Getting your money’s worth from a bucket at an Australian range
At an Australian city range, a bucket works out at roughly three swings per dollar. A session that changes your golf spends them in…
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Practice
Practice that transfers to the course. Course management, the short game, putting on couch and bent greens, and the habits that take strokes off a card.
Lag putting on Australian greens: pace drills to stop three-putting
Most three-putts start with a first putt that finishes too far away, and that is a pace problem more than a stroke problem. Here…
Chipping on firm Australian surrounds: bump, pitch or lob
Around a firm Australian green the safest chip is usually the lowest one. Check the lie and the length of green in front of…
Beating the heat: how Australian groups get round in four hours
A five-hour round in an Australian summer ends in the hottest part of the day. The R&A calculates that five seconds saved per shot…
Eight rulings Australian club golfers get wrong, from E-5 to green-topped stakes
Burleigh has the two-stroke alternative to stroke and distance in effect at all times; Spring Valley has not adopted it. Many Saturday rules mistakes…
Reading greens in Australia: fast bent, grainy couch and oiled sand
Australian greens range from firm Sandbelt bentgrass to warm-season grass with grain and around 400 oiled-sand greens in the country. One routine covers all…
Warming up for an early tee time, from frosty Canberra to steamy Brisbane
Australians tee off early, into a 3°C September morning in Canberra or ahead of a 30°C summer day in Brisbane. The warm-up that saves…
Greenside bunkers, Sandbelt lessons: set-up, sand types and the rules
A greenside bunker shot is an ordinary swing with the bounce doing the work. Set up in the right order, keep the club moving,…
Thinking your way round: course management for Stableford and firm greens
Stableford rewards the golfer who avoids zeros, not the one who hits the best shot of the day. Play the holes where you get…