pairs to optimise the usage.
This improves the views, increases
safety and allows the golf course to
accommodate stormwater drainage.
As the majority of golfers are right
handed and slice the ball, it is best to
place the real estate on the left side
of the hole.
Fundamental to living on a golf
course is the ability to look over the
golf course and enjoy a landscape
managed by others. However, the
golfers have no desire to look at the
houses, so managing the interface
between the golf course and the
associated development is important.
By controlling the orientation of the
houses and the design of the interface
landscape it is possible to satisfy this
potential conflict. It is interesting
that only about 30% of those who
live on golf courses actually play golf,
the majority being attracted by the
landscape setting. The interface is
further improved by the use of design
guidelines that control both building
design and the landscape character.
Design guidelines work best when
they are not overly prescriptive but
set principles that inspire creativity
and design excellence.
Residential golf communities
will remain popular in the short- to
medium-term providing the current
fall off in golf participation does not
continue. Hopefully the standard
of housing will improve to match
the courses which are already of an
international standard.
Ross Perrett is Managing
Director of Thomson Perrett
Golf Course Architects, one of
the world’s premier golf course
design companies. Together
with Australian legend Peter
Thomson, Thomson Perrett has
worked on over 250 projects
around the globe. They can be
contacted on +61 3 8698 8000, or
via thomsonperrett.com.au.

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Drive for show along the Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is a great drive,
literally and golfing wise.
Stretching from Torquay, near
Geelong, the 300-kilometre ‘journey of
a lifetime’ snakes past cliffs, waterfalls,
rainforests – and a great array of golf
courses, where you can drive (and chip
and putt) in style.
On the Bellarine Peninsula at the
mouth of its eponymous river, the
first stop is Barwon Heads, just over
an hour’s drive from Melbourne.
There’s something unique about this
golf village by the sea with its enviable
choice of nationally rated courses.
Nestled among the coastal dunes you
will find Barwon Heads Golf Club. The
magnificent clubhouse, listed by the
National Trust and Heritage Victoria,
is famed for its ambience and old
The magnificent clubhouse of Barwon Heads Golf Club
world charm, causing some to dub it
the ‘St Andrews of the Bellarine’. It is with stylish onsite, self-contained challenging bunkers, natural hazards A nine-hole course overlooking the How about slipping and sliding
a clubhouse designed for all seasons accommodation. and a lakes system. bay next to the local Fisherman’s Co- at Adventure Park on The Bellarine,
– open fires and fine food and wine The Bellarine is also home to The Anglesea’s golf course is renowned for Op, the Apollo Bay course is the only Victoria’s first water theme park?
to match the quality of the fairways. Bellarine Taste Trail – a touring route its resident population of Eastern Grey one in the world where you can buy a Or walking among the treetops at
A few kilometres down the road of cellar doors, local providores, dining kangaroos, making it a favourite with crayfish mid-round. Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, with
you will discover Barwon Heads Golf and accommodation experiences waiting overseas visitors who want to combine Whichever course you choose to their new Zipline experience for thrill
Resort at 13th Beach. The resort offers for you. a round a golf with seeing Australia’s experience, be sure to take a break seekers?
two championship 18-hole courses. The Torquay is the next stop. Aside from national symbol. and soak up the stunning natural Whether you’re driving to see the
Beach Course is a true links style course its world renowned beaches, surf culture All these great courses are merely the environment of this part of the world. sights, or driving for show, the Great
while the Creek Course was designed and retail therapy you will find The Sands, tip of the golfing iceberg along the Great You are absolutely spoilt for choice by Ocean Road is always at the fore when
by British golfing great Nick Faldo and designed by Stuart Appleby. Ocean Road. beaches, waterfalls and by walks. it comes to providing something for
is a parkland golfing experience. The course staged its first official PGA There are also golf clubs located And if other family members want everyone.
The facility has a modern clubhouse, tournament in January 2011, the Surf at Curlewis, Lonsdale, St Leonards, something else to do, well, the Great Visit www.visitgreatoceanroad.org.au
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Bienvenue en Nouvelle Caledonie!

