Golf Australia

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.

“THE THRILL OF SEEING ATHLETES IN ACTION LIVE STILL HASN’T FADED, EVEN IN TODAY’S DIGITAL AGE.”

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BREAKTHROUGH TO STUNNING BACKDROP

YERING MEADOWS GOLF CLUB • Once one of Victoria’s toughest tracks, Yering Meadows is finding new life. With fresh bunkering, smarter strategy and sharper conditioning, this Yarra Valley gem is finally realising its long-promised potential.

STOLZ SLAMS PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS FOR KILLING OFF Q-SCHOOL

GREEN SHOOTS: GOLF’S ECO FUTURE DOWN UNDER

REEVES’ REMARKABLE ROOKIE RUN IN QUALIFIERS

AUSSIE DREAM TEAM DELIVERS

PGA PROFESSIONALS: GAME CHANGERS FOR EVERY GOLFER

ION ROLLS WITH PUNCHES TO FIND JOY IN GAME AGAIN

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DRINKS WITH… CAMERON SMITH • When you sit down for a drink with Cameron Smith, you get the sense that not much fazes him. The mullet, the laid-back drawl, the easy grin – it’s all very Queensland casual. But behind the relaxed exterior, there’s still that fierce competitor who won the Open at St Andrews and took down the PGA Tour’s best before defecting to LIV. This year, though, it hasn’t gone to plan. Five missed major cuts. A “shitty” season by his own admission. Still, Smith’s as candid as ever – about leadership, form slumps, fatherhood, and the game’s uncertain future.

“IS A NEW REALITY POPULATED BY THE LIKES OF THOSE WE SAW AT THE RYDER CUP REALLY DESIRABLE?”

“I CAN STILL REMEMBER THINKING, AS I LOOKED RORY IN THE EYE, THAT HERE WAS SOMEONE DIFFERENT.”

HANNAH KEEPS COOL HEAD WITH BOLD NEW LOOK

MELBOURNE AWAITS the MASTER • Two decades after a teenage Rory McIlroy first teed it up on Australian soil, the now Grand Slam champion returns – green jacket in tow - to Royal Melbourne. It is a reunion steeped in history, ambition and affection for the championship he still holds dear.

LONG LIVE the AUSSIE • Royal Melbourne. The great one hosts the great one. After years of experimentation and lost lustre, the Australian Open returns to its spiritual home, with Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee, Cam Smith, Adam Scott, Joaquin Niemann and a nation watching to see golf’s grand old championship roar again.

25 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT … THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP • Royal Queensland has become a regular home for Australia’s PGA Championship. It returns again this month with a great field and plenty to love. Here are 25 things to look forward to and appreciate ahead of the challenge for the Joe Kirkwood Cup.

ARE THEY REALLY JUST TROPHIES? • In part two of our fun feature which began in our November issue about golf trophies and why they’re so coveted, we take a look at trophy hunting at the elite and grassroots levels, and the psychology of golfers – maybe you – who put as much time into winning them as the heroes we all watch on television.

PEOPLE OF THE PUTT • At Lynwood Golf and Country Club, mini golf isn’t just fun and games. Australia’s pro putters tackle tricky slopes, cunning angles and high-stakes competition, proving that precision, nerves and skill make even the smallest layouts serious business.

BATTLE OF THE PENINSULAS • The battle lines are drawn across the bay. Here, we present Mornington versus Bellarine: a friendly clash of coastal titans, where fairways replace front lines and birdies beat bayonets. Let’s march into the fight and see which peninsula truly claims golfing supremacy.

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EXPERIMENT WITH GRIP AND SHAPE YOUR SHOTS

PURSUE MASTERY, NOT PERFECTION

‘KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!’ • And...