Opinion
In Praise of the Nineteenth Hole
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, …
Golf Culture
Opinion
In Praise of the Major Winner Who Made You Wait
There is a particular kind of golf story that gets less attention than it deserves, and Ryan Fox supplied a fresh copy of it on Sunday. Not the prodigy who wins …
Opinion
Six Hours Is Not Golf: A Modest Case for Getting On With It
There is a particular sound that tells you a round has gone wrong, and it is not the splash of a ball finding water. It is the silence of a group standing on a …
Opinion
The Case Against the Mulligan
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 …
Opinion
The Tees You Should Actually Be Playing
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 …
Opinion
In Defence of Nine Holes
There is a particular look a certain kind of golfer gives you when you tell them you only played nine. It is somewhere between sympathy and suspicion, as though …
Opinion
Pace of Play Is Not the Problem Most Golfers Think It Is
The pace-of-play conversation, in the modern amateur game, has reached the kind of saturation point at which it has stopped being a conversation about a problem …