Leniartek defends, Cranny breaks through at Cobra Puma Junior

Isabella Leniartek successfully defended her title, while Benjamin Cranny made a major breakthrough at the Cobra Puma Junior Championships at Royal Fremantle. Monday’s cold and blustery conditions eased somewhat for Tuesday’s final round, allowing for...

Pennants players defy the odds to card consecutive holes-in-one

Two Pennants golfers have defied odds in the region of 17,000,000-1 by hitting holes-in-one on the same hole in consecutive shots. Ian Gompertz (The Western Australian Golf Club, above left) and Rob Clement (Cottesloe Golf Club, above right) achieved the remarkable...

Kangaroo Safari packing them in at The Vines

The Vines enjoyed a blockbuster June with more than 1200 Chinese visitors enjoying their innovative Kangaroo Safari over a space of just six days. The initiative is one of the facility’s many endeavours to reach a non-traditional golfing audience, with the...

National award for Secret Harbour Superintendent

Secret Harbour Golf Links’ Tom Tristram was the big winner at the 2024 National Turf Industry Awards, bringing home the ASTMA Excellence in Golf Course Management Award. Tristram, the course Superintendent at Secret Harbour, fended off a strong field of...

WA Open lands $50k government grant

GolfWA has been successful in its bid to win a government grant for October’s 100th WA Open Golf Championship. The WA Open was one of 35 sporting events that will share a windfall of almost $1.2m from the Sport & Recreation Events Funding Program....