Anna Rawson Australia's finest

Female golfer Anna Rawson of Australia was rated one of the 10 hottest female athletes on the planet by Sports Illustrated. But she is not a female athlete who became known for her looks. As a teenager Anna Rawson was a budding golfer who became a model in her native Australia after winning the Dolly magazine contest. Then in 2000, at the age of 18, Rawson left her home in Adelaide and moved to LA after winning a golf scholarship to the University of Southern California. Anna Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, in 2007 she competed on the Ladies European Tour, finishing second after a sudden death play-off in the Deutsche Bank Ladies' Swiss Open and last year she earned a full-time LPGA tour card. Anna stays in shape with weight training.



Early this year Anna Rawson got into trouble when in an interview she talked of the lack of media coverage for ladies golf: "They still think we're like 25 years ago, you know, when the tour was full of dykes and unattractive females nobody wanted to watch. It's totally changed, but they still won't give us TV time."

Meanwhile adding to Australia's list of finest golf courses is the Nullarbor Links, which will host its inaugural tournament on October 22. At 1,365 kilometres, spanning two time zones, it is the longest gold course in the world. Each hole will showcase a local attraction, from whale-watching to ancient fossil beds and a working sheep station, and golfers will drive on to the next tee -- 100 kilometres down the road in some cases. The par-71 course will take three or four days to complete with each player awarded a certificate.