Putting Up With The Pro-Am

It’s “wheelbarrow” season in the pro’s golfing calendar, as Ernie Els rather insensitively once put it.  That time of year when the top names travel the globe playing events for nothing more than the bucket loads of appearance money on offer.  Often these events include the obligatory pro-am to fulfil sponsors’ obligations and it will hardly be a surprise to hear that the pro-am divides opinion. If you believe the rumours, the pro-am is loved by the amateurs and loathed by the pros.  Alright, that may be a slightly unfair generalisation – a…Read more …

The Lost Art of Shot Making

Perhaps I’m showing my age here, but when I reminisce about my first set of golf clubs, I am faced with rather horrible images of a perished green leather golf bag (weighing an absolute tonne), a handful of different coloured TopFlites, a collection of useless gadgets I’d been given for Christmas including that circular blue rubber ball-cleaner filled with sponge – remember those? – and an assortment of antique golf clubs. “That’s what my bag looks like now!” I hear you cry, but I know you’re joking because no self-respecting golfer would be…Read more …