EXCUSES COMPRISE A sizeable plank of amateur golf. So often that hideous snap hook into the nearby garden or a grisly shank last seen bounding down the cart path is really not our fault. No really it isn’t. How could it be when we simply do not hit shots like that? So we thought that, seeing that it is awards season for all sorts of things, we would present our own golfing Oscars for the 10 top excuses for truly dreadful golf shots. Continue reading
CURIOSER AND CURIOSER. At a time when the likes of England Golf is trying to spread the word about golf becoming more inclusive, encouraging youngsters and women into the game, a number of course owners seem to be moving in a totally different direction and producing products that only the truly mega-rich can afford. Continue reading
YOU WON’T FIND Kington Golf Club in any great golf courses’ guide but that is absolutely no reason to ignore this wonderful little course clinging, almost precariously, to the top of Bradnor Hill in far West Herefordshire. At 1,280 feet, Kington was once the highest 18-hole course in England although since Alston Moor in Cumbria was extended it has now been relegated to second place. What this most welcoming of clubs is most certainly is the best in the county and one well worth making a detour to play. Continue reading
Royal Ashdown Forest GC may be a bunkerless beauty but Tim Cowley shows members how to cope when sand just in case any is found at other clubs.
“To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it’s detachment.”
Sam Snead
SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT MONTH…….