Golf Features

Morri: Remember the name … Joo-hyung Kim

Morri: Remember the name … Joo-hyung Kim

The attention, as it should be, was at the top of the leaderboard at the Old Course as one of the more compelling majors in recent memory unfolded. 18 Jul 2022
Huggan: Can we have our Old Course back please?

Huggan: Can we have our Old Course back please?

By the presumably informed calculation of a guy going by the name, Tiger Woods, the Open Championship is not scheduled to return to the Old Course at St. Andrews until 2030. This is no bad thing. 17 Jul 2022
Huggan: Was this really goodbye, Tiger?

Huggan: Was this really goodbye, Tiger?

So, was this goodbye? Or merely “see you later?” 16 Jul 2022
Huggan: LIV a little … but not too much

Huggan: LIV a little … but not too much

It isn’t often that golf administrators are seen to choke, but we might just be treated to such a sight (literally) at the conclusion of this 150th Open Championship. 16 Jul 2022
Final St. Andrews goodbye to the ‘Voice of Golf’, Peter Alliss

Final St. Andrews goodbye to the ‘Voice of Golf’, Peter Alliss

The “Voice of Golf” fell silent in December 2020, but Peter Alliss will never really die. 14 Jul 2022
Kel v The King: Remembering Nagle’s Open win

Kel v The King: Remembering Nagle’s Open win

Sixty-two years ago this month, Kel Nagle stunned the golfing world when he held off a final round charge from Arnold Palmer to win the Centenary Open Championship at St. Andrews. 12 Jul 2022
Clayton: The brilliance of the Old Course

Clayton: The brilliance of the Old Course

Peter Thomson long argued The Old Course at St. Andrews was the game’s most important course and all others are mere copies. 12 Jul 2022
Huggan: My Open journey

Huggan: My Open journey

No one ever forgets their first time at The Open. 11 Jul 2022
Morri: In appreciation of the non-winners

Morri: In appreciation of the non-winners

For all the off-course chaos in the game right now, it’s encouraging to note golf still delivers a competitive spectacle unlike any other sport. 11 Jul 2022
Hayes: What would Jim Ferrier think?

Hayes: What would Jim Ferrier think?

It’s Open week, thank Ferrier (I’ve decided after much analysis that old Jim warrants being my golfing god). 11 Jul 2022
Clayton: Designing in the field

Clayton: Designing in the field

Normally a brief from a golf club or a client to a golf course architect is reasonably extensive. Something of an exception was Richard Sattler, the Barnbougle owner who simply told Tom Doak and I – “I don’t care what you do – just don’t screw it up.” 8 Jul 2022
Morri: A ‘revolution’ that smacks of sameness

Morri: A ‘revolution’ that smacks of sameness

It must feel quite surreal inside the LIV Golf bubble. For evidence, see Talor Gooch’s rightly lambasted delusional comparison of the LIV team event to the Ryder Cup. 4 Jul 2022
Morri: Not even close to a fair fight

Morri: Not even close to a fair fight

I don’t know how many ways there are to say this, but the game’s best women players deserve better. Much better. 27 Jun 2022
Opinion: Black clouds apparently alright for others

Opinion: Black clouds apparently alright for others

Let’s be honest. There exists almost no ideal time for significant news that won’t steal attention away from another tournament in the never ending cycle of professional golf. 22 Jun 2022
Morri: Comparing Saudi golf involvement is apples to oranges

Morri: Comparing Saudi golf involvement is apples to oranges

More than one person wondered aloud this week why the Ladies European Tour players teeing up in the Saudi-backed Aramco Team Series haven’t been subject to the same scrutiny as their male counterparts who have signed up for the LIV Tour. 20 Jun 2022
Huggan: My U.S Open takeaway (and it’s not fish & chips)

Huggan: My U.S Open takeaway (and it’s not fish & chips)

In America, they call a column like this “takeaways.” Where I come from that means a fish supper. But no matter. 20 Jun 2022
Huggan: The U.S. Open displays what LIV can’t buy

Huggan: The U.S. Open displays what LIV can’t buy

Before the 122nd U.S. Open began, much of the chatter around The Country Club was devoted to the first LIV event. No surprise there, of course, the evolution of the Saudi-backed Tour/circuit/series has been the talk of the other Tours for months now. 19 Jun 2022
Huggan: Scheffler and Daffue – opposite sides of Kipling's coin

Huggan: Scheffler and Daffue – opposite sides of Kipling's coin

Rudyard Kipling might have been a golfer. Then again, maybe not. But even if he never teed-up anywhere, you get the feeling the Englishman born in India knew a thing or two about the endless vagaries of the stick-and-ball game Scotland gave to the world. 18 Jun 2022
Huggan: Tarren continues multiple U.S. Open traditions

Huggan: Tarren continues multiple U.S. Open traditions

Amongst many, one of the great traditions at the U.S. Open is that the men who shoot some of the lowest scores on day one are often enough household names. But only in their own households. 17 Jun 2022
Huggan: Major force Zalatoris keen on tough test

Huggan: Major force Zalatoris keen on tough test

This week at The Country Club, Will Zalatoris will compete for only the ninth time in one of golf’s four most important events. He and they are already a more than snug fit. 16 Jun 2022
Huggan: Rahm’s (briefly interrupted) Brookline love in

Huggan: Rahm’s (briefly interrupted) Brookline love in

He’s the defending champion. He’s been to No.1 in the world. But not that many people are talking about Jon Rahm as a possible winner of this 122nd U.S. Open. Which is surprising, but then again, not. 15 Jun 2022