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turfmate embarks on next chapter

POSTED ON December 12, 2015 @ 4:43 pm

Turfmate is excited to announce we have moved to our new premises in Braeside! Over the last few months, turfmate has been undergoing a move from a shared home in Clayton with David Golf to our very own location.   Overlooking the beautiful lake at …

Jason and Ellie Day Share First Photos of Baby Girl

POSTED ON December 12, 2015 @ 4:43 pm

PGA Championship winner Jason Day and wife Ellie welcomed their second child, a baby girl name Lucy, on November 11. Day announced he was skipping the Australian swing to be with his family at their home near Columbus, Ohio. Ellie, who regularly posts sweet moments and photos …

Is your golf club ready for the next drought?

POSTED ON December 4, 2015 @ 4:47 pm

BY: Mathilda Andersson With recent reports indicating this year’s El Niño event to be the strongest in over a decade, predicting warmer temperatures and reduced rainfall in the South Western Pacific, Australian golf courses are made acutely aware that, in prolonged dry conditions, the onus …

R&A chief calls to name and shame slow play culprits

POSTED ON December 1, 2015 @ 5:08 pm

Martin Slumbers, the R&A’s chief executive, believes it is time for golf’s slowcoaches at all levels to be named and shamed after their behaviour was described as both “selfish” and a “form of cheating”. The accusations were made on the second and final day of …

Day honoured with Greg Norman Medal

POSTED ON December 1, 2015 @ 5:02 pm

Jason Day has received Australian golf’s most coveted award taking out the inaugural Greg Norman Medal tonight on the Gold Coast. Receiving the award as Australia’s best preforming Tour Professional on the international stage, it’s been a year of significant success for the Queenslander who …

New Zealand Open Challenge Week: 101 clubs signed up

POSTED ON November 30, 2015 @ 5:16 pm

A total of 101 golf clubs from all over the country have signed up for the inaugural BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open Challenge Week. The challenge week starts today Monday November 30 and runs until Monday December 6 at golf clubs as part of their normal club day …

Golf course shoots native ducks that poo on greens

POSTED ON November 25, 2015 @ 5:28 pm

A regional Western Australian golf course has resorted to shooting native ducks, which players estimate are leaving up to 200 poos a day on greens. The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW) has granted Dunsborough Lakes Golf Club a damage licence which permits it to …

Clive Palmer closes gates to Palmer Coolum Resort’s golf course

POSTED ON November 25, 2015 @ 5:23 pm

CLIVE Palmer’s Sunshine Coast resort has sunk further into the rough with all golf suddenly cancelled as the mining magnate battles defiant unit holders. The tycoon and federal politician shut the Palmer Coolum Resort in March after the former five-star tourism gem suffered a massive …