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No banter in the Broadacre – again

The WhatsApp conversation finally took a turn for the worse yesterday at precisely 18:52, snuffing out vague hopes of getting back to a n...

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7 days ago

Yet another fight for municipal golf

Four thousand, two hundred and seventy-three people had signed the petition when I started this blog. One Ryder Cup hero had signed, with...

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Jan 25

My heart's in the highlands

No surprise my heart's in the highlands on this day of all days. Like all Scots, I'll be celebrating Burns Night tonight, albeit a wee bi...

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Jan 20

Who’ll fight for public golf courses?

Interesting piece in Global Golf Post’s International edition this week on a stushie taking place in Australia over public golf courses. ...

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Jan 15

Municipal golf still matters

Interesting article by Martin Dempster in today’s Scotsman which bodes well for our game. New figures seem to reinforce the theory that g...

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Jan 12

Turnberry can wait for The Open

Well done Martin Slumbers and the R&A for not making a knee-jerk reaction to remove Turnberry from the Open Championship rota after the P...

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Jan 11

What now for Turnberry?

I feel for the staff at Trump Turnberry. I feel for staff at Trump Aberdeen. I feel for nearby businesses. I feel for the wee towns of Gi...

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Dec 22, 2020

Food for thought on course bucket lists

Visitors to Sunningdale Golf Club probably don’t give the wee course to the right of the Old Course’s fifth fairway a second thought. The...

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Dec 19, 2020

Short and sweet at Sunningdale Heath

Sir Henry Cotton might have had Sunningdale Heath in mind when he called for short courses to help newcomers and children get into golf. ...

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Nov 23, 2020

A waste of parliamentary time

Golf will be debated in parliament today. Seriously. Don’t politicians have better things to do with their time? Yes. We’re in ten midst ...

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Nov 4, 2020

Humbled at Hunstanton

Links golf finds you out more than the inland game, especially if your ball striking isn’t strong enough. Hunstanton found me out yesterd...

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Oct 28, 2020

King’s course makes welcome return

Senior Tour players will be able to snub their noses up at their junior counterparts two years from now with the news that Gleneagles is ...

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Oct 24, 2020

Handicap heaven

There was joy and consternation in the clubhouse of Woburn Golf Club yesterday as fellow members discovered their predicted handicap on N...

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Oct 15, 2020

The death of par 5s?

Are par 5s obsolete? Perhaps not to you or I, but what about at the highest level of the game? Seems so according to Golf Digest’s Jerry ...

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Oct 8, 2020

Wentworth's East is best

The BMW PGA Championship is being held on Wentworth’s worst course. The West Course isn’t a patch on the East, the first course Harry Col...

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Aug 21, 2020

Don't return Postage Stamp to sender

The world’s best women didn’t tear Royal Troon’s shortest hole asunder in the opening round of the AIG Women’s Open. The Postage Stamp mo...

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Jul 27, 2020

No rakes, no excuses

Former European Tour pro Ricky Willison wants to start a campaign to get golfers to take better care of bunkers even if we can't use rake...

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Jul 17, 2020

The Open’s lost links

Royal Portrush’s return to the Open Championship rota last year must’ve had members of other former Open venues pining to see the game’s ...

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Jun 22, 2020

The Machrie: quintessential links golf

Walter Hagen never did make it to The Machrie. Shame. That goes for anyone else who hasn’t played golf on Islay. Quite simply, The Machri...

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May 26, 2020

Get away from it all on Arran

The elderly man stuck his thumb out just after I left Shiskine Golf Club. Anywhere else in the world and I’d have driven on by. Not on Ar...

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Meet the new golf rules boss Annika...

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No banter in the Broadacre – again

The WhatsApp conversation finally took a turn for the worse yesterday at precisely 18:52, snuffing out vague hopes of getting back to a n...

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Class isn’t always permanent

Annika Sorenstam isn’t the only one making a comeback in this week’s Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona. Another multiple major winner is retur...

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