Hayling Golf Club Course Review

There’s something almost nostalgic about turning into the gorse lined entrance of Hayling Golf Club.  That’s not because it’s an old-fashioned club, far from it, I think it’s just to do with links golf conjuring thoughts of the game’s founding fathers, striding links courses in their buttoned tweed. That salty sea air is so evocative; the inviting wispy links grasses and windswept flags with the odd glimpse of a colourful beach hut in the distance. Links golf is hard to beat. There’s an anticipation that builds when arriving at Hayling Golf Club.  Unless…Read more …

No Return or No Respect?

Rory McIlroy’s decision to walk off the golf course halfway through the second round of the Honda Classic was the golfing story that dominated the newspapers and internet over the past week. I’m not going to speculate on his wisdom tooth explanation, indeed I’ve never had the misfortune to experience such pain, although I have experienced excruciatingly painful scoring which I suspect was the greater catalyst for his decision. On reflection, McIlroy has since conceded it was the wrong decision, but whatever way you look at it he produced a ‘No Return’ or…Read more …