by John Craven | May 29, 2019 | Columns
You’ve got to love the grand oul stretch in the evenings. I had the pleasure of joining two hackers for a hit after work on Monday; teed up at 7pm and had nine holes finished before nine. Where did we play? Where else but the R&R in Dunboyne, a golf course with a...
by Bernie McGuire | Mar 6, 2019 | Columns
I’m no fan of winter golf. As a general rule, if my dogs are hesitant to venture out for their beloved walks, then why the hell would I voluntarily subject myself to the displeasure of four hours of it. Nor am I much of a range rat, finding the monotony hard to...
by Bernie McGuire | Mar 6, 2019 | General News
Rickie Fowler / Image from Getty Images The game’s leading tour players have been making their feelings known since the rule changes at the start of the year with Rickie Fowler taking his actions to a whole new level. Rickie Fowler; cheeky chappy or shrewd operator...
by John Craven | Jan 31, 2019 | Columns
Haotong Li / Image from Getty Images Rules are likes mothers; you can’t live with them, can’t live without them. That’s a risky opener I know and I say it as a 28-year-old who’s just moved back into his parents’ abode after two years of independence in London....
by Bernie McGuire | Aug 1, 2018 | Golf Ireland News, Tour News
A subject of debate for a while now, the R&A and USGA are taking on the whole issue of green reading books, those incredibly detailed maps of the greens on a course used by pros before and during tournaments, and say these books are taking away some of the...