Working out how much a green slopes and, therefore, where exactly to aim the ball to bring it back to the hole is not the easiest of tasks on the golf course. Those of us with a good eye and that uncanny knack of judgment...
It haunts me to this day that I turned down a game with Bernhard Langer. At the time when he arrived at the European club that I was teaching at, he was a young player around 17 or 18. He was invited to play by...
Concentration in golf is so important and to hold it for the duration of 18 holes is a gift that not many of us have. If I had to make observations on the top players who do well and those who don’t, it would have to...
We always hear the ever-increasing physical and mental pressures suffered by various sport stars. Appalling strains and burnt-out are common headlines. But what about golfers — yes, I hear a few of you saying that you know personally of one or two golfers in your regular...
It’s been interesting for me to analyze how golf teaching has developed over the years. It was a small group of Scottish professional caddies that organized themselves, around 113 years ago, into the British Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and therefore were able to put together...
“My husband’s balls are not straight”?----this comment was thrown at me even before my ‘kick start’ morning coffee. I replied that mine were not always in the middle----and I was just priding myself on such a quick early morning ‘witty’ retort when I realized that...
If there is such a thing as a secret move in the golf swing then it’s surely in the way you start your downswing. It materializes when your weight shifts to your left foot at the start of the down swing -while bringing your right...
Set against the deep expanse of the South China Sea is a golf course that heralds an awakened sophistication in course design. The land around Bo’ao in Hainan Island may have been washed up by the 2008 tsunami but in its wake, the economic resiliency of...
‘Yes’---it’s true I found Mr. Bean on the 1st tee of this new golfing land---tallish, and with all his clubs (except 7 iron) still with their original cellophane wrappings- he was looking like he had just landed from some far away planet. Waiting and extremely...
The standard of golf coaching in our part of the world leaves a lot to be desired, and is a worrying part of our game, and I have tried to ‘discreetly’ bring up this sad state of affairs over the years. In my following report...