First-tee nerves on a full Saturday sheet
Adrenaline shortens the backswing, speeds the tempo and takes fine control from the hands. It is chemical rather than technical, which means the fix…
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Getting started
Where to start when you have never held a club: green fees, first lessons, the gear you actually need, and how to get a GA handicap. No jargon, and no assumptions.
The golf words a beginner needs, Ambrose included
About twenty-five words cover playing, following a conversation and reading a scorecard. Vocabulary is one of the ways golf makes newcomers feel unwelcome, and…
A beginner’s first round, played at twilight
Most golfers who quit do so after one bad first round, and the friend who took them is usually responsible. Par-3 course, scramble format,…
Getting your money’s worth from a golf lesson
The money is rarely the problem: an hour of instruction costs less than a green fee. What goes wrong is the goal, the practice…
Grip and set-up: the fixes that cost nothing
Two things decide most of what the ball does, and neither happens during the swing. Grip and setup are free to change, need no…
Membership or pay and play: run the numbers first
Count the rounds you actually played, not the ones you meant to. Then compare the full annual cost of a membership, including everything that…
Playing as a visitor: access, heat and etiquette
Visitors are judged on pace, on how they treat the course and on whether they knew what they were walking into. One phone call…
Junior golf: MyGolf, the heat, and what keeps a child playing
Junior golf fails for three predictable reasons: cut-down adult clubs, expectations that are too high, and eighteen holes attempted far too early. The measure…
How to start playing golf in Australia: clubs, handicaps and public courses
Participation passed four million adults in 2024/25, and roughly 1.8 million Australians play regularly without belonging to a club. You do not need a…