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Morri: Golf at Moore Park not just a numbers game

Morri: Golf at Moore Park not just a numbers game

It might be a game of numbers but golf – and especially public golf – is much more than a numbers game. 22 Mar 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #38 - Matt Millar

The Thing About Golf Podcast #38 - Matt Millar

At the age of 46 Matt Millar is an anomaly in the modern professional game. 17 Mar 2021
Morri: Players and Olympics common fix

Morri: Players and Olympics common fix

In a funny way The Players Championship and the Olympics face polar opposite problems which – ironically – share the same solution. 15 Mar 2021
Morri: DeChambeau didn’t start distance debate

Morri: DeChambeau didn’t start distance debate

There are a couple of intertwined narratives developing around Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Bryson DeChambeau that are as lazy and wrong as they are irritating and misleading. 8 Mar 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #37 - Nick Price

The Thing About Golf Podcast #37 - Nick Price

Of all the players who have ascended to World No.1 since the rankings began in 1986, Zimbabwe’s Nick Price is the one who attracts the least attention. 3 Mar 2021
Morri: Golf’s contrived efforts

Morri: Golf’s contrived efforts

Shameless self-promotion time. Last week, we had a fascinating discussion on the Good-Good Golf Podcast about the notions of ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ golf. 1 Mar 2021
Morri: The misinformed attack on public golf

Morri: The misinformed attack on public golf

It’s tiring – and frankly tiresome – to constantly argue about public golf with people who are not only completely uninformed about the game but apparently wilfully ignorant. 22 Feb 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #36 - Mat Goggin

The Thing About Golf Podcast #36 - Mat Goggin

There isn’t much Mat Goggin hasn’t done in the game of golf, from Australian Amateur champion to professional tournament winner. 17 Feb 2021
Morri: Distance and golf’s footprint issue

Morri: Distance and golf’s footprint issue

The potential for changes to equipment will understandably grab the limelight in discussions about the Distance Insights Report but it is elsewhere within the study that the most important work is being done. 15 Feb 2021
Morri: Spieth’s welcome return

Morri: Spieth’s welcome return

The question is so compelling because it has no obvious answer: What is it that makes some players so much more ‘watchable’ than others? 8 Feb 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #35 - Dame Laura Davies

The Thing About Golf Podcast #35 - Dame Laura Davies

For more than 30 years Laura Davies has been a breath of fresh air in the game. 3 Feb 2021
Morri: Two sided coin

Morri: Two sided coin

What a weekend it was for golf. The brilliance of the Geoff Ogilvy sponsored Players Series tournament in Victoria offset by the debacle of Patrick Reed and the PGA Tour. 1 Feb 2021
Morri: More to McIlroy than victories

Morri: More to McIlroy than victories

Some say it’s Jimenez, others vote for DeChambeau but for mine the most interesting man in golf is – and has been for a long time – Rory McIlroy. 25 Jan 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #34 - Volunteer, Sue Thomson

The Thing About Golf Podcast #34 - Volunteer, Sue Thomson

Luckily for the game of golf there are people like Sue Thomson. She’s one of the army of unsung heroes upon whom the game relies around the world. 20 Jan 2021
Morri: The final roll of the dice for Paradise Palms

Morri: The final roll of the dice for Paradise Palms

It’s a sad truth that once a golf course is gone, it’s gone forever. History tells us that few courses, once closed, ever see another shot struck. 18 Jan 2021
MORRI: Actions speak louder than words

MORRI: Actions speak louder than words

Actions speak louder than words. Women Worth Watching. Both sayings so simple a child could grasp their meaning yet somehow apparently beyond the comprehension of many grown adults. 14 Dec 2020
Morri: The voice of golf

Morri: The voice of golf

Cricket had Richie Benaud, Formula 1 Murray Walker and soccer Les Murray. 7 Dec 2020
Morri: Making cents out of Moore Park debate

Morri: Making cents out of Moore Park debate

It’s not the most important facet of the discussion but the financial reality of Sydney Lord Mayor Clove Moore’s plan to cut Moore Park Golf Course to nine holes shouldn’t be overlooked. 30 Nov 2020
Morri: Changing nature of watching golf

Morri: Changing nature of watching golf

How much of this year’s Masters did you watch on an actual television? A tablet? Desktop, laptop or phone? 23 Nov 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #31 - Wade Ormsby

The Thing About Golf Podcast #31 - Wade Ormsby

Twice a Hong Kong Open winner Wade Ormsby is one of those golfers who has flown mostly under the radar for much of his career. 18 Nov 2020
Morri: Imperfect Augusta a sight for sore eyes

Morri: Imperfect Augusta a sight for sore eyes

Ironically, one of the most pleasing aspects of this year’s Masters was likely the one thing the green jackets hated the most. 16 Nov 2020