Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald is a 20-marker who has fallen in love with Aussie golf courses. Source: AP
WHEN your current football contract is worth $120 million you have every right to fly halfway across the world to see what Melbourne's famed sandbelt courses are all about.
NFL royalty dropped in unannounced at Royal Melbourne and Victoria Golf Clubs last week when Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald flew in.
His presence showed tangibly that the magnetic appeal of those courses and Kingston Heath, with their increase in tournament play, does connect with Americans watching TV golf in the US.
Fitzgerald is a golf nut, a 20-marker who packaged up a bucket list of courses and experiences for his dream Aussie holiday.
He braved the 44 degree blowtorch in Victoria last Thursday to play Royal Melbourne when warning signs were up advising players to "reconsider your need to play golf."
Fitzgerald joked that he "needed" to play, just as he did at NSW Golf Club and Barnbougle Dunes in between a Great Barrier Reef scuba dive and an extreme abseil in Tasmania.
Half of the dam by the 17th hole at Victoria Golf Club was used last week to keep the course in top shape during the heatwave so the Australian Women's Open from February 13 can be the showpiece it promises to be.
** GOLD Coast schoolgirl Karis Davidson produced a fine second in the Australian Amateur Championship at The Grange in Adelaide last Sunday.
Davidson, 15, played eight rounds in six days of mostly searing heat to only fall short of Western Australian ace Minjee Lee, 6 & 5 in the final.
The Scottish-born Queenslander enters Year 11 next week but is still hanging out for an invite to play the ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal Pines from February 6-9.
The decision by Davidson's parents Graeme and Faye to leave Scotland six years ago for better weather and more golfing opportunities for their daughter is paying off handsomely.
The Masters field is superb with Karrie Webb, Yani Tseng, Jess Korda, English up-and-comer Charley Hull and Sweden's Caroline Hedwall amongst the top class roll call.
** A HIGHLY encouraging seven-under 65 from Stuart Appleby in the closing round vaulted the veteran Aussie into a share of ninth yesterday when the Humana Challenge closed in the Californian desert.
It was lower than any round he shot on the PGA Tour in 2013 and shows he is capable of reigniting his top level career.
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