Ed’s View

Olympic Golf

With the Olympics finally upon us, it seems an appropriate time to cast our eyes forward to 2016, Rio and golf’s reinstatement in the schedule. Including golf in the Games will never be met with unanimous approval.  I understand the argument that Olympic gold should be the pinnacle of a sport for it to warrant inclusion (and therefore it’s not really the place for football, or tennis etc).  However, the official line is that its inclusion isn’t to make Olympic gold the greatest prize in golf (no chance) but to encourage the international…Read more …

What’s the Hold Up?

If dress codes and slow play aren’t the two most exhausted topics of clubhouse conversation then I’d like to know what are. Everyone has an opinion on the pros and cons of relaxing dress codes, but it’s slow play that’s in the headlines at the moment and is the major bug bear for golfers the length and breadth of the country. Speed is something that blights even the highest echelons of the game, with Jack Nicklaus recently adding his weight to the argument that slow play is wrecking the game.  Nicklaus said "I…Read more …
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