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Opinion: Absolute mayhem at a U.S Open is long gone, so get on with it

Opinion: Absolute mayhem at a U.S Open is long gone, so get on with it

Ah, the U.S Open. 13 Jun 2024
Opinion: Brooks the man to catch at Valhalla, not Scottie

Opinion: Brooks the man to catch at Valhalla, not Scottie

We are a tick over a week out from the year's second men's major – The PGA Championship at Valhalla Country Club in Kentucky. 8 May 2024
Huggan: José María Olazábal – all that is best about the Masters

Huggan: José María Olazábal – all that is best about the Masters

Understandably, he won’t feature in too many headlines at this 88th playing of the Masters Tournament. 14 Apr 2024
Huggan: LIV update… or downdate

Huggan: LIV update… or downdate

The proud “father” that is Greg Norman came to watch his 13-strong LIV clan in action at the Masters Tournament. 13 Apr 2024
Huggan: The old boys speak

Huggan: The old boys speak

Plugging a brief gap between traditions here at the Masters, three legends of the game took their places in the interview room on Thursday morning. Having just hit their traditional tee-shots to officially open the 88th playing of golf’s so-called “rite of spring”, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson were primed to answer all the usual questions from the assembled journalists. Hey, it’s tradition... 12 Apr 2024
Huggan: State of the Augusta National nation

Huggan: State of the Augusta National nation

It really should begin with a member of the Monty Python team announcing “and now for something completely different”. But it doesn’t, of course. Instead, “Chairman Fred Ridley” does the opening honours at his own annual eve-of-Masters press conference. 11 Apr 2024
Huggan: Same old story for Augusta's Aussies

Huggan: Same old story for Augusta's Aussies

“There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.” – Eugene O’Neill 9 Apr 2024
Morri: Golf at Riviera is golf worth watching

Morri: Golf at Riviera is golf worth watching

Watching the play at Riviera this past week once again brought the role of the golf course in tournament play sharply into focus. 19 Feb 2024
Morri: Thoughts from left field

Morri: Thoughts from left field

Aaah the Phoenix Open. What more can be said. 12 Feb 2024
Morri: Please applaud Shina Kanizawa for ‘not robbing the bank’

Morri: Please applaud Shina Kanizawa for ‘not robbing the bank’

It struck while watching the third round of the Vic Open at the weekend that there is more to ‘the quality of the golf’ at a tournament than ‘ball hitting and putt holing’. 5 Feb 2024
Hayes: For compelling golf, matchplay is the answer

Hayes: For compelling golf, matchplay is the answer

For all the magic of golf, it’s often lost on those not already converts to its charms and nuances. 3 Feb 2024
Morri: Social media done right

Morri: Social media done right

For all its faults (and there are many, as we know) social media does at least one thing better than ‘traditional’ media ever has and that is offer direct access to the thoughts of some of the game’s best proponents. 29 Jan 2024
Morri: Does driver hold the key?

Morri: Does driver hold the key?

It was a throwaway line from DP World Tour player Andy Sullivan in Dubai, but it was telling about the distance debate on many levels. 22 Jan 2024
Morri: Out of the mouths of babes …

Morri: Out of the mouths of babes …

With Christmas fast approaching the temptation when one writes a regular column is to cast one’s mind back over the 12 months just passed and run through some highlights and lowlights. 18 Dec 2023
Morri: Great golf for all

Morri: Great golf for all

There will be a time and place to continue the debate about the merits of the mixed format of the Australian Opens. But now is not that time. 4 Dec 2023
Morri: Why we adore artists like Min Woo

Morri: Why we adore artists like Min Woo

The brilliant win by Min Woo Lee in Brisbane at the weekend reminded me of something often said by former touring pro turned course architect and fellow magazine columnist Mike Clayton. 27 Nov 2023
Morri: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

Morri: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

Some people apparently aren’t familiar with the saying ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’. 20 Nov 2023
Morri: The devil is in the details

Morri: The devil is in the details

More than once I’ve heard golf described as chess to other sports’ chequers and if you’ve ever tried to explain the game to a non-golfer the concept will resonate. 13 Nov 2023
Morri: Good for the body, great for the brain

Morri: Good for the body, great for the brain

We talk a lot about golf being great walking exercise and that’s true. But it’s more than just the body that gets a workout when you play a round. 6 Nov 2023
Morri: AAC a beautiful cleanser

Morri: AAC a beautiful cleanser

What a refreshing and timely reminder the Asia-Pacific Amateur was of all things good about golf. 30 Oct 2023
Morri: It’s time to mix up the Cup

Morri: It’s time to mix up the Cup

Vested interests and internal politics so often distract from the simplest answers facing the game and the fact the Presidents Cup is not already a mixed event might just be Exhibit A. 16 Oct 2023

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