Stunning South Africa

A few years ago, while I still entertained ambitions of becoming a European Tour golfer, my winters were spent beating muddy balls on driving ranges, grinding on sodden short game areas, and bemoaning the lack of daylight hours. For the majority of the off-season this was the glamorous reality, but for a couple of weeks each year the opportunity arose to jet off to the warmth of South Africa.  Here, golf doesn’t get much better, with southern hemisphere summers providing the perfect antidote to our winters and the courses providing perfect playing conditions…Read more …

Foursomes

The Ryder Cup always serves as a reminder of how great the foursomes format is and how, for the large part, it has become something of a lost art in club golf.  Before you email me with detail of your frequent foursomes matches, let me start by saying that I’m not here to lament the loss of this form of the game – I’m aware a large number of clubs hold regular foursomes competitions and some more traditional clubs even make it mandatory for groups of four. What I’m thinking about is regular,…Read more …