Ed’s View

The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful

And so it all begins.  The golfing season, Amen Corner, vibrant azaleas, and one more iconic Green Jacket slipped on to the shoulders of a new Champion (or perhaps an old one?).  We won’t be sorry to say goodbye to the pre-season – all that dismally wet and windy weather (at least for those of us in the UK) – so the 78th Masters Tournament at Augusta National can’t come soon enough. It’s food for the golfing soul, and never fails to whet our appetite for the game. But as the title suggests,…Read more …

Eisenhower Eventually Gets His Wish

With the weather that battered so much of the UK last week came the inevitable clear-up operation at golf clubs that found themselves submerged.  I’m sure there were plenty of fallen trees and damaged buildings to contend with as well. Across the Pond, our American cousins have been suffering too– weather it’s the Californian droughts or the Polar Vortex, they have taken quite a bashing. And alas, one of the most famous trees in the game of golf has fallen victim.  Augusta National’s ‘Eisenhower Tree’ succumbed to a particularly harsh ice-storm last weekend…Read more …
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