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Karl Vilipis, aged eight with his dad Paul.

How Koala Karl went from child prodigy to PGA Tour winner

To buy his first set of golf clubs, Australian Karl Vilips collected 3000 lost golf balls. Now supporters believe he could be one of the country’s greatest golfers.

  • Angus Delaney

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Karl Vilips of Australia poses with the winner’s trophy.

Move aside, Tiger - Aussie prodigy ‘Koala Karl’ stuns with PGA Tour win in his fourth start

The Melbourne-raised golfer has become just the 12th player to win in one of his first four tournaments.

  • Darren Walton
US President Donald Trump.

The Trump card: US president has Bubba’s backing to resolve golf’s war

LIV golfer Bubba Watson wants the Saudi-backed league’s long-running feud with the PGA to come to an end – but not for the reason you might think.

  • Peter Ryan
Greg Norman has been replaced as LIV CEO.

Greg Norman lured some of golf’s biggest stars to LIV. Now he’s been replaced

Australian great Greg Norman, so long the public face of the golf league that disrupted the game, is no longer the chief executive of LIV Golf.

Cameron Smith plays a shot from the bunker at the first hole at Victoria Golf Club during the first round of the Australian Open.

Gender behind call to make Australian Open course easier: Green

Champion Australian golfer Hannah Green says the course for the Australian Open was set up to be easier because women were playing alongside men, after compatriot Cam Smith delivered a blistering assessment of the conditions.

  • Peter Ryan
Jeff Guan.

‘It’s devastating’: Golfing prodigy awaits further eye surgery after freak accident

The young Australian, who some consider is the country’s best prospect since Cameron Smith, is fighting to save his career after being hit in the face by a ball.

  • Adam Pengilly
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Australia’s Jeffrey Guan will represent the International team in the Junior Presidents Cup.

Australian golfing prodigy suffers career-threatening injury in freak accident

Jeff Guan, considered one of the country’s most exciting young golfers, made his PGA Tour debut last week. But back in Australia he was badly hurt in a horror incident on course.

  • Adam Pengilly
Adam Scott has shouldered the load of playing Australian tournaments for years.

Does anybody beat Adam Scott 10 times in a row at the Presidents Cup?

The non-European answer to the Ryder Cup has been an American whitewash despite all of Adam Scott’s efforts. Is he down to his last chance?

  • Adam Pengilly
Min Woo and Minjee Lee.

Minjee and Min Woo Lee might not see each other in Paris. Why aren’t they playing together?

The star golfers will be the 16th set of siblings to compete for Australia at the Olympic Games in the same sport but admit their paths might not cross. Why isn’t golf moving to team events?

  • Adam Pengilly
Cameron Davis celebrates with the Rocket Mortgage Classic trophy in Detroit.

His wife begged him to try hypnosis. It turned Cameron Davis’ career around in two weeks

The Australian golfer turned to therapy after months of underwhelming form. Now he’s ended an Australian drought on the PGA Tour.

  • Adam Pengilly

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