Our top-100 courses in Ireland ranking is anticipated by many, but not our own Ivan Morris! He was curious to know where a new favourite in Ballinrobe placed, however…
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Time the PGA Tour intervenes at Phoenix before someone gets seriously hurt
‘What’s it going to take to bring a halt to this nonsense before a player, a caddie, or any official will have their head split wide open by a flying full bottle of beer?’
How Hoffman & Theegala helped the fans find their voice
It wasn’t just boozed-up hole-in-one seekers making themselves heard last week. There was a very clear message from the world of golf. Fans matter, & independent contractors should take notice
Happy Gilmore grew the game & his legend lives on in Phoenix
‘You won’t catch two big fat naked bikers in the woods off 17 having sex but then TPC Scottsdale is desert country and a cactus is not to be trifled with’
How Maguire’s own standards surpass public expectation
“I’m obviously delighted for people to be able to enjoy the win, but at the same time, I’m the one hitting the shots and putting in the long hours. I’m the one that’s there at the range until dark, up first thing”
Leona Maguire – A Star is Born
Roddy Carr recalls the first time he met Leona Maguire and the characteristics that set her apart from the rest following her maiden LPGA Tour triumph
‘Golf’s headed for the gutter, and it’s dragging me down with it’
‘This is the way of the world these days, they tell me, as if that makes everything OK. What world is that? The one where I shop in Lidl contemplating splurging on the tin of Organic Tomatoes longer than I’d like to admit?’
Bunker Mentality on Saudi: Philanthropic Investment or Blood Money?
‘The ease with which a significant number of the world’s leading players have been recruited reveals that hard cash, petro-dollars and potentially blood money counts for more than human rights’
Forcing Never Works
‘Rory isn’t stupid but he plays with not a lot of intelligence. Rory looks more scared than ballsy – possibly because he has fallen into the trap of trying too hard?’
Rory McIlroy and a tale of two 3-woods
‘You can’t praise somebody for having the guts to go for broke on one occasion and roundly criticise them in a similar scenario based on result alone’ – That said, was Rory right to take on the water on Sunday?
The day McIlroy carried a long lens and got a media badge to follow his hero Woods
16 years ago the sight of a 16-year old curly-haired “cameraman” inside the ropes in Dubai following Tiger Woods didn’t go unnoticed. And the experience stayed with Rory McIlroy after all these years
Power in full bloom; Augusta’s azaleas within sniffing distance
There’s scarcely a golfer on Earth in better form than Seamus Power. Now inside the world’s top-50 with a Masters debut likely, Power can afford to dream much bigger than that
Finding a way through the demoralising frustration of playing bad golf
How often do we come to a crossroads in golf – give up or play on? Perhaps more often than we’d like to admit but this game will get to you, whether you’re a PGA Tour pro or a modest hacker
Is Seamus Power getting the recognition he deserves in Ireland?
“I think now he’s got that maiden victory, he’ll go on to really establish himself but then it’s a bit of a shame as what he’s been doing kind of goes unnoticed in Ireland”
Golf is a game of perfect, at least for some
‘If these players are as good as we know they are, then they should be properly tested more often, with their wits pitted against the best course designers instead of being let bowl with the bumpers up’
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