Golf ·
Gone for a swim
When I learnt from http://doggolf.info/ that Wales is among the least dog-friendly golfing corners of what for the moment, however inappropriately, we still call the United…
France ·
Golf and covid: the new abnormal
At least the lockdown spared us the torture of golf. Tasting an unfamiliar hint of serenity in the mixed salad of my mood, I can only…
Golf ·
Hickory Trickery
The Golf Collectors took their canvas bags and hickory sticks to Merioneth – some of them travelling by train, I trust – for their annual match…
France ·
Brittany at half term: le golf de Morbihan
Two weeks for half term in late October is a long haul for parents, especially those abandoned by their wives and daughters (in Venice for a…
Golf ·
“Is my friend in the bunker, or is the bastard on the green?”
A friendly golf match was played in an excellent spirit on Saturday, and needless to say the tactics employed came under close scrutiny at the de-briefing…
Golf ·
Wethered on the spoon
I doubt that my latest investment in golf, £2.50 for Golf From Two Sides by Roger and Joyce Wethered (1922), will do much for my game,…
Golf ·
Casper’s last stand
Tributes to the late Billy Casper have been strangely silent on the subject of his heroic 106 on the first day of the 2005 Masters, a…
Golf ·
A good walk soiled?
“I like a golf club that allows dogs,” a non-dog-owning friend told me the other day. “It makes the place more human, if that makes sense.”…
Golf ·
If it’s April, this must be Augusta
Mastering the Majors, round one. The Masters. Golf goes viral or at least mildly contagious four times a year, when a Major Championship is under way.…
Golf ·
Never up, never in
One of the skilful columnist’s tricks is to make us feel better about ourselves. We warm to him, and will read him again. There is enough…
Cycling holidays ·
More on golf and cycling
Serendipity? An idle moment in Wantage, and upon what should I chance but Darwin On The Green, keenly – I am tempted to say insultingly –…
Cycling holidays ·
Golf and cycling
In idle moments I have often googled golf and bicycle (or cycling). Almost nothing comes up, apart from a virtual debate about whether cycling is the…
Golf ·
Le Peugeot est mort! Vive le Rolex?
Up to a point … but the late and much to be lamented Peugeot Guide to Europe’s Top 1000 Golf Courses was so much better in…
Golf ·
Bernard Darwin’s Introductions
I have recently been sent a book, Introductions by Bernard Darwin, edited by Dick Verinder, an antiquarian golf enthusiast and publisher in Texas. Darwin is revered…
Golf ·
A new course for Vietnam
Vietnam comes as a shock to the system, like moving from the cold plunge to the steam room, only that journey does not take 12 hours…