Recent content by ForeThought

RGS you don't say - did you win the competition?

Its a good point - and one that some clubs are getting. At Goodwood - ok, no use to you in Rutland I know - members pay a smallish anual fee then buy bundles of credits which they then exchange for rounds of golf - rounds at popular times using up more credits than at less popular periods...

Me too. In my experience most shouts of fore are from the group behind when one of them misjudges the distance to the group in front, and the ball is bounding or probably dribbbling along the deck by the time it gets to the group in front - or more likely it peters out short of them. I...

The US system also leans towards the "aspirational" handicap. It takes the best 10 rounds from 20 then it awards a handicap based not on the average score of these rounds but on 96% of the average score. Thus US handicaps are also lower than the score that golfer usually makes.

Agreed. This isn't really good preparation for the Ryder Cup atmosphere!!! It needs to be higher profile.

Someone saying that I am needed? Only happy to oblige old boy! Having given it due consideration, my solution is as follows. 1. GM get lots of pitch repairers made with their logo on. 2. GM gets trays made on a pedestal (thinking bird-table type design here), which can be placed next to the...

Hang on! When someone queries my score on a hole, I explain to them how it breaks down. Often I and my marker have different scores for me on a score (often as not giving me too few shots, as well as too many. This is perfectly innocent and its all sorted out amicably. If this chap was not...

The BBC TV cricket commentators used to have an edict that they were not allowed to use the word "tragedy" in their commentaries. Quite right, too

If the tour was worried about the Seve Trophy not having a high enough profile and that most of the leading players do not take part, why not give automatic Ryder Cup qualification to the best performer in it? After all, its format and requirements are more akin to Ryder Cup play than the...

Hear! Hear!

Hear! Hear! to banning practice swings after a round has begun. It would speed play and as no-one could play them no-one would be disadvantaged comparatively. But what would speed everything up is if every golfer planed ahead. Some regularly only start to inspect the contours of the green when...

Why not go for it? You might not succeed but at least you wouldn't die wondering. And - just maybe - you might succeed, and what fun that would be!

The problem with someone like Peter Alliss is that they almost end up becoming a caricature of themselves. Richie Benaud in cricket went rather the same way.

Haven't we all played, or come across, dull 18-hole tracks where the holes have been crammed into a small amount of space? The result has been a series of mediocre holes with a predominance of short par 4s. In these cases perhaps an interesting 12-hole course could have been created on the land...

Why did Campbell want to miss those cuts???