Opinion
The Handicap System's Real Flaw Isn't Sandbagging
Walk into any club bar after a Saturday medal and you will eventually hear it: someone accusing someone else, usually with a laugh that does not quite reach the …
Amateur Golf
Events
GB&I's Stunning Comeback Wins the Walker Cup at Lahinch
There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a golf crowd when a match comes down to one putt on one green, and Lahinch got the full version of it on …
PGA Tour
A Kid from Norristown Leads the U.S. Amateur Home to Merion
There is a particular kind of pressure that comes from playing a national championship in your own back garden, and Josh Ryan spent Tuesday proving he does not …
LPGA
Asterisk Talley Wins the U.S. Women's Amateur, and This Time There Was No Late Collapse
Asterisk Talley has come close before. The 17-year-old from California was the runner-up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, close enough to a major …
Opinion
In Praise of the Nineteenth Hole
Ask most golfers what they remember about a round played three years ago and the scorecard rarely comes up first. What comes up is the conversation afterwards, …
Tips and Instruction
Play to Your Miss: The Habit That Saves More Shots Than a New Driver
Ask most club golfers what they are working on and the answer usually involves getting rid of something: the slice, the pull, the ball that starts left and …
Opinion
Golf Doesn't Need You to Break 80
There is a particular kind of golfer who cannot enjoy a round until the maths has been settled. Somewhere around the twelfth hole, usually after a three-putt …
Opinion
Final Qualifying Is the Most Honest Day Left in Golf
This week twenty places in the year’s final major were handed out on the back of a single day’s golf, played across four courses by club …
Opinion
In Defence of the Ugly Swing
There is a particular kind of golfer who plays off eight, breaks 80 most weekends, and is quietly miserable about it. He is miserable because his swing does not …
Tips and Instruction
Getting Out of the Rough Without Making It Worse
Watch the US Open this week and you will see the best players in the world treat thick rough with a respect that most amateurs never quite manage. When a Tour …