Credit Where Credit’s Due

That some of the older golf courses sit at the top of the world course rankings is largely due to the labours of now highly celebrated golf course architects. The likes of Harry Colt and Alistair McKenzie, to name just a couple, are household names to any golf enthusiast. Their achievements are all the more remarkable when considering the equipment available to them in those bygone days. In the ‘Harry Colt’ generation, the opportunity of creating artificial and expansive features simply wasn’t conceivable. No island greens, manufactured dunes, or artificially raised tees. Instead,…Read more …

Irrigation Irritation

The fairways of Wentworth were, as ever, lush and green for the duration of the BMW PGA Championship, but they weren’t as colourful as Ernie Els’ language on the Saturday evening. If you didn’t read about it, his tirade centred on the lack of water applied to greens, which, according to him, had made them unplayable in places. Poor Ernie has come in for a fair amount of stick since helping to redesign this Harry Colt classic and he’s clearly a little sensitive to criticism now.  There’s no doubt his lashing out was,…Read more …