GABI RUFFELS: THE UNROOKIE ROOKIE

GABI RUFFELS: THE UNROOKIE ROOKIE

GABI RUFFELS: THE UNROOKIE ROOKIE For someone who’s been playing golf seriously only eight years, Gabi Ruffels has unexpected poise as she enters her rookie LPGA Year.   Gabi Ruffels is a very unrookie Rookie for the LPGA Tour season of 2024. By rights she should be...
KARRIE’S OPEN ROAD:

KARRIE’S OPEN ROAD:

KARRIE’S OPEN ROAD: Karrie Webb reflects on her long and storied connection with the Women’s Australian Open championship and her hopes for its future. This story was Highly Commended in the 2023 Australian Golf Media Association Best Reportage of Women’s Golf...
THE SUPER DOGS OF GOLF

THE SUPER DOGS OF GOLF

THE SUPER DOGS OF GOLF   Dogs have long been by the side of golf course superintendents as they help tend the course. Here are some of the adorable canines throughout Australian golf.    It’s official. The golf course superintendents of Australia have gone...
THE CHRYSALIS MOMENT

THE CHRYSALIS MOMENT

THE CHRYSALIS MOMENT   They’ve been considered the untapped sector of golf, but they’re coming. It’s time to apply a different lens to the emergence of women and girls in golf.  This story won the 2021 Australian Golf Media Association Best Reportage of Women’s...
THE LIFE OF RYAN

THE LIFE OF RYAN

THE LIFE OF RYAN Other than top level players and coaches, not many in golf know the name Ryan Lumsden. Yet his influence has been profound.    If you knew nothing else about him, the fact that he grew up in St Andrews would pique your interest in Ryan Lumsden. ...
THE MATTER OF MARGIE MASTERS

THE MATTER OF MARGIE MASTERS

THE MATTER OF MARGIE MASTERS Margie Masters is known as a pioneer of Australian women’s professional golf but there’s a lot more to her than just that.    With the passing of Peter Thomson, the mantle of oldest Australian golfer to win on a major US tour shifted...