Articles by Steve Keipert

June 12th, 2024

Where We Play: Cypress Lakes Resort

Fresh off its fourth consecutive stint landing on Australian Golf Digest’s biennial Top 100 Golf Courses ranking, the wonderful Cypress Lakes is enjoying the limelight at No.88 after undergoing a course renovation several years ago.

May 28th, 2024

Opinion: Blowing Out

What to do when you find your golf game at crossroads

May 28th, 2024

The Next 100: Contenders, Not Pretenders

With more course visits and evaluations logged in the
101-200 section than before, our “Next 100” ranking
is more comprehensive than ever.

April 28th, 2024

LIV Golf Adelaide 2024: Brendan Steele, Australia and the rise of the innocuous Americans

Why do nondescript American golfers seem to find prosperity in Australia? For Brendan Steele, the answer partly lies in the player who is the antithesis of a nondescript American.

April 28th, 2024

54 things to like about LIV Golf

A compilation of the best elements of the LIV Golf League.

April 26th, 2024

LIV Golf Adelaide 2024: Confessions of a LIV Golf virgin

Why the reality of LIV Golf Adelaide has already more than exceeded the build-up.

April 24th, 2024

Top 100: The King Rises

A new No.1 is indicative of an ongoing tight tussle at the top in our
19th biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses.

April 24th, 2024

Top 100: The Ultimate Double

Insights gleaned from playing our top two courses in two days.

April 24th, 2024

Top 100: Compare The Pair

How Cape Wickham overthrew Royal Melbourne West, by the numbers

April 7th, 2024

How to watch the 2024 Masters

The 2024 Masters is upon us, and you don’t have to be a ticket-holding patron to enjoy a front-row seat to all the action.

March 25th, 2024

Bellarine Peninsula: Forging An Identity

More courses plus a growing selection of non-golf attractions have made the Bellarine Peninsula a destination with substance.

March 21st, 2024

Does golf’s dropping procedure need an overhaul?

It seems the game has dropped the ball in the metaphorical sense when it comes to the simple deed of dropping the ball.

February 22nd, 2024

Top 100 Spotlight: Secret Harbour Golf Links

Duneland, wetlands, pot bunkers and lakes amalgamate to form one of Australia’s more under-appreciated modern designs.

February 22nd, 2024

LIV Adelaide: Fever Pitch

The second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide is coming
to town and travel itineraries are filling up fast. Here’s our guide on where to play during your
South Australian getaway.

January 24th, 2024

Top 100 Spotlight: 13th Beach Golf Links

For many years Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula sat in the shadow of its cross-bay sister peninsula, the Mornington, when it comes to golf. However, the emergence in 2001 of the first course at 13th Beach drew golfers’ attentions to the south-western corner of Port Phillip Bay as the golf offerings on the Bellarine began to flourish.

January 24th, 2024

The Jack: Rain, Hail Or Wine

With two editions now held after the passing of its iconic founder, “The Jack” shows no signs of slowing down

January 23rd, 2024

Course Review: Forster Tuncurry Golf Club, NSW

Two for one: A pair of courses in separate locations but operating under one club, Forster Tuncurry is home to a rejuvenated, links-style layout coupled with a more user-friendly option in a bustling holiday haven.

January 23rd, 2024

Quality over quantity rules, as Sarah Kemp seeks that elusive LPGA win

At 37, last year Kemp authored her best LPGA Tour season of the 16 she’s embarked upon, finishing 59th on the Race to the CME Globe in a feat she attributes to being “emotionally smarter” and emphasising quality over quantity in her tournament preparation.

January 18th, 2024

What does the future hold for the Australian Amateur Championship?

Where the Australian Amateur sits in the landscape of golf here is difficult to define today.

January 9th, 2024

‘What El Nino?’: Melbourne and surrounds feel nature’s rainy wrath

We are yet to reach the midpoint of the summer of 2023-2024, but those working in golf-course maintenance must be wondering what else is in store for this wacky summer of weather.

December 20th, 2023

Top 100 Spotlight: Mollymook Golf Club (Hilltop)

Australia has an oversupply of golf courses where comparisons are made between them and Augusta National. Bonville is one; Royal Canberra (pre-redesign, but perhaps also post) is another. However, the course that arguably resembles the mighty Georgia layout most closely is the Hilltop course at Mollymook Golf Club.

December 20th, 2023

Travel Special: A Golfer’s Dozen

Plan your golf travels for the new year based on our advice about where to play and when during the next 12 months.