Love golf? We have an App for that - January 2012
Sooner or later even the most stubborn of traditionalists among us are going to have to accept the fact that FootJoy really have terminated the Classics, and it's not all been some sort of strung-out marketing stunt, and, secondly, those blades we insist on carrying around really don't give us the margins we need these days. Sad, but true. We move on. |
Seve - June 2011
As the last remaining pages of this issue were sent to press in the early hours of Saturday May 7 it was announced that Seve Ballesteros had finally lost his battle with cancer following the brain tumour first diagnosed in October 2008. According to the five-time major champion’s official website, Seve passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family at his lifelong family home in Pedreña. He was 54. |
Now that's entertainment - November 2010
I make no excuses whatsoever for the indulgent coverage of the Ryder Cup that you are about to enjoy within this celebration issue – forget the rain and the mud and all of that tedious hanging about, the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor will be remembered as one of the greatest sporting events of all time... |
Into the Dragon's Den - September 2010
It's been quite some time since I last found myself in the position of delivering a few words of thanks to 'all the people who have made this possible...', the greenkeepers, playing partners, catering staff and so on (certainly while holding any sort of silverware – even a spoon!), but on the strength of the evidence you'll find inside our weighty Ryder Cup preview issue there are a number of people I would like to acknowledge, first for the generosity of their time but above all for the passion and enthusiasm they share for their subject. |
Soaking up the unique atmosphere - July 2010
You can imagine my excitement: a scratch player in my early 20s, and enjoying immensely a new role as Instruction Editor at Golf World magazine, I had been invited to play in the pro-am preceding the 1988 Dunhill Cup at St Andrews. It gets better. Tee time - 11am; playing professional - Sandy Lyle. Sandy Lyle! In his heyday! The '85 Open Champion and reigning Masters Champion. At the Home of Golf! |
Tiger in search of that California swing - June 2010
When you invite half a dozen experts to analyse and critique a golf swing, it's not unreasonable to expect a range of opinion and, well, spark off something of a debate - after all, there's nothing most pros and media-savvy commentators like better than to tee-up their spiel and show off their knowledge. |
Welcome to our Masters Review - May 2010
From the moment you arrive at the front of the Augusta National clubhouse you are struck by the scale of the place; by the unbelievable movement in the course, the sweeping fall and rise in elevation that characterises Alistair McKenzie's masterpiece as it twists through avenues of pine - pictures are hamstrung in their ability to convey quite what an unforgiving shot-making challenge the course represents. |
Over blown... in more ways than one! - March 2010
Tiger’s mea culpa was stage-managed to a tee, and yet the scripted monologue revealed very little, throwing up more questions than it did answers. You could say it was blown out of all context. |
More great golf with the experts - January 2010
Improve your driving with Pete Cowen and Europe's No.1 - and prepare for more of the same world-class teaching in 2010 as Gi increases in frequency to publish 8 times in Ryder Cup year... |
Memories of a close encounter - October 2009
For the cover story this issue I travelled to Worksop Golf Club to interview Lee Westwood. Our paths had crossed once before, many years ago, back in his amateur days. But surely he wouldn’t remember that... |
Turnberry was all Tom's - August 2009
Turnberry was magnificent, Tiger imperfect, Tom Watson simply incredible as he set about his week's work, so nearly writing perhaps the most remarkable chapter in golfing history. And we thought 1977 was good! |
Reproduced with kind permission of Golf International Magazine
