Through the game of golf, one meets many wonderful and unforgettable people. The legendary, Wattie Sullivan, the long-time professional at The Grange Golf Club in Rathfarnham, who died aged 94 last week, is one of them. Nor would I be unique in saying so. Three weeks...
Bobby Jones never revealed exactly why he retired from active competitive play at the age of 28 after winning what was then known as The Great Quadrilateral in 1930: U.S. and British Amateur Championships and the U.S. Open and (British) Open Championship all in the...
It is well proven that golf prolongs one’s life and is good for one’s health. One doesn’t give up golf because one is getting old, one gets old because one gives up golf! I’m in my mid-70s now and at my age I’ll never be an improving golfer again but I’m still...
It was Dr Alister MacKenzie who said: A golf course that does not permit low scoring has something wrong with it, but – there is a limit. We had more than a glimpse that the limit might have been breached last weekend at the renowned Riviera in Los Angeles when...
I’m not a fan of the top-100 golf course rankings published annually by magazines and give them scant attention. How does one differentiate between the landscapes and characteristics of a seaside links, a heathland, or a parkland golf course? Each style has its merits...
