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Major overload

Last time when I wrote about it being a Major week my good friend whose name happens to be Major commented that every week is. As I look to this week and the PGA Championship I almost feel like he is right. Another Major is on the door step!
Last week the WGC at Akron, Ohio, was played and even I... more »

Twittering away

Event though I am not on it (yet…), I have to say that Twitter is an interesting medium. Yesterday and the day before there was an intense discussion between Ian Poulter and some of his one million or so followers. Ian had made comments about the, in his eyes, poor scoring at the English... more »

Another week

The Open Championship has come and gone and by now even the last spectators should have left Royal St George’s. Apparently those that chose to use the high speed service from St Pancras found themselves in a bit of a line trying to walk back to the station on the weekend. Given the... more »

What you didn’t see…

An English Amateur is in a tie for the lead at the Open Championship at Royal St George’s. Tom Lewis completed a fabulous first round late on Thursday to share the overnight lead with slightly more experienced Tomas Bjorn from Denmark. It is easy to say that Tom’s performance today is... more »

The wake up call

On reflection one could say that my previous post this week was a way to create a self fulfilling prophecy. On the other hand it could be said that the results in the European Championships this week have confirmed something we have long feared for. Young, brave European countries are running away... more »

The changing landscape of European Golf

Last night I was on the phone for about an hour with a journalist from the Wall Street Journal. He wasn’t interested in my forecast on the European financial crisis but he is doing a piece on the changing landscape of the World of Golf and how different countries work to support their young... more »