PGA of Australia Centenary Launch, Sydney

Tuesday morning saw nearly 70 corporate and media guests arrive at The Mint in Sydney for the media launch of the PGA of Australia's Centenary year celebrations, hosted by myself.

(PGA CEO Brian Thorburn giving his opening address)

The highlight of the day was definitely the opportunity to hear from both Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle, both in the Golf Hall of Fame and two of the greatest golfers ever produced by Australia.

Interviewing them was a special privilege. Who knows when, or if, we'll ever have them in the same room together again. Nagle's clarity of mind in recalling his greatest moments in the sport is as lucid as a teenager's. His is a remarkable record, including 61 victories on the PGA Tour of Australia and the memorable win in the Open Championship of 1960.

The PGA should be congratulated on a superbly run event. It is a harbinger of great things to come for 2011, one of the most important years in Australian tournament golf for a long time.

The Open Championship 2010- Round 1

It's here. The biggest golf tournament of the year. The best. The one that every golf lover wants to attend, and every pro wants to win. I still look forward to it every year, and it's about the only time now that I feel a slight pang of jealousy for the guys who have the privilege of teeing it up.

I played in the 1997 and 1998 Open's at Troon and Birkdale and they are two of the fondest golfing memories that I have. And I have a feeling that this year may throw up an unusual winner- no real rationale for it, just one of those hunches.

It is going to be a great week.

"You know, for everything in life, there is always a beginning and there is always an end"

Golf writing may be under seige at the moment, but there seems no end to the wonderful array of talent still prepared to apply themselves to the noble art.

And it is always good to stumble upon a brilliant piece of writing that cuts to the core of the value's that this great game has been founded upon. Passion, tradition, resolve and endeavour are a few of them. So is tragedy, an element explored beautifully in this story from the U.K's Daily Telegraph.

The Open Championship 2010

I still get excited every year by the thought of The Open drawing closer. The greatest golf Championship on the planet deserves to be held in such regard, and my memories of playing in the 1997 and 1998 Open's remain amongst the fondest reminiscences that I have.

I love this picture, and what it represents. Only two weeks to go!