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The boy from Holywood finally gets his Hollywood ending
Rory McIlroy did not simply have to win the Masters, the one prize he had coveted above all else. He had to win it three times over, suppressing the voices inside his head.
McIlroy leads Masters after electric start
Grand slam-chasing Roy McIlroy started birdie-eagle-birdie en route to becoming the first player to begin a round at the Masters with six consecutive threes.
March
Aussie Lee denies Scheffler to win in tense PGA triumph
Min Woo Lee was stoic and scintillating in equal measures as he warmed up beautifully for the Masters with his first PGA win.
It’s official: Tiger Woods and Donald Trump jnr’s ex-wife are a couple
“Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side!” the golfer said on his social media channels.
Wealthy buyers snap up housing lots at ‘scarce’ golf course project
The Hunter Valley is set for $1 billion luxury housing and golf development as Sydney-based developer Capital Corporation launches its Lovedale Farm project.
February
LIV Golf is here to make purists shudder. They like it that way
LIV Golf has brought a party atmosphere to the manicured lawns of Adelaide’s Grange golf links and the tournament’s new global CEO says the sport’s great disruptor is just getting started.
Adam Scott meets Trump in Oval Office to end golf civil war
The Australian player was part of a delegation to the White House to ask the US president to broker a deal to reunite international golf’s rivals.
January
DJs, parties, celebs: Cameron Smith on LIV Golf’s wildest event yet
Adelaide is leading the way with the VIP launch of Ripper House as the breakaway league reinvents the sport for the smartphone generation.
Arnold Palmer’s Coachella Valley golf resort home lists for $8m
The late golfing legend’s four-bedroom house is exactly 167 steps from the clubhouse’s men’s locker room.
December 2024
How this Aussie golf pro got the ear of billionaire Masayoshi Son
An injury led Paul Jones to the fairways of country Victoria and on to the upper echelons of Japan’s most intriguing technology investor at SoftBank.
Watch Tiger Woods’ 15-year-old son hit his first hole-in-one
“It was a perfect seven-iron,” Charlie Woods told the Golf Channel. “It was awesome. I didn’t think it went in … until I go up there and see it.”
November 2024
‘Messy stuff is over’: LIV Golf dumps Greg Norman
The Great White Shark will be replaced by Scott O’Neil, who is CEO of Merlin Entertainments in the UK and former president of the NBA’s New York Knicks.
Why screen villains always play golf
Short of kicking a puppy, there’s no more reliable signifier of utter rottenness than a man – and it is always a man – playing golf.
October 2024
It’s time for LIV Golf to fade away
The merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf breakaway appears to have stalled, but can’t come soon enough for the sake of the sport.
September 2024
Blackstone’s Crown Resorts mulls sale of luxury Melbourne golf course
The 18-hole Capital is one of the country’s most private and catered exclusively for the casino group’s high rollers. Now wealthy businessmen want to revive it.
August 2024
Why everyone should play this game of integrity
Actuarial recruiter Jas Singh only became serious about mastering golf in the past few years and believes the fairway is a great place for personal growth.
Tax fraudster Li Zhang fights the ATO from jail
The irony of the convicted golf course developer now accusing the Tax Office of doing something untoward is so delicious, you could serve it up at a hatted restaurant.
The Games take the money out of golf, and the players love it
Rory McIlroy calls the divide between the PGA and LIV a “shit-show”, but he and other players have marvelled at the amazing vibe in Paris, even without prize money.