State Of The Game – Is It Time To Start Worrying?

The last decade or so has seen a crucial change in the image of golf. Gone are the stuffy blazers (both literally and metaphorically) and in their place we’ve had Ian Poulter’s hair, fashionable outfits, more relaxed policies and the sense that golf is moving with the times.  Personally, I love all the old-fashioned stuff but I understand that won’t attract the next generation and I certainly welcome the game modernising where it needs to in order to secure a healthy future. And surely that’s central to the remit of the governing bodies,…Read more …

Signing Your Life Away

Guest Blogger - Gary Evans  Within a whisker of winning the 2002 Open and one of only a handful of players to make an Open albatross, ex-European Tour player Gary Evans shares his thoughts on Rory McIlroy's now infamous switch to Nike. How many times will we see a player be successful with one brand (and a set of sponsors) and taste a large degree of success, then, just when they hit the top of the world…they decide to change everything for what appears to be a bloody big cheque and no other…Read more …