Imagine playing an amazing round of golf in
a tranquil and relaxing Polynesian atmosphere,
with friendly people from all walks of life.
Since 2008, The Hyundai New Caledonia
Seniors Open has offered all that and more; and
it has developed a reputation for being one of the
most enjoyable tournaments in the Pacific area.
This July (19-21), the event will return in full
swing, as the La Ouenghi Golf Club hosts this
enjoyable “Over 50s” tournament yet again. Over
100 senior golfers from Australia, New Zealand,
Vanuatu and other Pacific areas will make the
return trek to New Caledonia to take part in the
tournament that offers a “good French atmosphere,
good French food and great French beer!”
The event is an Open Tournament for all “Over
50s” Ladies and Men with official handicaps
between 0-36. All divisions will play Gross and
Nett Stableford each day, with aggregate scoring.
Of course, there will be the customary Nearest
to the Pins on all par-3s each day, and prizes for
the event total $6000.
And while many will be playing for the coveted
Blue Hyundai Jacket, the goal for most will be to
Great food, drink and golf are par for the course for the Over 50s at The Hyundai New Caledonia Seniors Open
simply enjoy a great golfing holiday in a tropical
island atmosphere. Seniors of all ages are welcome other accommodation in Noumea, and make use visitors feel welcome, and is a competent and The flight to Noumea is just under 3 hours from
(just ask 94-year-old Wal Edwards of Sydney!) and of the handy shuttle to the golf course each day. friendly guide to the Senior players. Australia, and flights depart daily from Sydney
there will be plenty of good food and drink on offer. And if you’re looking for some non-golf When the golf is over, and the dinner begins, (three times a week from Brisbane).
La Ouenghi Golf Club is 50 kms from Noumea, activities to occupy your free time, there’s always so too begins the singing (we hear that the French So come and play The Hyundai New Caledonia
and just 15kms from the international airport. the beach, restaurants and Casino nearby. and Australian national anthems are a popular Seniors Open at La Ouenghi Resort. It’s a great
Stay and Play packages are available via the La Managing the resort of La Ouenghi is Dino, fixture). The presentation on the final day features event for Seniors from all walks of life.
Ouenghi Resort (Early Birds only, as the 15 twin- an Italian who has lived in New Caledonia for 30 the traditional Polynesian singers with ukuleles For information, fares and details contact
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Are you Ready2Golf?
RichardFellner
In the 1880’s Mark Twain coined the
famous phrase “the clothes make the
man”. These days, a more apt quote
could be “the clothes make the golfer,”
as more and more professionals and
amateurs alike are following the latest
fashion trends on the golf course.
While the days of plus-fours may be
long behind us (for now, anyway), the
boring old collared golf shirt and shorts
are now being reinvented by creative
and talented designers with an eye for
fashion and a hint of flair.
One such designer is Australia’s own
Timothy Neate, who launched apparel
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Recently rebranded as Ready2Golf by
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Making use of luxurious fabrics and
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and still feel comfortable in it. Golfers
also enjoy the fact that they can wear
our pants to work.”
After trialling out the line at last
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where Ready2Golf was a brand
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fashionable. (Unfortunately, they
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I looked good while searching for my
ball in the trees.) As I left the course (to
drown my sorrows in a cool beverage),
I felt confident that I was dressed well
enough to attend even the most ritzy
of events (assuming that they allowed
spikes on the dancefloor, that is!)
Neate is no stranger to fashion
trends. Prior to his foray into golf, he
designed ranges for Marks & Spencer,
and worked with designers from
Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and
Burberry in Europe. So it’s safe to say
he knows his stuff where fashion is
concerned. He also spent two years
living and designing in Japan and
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prior to launching his own clothing
ranges which were sold in boutique
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Demand for the Ready2Golf line
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After its humble beginnings in 2007,
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October of the same year, the brand
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way to New Zealand.
And that number is expected to
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like Collingwood’s Chris Dawes, and
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Charles Tarbey to the fore

DavidNewbery
A NAME like Century 21, one’s likely to
think, is more suitable for a cricket bat
maker than a real estate company that
sponsors golf.
