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Each month, Golf Australia showcases great Australian courses and golfing holidays, profiles players and conducts road tests of the latest equipment. Leading PGA professional share instruction tips to improve your game and keep your handicap tumbling.

TEEING OFF • “THE SAUDI-BACKED CIRCUIT WILL HARDLY RATE A MENTION WHEN HE TEES UP…”

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METUNG COUNTRY CLUB • New owners, a new course superintendent and an exciting plan for the future has transformed this nine-hole layout into one of Victoria’s finest short courses.

CLOUD HANGING OVER SMITH’S OLYMPIC AMBITIONS

CLIVE AUSTIN

GOLFER’S AT GREATER RISK OF SKIN CANCER

MASTERPLAN PREPARED FOR KEW

‘I GOT SIX MESSAGES FROM SIX DIFFERENT PLAYERS ON THE DP WORLD TOUR WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING LIV’

HOT & NOT

ARTHUR NEWMAN (2013)

FLASHBACK • SEPTEMBER 29, 1991

HUGGAN’S ALLEY

IN MY OPINION

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LA DOLCE VITA • Europe has won seven of the 10 Ryder Cup matches contested since the turn of the century. But a powerhouse American team are ready to turn the tables in Italy and win away from home for the first time since 1993.

Cho Minn Thant • ASIAN TOUR CEO

‘I got given the lieys to the city in brighton. They namned a bus route after me’ • MICHAEL CAMPBELL

TUCKING THE ELBOW FOR STRONGER IMPACT

ADD DISTANCE WITH MORE LAG

HOW TO FIND GOLF’S ONLY TRUE CONFIDENCE • Most golfers struggle to find confidence because they are looking for it in the wrong place.

YOUR BEST SCORE… EVERY ROUND • The decisions you make on the course are the real key to getting the best out of every round you play. These 11 midround tactics will improve your course craft… and your score

HOW TO… STOP PLAYING GOLF THE WRONG WAY!

HOW TO… MAKE THE GAME FEEL A BIT EASIER

HOW TO… COPE WITH SLOW PLAY

HOW TO… DEAL WITH THE BREAKS

HOW TO… STOP A DRAMA TURNING INTO A CRISIS

CONSIDER ALL YOUR GREENSIDE OPTIONS

CHECKPOINT FOR A BALANCED SETUP

PULLING THE TRIGGER

THE GREAT GOLF WEEKEND GUIDE PART 2 • There’s only one thing better than the weekend and that’s a long weekend … or two. In the second part of this limited series, we recommend more three-day golfing adventures with plenty of highlights on and off the course.

KING ISLAND, TASMANIA

MELBOURNE SANDBELT, VICTORIA

BELLARINE PENINSULA, VICTORIA

GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

YARRAWONGA, NSW/VICTORIA

SOUTH WEST COAST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

CENTRAL COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES

A ROUND IN ALICE

ENJOY SOME CRAIC IN 2024

MEADOW SPRINGS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

FLINDERS GOLF CLUB • MORNINGTON PENINSULA • VICTORIA

A GROWING FAMILY UNVEILED

FORM & FUNCTION

CONTROL YOUR GAME

SPEED TO THE MAX

SOFT FEELING ALL-ROUNDER

PRECISION SHAPING

ICONIC PUTTER COMEBACK

MOD-SWING TRAINING AID

ECCO BIOM H4 BOA

‘MY DRIVING WAS SO HORRIFIC, I LED THE STATS IN MOST PENALTY SHOTS’