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Oh dear Mr Poulter

I was a bit taken aback by Ian Poulter’s lack of backbone when recently interviewed about the LIV Tour by a panel of journalists. But it was one journalist in…

LIV Tour and other stuff

This new mega-money LIV Tour is causing a bit of a stir in the world of golf. Dustin Johnson reputedly has been paid a $26 million fee to play it….

What a day at Mortonhall

The sun shone, the course was immaculate, the birds were singing, old friends appeared, we chatted and laughed and made merry. It was altogether a very happy day. Don’t mention…

I can’t do stand up

I’m afraid I rather bombed at my stand up debut the other night. It was a pretty grim experience all told. But at least I know now I suppose that…

Local elections

I was perusing the Mail site and was struck by a comment made by some bloke who couldn’t understand how Labour got into Wandsworth. Has the chap never heard of…

On encountering some gruff locals

I was out practicing the other morning on the Strathyrum and was having some major problems with a hook. Now the Strath runs parallel to the Eden Course for a…

Charity at The Links Trust and more

I just paid my yearly residents ticket for my goff in St Andrews and am reeling a bit and picking myself off the floor somewhat. It’s gone up by 41.666666……

Good on Brian Viner but…

I had heard the story before but not from the horse’s mouth to be honest. I only read the real story in the Daily Mail last week when the man…

No title

I’m afraid that I’ve had zero inspiration in digging up a title for this post but thought I’d go with the flow as I’m sitting in Starbucks of a morning…

On Meeting Hugo Ticciati

I didn’t know at the time who he was as I’m not that much up on the modern day classical musical scene to be honest. But while working the other…