Of course, we all know the brand
is synonymous with real estate and,
according to Century 21 chairman
Charles Tarbey, “real estate is golf ”.
Tarbey says his company and golf are
the perfect fit and that’s why he decided,
albeit at the 11th hour, to sponsor the
Australian Open.
“I was watching golf on television
and Golf Australia’s Trevor Herden
mentioned that they didn’t have a
sponsor for the Australian Open,” he said.
Tarbey made a spur of the moment
decision to support the Open and
contacted Golf Australia.
It’s not Century 21’s first foray into
golf sponsorship.
The company has been a supporter of
smaller events for 15 years and Tarbey
was ready to expand his sponsorship
portfolio.
“So when the opportunity arose we
moved quickly to become involved with
what is one of golf’s most famous national
Opens,” he added.
“We believe the sponsorship will
deliver strong value for our company
and brand.”
Century 21 chairman Charles Tarbey has thrown his weight behind the Australian Open
But getting instant recognition
wasn’t a priority for Tarbey and his
brand.
“We weren’t expecting people to
ring us up and give us their house for
sale,” Tarbey said.
“I think that the culture of golf
interests me and the broad spectrum
of people that play golf from kids all
the way through to 90-year-olds.
“It’s an amazing sport that just
crosses so many boundaries.
“You are supporting a game that so
many generations of people play with
each other too.”
Tarbey is, by his own admission,
a workaholic who is always on the
lookout for opportunities to expand
his business interests.
I ask if he ever switches off from work.
“No, I love it too much. Real estate
isn’t my only interest – there are other
areas of business I have an interest in
and I just enjoy working.
“It’s not about money – that’s not what
motivates me.”
Tarbey’s interest in golf stretches
to more than sponsorship. He owns
Kangaroo Valley – an 18-hole Jack
Newton-designed championship golf
course he bought a decade ago.
Tarbey, who plays off a respectable 13
handicap, resides in the Blue Mountains
and has lived in the same street for 32
years and the same house for 25 years.
He says he plays his golf at a small,
country golf course that doesn’t have a
hint of snobbishness.
“I play at a golf course up in the Blue
Mountains that has got blue collar to
white collar members and everyone
plays the game together,” said Tarbey,
who grew up in a Lebanese family in
the country town of Crookwell in NSW.
He attended bordering school at
Goulburn in NSW where he showed a
keen interest in sport and broke a number
of Australian weightlifting records.
He toyed with the idea of becoming
a musician, but his parents told him to
find a real job and he started working
for his sister at a property management
firm while waiting for his HSC results.
“I came straight out of boarding
school and went straight into real estate
by default waiting for my HSC results,
which I needn’t have waited for,” he joked.
Tarbey’s career has been somewhat of
an adventure, driven by a desire to prove
to himself that he could be successful.
“I got a good start with the right people
and three years later I bought a house.
The market had gone well and I had
enough money to open my own agency.
“That was in 1977 when I was 21 or
22 and I had five offices when I was in
my mid-20s.”
Then Tarbey decided to create a
franchise so he re-branded the five offices
and started Combined Real Estate, which
grew to 56 offices within 10 years.
“In 1995, the American parent
company came into Australia to
resuscitate Century 21, which had got
into trouble and so I secured the option to
buy out the rights to Century 21 Australia.
“I used to live by the philosophy that
anything is possible if you don’t know
what you are doing,” he laughed.
“If I knew what I was doing I probably
would have talked myself out of it.”
Tarbey has always had the ability to
look ahead, but his doesn’t see himself
as a visionary.
“I am really not sure I like the word
visionary because I’m not sure I’m up to
that level,” he offered.
“If you don’t have a look ahead and
don’t think ahead and don’t mentally
picture concepts that work you probably
will never try anything.”
Tarbey is a highly successful
businessman, but remains the same
down-to-earth person who built an
empire.
Century 21 has more than 400 offices
in Australia and New Zealand.
So, what sort of a person is Charles
Tarbey?
“I feel very comfortable about my
position as an individual,” he said.
