You da Man!

Next week, the Ryder Cup will take centre stage, faces glued to television sets in the homes of golfing enthusiasts across the country.  Whether or not you’re a fan of Monty, Butch, and Ewan, the Shot Centre or detailed analysis, the coverage is undeniably comprehensive.  Between the snippets of live golf coverage it’s reasonable to assume there’ll also be an unwelcome quota of repetitive commercials, too, but there’s no escaping that. The adverts might be frequent and annoying, but in terms of the live golf coverage I’m sure I speak for the majority…Read more …

Olympic Golf

With the Olympics finally upon us, it seems an appropriate time to cast our eyes forward to 2016, Rio and golf’s reinstatement in the schedule. Including golf in the Games will never be met with unanimous approval.  I understand the argument that Olympic gold should be the pinnacle of a sport for it to warrant inclusion (and therefore it’s not really the place for football, or tennis etc).  However, the official line is that its inclusion isn’t to make Olympic gold the greatest prize in golf (no chance) but to encourage the international…Read more …