US Open Qualifying at Walton Heath

Whether it’s the Ashes, Wimbledon, Six Nations, Premiership football, Grand Prix or any other live professional sport you might be tempted to go and watch, the one thing you know they have in common is the price – a steep one.  In these days of thinning wallets, it leaves you with a tough decision to make if you really want to go. As far as golf is concerned, the opportunity to indulge only comes around once or perhaps twice a year depending on where The Open is being played and how far you’re…Read more …

State Of The Game – Is It Time To Start Worrying?

The last decade or so has seen a crucial change in the image of golf. Gone are the stuffy blazers (both literally and metaphorically) and in their place we’ve had Ian Poulter’s hair, fashionable outfits, more relaxed policies and the sense that golf is moving with the times.  Personally, I love all the old-fashioned stuff but I understand that won’t attract the next generation and I certainly welcome the game modernising where it needs to in order to secure a healthy future. And surely that’s central to the remit of the governing bodies,…Read more …