Fore! The Love Of Golf

Whether it's palms in the tropics or gums on the Murray, there's a course for all seasons, writes Jim Webster.

Tee Time

BETWEEN dawn this morning and late afternoon, up to 100,000 Victorians will tee up, as Tiger Woods says, to "chase a little white ball around a park". The obsession we call golf, according to a recent government study, is now ranked the most popular competition sport in Victoria and, proba

Tee Time

The only thing better than game of gold is a whole holiday on the fairway. MICHAEL COWLEY looks at where the grass is greener and how to get there. THERE was a time when a "golf holiday" meant dad smuggling his clubs into the boot of the Falcon before heading up the coast with mum and

The Rich And Indonesian Claim Perth As Their New Bolthole

As the political crisis in Jakarta escalates, Indonesia's elite have found an unexpected refuge in tranquil Perth. DAVID JENKINS reports. It is early in the evening in Perth and a convoy of three luxuriously appointed Toyota Taragos is ferrying Indonesian generals and businessmen out to one of t

New Pga Tour To Bridge The Gap

A restored NSW Open and PGA will head a secondary Australian professional circuit similar to the successful Nike Tour in the US. The Australian PGA has established the circuit to bridge what has been a yawning gap between pro-am tournaments and the Australasian PGA Tour's Order of Merit ci

Teeing Off For A Bumper Summer

Virtually unnoticed and unremarked, the 1988-89 Australian summer golf tour got under way at precisely 7am last Thursday when, in thin sunlight, little-known Victorian pro Andrew Labrooy whipped a drive straight down the fairway of the 386-metre first hole at the Woodrising course in Devonport,

A Fair Way To See The World

WHEN he mentioned a swinging holiday, I presumed I'd pack my party pumps and fluoro-lime T-shirt (particularly fetching when viewed under strobe lighting). What he meant, however, had little to do with discos and daiquiris "Golf |" he announced, practising a quick putt at the cat