Kristie Hits Form At Amateur Titles

NEWCASTLE-born golfer Kristie Newton, the daughter of former international professional Jack Newton, won her way into the final 16 of the Australian Women's Amateur Championship at Lake Karrinyup, near Perth, yesterday with a 5 and 3 victory against fellow Victorian Tamara Fuller.

Lake Karrinyup To Host International

LAKE Karrinyup will host the inaugural Perth International golf tournament this November.

Tougher Courses, Better Balls And Lower Scores, Is It The Same Game?

This is a tale of woe. During the late 1990s, the best golfing brains at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club, and I, conspired to lift this great course into the modern era and restore it to its rightful place as Western Australia's top championship course.

Stolz Sets Sights On Order Of Merit Title

WAMBERAL'S Andre Stolz picked up $250,000 for his equal-second placing at the $2.85 million Johnnie Walker Classic at Perth's Lake Karrinyup on Sunday.

Leaney Gets Bonus For Second Spot

Two Australians headed those who were left in Ernie Els's wake at the Johnnie Walker Classic at Lake Karrinyup yesterday.

Allenby Back Into The Ballpark

Australia's highest world-ranked player Robert Allenby departed Lake Karrinyup in Perth yesterday sharing the lead in the $2.85 million Johnnie Walker Classic with Englishman Greg Owen and would check the evening news to see if he had survived an expected onslaught from Ernie Els.

Els Finds The Groove To Lead With 64

Ernie Els admitted to having ``silly thoughts" of breaking 60 after the rampant world No. 2 stepped back into the limelight on the opening day of the Johnnie Walker Classic at Lake Karrinyup yesterday.

Cash Lures Players To Wa Classic

Once again, the Johnnie Walker Classic has upstaged every Australasian PGA Tour tournament, with Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Sergio Garcia headlining at Perth's Lake Karrinyup this week. But what about the cost?

Goosen Keeps His Cool And Vaults To The Head Of The Karrinyup Pack

On a trying day that frazzled nerves and frayed tempers, it was left to the coolest player in the field, South African iceman Retief Goosen, to tame the Lake Karrinyup course and take a commanding lead near the end of the Johnnie Walker Classic second round.

Doctor Likely To Cause Some Bad Headaches

The last tournament of any significance at Lake Karrinyup Country Club was the 1974 Australian Open, so it was a hidden gem to the majority of players until they began assembling yesterday for the $2.6 million Johnnie Walker Classic, and already hands are trembling over the pace of the undulating greens.

No Tiger, But Field For Perth Is Still A Classic

IF MONEY is the measure, then the Australian tour's biggest event starts next week at Lake Karrinyup in Perth. The Johnnie Walker Asian Classic has wandered through Asia for more than a decade and evolved into a tri-sanctioned event with a field shared by tour players from Europe, Australia and Asia.

Whalley, Swanson Struggle In West

HUNTER Valley State representative aspirants Joanna Whalley (Toronto) and Julie Swanson (Newcastle) found conditions tough in the opening round of the Western Australian 72-hole strokeplay championship at Lake Karrinyup Country Club yesterday.

Become More Like A Player With Chip-and-run Shots

Gary Player probably had one of the best short games of all time. As a trainee pro I witnessed him win the 1974 Australian Open at Lake Karrinyup in Perth. To my surprise he was carrying three wedges, radical in those days but now the norm, especially in the pro ranks. Gary was better than everybody

It's A Rare Trifecta For The Flab(less) Five

As Australia's universities and India's airlines know, there is nothing like a touch of overbooking to set off genuine mayhem. The masters of the Popstars-Bardot universe plotted accordingly when they booked the Flab(less) Five for a performance on Wednesday at Karrinyup shopping centre in Wester

Amateur Aims For Fairytale

SYDNEY Victorian teenager Aaron Baddeley yesterday launched a spectacular bid to become the first amateur to win the Australian Open in 39 years - since Bruce Devlin took out the title at Lake Karrinyup in 1960. The 18-year-old boy wonder from Melbourne finished the day at nine under par, one

Thugs Attack An Ailing Hero

A 48-year-old man recovering from recent heart surgery is in a stable condition in hospital after being attacked by two youths on Saturday night. The man, who was visiting a home in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup, went to get some beer from his car when he interrupted a car theft on a friend's ve

The Injured

The Department of Defence yesterday released the names of the injured soldiers. From the Special Air Service, with listed medical conditions. Corporal Dominic Boyle, 30, of Mount Claremont, Western Australia (satisfactory). Corporal Gary John Proctor, 33, of Karrinyup, WA (satisfactory).

Mckinnon Wins Australian Title

Saturday September 17, 1994

VICTORIAN Terri McKinnon played the best golf of her career to beat South Australian Fiona Pike 7 and 6 in the final of the Australian women's amateur championship at Lake Karrinyup, in Perth, yesterday. McKinnon's win gave Victoria the double, after it took the Gladys Hay interstate teams even

Mckinnon Tops Qualifier For Matchplay

Tuesday September 13, 1994

Victorian Terri McKinnon yesterday took top qualifying position for the matchplay section of the Australian women's amateur golf championship at Lake Karrinyup, Perth. McKinnon won on a countback after tying with overnight leader Tanya Holl of Western Australia and New Zealander Gina Scott on 152

Foursomes Win

Friday September 9, 1994

Commonwealth's Louise Briers and Sydney's Edwina Kennedy yesterday won the Australian women's foursomes golf championship at Lake Karrinyup in Perth, with a 36-hole total of 151 - one stroke ahead of Western Australians Tanya Holl and Tracie Guy.