Innholdsfortegnelse for Jan 2025 - Issue 428 i Golf Australia

Sydney’s popular Moore Park golf course remains under threat as an 18-holer after the NSW Government doubled down on plans to cut the course in half. Citing the “need to deliver open spaces that support greater density in the right places” a spokesperson from Greater Sydney Parklands said: “The NSW Government remains committed to transforming 20 hectares of Moore Park South into public open space, while retaining a minimum nine-hole golf course, driving range and clubhouse.” In November, the Moore Park Club Collective – representing Golf NSW, Golf Australia, PGA of Australia and Moore Park GC – put together a blueprint for community usage of the land while retaining Moore Park as an 18-hole course. “The alternative proposal prioritises the preservation and enhancement of Moore Park Golf Course, positioning Moore…

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RORY TO BREAK MAJOR DUCK Callum Hill: Righto! Fearless predictions for 2025. First up, Mr Cleary: will Rory McIlroy break his Major drought?  Matt Cleary: Our Rors will have had some dark conversations with himself on Sunday nights and Monday mornings, but I am ever-positive about the great Rory McIlroy. He remains one of the best players there’s ever been, much less among his generation. So he’s up there with Scottie, Xander, Bryson, Brooks. He is a champion, a crowd favourite and everyone hopes he wins. That sort of positivity can’t hurt. He does have a fairly hairy baboon on his back – a decade since his last major. But he can’t keep putting himself in a position to win and not win. It must happen. CH: Not necessarily, as…

Copying the habits and practices of successful people is a well-trodden path to improvement, and right now, there is no one more successful than the world’s best golfer, Scottie Scheffler. The 28-year-old American has of course had a quite phenomenal year, finishing in the top 10 16 times in 19 starts and winning seven times … including the Masters, the Players and FedEx Playoffs. Oh yes, he is also the proud possessor of an Olympic gold medal. We will leave the cash he’s won out of this conversation, but let’s just say he’s not scratching around looking for the best mortgage rates. For so many, Scheffler is an enigma – a guy whose swing can look all over the place at times, but who nevertheless achieves scarcely credible levels of…

Powerful performance meets pure feel With precision engineered into every strike, SRIXON has launched its latest innovation in iron design in Australia with the all-new ZXi Irons. Built with groundbreaking i-FORGED technology, these irons offer superior feel, enhanced distance, forgiveness and control. How forged should feel Srixon’s proprietary i-FORGED, or Impact Forged, process strengthens and optimises each ZXi Iron, delivering well-rounded performance. “The i-Forging process allowed us to select the best steel for each ZXi Iron, enhancing both feel and performance,” said Dustin Brekke, Director of Engineering. “For the ZXi7 Players Iron, we used S15C, the softest steel we’ve ever featured, to improve feedback and feel.” To maintain strength and durability, Srixon used Condensed Forging across the ZXi7, ZXi5, and ZXiU Irons, reinforcing specific sections for added support. This technique…

If you are a keen reader of this esteemed publication, you’ll notice that the brilliance and understated beauty of the images that support these words might look familiar. In our most recent issue, this writer covered the Kiwi golfing secret, the Canterbury region. Within that feature, Clearwater Golf Club at Clearwater Resort rightfully headlined the region’s premier championship venues. The John Darby design deserves its own feature. Not only is Clearwater thriving as Christchurch’s premier venue, it isn’t resting on its laurels with that flattering tag. The layout – and surrounding facilities – are continually improving, making Clearwater a must-play for locals and travelling golfers setting their sights on a phenomenal test with glistening vistas on rolling terrain. The golf course is the centrepiece of a community, offering rural landscapes…

Jason Day has indicated his recent long-awaited Australian return won’t be a one-off as the former world No.1 tips the Aussie PGA Championship to again lure golf’s “bigger guys”. Day finished in a tie for eighth at 8-under at Royal Queensland in Brisbane late last month; his first visit home since competing in the 2017 Australian Open. A double-bogey on the 14th was one of Day’s only three blemishes across the reduced three-day event, leaving him lamenting some missed opportunities with his trusty putter in his first tournament in nearly four months. Day didn’t play the following week’s Australian Open in Melbourne, since the former PGA Championship winner was preparing for superstar Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas before defending his Grant Thornton Invitational with New Zealand’s Lydia…

Looking back, the last few years of my amateur career represent some of the most enjoyable times of my golfing life. For one thing, there was no such thing as the World Amateur Rankings, so that never crossed my mind. All I did was find as many tournaments as I could to play in. My focus was on improving as much as I could and as quickly as I could so that I might get the chance to play somewhere other than Australia. I wanted to find out how I compared with the best amateurs in Europe and America. At home, we did have the Ivo Whitton Trophy, which was awarded to the player with the best stroke average across a series of designated events. Then there were the state…

FootJoy, the No.1 shoe in golf, introduces the FJ Quantum. Designed with the trend of visual comfort at its core, the FJ Quantum delivers cloud-like comfort with every step. Featuring FJ’s newest and softest foam yet, the FJ Quantum’s SofFOAM combines maximum comfort and excellent forefoot flex to create a superior ride for the golfer. The trend of visual comfort continues with a soft plush leather upper and OrthoLite Impressions Fitbed, affording you the highest level of comfort on and off the course. The rollover collar and an easy-access heel are designed for out of the box comfort. While the comfort of the FJ Quantum is unquestionable, the tractional performance of the shoe is just as impressive. The FJ Quantum features tractional elements found in some the most stable FootJoy…

What do you do when you’re the youngest and smallest kid on the block, but want to compete with – and maybe even beat – the big guys? You match and try to exceed what they offer, ensuring that everyone well and truly takes notice. So it is with golf tourism to Cambodia. At present, Thailand and Vietnam are the heavyweights, attracting the lion’s share of foreign golfers from North and South-East Asia, Europe, the sub-continent and Middle East, the Pacific and elsewhere. Cambodia, a country wedged between the two golf tourism powerhouses, is currently a minor and – outside Korea and Japan – a relatively unknown destination, also well behind Malaysia and Indonesia in golf visitor numbers. But perhaps not for much longer. While the number of elite courses remains…

Odyssey Golf, an industry leader in putter innovation and the No.1 putter on Tour has announced its all-new range: Ai-ONE Square 2 Square with zero torque. Zero torque is one of the hottest trends in putting. There are many options, but only Odyssey delivers their most successful Tour-proven shapes (Jailbird, #7, and Double Wide) with an Ai-ONE Insert for more consistent ball speeds across the face. Ai-ONE Square 2 Square Putters feature a modern centre-shafted design which makes them Stroke Balanced, so they remain square throughout a golfer’s stroke. These putters are ideally suited to golfers looking to minimise face rotation when putting. Odyssey positions the shaft just above the head’s centre of gravity for a putter that rests with the toe up; the opposite of a traditional putter with…

Running a successful pro shop requires more than just stocking the latest equipment; it’s about creating an excellent experience for members and guests while keeping operations efficient and organised. This is what big box retailers and online stores do well – often at the expense of local pro shops. In response to this growing threat, PGA pros are looking to technology for the answers, and giants such as Golf Genius are providing the solutions. Through their “Golf Genius Golf Shop” software, staff can now deliver a five-star service which competes with online stores. As a result, the product is receiving rave reviews from pro shops across Australia and New Zealand, including Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club – an early adopter of the solution and a standout example for other…