Four for One, and One for Four

For all but the most ardent golf fan, this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island will play second fiddle to the last few days of the Olympic Games but the mere fact they are overlapping got me thinking about comparisons.  What struck me the most was about frequency of opportunity and the neatly reflected parallels – the top golfers practising to peak four times every year, while Olympic athletes train to peak once every four years. From that, you’d argue that athletes have perhaps three chances in a lifetime to book their place…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 …