A TRIO of Mornington dads have turned their social golf into serious success after clinching a place in Australasia’s biggest indoor golf championship this month.
Kade Carey, Kurt McGlynn and James Dent will represent Victoria when they join eight other teams from Christchurch, Darwin and Perth vying for victory in the annual X-League Championships – the Southern Hemisphere’s largest tech-powered golf competition.
All three dads are mates juggling work lives, family life and fatherhood. “We honestly didn’t think we’d get this far, so we’re pretty chuffed,” 41-year-old Kade said. “I started out with a 36 handicap outdoors which has dropped to 13 in a year. Indoors, I’ve gone from 24 to almost scratch. It’s all thanks to our time at X-Golf, so it’s a great feeling to be able to represent our local area at the champs.”
X-Golf pits amateur golfers against one another in a high-tech, simulator-based format. X-League runs three ten-week seasons each year where teams compete across nine-hole handicap matches.
For Kade, Kurt and James, it was more than just a competition but about connection and a bit of fun.
“Men’s health is important. We’re all busy providing for our families, but you’ve got to have something that’s just yours, too,” Kade said. “It’s made us better mates, better golfers and, honestly, probably better husbands and dads as well.”
Competing in the national finals’ series, now in its 14th year, is a huge milestone after more than 1000 players signed up for the season at one of X-Golf’s 32 Australasian hubs. Finalists will compete from 30-31 August at Clyde North’s new facility which is the size of about one and half basketball courts.
X-Golf’s Nick Treble said, “We’re very proud to reimagine a sport that we all love and we really value watching every day golfers push themselves, improve and build communities around the game”.
First published in the Mornington News – 12 August 2025
