The language of golf is marketing and, as far as the LPGA Tour is concerned, it is also English.
The multi-national and multi-ethnic LPGA Tour is implementing a new rule from 2009 requiring all member players to have a reasonable grasp of spoken English, or face suspension.
This also applies to non-native English speakers who have been […]
Johnny Miller is the American equivalent of Greg Norman in many ways. He was an exciting player, had a shock of blond hair and the crowds loved him. Like Norman, he only won two major titles but his impact on golf during the 70s was bigger than that.
He is now transferred his tenacity from the […]
South Africa has a new golfing superstar. With many wondering if Ernie Els’ time as force in the majors is now in terminal decline, with Retief Goosen perhaps not the player he was a few years ago, Trevor Immelman’s Masters victory has delivered a new force.
Yet one star continues to transcend them all. Immelman’s […]
India’s Arjun Atwal won the Malaysian Open for the second time in his career after he beat Sweden’s defending champion Peter Hedblom in a play-off.
But before going into Atwal’s victory, I’d like to comment a bit about the BBC website’s treatment of this piece of news.
If the BBC consider themselves a parochial news outlet that […]
Even Ian Poulter admitted it was THE golf story of the week.
And so it should be whenever someone boasts proudly that he would one day walk astride Tiger Woods at the forefront of golf.
Words, however, can do much damage and the 32-year-old Briton is now in crisis management mode.
Poulter claims he was misquoted in Golf […]
The concept of “the new Tiger Woods” in their various forms have been coming in thick and fast ever since …well, the real Tiger Woods appeared on the scene more than a decade ago.
We’ve had Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Michelle Wie and a host of others. The latest manifestation comes from Japan, and the Japanese […]
While many news outlets, golfing or otherwise, examined the recently ended 2007 season, various names were put out for Player of the Year.
While Tiger Woods would inevitable emerge in any list, I think the Sports Network got it bang on target when it named the LPGA’s outstanding golfer, Lorena Ochoa, Player of the Year.
Woods was […]
The Asian Tour and regional media are enjoying what often amounts to a comical, naïve and blindly jovial relationship.
I must admit, as a journalist, I’ve also been guilty of this.
The Asian Tour is worth supporting. There are people at the top who genuinely care. There are players who have worked hard and have been given […]
There are times when you do things in a huff. When something makes you angry, you should really wait a few minutes, take a few deep breaths and consider the consequences of what you might do.
I didn’t follow my own advice today when I saw an article in Bloomberg about the Asian Tour’s stance on […]
Imagine Liverpool and Everton, two of the fiercest rivals in English soccer, agreeing to share a player during a Merseyside derby. One team has him for the first half before he changes shirts at the break and joins the other side.
If you can comprehend the absurdity of such a situation, you may be able to […]
Aussie golf fans may want to take their Palm Pilots when they travel to the Australian Open in Sydney this December.
Organisers of Australia’s premier event is trying to ramp up the entertainment and information factor for golf fans so that they can receive as much details about the tournament on the course as they could […]