“There are no skeletons in the closet
that I can find, which sounds a bit
boring. But most importantly for me is
I am a person that is respected by my
children.”

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Teeing off with: Craig Bellamy
GregDowling
Melbourne Storm is putting
plenty of energy into hitting the
ground running next month when
the NRL premiership season kicks off.
The club wants to leave the past behind, make
up for lost time and provide its loyal band of
supporters with plenty to cheer about.
Before Christmas and right throughout
summer, players and coaching staff have been
doing the hard yards in training to prepare for
the challenges waiting ahead.They’ve all been
working their butt off in weight sessions, running
and fitness programs, skin-fold tests, wrestling
matches, tackling practice, game plans and set-
piece moves.
All these little parts add up to a great whole
that glue together on the field in order for an elite
NRL club to achieve the ultimate prize.
Apart from such dedication to the cause, several
members of the inner-sanctum take time out to
indulge a healthy passion for golf.
Team captain Cameron Smith is a devotee,
while super coach Craig Bellamy tees it up when
possible to fit in with his hectic schedule.
Craig grew up in the small town of Portland,
near regional centres Lithgow and Bathurst in
NSW.
His first memories of golf were playing the local
course with sand greens while using a borrowed set
of clubs that included a couple with hickory shafts.
“I was about 12 when I had my first hit of
golf,” he said.
Craig Bellamy tees it up for a big season ahead
“I lived near the golf course and a couple of
school mates talked me into having a go. And I’ve
enjoyed the game ever since. It’s nice and relaxing
but can be competitive at times. I find it a good
way to spend an afternoon in the company of
friends or good people.”
Craig enjoys social rounds of golf (he’s recently
played at both Pelican Waters on the Sunshine
Coast and Sanctuary Lakes in Melbourne’s west)
during the off-season, along with taking part in
charity and corporate days.
Storm captain and keen golfer Cameron Smith
takes the place-kicks at goal for his team and
explains that most kickers flight the ball very
similar to a draw shot in golf.
Cam is a left-footer, so his shots curve left-to-
right in flight.
“The principles are pretty much the same,”
says the outstanding hooker, who can make the
distance from half-way if required, a 55-metre
carry over the cross-bar in reality.
“Judging the wind, aim, set-up and keeping the
same routine are keys. The only real difference
is that the footy is more affected by the wind.”
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Lonely pro seeks superstar for golf… etc
LarryCanning
I’m using The Last Word Column this
month to come out and publicly declare
my love for another man.
Yes my friends, I love Peter Senior.
There! I’ve said it!
Perhaps I should clarify a bit before my
parents read this. I’m not talking a “Broke
Back Mountain” kind of love (although
I do look good in a cowboy hat). I’m
talking “Bloke Love”...you know the stuff:
Slap on the back-side…rub of the hair
piece and some good old high-fiving or
fist-bumping which you always pretend
doesn’t hurt. (Imagine doing one of those
with Steve “Blocker” Roach? Every time
I shake his hand in the radio studio, my
arm disappears up to the elbow! Blocky
has hands like three kilos of bananas.)
Peter Senior epitomizes that old saying
“If I was under fire in the trenches with
someone...” well, actually I forget how
that goes but you probably the get the
gist. He has never had one ounce of “back
off ” in him and despite reaching an age
when most professional sportsmen are
kicking back and telling young blokes
how good they were, Peter continues on
his merry way, beating kids half his age
and twice his size. When you speak to
him he sounds just like one of us normal
people, but under that genuine, grounded
and relaxed exterior there is an absolute
furnace of competitiveness and resolve.
I love the way he walks... with
confidence and purpose as if he was one
of those 6-foot-5 Greco-Wrestlers making
his way to the ring to pin some poor dude
to the mat. He has a pre-shot routine that
looks like he has no intention of hitting
the ball anywhere but exactly where he is
aiming; and nailing it as hard as he likes no
matter what the situation. His golf swing
is an extension of his waggle: simple, no
frills and totally committed. You never
see Pete ease up or steer a shot.
I guess what I’m saying is that this little
Aussie Legend is everything I’m not.
