The Easy Par

  Let’s talk about distance for a minute. It seems that anybody and everybody in the world who stands at the end of a club is obsessed about how far they can hit the ball. Club manufacturers are falling over themselves to sell you more kit on the back of increased distance, swing gurus are ... Read More

  “Want to know an easy way to take 5 strokes off your score, it’s called an eraser” – Arnold Palmer   Now the above quote sometimes gets taken a bit too literally by some golfers. True story: Way back in the eighties, a couple of young bucks were playing in the tour school final. ... Read More

  Here’s an interesting debate What comes first the chicken or the egg? It’s a topic for debate which has led to endless discussion since the dawn of time, bit like the golfing version which has also had people yarning in clubhouses for years and years. What comes first? Thinking you’re going to hit good ... Read More

  Not long ago I was browsing a golf forum online. Occasionally from time to time I’ll wander over to the forums and just for hits and giggles see what’s going on with the golfing masses. What got my attention on this occasion however was that a forum participant had posted a thread which was ... Read More

  There’s a fella I know who is a reasonable golfer. I play with him from time to time and he’s good company. He can knock it round his home course easily under 80, but has a handicap in the high teens. How does that work I hear you cry? I ask myself the same ... Read More

  Back when Tiger Woods was laying waste to PGA tour fields throughout the late nineties and the early noughties, the whole world marvelled at the ability of the man. He hit the ball prodigious lengths that were unheard of then, he also hit the ball very straight most of the time as well. A ... Read More

  Every now and again I’ll receive a note from a subscriber along the lines of “I want to get real good at this game, I have some ability and have been playing a while but seem to be stuck where I am, please help”. Now generally speaking I’m not one to reply to individual ... Read More

“I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times”. – Bruce Lee Back before he was snatched from this god forsaken mud ball all too soon, the great martial artist and actor Bruce Lee imparted a lot of wisdom into this ... Read More

  You got to admit, there’s nothing better than ripping the driver. It’s one of the best feelings in golf, watching that little white pill fly straight and true down the fairway and knowing it’s going to be a long walk before you play your next shot. But like everything in this life that gives ... Read More

  A while back I read an amusing article about a bloke who in the early 90’s, managed to play Shady Oak Golf Club, the home club of the legendary Ben Hogan. Here’s the story in his own words: In the early ’90s, I was a guest at the Shady Oak Club in Fort Worth, ... Read More