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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.

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CYPRESS LAKES GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB • The wine can wait – a taste for golf will take visitors to this established and vastly improved Hunter Valley icon.

HUGGAN’S ALLEY

WHOLE NEW (DP) WORLD FOR AUSSIE TOUR

KIRSTEN AUGUSTA BOUND

CASEY STONER

SHEARER’S FINEST SUNDAY CHARGE • APRIL 18, 1982

THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (2000)

SHOULD THE MEN’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN JOIN THE DP WORLD TOUR?

IN MY OPINION

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“TO MY GENERATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE GROWING UP IN MELBOURNE, BOB SHEARER WAS THE MAN WE ALL WANTED TO BE.”

JORDAN JUST GETTING STARTED • Jordan Zunic has been a PGA Tour of Australasia mainstay for almost a decade, claiming three victories in that time. With a clearer pathway to the DP World Tour now on offer, he’s looking to translate that success to a bigger stage, starting with this month’s Golf Challenge NSW Open.

THE RUN HOME & POTENTIALLY TO EUROPE

‘I HAVE ISSUES. TALKING ABOUT THEM IS WHAT SAVED ME’ BUBBY WATSON

MIN WOO LEE • The two-time European Tour winner has a swing that impresses all that witness it first-hand. Over the following pages there are plenty of good lessons to learn from Min Woo’s powerful, yet efficient, action.

BOSS THE PAR-4S! • Learn the strategy and skills to master the holes you’ll play the most

SHORT PAR-4S 250-350 YARDS YARDS • CASE STUDY 10th hole, The Belfry 301 yards (white tees)

DISTANCE CONTROL WITH YOUR MOST LOFTED CLUBS • Bring these four elements into your short irons to improve your ability to meter power and distance

MID-LENGTH PAR-4S 350-440 YARDSYARDS • CASE STUDY 16th hole, The Belfry 405 yards (white tees)

BETTER BALL-STRIKING • With typical approaches between 125 and 200 yards, your ability to make crisp and powerful contact with your mid-irons becomes the determining factor in your success

LONG PAR-4S 440-475 YARDS YDS • CASE STUDY 18th hole, The Belfry 441 yards (white tees)

ADD MORE POWER • With Shot Scope laying out the bare facts in terms of coming up short on these holes – remember, a GIR is a one-in-100 event for the average 20-handicapper – it is clear that increased power is at the root of improved performance on these holes. Here’s how to get it…

WIELD THE AXE AT IMPACT

FORGET ABOUT YOUR SWING

HOW CAN YOU TRANSFORM YOUR BUNKER PLAY? • Let’s begin the journey of transforming the way you approach shots from the sand

BETTER WHERE IT COUNTS

STRAIGHT TO THE TOP

“OUR LONGEST IRONS EVER”

PLAY BROOKS’ BALL

A TOUR BALL FOR THE REST OF US

A NEW ERA OF FIT AND TRACTION

HIT YOUR BEST DRIVES MORE OFTEN

LONGEST TOTAL DISTANCE

WATCH AND LEARN • The equipment the pros play has always been a point of interest, many pouring over the ‘What’s In The Bag’ details. And there are some takeaways to be had, even despite the skill differential.

NAROOMA BECKONS

BEAUTIFUL BELLARINE

RANDWICK GOLF CLUB

Hervey Bay Golf Club

The ROAD TO ROCKY • In a region of Queensland perhaps best known for seemingly endless fields of sugar cane that occasionally make way for beef grazing lands and lush rainforests, there are eight golf courses to enjoy when you’re not spotting whales or soaking up the tropical sun.

LINKS HOPE ISLAND GOLD COAST • QUEENSLAND

THE FINAL...