Author name: GolfOvernight Writer

Matt Cleary was out early among the teeming masses at Royal Melbourne, straining on tippy-toes to see the great one, Rory McIlroy, take on the course he rated top 10 in the world but not the best course in Melbourne. And despite McIlroy’s card looking like an 18-marker’s in a par-comp, the appreciative galleries took Cleary back to simpler times…

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

2025 Holiday Golf Book Gift Guide
These six highly recommended golf books will keep the golfer happy this holiday season—and four more are worth pre-ordering.

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy loves playing in Australia but isn’t sure about Royal Melbourne, the venue for the Australian Open, rating another course over it.

Rory McIlroy decided he would play this year’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne before he won the Masters at Augusta National in April, the man himself revealed, among other things, to John Huggan in the feature piece of our December issue.

Cam Davis is aiming to win his second Australian Open, back in his happy place this week at Royal Melbourne where he still owns a course record.

From 07:00 on Thursday through to close-of-play Sunday afternoon, coverage of the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne will be wall-to-wall. Here’s how to watch the action and when.

Majesticks Golf Club, of the LIV Golf League, today announced the signing of Englishman Laurie Canter ahead of the 2026 season.

It is a fraught pursuit, golf tipping; the fields are the size of six Melbourne Cups, “exposed form” is fractious, and conditions can be diametrically different for morning and afternoon players. This hasn’t stopped Deputy Editor Matt Cleary from ponying up (and no doubt mocking to death) his tip to beat the Master, Rory McIlroy, in this 2025 Australian Open.