I played recently in the same Australian
Senior Open as Pete (they even named the
bloody tournament after him!) in Perth
last November. Whilst I’m on that event,
I’ll digress a bit: I had a profound and
sobering moment with my son Heath,
which my therapist has suggested I share
with you.
If you are like me and spend a good part
of each day making sure your sons don’t
end up like you, then you can probably
relate to this. Heath had flown over to
caddy for me and was doing a great job
when we arrived to our second-last hole
in the first round.
This par-five has a row of four bunkers
running diagonally short of the green.
As good caddies do, he was giving me
the four different measurements to carry
each one when I suddenly decided to pull
the trigger while the wind had died for a
moment. My TaylorMade Penta number
3 took off twenty metres to the right of my
target and then started to slice while Heath
was just coming to the end of his thesis.
“Two thirty eight to carry the third, two
forty seven the fourth....(then he tacked
on this little gem as he noticed how wide
my ball was veering)...and eight and half
kilometres to the Perth Airport”.
I was overcome with a Christmas buffet
of emotions. Heath had become another
Canning Smart-ass just like his father.
To borrow a line from Harry Chapin’s
famous hit song: “He’d grown up just like
me... My boy was just like me...” Although
I’ve tried to shield my sons from my
family’s genetically degenerative condition
“Chronic Smart-ass Syndrome”, I was just
a little proud. I just hope it doesn’t take
him as long to make a living out of it as
it did me.
Anyway, back to the point. Pete went
on to win the Championship, nabbing
a victory from the next biggest thing to
come out of Scotland since Mel Gibson,...
Sandy Lyle. Whilst I was proud of my man
for winning that tournament from a field
that included some very classy senior
players, it wasn’t until a couple of months
later that my feelings became deeper. The
Australian PGA Championship at Coolum
had some of the best young players in the
world lining up to take the Kirkwood Cup
but it was “My Pete” who stole the trophy
and in the process, my heart.
If you’re reading this Pete, good luck for
2011. Give me a call when you’re in Sydney.
I know this little Italian Restaurant...and
then maybe we could catch a movie.
There’s a good cowboy flick I’ve heard
good things about...
Love,
Larry
Some of the Team Australia and Team USA players prepare to tee off
Wazza gets into the swing
DavidNewbery
HE’S a self-confessed golf nut who
doesn’t need an excuse to organise
a game of golf or even a challenging
event across state and territory
borders.
Canberra’s Warren (Wazza) Gray
is a passionate golfer who lives and
breathes the game.
“I love playing golf and like
organising all sorts of different events,
which are mostly based on the social
side of things,” Wazza told Inside Golf.
“I think the best thing we ever play
for is a trophy and some small nearest
the pin prizes, which I scrounge
throughout the year.”
One of the challenges is a virtual
‘State-of-Origin’ event.
“A group of us here in Canberra
challenge a group from the Bendigo
region in central Victoria,” he said.
“The ACT plays in Canberra and,
on the same day, the Victorians play
down there.
“We compare scores over the
internet and a winner is decided.
“Once a year, the two teams get
together halfway between the two
towns (Corowa or Thurgoona) and
we play a match face-to-face.”
Wazza doesn’t stop there.
February 2011
Other events he has organised include
a “semi-regular” game for working
golfers.
“We mostly play these during the
summer months (daylight savings
period) where we have a chicken run
on Friday afternoons and the winner
gets a frozen chook,” he said.
“We try to play all the different courses
here in the ACT so there is no home
advantage to any player all the time.
“Another event I managed to get
off the ground a couple of years ago
was a small Defence agency, where I
work, which challenged the American
Embassy.
“We call it the AUS-US Golf Down
Under Challenge.
“Recently we played the second
annual event and it was marked as a
special occasion with the American
Ambassador Jeffery Bleich attending.
“There were about 70 pairs of eyes
watching the first group tee off and that
made me nervous, but I felt a bit sorry
for the Ambassador as he was invited
to hit the first ball down the middle.
“We had a great day and the mighty
Team Australia retained the trophy but,
most importantly, the bragging rights
over Team USA.
