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  As it’s a Sunday, this might be relevant…… A fella once was struggling to believe in the whole concept of God and Heaven. He went to church every Sunday as his Mrs was a devout Christian and he thought he should do the good thing and go with her. Every Sunday he would sit ... Read More

  Cast your eye down the following list of golfers. John Daly Trevor Immleman Lee Janzen Chris DiMarco Mike Weir Anthony Kim David Duval Bill Rodgers Yani Tseng Ian Baker-Finch What do the above golfers all have in common? They all scaled the heights to become one of the world’s best, including winning major championships, ... Read More

This article was originally published as an email in 2019. Still makes good reading.   Amazing how the world has become so offended at the slightest drop of a hat. Political correctness has gone mad and the following is proof. Not two weeks ago Hank Haney the former coach to Tiger Woods was on an ... Read More

The U.S Open. The national championship of the largest golf playing nation on earth. What a tournament, feels to me that summer is just getting started when the US Open starts and one of my favourite venues is Pebble Beach. Did you know that Pebble Beach is actually a public course, anyone can play it, ... Read More

  Here’s a true story. It involves one of my very favourite golfers who ever graced this planet. Ben Hogan. Now for those of you not familiar with Ben Hogan, he was the Tiger Woods of his day, only he hit the ball super straight, hardly ever missing a fairway and remained happily married to ... Read More

  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