Author name: GolfOvernight Writer

A good player does not hit at the ball or even think of hitting it. They swing the club from the top of their back-swing to the top of their follow-through a plane where the ball happens to be. The ball is effectively in the way of their clubhead. Striking the ball on the way through is a by-product of their golf swing.

Greetings from sunny Scotland. Which is my way of justifying – or at least explaining what follows – a shameless descent into what might be termed “parochialism”.

Rory McIlroy arrives at Royal Portrush as the reigning Masters champion and Northern Ireland’s favourite son.

TaylorMade’s Qi35 driver arrived with bold claims of improved consistency and forgiveness. Backed by cutting-edge tech and early praise, it promised performance gains across the board. Here’s how it measured up.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Royal Portrush as the world’s best golfers prepare for the 153rd Open Championship. From practice swings to fan moments and flashes of personality, here’s how the week is taking shape in Northern Ireland.

Presenting the full list of tee times and groupings for the opening round – all converted to Australian Eastern Standard Time.

No one wins more than Scottie Scheffler these days, but the joy of victory doesn’t last long and doesn’t fulfil the world No.1 at a deeper level.

Nine Australians will play Royal Portrush’s links for the Open Championship and the forecast suggests Cam Smith’s early start is better than Min Woo Lee’s late one.

A host of Aussies will be chasing the coveted Claret Jug at Royal Portrush this week, but all the hype will centre around local favourite Rory McIlroy.

With each missed cut in a major, with each mid-field finish in LIV, with each statistical illustration of how far this once-mighty golfer has fallen, the whispers have become murmurs have become outright assertions. And, today, the full-blown Accepted Group Think is that Cam Smith’s golf game is cooked because he went to LIV Golf. Matt Cleary requests that you allow him to retort.

Some of Australia’s most exciting young golfing talent have arrived on the NSW South Coast this week, with Club Catalina and Moruya Golf Club set to host the 2025 NSW Junior Championship for the first time in nearly two decades.

The 2026 Australian WPGA Championship and Festival of Golf will return to the Gold Coast from March 19-22, with The Palms course at the renowned Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club to host the world-class golf action.