“The Americans often come along to
the other games I organise and run.”
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Oh deer, not a bear in sight 4th Annual Kingswood Golf Club “Pink Lady Presentation Day”

At Melbourne’s Kingswood GC, the worst score
on Sunday mornings earns the player a “Pink
Lady” weekly award. At the end of each year,
an annual Pink Lady award goes to the person
Leeanne Galtieri was on the lookout for a dangerous brown bear when she spotted an elk, which is that received the weekly award the most times.
one of the largest species of deer in the world.
It provides all those concerned with some light
hearted banter and a strong community spirit to
help others. All proceeds for the Pink Lady annual
event go to the Breast Cancer Foundation, with
proceeds to date totalling almost $4000.00

DavidNewbery living daylights out of golfers.

GOLFERS around the world often encounter
“unusual” hazards in their travels.
In Australia, crocodiles have been seen lurking
around water holes on golf courses, particularly
in Far North Queensland.
Golfers who frequent Carbrook Golf Club in
Brisbane have seen three-metre sharks in the golf
course’s large dam.
Dangerous snakes can be another hazard for
unsuspecting golfers.
Of course, Kangaroos on golf courses in
Australia are passé.
In Africa, where I have played a lot of golf,
crocodiles, baboons, giraffe, warthog and even
leopard can all come into play.
In Canada, bears have been known to scare the
Recently, Melbourne’s Vince and Leeanne
Galtieri were playing golf at Jasper Golf Club
in Canada when they were warned to watch
out for a particular brown bear that had been
wandered on to the golf course.
“We had been warned that a brown bear had
been spotted on one of the tees the previous day
and were reminded not to run if we spotted it
during our round,” Vince said.
“Apparently, it would even outrun a golf cart
– great when we were on foot.
“We didn’t see the bear, but we did spot an elk.
“I believe this is an elk rather than a moose,
which we also spotted in the distance.”
The Melbourne couple didn’t want to lock
horns with these animals and kept their
distance.
The quick nine quiz by David Newbery
1. Who did Peter Senior defeat in a sudden- 6. Through the green, it is permissible to remove
death playoff to win the Australian PGA cut grass adhering to the ball – true or false?
Championship and become the oldest golfer to
win the Joe Kirkwood Cup? 7. Where is home for Ladies European Tour 2010
Order of Merit winner Lee-Anne Pace?
2. Which American golfer has the nickname the
Walrus? 8. Who said: “You can talk to a fade but a hook
won’t listen – Bob Hope, Lee Trevino, John
3. The 2011 Presidents Cup between the Daly or Jack Newton.”
Americans and the Internationals will be
played where? 9. Who is Australian professional golfer Graham
Marsh’s sporting brother?
4. Who are the respective Presidents Cup
captains?
5. Which is the second oldest Open Championship Answers at the bottom of the page
on the European Tour after the British Open –
Swiss, French, Spanish or German?

30 things that are true in golf

Submitted by Wazza Gray
1. Don’t buy a putter or a Driver until you’ve had a
chance to throw it.
2. Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts
in your mind during your swing.
3. When your shot has to carry over a water hazard,
you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
4. If you’re afraid a full shot might reach the green
while the foursome ahead of you is still putting
out, you have two options: you can immediately
shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is
clear and top a ball halfway there.
5. The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to
share his ideas about the golf swing.
6. No matter how bad you are playing, it is always
possible to play worse.
7. The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the
instant elimination of the one critical unconscious
motion that allowed you to compensate for all of
your many other errors.
8. Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect
approach shot.
9. A golf match is a test of your skill against your
opponents’ luck.
10. It is surprisingly easy to hole a fifty foot putt. For
a 10.
11. Counting on your opponent to inform you when
he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun
of his own haircut.
12. It’s not a gimme if you’re still 5 feet away.
13. You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and
a two inch branch 90% of the time.
14. Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth
bad shot is actually the beginning of the next
group of three.
15. When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will
always look down again at exactly the moment
when you ought to start watching the ball if you
ever want to see it again.
16. Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must
subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the
fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
South Africa; (8). Lee Trevino; (9). Rodney Marsh – the former Test cricketer.Brain Surgery.
ANSWERS: (1). Geoff Ogilvy; (2). Craig Stadler; (3). Royal Melbourne; (4). Fred Couples (Americans) and Greg Norman (Internationals); (5). The French Open; (6). False – anything adhering to the ball is not a loose impediment; (7).
17. If you want to hit a 7-iron as far as Tiger Woods
does, simply try to lay up just short of a water
hazard.
18. To calculate the speed of a player’s downswing,
multiply the speed of his back-swing by his
handicap; i.e., backswing 20kph, handicap 15,
downswing = 300kph.
19. There are two things you can learn by stopping
your backswing at the top and checking the
position of your hands: how many hands you
have, and which one is wearing the glove.
20. Hazards attract; fairways repel. Keep this in mind
21. A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away
is not yours.
22. If there is a ball on the fringe and a ball in the
bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are
in the bunker, yours is in the footprint
23. It’s easier to get up at 6:00am to play golf than at
10:00am to mow the lawn
24. Golf is the perfect thing to do on Sunday because
you always end up having to pray a lot.
25. A good golf partner is one who’s always slightly
worse than you are....that’s why I get so many calls
to play with friends
26. If there’s a storm rolling in, you’ll be having the
game of your life.
27. Golf balls are like eggs. They’re white. They’re sold
by the dozen. And you need to buy fresh ones each
week.
28. It’s amazing how a golfer who never helps out
around the house will replace his divots, repair his
ball marks, and rake his sand traps.
29. If your opponent has trouble remembering
whether he shot a six or a seven, he probably shot
an eight (or worse).
30. It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than
it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other
hand, you don’t get to ride around on a cart, drink
beer, eat hot dogs and fart if you are performing
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Morriset Golf Club* Friday February 04 11am - 4pm
Georges River Golf Club Monday February 07 4 - 7pm
Concord Golf Club* Tuesday February 08 1 - 5pm
The Australian Golf Club* Wednesday February 09 9am - 1pm
The Ridge Driving Range Wednesday February 09 4 - 7pm
St Michael’s Golf Club* Thursday February 10 10am - 2pm
Narrabeen Driving Range Thursday February 10 4 - 7pm
New South Wales Golf Club* Friday February 11 10am - 3pm
Mollymook Golf Club* Monday February 14 11am - 3pm
Eden Gardens Golf Club* Tuesday February 15 10am - 3pm
Tura Beach Golf Club* Wednesday February 16 10am - 2pm
Narooma Golf Club* Thursday February 17 8am - 12pm
Catalina Country Club* Friday February 18 11am - 3pm
Hudson Park Driving Range Monday February 21 4 - 7pm
Lynwood Golf Club* Tuesday February 22 9am - 1pm
Olympic Park Driving Range Tuesday February 22 4 - 7pm
Taree Golf Club* Wednesday February 23 11am - 3pm
Kempsey Golf Club* Thursday February 24 11am - 3pm
Port Macquarie Driving Range* Friday February 25 10am - 3pm
Oatlands Golf Club* Monday February 28 2 - 6pm
Queenland
Brisbane GC** Wednesday February 2 9am - 1pm
Mullimbimby GC Wednesday February 09 9:30 - 11:30am
Yamba GC Wednesday February 09 2 - 5pm
* Appointment Only. ** Members Only. ‡ Callaway fitting day. Demo dates subject - change without notice. It is recommended that you contact venue before attending.
