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Opinion: Why not a World Cup?
The AIG Women’s Open sits as one of the great events on the calendar each year. This year that is heightened by the venue, Walton Heath, one of the great English heathland courses no longer able to contain the bash and dash of the men’s game.
9 Aug 2023
Opinion: Engage rather than rage
Like clockwork every couple of months, golf, and more specifically golf courses, come under fire from people who believe the land and resources could be better used.
2 Aug 2023
Morri: Four is enough
It’s a circular, endless and ultimately stupid debate but let’s indulge for a moment regardless, shall we?
24 Jul 2023
Morri: After 250 starts, Alonso claims inspirational first win
It will get less attention than it deserves but Carmen Alonso’s win at the Ladies European Tour event in Finland at the weekend is the sort of feel good story professional golf could do with more of right now.
3 Jul 2023
Morri: Great Expectations
Fair or not fans (and by extension sponsors and media) latch on to personalities in sport and golf being a solo pursuit is more prone to hype than others.
26 Jun 2023
Opinion: It’s finally just about the golf
For the first time in a long time, this week’s U.S Open will be all about the golf once the first ball is in the air Thursday morning local time in Los Angeles.
15 Jun 2023
Morri: A great win for Zhang, and women’s golf in general
By definition it’s not every week a generational player comes along but those who made the effort to watch this week’s LPGA event were treated to an early look at just such a golfer.
5 Jun 2023
Opinion: Fitting end to a memorable, and bizarre, week
Brooks Koepka cemented his place as a major championship legend, Michael Block became golf’s new hero, Australia’s new wave took the torch and Phil Mickelson was … well Phil Mickelson.
22 May 2023
Opinion: It’s not major but the PNG Open plays a major role
The current state of men’s professional golf is an interesting one no matter where you sit in the LIV Golf vs PGA Tour debate, or even if you just like golf no matter who plays it or pays for it.
10 May 2023
Opinion: He’s just like us
Tiger Woods and I both started playing golf at a young age. We also share the fact that our professional lives are built around golf.
5 Apr 2023
Morri: Tour’s two birds one stone opportunity
You wonder sometimes if those in charge of the PGA Tour have any knowledge of, or perhaps even interest in, golf.
27 Mar 2023
Opinion: Hopefully it’s goodbye for now, not forever
This week marks a big moment in men’s professional golf with the abandonment of the World Golf Championship concept.
22 Mar 2023
Morri: Rollback could test power of ruling bodies
Leaving aside the golf specific elements, the most important development from last week’s rollback proposal might end up being the first real test of the legitimacy of the game’s governing bodies in living memory.
20 Mar 2023
Morri: Seventeen at Sawgrass proves entertaining doesn’t mean interesting
Sure it’s entertaining but is the iconic 17th at Sawgrass a ‘good’ golf hole?
13 Mar 2023
Morri: Golf’s new world order
It can be hard to see the big picture while events are unfolding in the moment but make no mistake about the fundamental nature and scale of the changes men’s professional golf is undergoing right now.
6 Mar 2023
Morri: Can Full Swing help golf’s greater good?
If golf and golfers are the measure then the Netflix documentary Full Swing would have to be considered a success.
27 Feb 2023
Morri: Warren’s Sunday an example for us all
There were better scores shot Sunday at the Vic Open but there may not have been a better round than that played by joint third place finisher Justin Warren.
13 Feb 2023
Morri: Rahm’s distance comments don’t measure up
It’s an unanswerable question (aren’t they usually the best kind?) but how much attention should we pay to the game’s best players when considering topics outside the actual playing of the game?
6 Feb 2023
Morri: What would Thommo think?
It can often be instructive when thinking about big issues facing the game today to wonder what the late, great Peter Thomson might have made of it all.
23 Jan 2023
Morri: Spaun’s untucked shirt reveals golf’s dumb side
It passes for ‘news’ when it shouldn’t but the great ‘untucked shirt debate’ of the weekend at Kapalua points to a much bigger discussion golf needs to be having.
9 Jan 2023
Morri: Game for the ages
It’s something we too often take for granted but the ability to play golf into later years – even at a high level – is one of the game’s greatest appeals.
12 Dec 2022
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