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The Lessons That Won The Open - Ian Baker Finch
The lesson that changed Ian Baker-Finch’s golf career took place at the unlikely venue of Shadbolt Park in Auckland. The park, the home of the Subu...
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Gulf Harbour - A Cautionary Tale
In 1997 a new age dawned for New Zealand Golf. The Gulf Harbour Golf and Country Club opened to great fanfare. Kiwi golfers could now experience a ...
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Destination
Te Arai Links – Pure Class
Does New Zealand have a new No 1? The Cut Golf visited Te Arai Links last December to play the recently opened Coore-Crenshaw South Course. Our s...
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The 2023 New Zealand Open – Steppingstone to the Majors?
Dating back to 1906, the New Zealand Open has been a steppingstone event to golfing greatness. In the last 85 years there have been seven first tim...
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Hooked on Hickory - Golf in its Purest Form
The world of golf has been characterised in the last 20 years by a golf equipment ‘’arms race’’ being waged between the equipment companies over th...
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Machrihanish - ‘’Golf the Way It Was Meant to Be’’
The views of Jack Nicklaus and Sir Paul McCartney on Scotland’s Kintyre Peninsula seem hard to argue with. Jack Nicklaus described the first hole a...
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LIV Golf - and Greg Norman’s Long Memory
Greg Norman and the Saudi Arabian LIV initiative threaten to severely disrupt professional golf. Norman has been there before. In 1994 he formed an...
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THE 150TH OPEN HAD IT ALL
LIV, Mullets, and an unexpected farewell to Tiger? The main story in the final major of the year on the Old Course at St Andrews had to be Cam Smit...
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To Hell and Back - Ian Baker Finch
The Ian Baker-Finch story is one of triumph followed by adversity. It seems hard to believe that over 30 years have elapsed since an Australian las...
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LIV Golf Update – Perhaps Rory McIlroy Needs to Zip It?
Rory McIlroy has recently become a regular commentator on the evils and flaws of LIV Golf. With the BMW PGA championship underway at the Wentworth ...
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The Pipeline and The Scientist – Moe and Bryson
There is nothing new in the game of golf. Bryson de Chambeau (‘’The Scientist”) is a polarising golfer in terms of both method and reputation. He p...
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From Journeyman to Stardom - Steven Alker
On Monday the 16th of August 2021 Steve Alker stood on the first tee of The Club at Snowqualmie Ridge, Washington, in the Boeing Classic. He was tr...
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