From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

Individual scorecards rarely receive the level of public scrutiny that they did last week. At one end of the scale, the phenomenal efforts of Jim Furyk at the BMW Championship in Chicago on Friday lead to only the sixth ever sub -60 round on the PGA Tour. With 11 birdies and an eagle, Furyk’s score of 59 came about as close to golfing perfection as humanly possible – even if, amazingly, there was still room for one bogey blemish on the card! At the opposite end of the spectrum the merits of the…Read more …

Brocket Hall Golf Club, Melbourne Course Review

Just outside Welwyn-Garden-City in Hertfordshire, the Brocket Hall Estate holds an enviable reputation as one of London and the South East’s most prestigious golfing venues.  This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill golf club. There are two championship courses and a top class golf academy, plus the opportunity to indulge in some genuine fine dining and to stay overnight in the elegant Lodge accommodations. The courses are each named after 19th Century Prime Ministers, Lord Palmerston and Lord Melbourne, but they are very different in character.  The Palmerston is a woodland course that threads…Read more …
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