Is it just me but seeing players putt with the flagstick in seems so strange? Controversy is rife in golf at the moment and I did warn of the rule changes months ago together with the importance of players making schedules that suit them. The unfortunate Li Haotong...
Lee Westwood was for sure in the mix of consideration for Europe's 2020 Ryder Cup captaincy but, as widely believed, did not push too hard for the position. However, this won't be the case when the matches head to Italy two years later. The problem Westwood had...
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been talking about how our top players try and plan their schedules. Time to perhaps reflect back to the early 90s when Greg Norman stood up and outlined the need for a World Tour. It was a brazen move by...
As golf heads into 2019, it is interesting to envisage how a top male player puts his upcoming schedule together, and what would be his priorities. Obviously, the first tournaments you would want to write down would be the four biggest -- the Masters in April,...
I was thinking what football managers and those who teach golf have in common. The one main point that binds us is that 'results' are essential in keeping us in a favourable light. If one of my students suddenly wins this or that after a lesson, then...
In a couple of weeks several new rules will be introduced to our game to help with the pace of play -- in other words let's all play a little quicker please. Skeptics will be scratching their heads though of how allowing everything to be tapped...
I returned to one of Thailand's best golf clubs recently, and it was interesting to see how Black Mountain had weathered since its opening back in 2008. Only a handful of Thai golf projects can claim to have produced a business model that has truly been...
A five-year legal battle between Vijay Singh and the PGA Tour has been resolved, according to a statement released by the organisation on Tuesday. Basically, Vijay was accused of taking deer-antler spray, which is banned, and was suspended which was later rescinded. At the time the whole...
I was very impressed with the inspirational video that the European Tour produced to motivate their team prior to last week's Ryder Cup. The older gentleman talking at the beginning many of you will not recognise -- but I did, as he and his father were...
There's a special grounds crew looking after Le Golf National which totals 175 greenkeepers/ superintendents from all over the world. Each of those wonderful holes that we have witnessed on TV during this Ryder Cup has been lovingly taken care of, and all 18 greens have...