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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
The father-son duo from Sydney were on a holiday to Israel when it dawned on them that this magazine may have reached its all-time lowest depth on earth. “I’ve been reading AGD for many years,” David says. “But I’ve never read it while floating 440 metres below sea level in the salty embrace of the Dead Sea.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
Ask major champion and women’s world top-five player Hannah Green to describe the golf game of Hira Naveed – who Green grew up playing with and against – and the answer is, “a tough person to play matchplay against because she’s very competitive all the time.”Sure enough, a conversation with the smart and thoughtful 27-year-old Naveed reveals there is certainly a calm, tranquil confidence and a competitive fire. It’s a combination she’s developed on her winding road to the LPGA Tour.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
Golf Australia has a focus on elite amateurs and developing new talent, but why are there not as many guys playing on the PGA Tour? Especially considering our women’s contingent on the LPGA Tour is as strong as it’s ever been. – John S, Mornington, VICThere are obviously a lot of factors to consider when discussing Australian representation across the various men’s and women’s tours around the world.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
June means the heart of the majors season in golf, which is a nice place to be in the game’s calendar even if the weather in many parts of Australia is now less agreeable. The altered cadence of the men’s majors since the PGA Championship moved from August to May places heightened importance on the roughly 100-day period each year that envelopes the Masters in early April to the Open Championship in mid-July.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
If you’re like many golfers, you might haphazardly flick broken tees to the side of the tee markers or in the rough. But sometimes the smallest things can cause bigger headaches for grounds crews. We asked Brandon Coe, the golf course superintendent at Orchards Golf Club in Massachusetts, where we should throw our tee stubs. ▶ ▶ ▶Golf Digest: Brandon, where do you think golfers should discard their broken tees? Coe:I don’t think there’s a perfect answer for it.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
Did you know that “swing flaws”, “poor trunk endurance” and “restricted hip internal rotation” are among the three most common risk factors for golf injuries and poor performance?1 The best golfers in the world know this – and build their game on a solid physical foundation. They understand that to produce a repeatable and reliable swing – they must have complete confidence in their body and the way they move. We’ve all been on the other side of that coin.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
Our nation’s capital endures a challenging climate: searing heat in summer, bone-chilling cold in winter and only brief ‘shoulder’ seasons in between. It might sound like a decidedly anti-golf environment, yet one of the country’s best layouts is in the heart of Canberra. The ever-evolving Westbourne course at Royal Canberra Golf Club, comprising holes one to 18, represents a magnificent layout in a wooded, lakeside setting that’s equally stellar.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
Customisation of clubs to meet your individual needs is one of the great advances in golf technology. The ability to adjust everything from loft to face orientation to weight distribution gives you a chance to make clubs perform better with the attributes of your swing. The Rules of Golf addresses club alterations in a number of ways under Rule 4.1, including when you can repair them or change playing characteristics.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
After a tough three years of player and fan frustration over the dual-gender format, the Australian Open has put itself back on the map. Firstly, by returning the men’s and women’s events to their own deserved stages and, secondly, by signing the Masters champion, and arguably the biggest golf star in the world, Rory McIlroy.
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1 week ago | 
australiangolfdigest.com.au | Erin Rollestone
It was the best day of my golf life and I’m very proud of myself – proud of never giving up. I’m proud of how I kept coming back, how I kept dusting myself off, not letting the disappointments get to me. Winning the green jacket and becoming only the sixth player to achieve the career Grand Slam is a dream come true. I have dreamt about this moment for as long as I can remember. This year was my 17th time at Augusta National, and I started to wonder if it would ever be my time.
