According to Melbourne's The Age newspaper. there has been uproar in the city over state Planning Minister Matthew Guy's decision to approve the relocation of the 99-year old Eastern Golf Club. The decision will allow the club to move from its present land-locked home in Doncaster to a new 600-acre site at Yering in the Yarra Ranges. Earlier this month Mr. Guy rezoned the club's greenfields site at Yering, which abuts the Yarra River, from green wedge to a "Special Use Zone", effectively allo....

Billed as Australia’s most prestigious golf facility, yet built on arguably its shakiest premise, the much hyped St Andrews Private golf course project on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula appears to have fallen over. Planet Golf was informed that as of last week all staff had been retrenched or let go and that machinery and equipment, including pumps, irrigation pipes, sprinklers and tractors, were being offered for sale to local superintendents and golf courses.

What makes a golf hole memorable? It’s a question with endless answers, from beauty to celebrity, from strategy to difficulty or simply because it was the scene of an unforgettable personal achievement. A memorable hole might be a great hole or an unforgivably poor one. There are any number of reasons why certain holes stick in our memory, and golf course architects are forever looking to exploit human curiosity by creating shots that can be instantly recalled the moment a round ends. This month we look at some of the toughest shots in golf, and examples in Australia where extreme difficulty has not only complicated the game but also made holes more memorable.