@golf_vic October/November 2018 Volume 59 - Number 5 GolfVictoria PP 381 667 667 0038 DANIEL ANDREWS: On Golf & The Vic Open ARDOCH’S 10TH ANNUAL Hosted by champion Charity Golf Day Australian golfer Brett Ogle 3RD The Metropolitan Golf Club DEC Just one week after the World Cup of Golf! Ardoch is a children’s education charity focused on improving educational outcomes for children in disadvantaged communities. Please join us and help Ardoch ensure that every child’s potential is realised through full participation in education. To register your interest please contact: Amy Coote p: 03 9537 2414 e: [email protected] Event www.ardoch.org.au Partner: October/November 2018 Volume 59 – Number 5 Front cover: Premier Daniel Andrews at Kingston Heath. Photo: Daniel Pockett BOARD MEMBERS Stephen Spargo AM (President) Ross Anderson contents Luci Bryce Mark Dunstan Dorothy Hisgrove GOLF VICTORIA REPORTS Alison McCaig Lucinda (Cindy) McLeish 05 A Great Time For Golf Peter Nash (Finance Director) David Shilbury 34 VGCSA Honours CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Two Of Its Best Simon Brookhouse 35 GMV Report CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER David Greenhill 39 Noticeboard GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER Fiona Telford TOURNAMENTS MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 22 What A Finish! Greg Oakford 24 Country Week Brings The State Together FEATURES is published by Golf Victoria 10 Golf Is My Game: MANAGING EDITORS Dan’s Open Drive Mark Harding ARDOCH’S Mob: 0417 105 659 13 The Unsung Genius of Goroke Email: [email protected] 16 Steffi Makes Short Karen Harding 10TH ANNUAL Work Of Practice Mob: 0421 040 580 Email: [email protected] 18 Don’t Take Graeme Hosted by champion For Granted ADVERTISING: Charity Golf Day Ray Kelsall Australian golfer 28 Team Thomas Teaches Mob: 0408 196 729 The Town Email: [email protected] Brett Ogle SUBSCRIPTIONS 3RD The Metropolitan Golf Club 30 Fame For Brendan All enquiries to Anne Maddock Tel: (03) 8545 6200 Just one week after the World Cup of Golf! 36 Game For Life: Marshalls Email: [email protected] Serve The Game With Honour DEC GOLF VICTORIA 44 Unique Country Experiences Level 1, 47A Wangara Road, – Horses For Courses Cheltenham VIC 3192 Ardoch is a children’s education charity focused on improving PO Box 2168 Hampton East VIC 3188 Tel: (03) 8545 6200 educational outcomes for children in disadvantaged Fax: (03) 9543 9307 communities. 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One Golf Moves The Game Forward This edition of Golf Victoria Magazine is the working in harmony towards one goal, not five years and the fervour of the massive first since Golf Victoria officially signed over many as has historically been the case.” crowds in France at the Ryder Cup show to Golf Australia’s One Golf structure. interest is at unprecedented levels. I can’t think of a more exciting time for the Over the next decade we At home, we are on the verge of a great game because with the greater resources will see an enormous season with Victoria ready to stage the and the economies of scale created by 2018 ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf at the move, we are now geared to tackle change in the structure of Metropolitan, sandwiched by the Emirates the biggest issues facing golf at grassroots Australian sport, I believe, Australian Open and the Australian PGA level and upwards. and it is great that golf can Championship. From October 1, Victoria has joined be at the forefront of this And, of course, in February, our very Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania special event, the $3 million Vic Open and the Northern Territory in signing revolution, rather than has co-sanctioning with the European service agreements with Golf Australia being slow to adapt and Tour and the Ladies European Tour after that, put simply, will deliver an alignment risk being left behind. the massive injection of funds by the and co-ordination between all the bodies state government. that hasn’t previously existed. Golf NSW and Golf WA have so far not The revision of the rule book has seen a So, what does it mean for golf club committed to One Golf but we are in simplified, common-sense approach to 15-18 November 2018 members and other golfers? Essentially, ongoing discussions with them and are help speed the game and make it more on a day-to-day level it will be business confident that when the new structure is appealing to newcomers daunted by as usual. as successful as we believe it will be, they some of the complexities. The Lakes Golf Club will also come on board so the One Golf Inclusion has become one of the key This is the most critical benefits can work in those states too. aspects to the modern game with steps thing for Australian golf – to The ultimate plan with One Golf operating taken at every level to ensure there are no barriers to anyone who wants to have really strong, aligned in every state in Australia is for golf to have the most efficient, streamlined and unified give golf a go. decision-making processes governance structure in Australian sport. And Vision 2025, the project to generate greater female participation in the game, that share a vision so we “There are a number of sports considering is up and running and already showing ensure we are working in their structure and many are looking at positive signs. harmony towards one goal, what we are doing with great interest,” Pitt said. It’s a great time to be involved in the sport. not many as has historically been the case. “Over the next decade we will see an enormous change in the structure of The difference will be in the efficiencies in Australian sport, I believe, and it is great maximising revenue and providing a clear, that golf can be at the forefront of this unified structure to enable the game to revolution, rather than being slow to For more information visit emiratesaustralianopen.com.au grow with a common goal. adapt and risk being left behind.” As Golf Australia Chief Executive Stephen In the meantime, opportunities abound in Pitt said: “This is the most critical thing all aspects of the game and there is for Australian golf – to have really strong, so much in golf to be excited about. aligned decision-making processes that At the professional level, the comeback of share a vision so we ensure we are Tiger Woods to win his first tournament in Golf Victoria 5 clayton tees off by Mike Clayton @MichaelClayto15 WHY THE WORLD CUP WORKS The 2018 ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf at Metropolitan from November 21-25 features a rich and diverse field of 56 golfers from 28 countries. MIKE CLAYTON explains why golf fans should relish the opportunity to watch. Flying the flag: Australian pair Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith have the advantage of home soil and will start favourite to lift the World Cup. 6 Golf Victoria The World Cup is one of golf’s more It was sent to places like Caracas, enduring events, one played through Acapulco, Puerto Rico, Athens, Manila several eras and incarnations, beginning its and Marbella but over time it fell from THE FORMAT life as the Canada Cup in Montreal 1953. favour because any tournament without spectators becomes little more than an The tournament is a 72-hole It was a much different time and one exhibition with a good field. Davis Love highlighting how much the nature of and Freddie Couples won four years in a strokeplay team event with professional golf has changed since row in the 1990s, giving it credibility, but each team comprised of two the great team of Thomson and Nagle the problem remained. Playing at Royal players. The first and third days represented Australia and won the Melbourne in 1988 in front of a big gallery second edition in 1954. was more an anomaly than the norm. are four-ball (best ball) play and The professional tour in Britain and The issue now is that a huge prize fund the second and final days are Europe played from April to late ($US7 million) doesn’t guarantee the foursomes (alternate shot) play. September so their best players were modern-day American equivalents to more than happy to play anywhere in the Hogan and Snead, Palmer and Snead, world in their winter. For some like Harry Nicklaus and Palmer or Woods and Duval, WEDNESDAY Bradshaw, the great Portmarnock club pro who played together in Argentina in 2000 and 1949 Open Championship runner-up, when they were the two best players in 21 NOVEMBER it was a couple of weeks reprieve from the game. selling balls to the members. There was Pro-Am day, course open Matt Kuchar and Kyle Stanley, playing for no Presidents Cup and the continental the United States this time, are fantastic to public.