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God’s own country

Two rounds of golf in two days – if you’d asked me a week ago whether I could manage even one without a buggy, I’d have laughed at you. I guess you find out little about yourself until and unless you try. The Old Course at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club near Forest Row is one [...]

October 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

But how stiff will I be this morning?

Yesterday I drove to Petersham for a warm-up round of golf with my brother and a Canadian relation in advance of my brother’s annual tournament later today in the heart of the East Sussex countryside. Both outings are something of an annual tradition. With having to manage my ongoing hip [...]

October 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup: some tips

Let’s face it, most of you will have followed the Ryder Cup it so there is not much I can usefully add. We saw some breathtaking golf and one or two mesmerising contests but the Europeans held the upper hand after the first afternoon. So I thought I might share my strategy with you which [...]

September 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup coverage

I virtually followed every moment of the Ryder Cup first day and, as you all know the state of play, I thought I might comment on the coverage. For the build-up on Thursday evening I listened to radio 5. This dumbed down the event by having a duet of musicians who composed or adapted songs about [...]

September 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup preview

The paradox of the Ryder Cup is its main attraction, namely that golf -the ultimate one-to-one contest- becomes an absorbing match between two sides. It does not have the traditions of the Ashes as the old formula of USA v UK became too one-sided, though ironically not now, but in recent years it [...]

September 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup Watch

The places are all settled now and my guesses proved correct, though hardly unexpected. The Europeans are favourites at 4-6 and certainly look the stronger side. I do regard Tiger Woods as  no loss but Dustin Johnson, for all his problems, is one of the world’s best and will be missed. [...]

September 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Scoring your card

Jamie Donaldson cemented his Ryder Cup place and Hunter Mahan made a case for one by winning the Czech Masters and Barclays respectively. Both tourneys had an exciting final day. Steve Palmer picked Hunter Mahan because he likes and has won on the Ridgway track. My reasoning was different: he was [...]

August 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

Time to assess

I was in high dudgeon in the Pargiter household after our daughter Emily’s engagement was called off by her fiance Dean, who is assistant pro at Moor Allerton. I suggested that, like Rory, he might go on to win his next three tourneys and £5m. My missus said I was bringing an unwelcome [...]

August 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Rory again and again and again

The US PGA is the ugly sister of the four majors. The Masters is first up on the golfing calendar and, rest assured, there will be articles on the azaleas, Gene Sarazen’s albatross, who will don the green jacket in Butler’s Cabin. The Open is what it says on the  claret jug [...]

August 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

An overnight sensation

It would be wrong to pretend that there are many advantages to being a lifelong early bird, but one of them is the opportunity it gives an individual to watch, live on television, era-defining events (often sporting) taking place in the United States of America which, depending upon which time zone [...]

August 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

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