February 2011
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Location Day Date Time
Bonville GC Thursday February 10 1 - 5pm
Lismore GC Friday February 11 2 - 5pm
Ballina GC Saturday February 12 2 - 5pm
Sanctuary Cove GC** Wednesday February 16 7am - 12pm
Gold Coast CC Driving Range Thursday February 17 4:30 - 7pm
Burleigh GC Friday February 18 2 - 5pm
House Of Golf @ Lakelands GC* Wednesday February 23 9am - 1pm
Drummond Golf Underwood* Thursday February 24 3 - 6pm
Palm Meadows Driving Range Friday February 25 1 - 5pm
Victoria
Spring Valley Golf Club* Wednesday February 02 10am - 2pm
Victoria Golf Club* Thursday February 03 10am - 2pm
Kew Golf Club* Friday February 04 10am - 2pm
Patterson River Country Club* Tuesday February 08 10am - 3pm
Kingston Heath Golf Club* Wednesday February 09 10am - 2pm
Sandhurst Club* Thursday February 10 10am - 2pm
Kingswood Golf Club* Wednesday February 16 10am - 2pm
Sandringham Golf Range Wednesday February 16 5 - 7pm
Peninsula Country Golf Club* Thursday February 17 10am - 2pm
Sunshine Golf Club* Friday February 18 3 - 6pm
Woodlands Golf Club* Saturday February 19 10am - 2pm
Warragul Country Club* Monday February 21 10am - 2pm
Country Club Driving Range* Tuesday February 22 12 - 4pm
Tasmania Golf Club* Wednesday February 23 10am - 2pm
Royal Hobart Golf Club* Friday February 25 10am - 3pm
Drummond Golf Launceston* Saturday February 26 10am - 2pm
Seabrook Golf Club* Sunday February 27 10am - 3pm
South Australia
Murray Bridge golf Club* Friday February 04 1:30 - 4pm
Kingston Golf Club S.E Sunday February 27 2 - 4:30pm
Western Australia
Golfbox East Perth* Thursday February 03 10am - 4pm
Golfbox East Perth* Friday February 04 10am - 4pm
Golfbox East Perth* Saturday February 05 10am - 4pm
Drummond Golf Mandurah* Friday February 11 10am - 4pm
Drummond Golf Mandurah* Saturday February 12 10am - 4pm
Drummond Golf Cannington* Saturday February 19 10am - 4pm
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Location Day Date Time
New South Wales
The Ridge Driving Range Wednesday February 09 5 - 7pm
Charlestown Golf Club Thursday February 10 3 - 5pm
Camden Lakeside Country Club Friday February 11 8am - 11.30am
Tura Beach Country Club Monday February 14 8.30am - 11.30am
Pambula Merimbula Golf Club Monday February 14 2 - 6pm
Royal Canberra Golf Club Tuesday February 15 10.30am - 4pm
Canberra International Golf Centre DR Tuesday February 15 4.30 - 7.30pm
Queanbeyan Golf Club Wednesday February 16 8.30am - 11.30am
Federal Golf Club Wednesday February 16 1 - 5pm
Gosford Golf Club Wednesday February 16 10am - 1pm
Newcastle Practice Centre Thursday February 17 2 - 5pm
Maitland Golf Club Saturday February 19 10am - 2pm
Cumberland Golf Club Wednesday February 23 10am - 1pm
Roseville Golf Club Thursday February 24 10.30am - 1.30pm
Queensland
Horton Park Golf Club Wednesday February 09 11am - 1pm
Sanctuary Cove Golf Club Wednesday February 16 10am - 2pm
Gold Coast Country Club Thursday February 17 6 - 8pm
Southport Golf Club Thursday February 24 10am - 1pm
Palm Meadows Golf Club Friday February 25 3 - 6pm
Victoria
Flinders Golf Club Thursday February 03 10am - 2pm
MGA Wednesday February 04 4 - 7pm
Drouin Golf Club Wednesday February 09 10am - 2pm
Morack Park Driving Range Thursday February 10 4 - 7pm
Albert Park Driving Range Thursday February 10 3 - 7pm
Centenary Park Golf Club Saturday February 12 10am - 2pm
Sandringham Driving Range Wednesday February 16 5 - 7.30pm
Yearing Meadows Golf Club Wednesday February 16 10am - 2pm
Peninsula Country Club Thursday February 17 10am - 2pm
Mount Gambier Golf Club Saturday February 19 10am - 2pm
Horsham Golf Club Sunday February 20 10am - 2pm
Yarra Bend Driving Range Thursday February 24 4 - 7pm
Long Island Country Club Saturday February 26 10am - 2pm
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