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Written by Sara Woodward
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 10:43 |
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 Golfers know how to wrap up against the elements. I put on two pairs of thick warm socks and my thermals. A lightweight fleece followed and I tucked a hand warmer in my pocket. I pulled my hat down over my ears and then put the kettle on.
The boiler is being replaced and it necessitates both the back and front door open wide. The open loft hatch allows the biting air to circulate more effectively. Micky-two-sugars and Kev-strong-and-black need more caffeine. It is a golfing day but the Golfing Gods have smiled and outside it is lashing with rain and the gale force winds whip through the trees taking branches with the leaves. Tough as they are, I cannot see the Swindlers venturing out in these conditions. We have had our foolhardy moments. One wintry day we headed off to the first tee with the sky laden with snow. We played twelve holes before the soft icy flakes began to fall. One little flake is a thing of great beauty and they soon coated the bare winter boughs and smothered the greens.
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Written by Sara Woodward
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 12:17 |
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The dollar has spoken and the power of the TV moguls has finally seen golf admitted to the Five Ring Club. The Chief Executive of the R&A, one Mr Peter Dawson, proclaims admission to the Olympic fold as a great day for the game, and everyone rubs their hands with glee at the thought of the gold at the end of the rainbow. But golf has a nasty secret, one which dare not speak its name.
Take a journey through the looking glass and lift up the carpet to see what has been swept underneath the R&A members’ crimson leather chairs. The Ambassadors of the game may wish to compare the honesty and integrity of the noble game with the sporting ideals of the Olympics, but they are being at the very least disingenuous, and golf dare not hold its head up as a shining beacon of ‘inclusively’, despite the fine words of the Chief Executive.
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Written by Sara Woodward
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Monday, 21 September 2009 13:55 |
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 Little did CONGU (the Council for National Golf Unions) realise the fire storm that would rage with the implementation of full handicap allowance for match play. The Council's arguments for changing from three quarter handicap allowance to full are backed up with statistical data and hypothetical scenarios of a low handicapp player versus a mid teen handicapper. Statistics are always open to various interpretations but it would appear that CONGU has done its homework and the dice was loaded in favour of the lower handicap golfer. Interestingly, CONGU says that it is only fair to consider the counter arguments.
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