There is a particular kind of pressure that comes from playing a national championship in your own back garden, and Josh Ryan spent Tuesday proving he does not …
Asterisk Talley has come close before. The 17-year-old from California was the runner-up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, close enough to a major …
Ask most golfers what they remember about a round played three years ago and the scorecard rarely comes up first. What comes up is the conversation afterwards, …
Ask most club golfers what they are working on and the answer usually involves getting rid of something: the slice, the pull, the ball that starts left and …
There is a particular kind of golfer who cannot enjoy a round until the maths has been settled. Somewhere around the twelfth hole, usually after a three-putt …
This week twenty places in the year’s final major were handed out on the back of a single day’s golf, played across four courses by club …
There is a particular kind of golfer who plays off eight, breaks 80 most weekends, and is quietly miserable about it. He is miserable because his swing does not …
Watch the US Open this week and you will see the best players in the world treat thick rough with a respect that most amateurs never quite manage. When a Tour …
Somewhere on the first tee this weekend, someone will hook one into the trees, sigh, and reach into their pocket for another ball without a word being said. The …
There is a quiet decision made on the first tee of almost every amateur round, and it is usually the wrong one. A group arrives, looks at the markers, and walks …
