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Gladiatorial Entrance To The Ryder Cup

Posted on September 11, 2014
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There aren’t too many original articles kicking around in the lead up to the 2014 Ryder Cup. There’s the usual features on ‘The Holes Where The Ryder Cup Will Be Won And Lost’, ‘Likely Pairings’, ‘Team Profiles’ and ‘A Look Back At The 2012 Ryder Cup’ for the umpteenth time. In fairness, if you’re a keen golfer you won’t need much to get you excited for the Ryder Cup matches anyway, but it would make a pleasant change to find something a little more inspiring. I don’t admit to having the answers, but…Read more …

How will Rory McIlroy react?

Posted on August 14, 2014
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I’m sure that Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson and a fair few others wouldn’t have agreed with Colin Montgomerie’s pronouncement before last week’s PGA Championship that if Rory McIlory played well the rest were just playing for second place. I remember Monty making similar statements when Tiger Woods was in his prime, too. To be fair to Monty, he may be right (and it turned out he was last week) but golf is a game of such fine margins, prophecies usually come back to bite you. I like to think top professional sportsman would…Read more …