Friday 27 January 2012

Tweet Golf Cup - the countdown begins

According to the website, there are 200-odd days to go until the inaugural Tweet Golf Cup, an 18-hole, four-person-team Stableford competition to be played over the impressive and intimidating Dundonald Links golf course in Ayrshire. Having received the news that the entry of my team, Never Up Never In, had been accepted, I thought I would start the build-up and anticipation of what promises to be an exceptional day of golf.

Wednesday 25 January 2012

What lovely balls you have...

John Solheim, CEO of Ping, recently proposed a change to golf balls whereby professional players use a different type of ball to us mere mortals, primarily to combat the continuing upward creep of average driving distances amongst the professional ranks. As part of a feature debating the pros and cons of this idea, I was invited by Today's Golfer magazine to contribute to the 'No' camp - this is the full extended version of my comments (which appear on page 15 of the March 2012 edition (#292).

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Drive for show...

Extra distance. Added length. Obscenely long. 

Terminology with which we, as amateur golfers and suckers for marketing, are all too familiar. It seems that, despite the debates raging amongst the professional ranks about the distances being hit on tour and what can be done, the club manufacturers are sticking to the tried and tested principle of producing the gear which promises to give you the 'missing' extra yards off the tee. The question I have is 'Is it worth it?'

Monday 9 January 2012

Protect what's most valuable

The extremely unfortunate news of Paul Casey dislocating his shoulder, resulting in an untimely lay-off, and the ensuing debate on Twitter, got me quite cross (grr - how very British) about the 'avoidable injury'.