Famous Hole-in-Ones

The triumphant European victory at the Solheim Cup last week created some lasting memories, not least the enduring (and endearing) image of 17 year old Charley Hull asking Paula Creamer to sign a golf ball for her friend back in the UK, having just handed her a 5&4 drubbing! The success marked the first time a European Team has won on US soil, and it was all the more impressive for the comprehensive margin of victory. But this wasn’t the only precedent set at the Solheim Cup in 2013.  Caroline Hedwall became the…Read more …

The Late Blossoming of an English Rose

Seventeen years is a long time in golf – more than the lifetime of Masters’ competitor, Guan Tianlang, in fact, and far more than the career-span of many tour golfers.  So, a Major title for an Englishman was long overdue (Lawrie, Clarke, McDowell and McIlroy have claimed them for Scotland and Northern Ireland more recently – or “Britain”, as we English would like to say). It was Nick Faldo at The Masters, back in 1996, that we last saw an English pair of hands on one of the four most coveted trophies in…Read more …