Ben Hook

The MC you get when Tom Rehn is unavailable. [email protected]

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@jamierkennedy @KVanValkenburg story of Phil’s baseball career - told on @TheShotgunStart - is utterly brilliant.

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@CricketPervert @mikeclaytongolf A Simpson Cup pennant player drove 18 green at RA a fortnight ago. From the back tees.

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@pkd73 @kanecornes @1116sen SS final identical dates this year as last year. Will be played at Junction Oval.

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@pkd73 @kanecornes @1116sen Maybe coincidence. But I don’t rule out someone with a long memory over Sheffield Shield final disallowed at AO last summer doing the scheduling. Whatever the reason, that cricket match was why no Adelaide Oval footy until week 3.

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@pkd73 @kanecornes @1116sen Hi mate
Reckon I can explain this.
Handover from cricket to footy at AO is March 15. This year that was Sunday of round 1.
Usually cricket isn’t played mid March and there is enough to turn venue around for that 3rd weekend.
This year CA scheduled a WNCL game on Mar 14 1/2

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@StephenRoche100 @ddbleek685 @Barnbougle 100% agree with this.

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Last of my online contributions covering @AusOpenGolf for @GolfAustMag is below.

Thanks to @JamesSmith1001 for lending me his car keys this week. Not too many scratches I hope.

Who knows they might even let me attack a piece for print next month.

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For decades, Australian golf revolved around Melbourne and Sydney. Now, a new power centre is emerging. From LIV crowds to bold course projects and political ambition, Adelaide is rapidly reshaping the game’s national landscape. By @benhook1
https://t.co/FjA2doqBhU

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For decades, Australian golf revolved around Melbourne and Sydney. Now, a new power centre is emerging. From LIV crowds to bold course projects and political ambition, Adelaide is rapidly reshaping the game’s national landscape. By @benhook1
https://t.co/FjA2doqBhU

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Bringing back the old Sunday Mail vibe, my column of @GolfAust Open B side stories is here.

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From Kooyonga’s mysterious name to local caddies, cricket cameos and a looming LIV venue change, Adelaide is delivering plenty beyond the leaderboard. By @benhook1 (Photo: Getty)
https://t.co/xO4U69rq1n

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@calhillnz All logic says Hannah runs away with it.

Unfortunately for logic, Kooyonga kind of writes its own rules.

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I had a wonderful conversation with Jane Crafter. Her insights on Kooyonga and the WAO are first class.

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36-hole leader Celine Herbin is chasing Women’s Australian Open glory, but Kooyonga can be tricky. Luckily, Jane Crafter, life member, former champion, and elite analyst, knows every corner. A call to her might be the smartest move yet, reports @benhook1.

https://t.co/uxR7WqkBJS

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Raegan Denton has an ace during the Australian Open Golf and it probably won’t be the most amazing thing to happen to her in the next three weeks.

Find out why here. 👇

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Denton’s dream run continues with Kooyonga ace ahead of Augusta adventure. By @benhook1 @LETgolf #AusOpenGolf
https://t.co/IL2FNKMn1U

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Denton’s dream run continues with Kooyonga ace ahead of Augusta adventure. By @benhook1 @LETgolf #AusOpenGolf
https://t.co/IL2FNKMn1U

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The international guns from the LET out to spoil the Australian party. My latest for @GolfAustMag here 👇

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While Australia’s leading players start as favourites on home soil, a confident wave of contenders from the Ladies European Tour believes the Women’s Australian Open is anything but a closed shop. By @benhook1
https://t.co/70f1eP4L1t

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Made a cameo debut for @GolfAustMag today.

Just a brief stint to assist with coverage of the @GolfAust Women’s Australian Open.

Here’s the first innings below.

https://t.co/hsWCom73Go

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@samjacobs24 @DSBurtenshaw @Adelaide_FC Cracking post Berty. I was there that night but no recollection it was this early in the year.
There is a story, not yet fully told and possibly apocryphal, about Essendon seeing the enormous crowd and asking for a ton of cash to take the field.

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Ball tracker in cricket.

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@Sportscrazy05 @SACAnews Head (Tea Tree Gully) 3
*Root (Prospect) 2
Carey (Glenelg) 1

*Root played for Prospect during a stint with Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy.

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Ashes 25/26

Hundreds made by @SACAnews Premier
players: 6

Hundreds made by non @SACAnews players: 0

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https://t.co/IOsUBHFt8t

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17 years ago today, Cricket Australia chairman of selectors was Andrew Hilditch’s photo was plastered across national newspapers while walking with his family in Sellicks Beach, south of Adelaide.

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He had never once explained what really happened, until now.

This is Hilditch’s own story, told for the first time since he was dubbed “Australia’s Loch Ness Monster”