One of Australia's leading jockeys has been dragged into a betting scandal with James McDonald voluntarily standing himself down from riding after being charged over the placement of a bet on Astern in his first race start.
Sports nut Jordan Spieth wants another experience like his mind-boggling course record 63 in horrendous conditions to win the Australian Open two years ago. And he remembers the round for a reason most wouldn't think he would.
Australia's top ranked amateur has guaranteed starts in three of the four majors next year. But he's preparing to make a decision to turn his back on two of them in a surprise move.
Jordan Spieth has his head down and earphones in, music probably playing. Without scribbling a "do not disturb" sign on his forehead, the message couldn't have been clearer.
His longevity in the game is unrivalled – winning an Australian Open, PGA and Masters in his 50s – but the elder statesman of Australian golf quietly conceded local galleries only have one more fortnight to see him in action.
A jittery Adam Blyth survived a near final-round meltdown before recovering to bank the biggest cheque of his career after a captivating final round of the NSW Open on Sunday.
Robert Allenby has heaped lavish praise on the amateur tipped to lead the next golden era of Australian golf, hailing Brett Coletta as a "young Adam Scott who can be a world beater".
A mini-Seve Ballesteros might be stalking the fairways of Kingston Heath within a fortnight, trying to do what his idol did 40 years earlier. And Jon Rahm is trying to get it right down to every little last detail.
Adam Blyth shot to the top of the NSW Open leaderboard ... and then dumped his girlfriend. Well, sort of. But perhaps there was no one more relieved than Nicole Kelsey who was the inspiration behind the surprise leader at Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club.
Mark Hale's mates thought they would have a laugh and back their mate to win a golf tournament after talking about it on Facebook. They didn't think it would have the ramifications it did.
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