Ed’s View

Open Competitions – Making More of Golf Club Membership

Persuading the ’nomadic’ golfer to join a golf club is a tall order.  In the current economic climate, even the most ardent advocate of membership would concede that financial priorities, job security, and the international nature of work these days, mean that many are, quite understandably, reluctant to commit to life as a full golf club member. Making matters worse, the likes of 2-for-1 discount schemes leave many thinking they can play an awful lot of golf on a wide variety of courses for less than the cost of joining a club. So,…Read more …

Best Of The Best

If I told you there have only ever been 16 ‘Official World Number 1’ golfers, you’d assume the list would include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tom Watson, and the other greats of the post-war era.  You’d be mistaken, though, as the ‘Official World Golf Rankings’ only came into being in the spring of 1986 and were first topped by a meticulous German by the name of Bernhard Langer, before Seve Ballesteros took over just a few weeks later.  That was a period of great success for European golfers, which now seems…Read more …
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