Monthly Archives: July 2021

Each to their own. Some golfers, like Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose are excited about Olympic golf, wheras Rory McIlroy is much more relaxed about the whole thing. After the Open Championship Rory said this to the press about playing … Continue reading →

Apart from be the ball, while we’re young was one of the catchphrases of Caddyshack. This spawned a series of golf commercials in America from the USGA to encourage golfers to get on with it. This one has Clint Eastwood … Continue reading →

“Be the ball” that’s profound. Here’s a background movie about how the film was made, with the mechanical gopher.

A thrilling final day of the Evian Championship saw Australian Minjee Lee come from 7 shots behind Korean leader Jeongeung Lee6, who shot 71, to force a playoff. She had 7 birdies in her final round to finish -18. Yea,imi … Continue reading →

He started the week at Sunningdale as a 200-1 outsider in a field that had former major champions, Langer, Clarke, Furyk and Els and on form Jerry Kelly, Miguel Jiminez and Thomas Bjorn. And yet it was Stephen Dodd’s coolness … Continue reading →

I have been at the Senior Open at Sunningdale this week. Framed and on the wall in the pro shop is a precious scorecard a beautiful round of 66 round the Old Course played by Bobby Jones before competing in … Continue reading →

PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray took to twitter on Friday with a description of the mental difficulties he has encountered playing the PGA Tour. 27 year old Grayson won the Barbasol Championship in 2017 and has made $3.68 million in … Continue reading →

Brilliant Dutch golfer Anne Van Dam had a treat when her sister Helen met her following her the Aramco Team Series London. She flew her home to Holland in the 737 she normally pilots for KLM Airlines.

News this afternoon from the Spanish Golf Federation that Jon Rahm has withdrawn from the Olympic Games Golf event starting on Thursday at Kasumigaseri Country Club after testing positive for Covid. Then news that Bryson Dechambeu has also withdrawn for … Continue reading →

Apart from the remarkable fact that he has won two major championships on his debut, here are a few randoms. Collin is a Taylor Made player but he has a Titelist wedge which pays homage to his love of breakfast … Continue reading →