Phil Lutton

Phil Lutton

Phil Lutton is the sports editor for brisbanetimes.com.au.

Golf

Bringing home Scott's success has become top priority

Phil Lutton Bust out the replica green jackets. It could be the Summer of Scott, providing Australian PGA officials can pin down their man.

Shark backs McIlroy for record

Rory McIlroy

Phil Lutton Everyone at Coolum is talking about dinosaurs but the Shark has the most vicious bite on PGA eve.

Golf

Bear's mark beyond Tiger - Shark

Tiger Woods.

Phil Lutton EVERYONE at Coolum is talking about dinosaurs but it was the Shark who had the most vicious bite on the PGA eve, with the Australian golf giant saying it will be Rory McIlroy - not Tiger Woods - who...

Golf

Shark bites something foul

Greg Norman

Phil Lutton Stuart Appleby knows the feeling all too well. It arrives with a rumble about three or four in the morning, turns into a raging typhoon by the time you are due on the tee and prompts the inevitable...

Golf

Popovic to look to sick father for inspiration

Daniel Popovic

Phil Lutton Victorian bolter Daniel Popovic will draw inspiration from his sick father as he boldly backs himself to hold off the big guns at the Australian PGA Championship and turn a brilliant first round into...

Golf

Shark attacked: Norman's upset stomach puts bite on hopes

Stuart Appleby

Phil Lutton STUART APPLEBY knows the feeling all too well. It arrives with a rumble about three or four in the morning, turns into a raging typhoon by the time you are due on the tee and prompts the inevitable...

Palmer digs in as last resort to keep PGA in his own backyard

AFR. NEWS. GOLD COAST. PALMER. LUNCH WITH AFR.
Clive Palmer at Moo Moo The Wine Bar and Grill for lunch with AFR.
Picture by Paul Harris.
Monday 12 March 2012.

Phil Lutton IF YOU thought the idea of whacking a full-scale T-rex in the middle of a championship golf course was difficult to get your head around, try working out where the Australian PGA Championship is...

Coolum not extinct

Clive Palmer

Phil Lutton If you thought the idea of whacking a full-scale T-Rex in the middle of a championship golf course was difficult to get your head around, try working out where the Australian PGA Championship is...

Golf

Ogilvy lurks as Zhang and Popovic share PGA lead

Daniel Popovic.

Phil Lutton Overnight leader Daniel Popovic endured a late hiccup but remains in command at the Australian PGA Championship in Coolum, finishing his second round at 10 under and after stunning the field to be...

Golf

Emotion-filled Popovic shares PGA lead

Daniel Popovic

Phil Lutton, Coolum Daniel Popovic isn't done yet in the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum.

Clive Palmer 'sure' PGA will remain at Coolum

Matthew Stieger lines up a putt on the ninth hole as a large model T-Rex dinosaur can be seen in the background during round one of the Australian PGA at the Palmer Coolum Resort.

Phil Lutton Minutes after dedicating a golf hole to his favourite statesman JFK, Clive Palmer declared peace on Australian PGA organisers and said he ses no reason why the event won’t remain at his Coolum resort...

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Palmer confident PGA will remain at his resort despite T-rex trouble

SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Daniel Popovic of Australia putts during round two of the Australian PGA Championship at Palmer Coolum Resort  on December 14, 2012 in Sunshine Coast, Australia.  (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Phil Lutton MINUTES after dedicating a hole to his favourite statesman, John F. Kennedy, Clive Palmer declared peace on Australian PGA organisers and said he saw no reason the event would not remain at his...

Golf

All the way with JFK and Coolum PGA

Leading the way: Daniel Popovic on the 13th hole at Coolum.

Phil Lutton Clive Palmer says Coolum resort can continue to host Australian PGA championship.

Popovic bucks odds to deliver

Daniel Popovic kisses the trophy after his win in the Australian PGA.

Phil Lutton There wasn't so much as an inkling that this would happen. Not even the wildest suspicion.

Golf

Popovic: the gift that just keeps giving

Phil Lutton, Coolum There wasn't so much as an inkling that this would happen. Not even the wildest suspicion.

PGA's future at Coolum still an open question

Phil Lutton Tour veteran Peter O'Malley says no guarantees championship will remain at Coolum.

Golf

Not so much as a golf clap from Jeff

Jeff the dinosaur oversees proceedings at the PGA Championship at Coolum.

Phil Lutton Unlike his owner Clive Palmer, not a shy man, Jeff was eerily quiet over the first day of the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum.

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Mystery surrounds PGA's future home

Matthew Stieger lines up a putt on the ninth hole as a large model T-Rex dinosaur can be seen in the background during round one of the Australian PGA at the Palmer Coolum Resort.

Phil Lutton If you thought the idea of whacking a full-scale Tyrannosaurus rex in the middle of a championship golf course was difficult to get your head around, try working out where the Australian PGA...

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O'Malley says players could dump Palmer for a better offer

SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15:  Peter O'Malley lines up a putt on the 16th hole during round three of the Australian PGA Championship at the Palmer Coolum Resort on December 15, 2012 in Sunshine Coast, Australia.  (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Phil Lutton THERE are no guarantees the Australian PGA Championship will remain at Coolum, despite mining magnate Clive Palmer's insistence the event is going nowhere, says tour veteran Peter O'Malley.

Golf

From pizza maker to PGA champ, Popovic caps his unbelievable rise

Daniel Popovic of Australia kisses the trophy after the final round of the Australian PGA golf tournament at the par-72 Palmer Coolum Resort course on December 16, 2012. Popovic won the Australian PGA after leading the tournament from start to finish, with a final round three-under-par 69 to finish on 16-under, four shots clear.        AFP PHOTO / Patrick HAMILTON
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Phil Lutton THERE wasn't so much as an inkling that this would happen. The closest thing to a premonition of Daniel Popovic's extraordinary week at the Australian PGA Championship was that he was clubbing his...