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In December 2022, I wrote: “Enter LIV Golf this year: I have heard it described as the biggest ‘disrupter’ and ‘fracturing’ of professional golf in its history. Wives and families are no longer talking, fellow Ryder Cup teammates are no longer friends and the rhetoric at the top is toxic…..
I was changing in the locker room after play and a fellow golfer was singing that happy song ‘What a Day for a Daydream’ to himself. It kind of summed up the feeling of the day for all those invited to play in Paul McGinley’s recent press day at Donegal….
Today’s generation will not have the fond memories of many older golfers in this country, who remember making the annual pilgrimage to what was recognized, outside of GAA events, as the biggest sporting event of the year in Ireland. The golden years of the Irish Open were 1975 to 1995…..
I have just attended my first Men’s Olympic Games Golf event at the spectacular Albatros course at Le Golf National, which is famous for hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup. It is 124 years since golf was first recognised as an Olympic Sport in the Paris Games in 1900. It was….
The Northern Ireland golf experience is always special. It doesn’t matter when you visit. Expect exceptional links courses, majestic landscapes, first-class hospitality, and exciting nightlife. But something extraordinary awaits in 2025: The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. And you can be among the lucky few to witness this historic….
The Open is the greatest ‘major’ golf event of them all. It is truly the peoples’ tournament. This year 240,000 spectators will grace the dunes of the Ayrshire coast, overlooking the Irish Sea. There, at Royal Troon, they will witness who will become the Champion Golfer of the Year. It….
One of the great things about golf is that you can play it until you get very old. This sets the sport apart from most other active ball sports, where ‘father time’ dictates that it’s time to stop before your hurt yourself. The handicap system also ensures that both young….
I remember distinctly my first experience playing on ‘browns’. It was in my early years, on tour in the Nigerian Open in the 1970s. It took me completely by surprise to play golf to flat greens, that were just oiled sand, that had been rolled early that morning. They didn’t….
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