Six beginner habits that lose golf balls, and the snakes, crocs and tea-tree waiting off the fairway
Beginners rarely lose balls because of a bad swing. They lose them because nobody read the hole, nobody watched the shot and nobody hit…
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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.
Family golf in Australia: Ambrose, foursomes or a capped card, and where juniors get started
When one player hits it 190 metres and another 60, playing your own ball with every shot counted is the wrong game. Pick a…
Shaky hands on the 1st: a Saturday-morning plan from car park to 3rd green
First-tee nerves are a stress response, not a swing fault, and they fade after a few holes. Plan the club, target and recovery in…
Reading an Australian comp sheet: the golf words that matter
Australian club golf has its own words, and most of them sit on the Saturday competition sheet. Learn the handicap terms, the format names…
Taking someone golfing for the first time: an Australian game plan
Golf Australia's research found that 93 per cent of Get Into Golf participants kept playing. The first outing you organise for a friend decides…
Golf lessons in Australia: what coaching costs and how to make it stick
Most golf lessons fail in the fortnight after the hour, not during it. Here is what coaching costs at an Australian venue in 2026,…
Building your golf setup in seven steps, sweaty summer hands included
Most ball-flight problems start before the club moves: in the hands on the handle and the body over the ball. Build the setup in…
Club membership or green fees in Australia: an honest cost-per-round sum
Count last season's rounds, price them both ways with real local fees, then decide what a home course, a comp calendar and a playing…
Visiting an Australian course: booking rules, dress codes, kangaroos and snakes
A stranger at an Australian club is judged on whether they knew the rules of entry and how quickly they played, not on the…