A real treat to chat with esteemed golf course architect Mike DeVries. Boasting decades of experience in the industry, Mike is one of the men on the ground at 7 Mile Beach. This episode focusses lots on the course, as well as Mike’s portfolio of courses, his thoughts on construction, and so much more.   The preamble of the episode includes Scott and Matt discussing recent golf course property sales in Melbourne (Kingswood and Cranbourne) as well as the date of golf at Oakleigh Public golf course. And Scott recaps his recent visit to Broken Hill.   As always – spe ..read more

A snippet of 1998 Australian Open winner Greg Chalmers was featured within our previous episode – a focus on Royal Adelaide. This episode of the pod is the full chat with one of the more under-rated Australian golf talents of recent times.   It was a real pleasure to speak with Greg – he covered a wide range of topics during his talk with us.  We present the full discussion with the lefty from WA, affectionately known as Snake among his peers. He touches on a range of issues within pro golf, living in Dallas and raising two sons.  We recall his TWO Australian Open wins, and his ..read more

One of the finest courses in the land comes under the microscope today - with the venerable Royal Adelaide layout our focus. Details are fleshed out by RA expert Terry Thornton, and the winner of the 1998 Australian Open (played at Royal Adelaide) Greg Chalmers. Everything you wanted to know about the course is in here, and there's even some details you might not have realised you needed to know! Thanks to both Terry and Greg for their time and expertise. The next Australian Golf Passport Podcast episode is the full discussion with Greg Chalmers - a chat we are sure you will find entertaining ..read more

Matt and Scott take a leaf out of the NoLayingUp playbook and map out some personal goals for the year ahead. Golf, health, personal development – all bases covered. And some golf chat thrown in there amongst all the good intentions.  We hope this inspires listeners to reflect on the last year, and perhaps set some targets for the coming twelve months.    Australian Golf Passport podcast is brought to you by Angus And Grace Go Golfing and Burnley Brewing.  Matt has been rocking the AAGGG shorts in what is peak summer golf weather – one look at these and you’ll need to own ..read more

We round out the calendar year in style – Mike Clayton returns to discuss all things golf, and give us a little look at Mike the man, not just Mike the golfing legend.   Healesville, The Sandbelt Invitational, the importance of staying active as we age, Mike’s connection with the game of tennis, The Addington, angles & data, Seven Mile Beach, course construction, caddying, young people riding in carts, global travel, course design, Peter Thomson, and mentoring the next generation, as well as much more. It’s all in here for your listening pleasure.   Australian Golf Passport podca ..read more

Christmas is nearly upon us, so we decided to get into the festive spirit.  A busy last few weeks on the domestic golf scene sees a full news chat at the start of the episode. Australian Open wrap, Sandbelt Invitational nearing the finish, Scott claims the Cathedral Invitational, JDay and LKO win the mixed pairs PGA / LPGA Tour event, and ball rollback in the years ahead.  Rahm to LIV which means he’s at Grange next year too.   But all that gives way to getting blind. Limited visibility – no visibility, drives, second shots, or approaches into greens. We discuss the best and fav ..read more

The biggest week in the country for professional golf is upon us, and Scott & Matt take a look at the event, and the host courses – The Lakes and The Australian.  The holes of note, the format of the event, players to watch, the all-important weather forecast for the week and more.  Even some possible changes to The Lakes are discussed, before a wide range of additional material fills the episode.  The malaise around pro golf, and the possible antidote (The Sandbelt Invitational) as well as Aussies in the OWGR top 100, golf goals, near misses and more. As well as Blockie, wh ..read more

After having first visited the town of Bridport back in 2004 for a sneak preview round on Barnbougle Dunes, Matt recently made his first trip back there in more than four and a half years, and recalls the experience of several days playing over Lost Farm, Bougle Run and Barnbougle Dunes.   This episode starts with a reasonably lengthy recap of recent events on the local golf scene – taking the first twenty minutes or so – feel free to hit fast forward if you don’t wish to mull over topics like the Asia Pacific Amateur recently staged at Royal Melbourne, the issues pertaining to courses an ..read more

The New South Wales Premier Chris Minns yesterday announced that the busy and popular public golf course at Moore Park will be carved up to create more free-form parkland, at the expense of golf holes. It seems like golf is paying the price on the back end of unfettered urban development on the edge of Centennial Park and Moore Park.  As the population of Zetland and surrounding streets rises, the absence of sufficient green space allowance within that development footprint is becoming more obvious. High density residential development during the tenure of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore a ..read more

Is it the best course in the world? Who can say. Royal Melbourne’s famed Composite layout has its moment in the Australian Golf Passport podcast spotlight this episode. We discus the origins of the concept for a course combining holes from East and West, and why it originated. The holes that make up Composite, and the sequence in which they’re been played for many different events in over time is also a topic for this episode.  We round out the episode mulling over a host of listener questions, while also reminiscing about Presidents Cups of years gone by.   We hope this neatly puts ..read more