Brad Clifton

Australia

Editor-in-Chief at Australian Golf Digest

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Australian Golf Digest – Australia's No.1 Media Brand. Twitter/X is a place I visit when I'm feeling too happy. 😃

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Articles

US Women's Open 2025: Aussie major winners in the mix after round one

4 weeks ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

Hannah Green took a positive step forward in finding a remedy to a recent run of slow starts as fellow Aussie major winner Minjee Lee also made a solid opening to the US Women’s Open at Erin Hills. Buckle up: Erin Hills is going to be a burly US Women’s Open testGreen and Grace Kim both shot even-par rounds of 72 to lead the way for the Aussies in Round 1, Lee just one stroke further back after missing a birdie chance from 14 feet at her final hole in a round of 1-over 73.
'That's golf': Wasteful Percy holds on to share of lead at Senior PGA

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

He admittedly left a few cards on the table, yet Victorian Cameron Percy did enough in Round 2 to retain a share of the lead at the Senior PGA Championship in Maryland. RELATED: Cam’s Close Call with malignant melanomaThe combination of Congressional Country Club’s demanding test and gusty winds kept scores largely in check on day two, just six players breaking 70.
C'MON AUSSIE: Cam Percy takes solo lead at Senior PGA Championship

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

[Photo: Courtesy PGA of America]Without the benefit of a full practice round as he rested a back issue, Australia’s Cameron Percy has grabbed the first-round lead at the US Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club. RELATED: Cam’s Close Call with malignant melanomaA 5-under-par 67 in Maryland gave Percy a one-shot margin over South Africa’s Keith Horne as he attempts to win his first over-50s major.
PGA Championship 2025: Davis two back as Vegas lights up Quail Hollow

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

[Photo: Alex Slitz/Getty Images]Cam Davis defied a dry spell dating back to the first week in February to sit just two strokes off the lead after Round 1 of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. RELATED: Quail Hollow’s Green Mile is living up to its diabolical billingWith just one top-50 finish in an eight-tournament stretch that included five straight missed cuts, Davis did not present as the obvious Aussie contender leading into the second men’s major championship of 2025.
Green matches tournament record to lead first senior major of the year

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

[Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images]A round equal to the best recorded at the Regions Tradition has earned Richard Green a two-stroke lead after Round 1 of the first senior major for 2025. The Victorian left-hander had eight birdies and an eagle at the par-5 13th to post 9-under 63, two strokes clear of Kiwi Steven Alker and American duo Jerry Kelly and Stewart Cink.
Odyssey Square 2 Square Max Stripe & Max 1 Putters: What you need to know

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

L.A.B. Golf, the fastest-growing putter company, stands at the forefront of “low-torque” or “zero-torque” putters, and many are following its lead, including putter giant Odyssey with its latest Square 2 Square models. The branding-iron look may not have been an instant hit, but the message behind it has become a force all its own.
YOU RIPPER: Lucas Herbert romps to a five-shot win at International Series Japan

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

[Images: Graham Uden/Asian Tour]Lucas Herbert scripted a grandstand finish by making an eagle on the par-five 18th hole for the second day in a row to complete a five-shot victory in the $US2 million International Series Japan presented by Moutai. On Sunday at the par-71 Caledonian Golf Club in Chiba, the 29-year-old Australian won his maiden Asian Tour and International Series title.
'NOT MY FIRST RODEO': Greg Norman speaks after escaping mid-air emergency that saw his jet windshield shatter

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

A routine flight from Los Angeles to Florida turned into a high-altitude scare for Aussie golf icon Greg Norman when the windscreen of his private jet shattered mid-flight. Norman, who was on his way home to Palm Beach from the International Series Japan in Tokyo, spoke exclusively to Australian Golf Digest after the ordeal, which forced pilots to perform an immediate descent and emergency landing after a loud “bang” shook the cabin.
'THAT'S ALL TIME': Watch Cam Smith hit drive TWO INCHES(!) and leave his Ripper GC team in disbelief

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

We knew Cam Smith had a ‘Ripper’ short game, but this is just taking the piss. After watching on (and sledging!) our very own editor-in-chief Brad Clifton and Bryson DeChambeau during their shortest drive competition at LIV Golf Adelaide [see video above], Smithy took time out on tour recently to have a crack at the trick-shot challenge himself. And, well, as only this guy can do, he pulled off the impossible.
'One swing is all it takes': $5k on offer for Aussie Long Drive hopefuls

1 month ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Brad Clifton

One swing is all it takes to win a share of $5,000 in prizemoney and potentially a trip to the United States to contest the World Long Drive Final in September. The final event of the Australian Long Drive season will be held at Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane on Thursday June 5, with $5,000 in prizemoney up for grabs for the winners of the both the men’s and women’s events.