Daddo: “Worming is not unlike golf … It’s about set up and attitude and belief”

Daddo: “Worming is not unlike golf … It’s about set up and attitude and belief”

You thought golf was hard. Have you tried worming? 24 Mar 2020
Daddo: “What if the older clubs performed as well as the newer clubs?”

Daddo: “What if the older clubs performed as well as the newer clubs?”

Having never hidden my desire to hold on to history, I wondered during a moment of absent thought, what if the old stuff is as good as the new stuff? 10 Mar 2020
Daddo: “You want to borrow Adam Scott’s barstool”

Daddo: “You want to borrow Adam Scott’s barstool”

It’s a golf day, not unlike any other. 26 Feb 2020
Daddo: The joys of playing with hickory clubs

Daddo: The joys of playing with hickory clubs

"Hickory is the new black.” I heard it more than once. 11 Dec 2019
Daddo: "Pants off, with undies well hitched, I was a man on a hickory mission"

Daddo: "Pants off, with undies well hitched, I was a man on a hickory mission"

So just how did I end up in my underpants in the pond between the 5th and 6th holes in fading light? 18 Nov 2019
Daddo: I love it when a plan comes together

Daddo: I love it when a plan comes together

Sometimes, you just find yourself in the wrong place. 22 Oct 2019
Daddo: Sweet dreams are made of golf

Daddo: Sweet dreams are made of golf

First tee first shot. Second shot. Third shot. Fourth, fifth and sixth shots. Wedge in, chip back to the putting surface. Two putt – wipe. 9 Oct 2019
Daddo: Born to tinker

Daddo: Born to tinker

Some writers say writer’s block doesn’t exist. They say you just have to work harder, by plonking yourself at your desk where you must write and write and write until the good words come. I say bollocks to that. But for fear of offending anyone, it may also be true. 15 Aug 2019
Daddo: Postcards from golf’s next frontier (I hope)

Daddo: Postcards from golf’s next frontier (I hope)

I’ve just had a month off the tools. 14 May 2019
Daddo: You can’t ignore the ‘E’ word

Daddo: You can’t ignore the ‘E’ word

Should I have realised something was afoot on the 1st? Should the vaguely strangled, “oh, oh. Ooopsie. Oh, shoot,” followed by a gentle ‘crash’ have raised an internal alarm? Probably. 30 Apr 2019
Daddo: ‘The search’ just keeps on giving

Daddo: ‘The search’ just keeps on giving

It’s been an exhaustive search to find the place that no thinking golfer will go. And now, it would seem I’ve finally found my Nirvana. 20 Mar 2019
Daddo: A Youthful Love of the Game

Daddo: A Youthful Love of the Game

Legendary Australian artist Ken Done once said he wanted to “paint like a five year old.” 22 Feb 2019
Daddo: Prepping for my major

Daddo: Prepping for my major

I thought the Monthly Medal was something to look forward to. 10 Dec 2018
DADDO: Me … superstitious? Not a chance

DADDO: Me … superstitious? Not a chance

Superstitions? Yeah, I got a few: nothing I can’t handle. It’s not like I’m headless if I step on a crack in the pavement, see a black cat cross my path or don’t find an east-west facing spot in the golf club carpark on a Saturday morning. 29 Jun 2018
DADDO: Stalking Steve Williams

DADDO: Stalking Steve Williams

I’m on the range pre-dawn of day one for the New Zealand Open. The gentle hum of a generator pumping wattage into the floodlights is the bass line to the non-rhythmic thwack of golf clubs colliding with golf balls. 24 May 2018
DADDO: It’s a funny game, isn't it!

DADDO: It’s a funny game, isn't it!

Hilarious, actually. Like, there are moments when it’s turned me inside out and had me ready to wet my pants with myrrh and then, there’re those other days. 22 Jan 2018
DADDO: Golf and the unbreakable bond

DADDO: Golf and the unbreakable bond

How do you know it’s been too long between golf games? 21 Sep 2017
DADDO: I can't keep this secret any longer

DADDO: I can't keep this secret any longer

Every golfer has a secret: A hidden gem we file away and hope to remember at the start of a round, not the end. It rarely works out that way, though. 25 Aug 2017
DADDO: How Good Is Golf?

DADDO: How Good Is Golf?

By way of introduction, I’ve tried to figure how our game got its tendrils into me and weaselled away until I was under her spell. It all happened a long time ago, I know that, but it’s hard to peg the actual moment. 26 Jun 2017
Jason Day - Balancing Act

Jason Day - Balancing Act

Jason Day had an ordinary season by his standards in 2012. Now he just has to work out how to juggle being the best dad and pro-golfer he can be. 3 Apr 2013
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Geoff Ogilvy

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy has opinions and ideas and he's not afraid to express them, which usually provokes further thought. 26 Sep 2012