The End of the Dream for the Q School Hopefuls

Q School, generally seen as the toughest test in professional golf, got under way this week with players taking to the fairways at, amongst others, The Roxburgh Hotel & Golf Course in the Scottish Borders, De Vere Wychwood Park in Cheshire, and Ribagolfe near Lisbon, Portugal.  It’s the first of three gruelling stages that sift through hundreds of aspiring professional golfers, spitting out those who aren’t up to it (or just had a bad round). With so many phases and rounds to contend, and so few Tour Cards on offer, the process is already…Read more …

What’s the Hold Up?

If dress codes and slow play aren’t the two most exhausted topics of clubhouse conversation then I’d like to know what are. Everyone has an opinion on the pros and cons of relaxing dress codes, but it’s slow play that’s in the headlines at the moment and is the major bug bear for golfers the length and breadth of the country. Speed is something that blights even the highest echelons of the game, with Jack Nicklaus recently adding his weight to the argument that slow play is wrecking the game.  Nicklaus said "I…Read more …