We’ve all dreamed of playing in the Open. For most of us those dreams remain safely in our imaginations. A lucky few live the dream. Others drive themselves demented trying.
And the regional qualifying for the Open is a step on the road to those dreams. An obstacle to be overcome as you strive to get […]
It seems to me unfair that golf is often labelled as staid and conservative. Nick Hornby started a revolution that allowed serious men to write seriously about football. Golf is still something that serious men snigger at.
Not only is that unfair but it leaves neglected a wealth of writing on golf that ranks as up […]
I’m sure that devoted parents everywhere have had the same problem. Your kid has an important match to play, you’re running out of time and there is no where to park.
65 year old Robert Kadera came up with a fine solution to this problem by “parking” his Piper Clipper aeroplane on the snow covered fairways […]
Augusta is back in the rough. No, it has nothing to do with the possible layout for this year’s US Masters. It is about Augusta, the golf-ball eating snake.
If you remember a while ago, there was a couple in northern New South Wales, Australia who put some golf balls in the chicken coop in order […]
How many of us had the conversation. Watching some televised sport (the normal triggers are sport of a truly woeful nature or those moments of sporting exhilaration when athletes seem to transcend what is thought possible in their chosen field) the chat will inevitably come to the missed opportunity:
“Could have been me that, you know? […]
Tales of alcohol – or rather the lack of it for the younger folks – and crocodiles, provided a little cheer for followers of the game over the past few days.
Hoping to attract a more dignified crowd at this week’s FBR Open in Scottsdale, Arizone, organisers have decided to impose on-course drinking restrictions for spectators.
This […]
How would you like a room for life at the luxurious, seven-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi?
Well, if you hit a hole-in-one at the seventh hole during the Abu Dhabi Championship, the room is yours for life.
There is a condition you must fulfil before even entertaining the chance of teeing up on the 200-yard […]
Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a snake have shared some of the golfing headlines over the past few days.
Some might say there’s no difference between the two, but that’s being unkind … to the snake. I’m kidding, of course, but I had to get that joke in.
Anyway, a carpet python in Sydney, […]
A friend from Sri Lanka, where I was born, recently asked me to visit him if I was ever there and we could play a round at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.
I shuddered at the thought. My last trip to Colombo was in 1999, when I saw the rules of etiquette casually being abused at […]
On a trip to New Zealand I noticed with amusement that a few towns advertise cliff top driving ranges as tourist attractions. That is driving ranges where you hit the ball out to sea. At some of them there is a floating target and cash prizes. At others you just do it for fun.
But hey, […]