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 …

Shifts In Golf Course Design

Back in the early 1900s, when the majority of our now celebrated golf courses were being designed, the development process was often a simple matter of enlisting the help of a Harry Colt or a James Braid to advise on the design before setting about the land with the help of local farmers and labourers.  It’s a credit to these gentlemen that their course layouts are still regarded as some of the finest in the world. At the time, the concept of removing trees or using railway sleepers in bunkers was as cutting…Read more …
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