Ed’s View

Golf Grand Slam In Sight

Just imagine this scenario heading into next week’s PGA Championship..... Tiger Woods has already strolled to a runaway victory in The Masters at the beginning of April. He follows it up in June with a narrow play-off win at Merion for the US Open title, before casting aside the field in a masterful display at Muirfield to take home The Open Championship.  The first three Major titles of the year are in the bag and the fabled ‘Grand Slam’ is within reach. Three down, and just one to go. Now, on the eve…Read more …

Ernie, The Claret Jug and Me

If someone had told me I’d have my hands on the Claret Jug at 6am on the morning after The Open Championship had finished at Muirfield in 2002, I would have jumped to thinking a Cinderella story had unfolded.  Scraping through Open Qualifying; a miracle first round; a clubhouse lead; a battle with nerves to hang on down the stretch; that four foot putt to win..... I can but dream.  Sadly for me, I’d have been mistaken about the reason but the facts were correct – I did have my hands on the…Read more …
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