Recent content by richbeech

Yea I agree with you mate, that’s sorta the point I was making. I’m a huge Rory fan but this unfortunately has been a big part of his career.

How many times have we seen this from Rory. Seemingly out of the tournament, goes out on the Sunday with no pressure and he’ll shoot 8/9/10 under to go from 20th to top 2/3.

I’ve just switched to midsize +4s and I’m wondering why I didn’t do it sooner. They feel great. Feels like I’ve got more control over the club. You particularly notice it when you hit shots where you’ve chocked down on the grip and it still feels like a proper grip in your hands. I haven’t got...

Just look at the scoring from the event. I think only 1 person broke par and a lot of people were double digits over. A close friend of mine played in it and he said Pete’s score of +3 was phenomenal for there. The greens did look scarey fast.

I was fortunate enough to play Woburn this year for our scratch team. I’m far from a scratch golfer but they were short. I would put that miles in front of Woodhall Spa, absolutely stunning course.

The Hotchkin is a decent course but I also think it’s a little overrated. For me it’s just too flat so you can’t really see the hole you’re playing. When you walk down the fairways it’s almost as if the horizon is just at your eye level so you can’t see the shaping of the fairway or green. I...

The amount of people getting triggered by the McGinley and Iona video is hilarious. I thought it was a great bit of content. McGinley isn’t patronising or condescending, he’s just explaining the dynamics of match play to Iona and how to get a competitive edge during the match and each shot. You...

This is a good point. Eventually they do get found out, but you'd be surprised how long they can get away with it. They can get paired with their mate who's a genuine low handicap and he drags them through on the day. No one is expected to win all the time so loosing a game or two won't really...

I also heard a bit of a naughty one recently where a known bandit at the club goes out and shoots 46 points in the pro shop roll up where prize money for 1st place regularly gets to over £100. Said bandit goes into the clubhouse after and tells another member (who hasn't gone out yet) that he's...

It's actually quite easy to spot when you know what to look for. It's that person who has an EG HI of around 0-2 but in comps always either shoots 84 or NR. You look at their scores on EG and see some level par rounds and 1 or 2 overs...but they're always on a Tuesday or Thursday, basically...

The reason they do it is to either keep up with their friends who are genuine low handicap golfers or, the more likely reason is so that they can gain entry into scratch / low handicap opens. These type of comps tend to be at better more prestigious courses. For example, there was an open at...

I'm in the camp of yes, for a special occasion, or just to play it once so you can tell the grandkids when you're watching the open on TV, I've played this course, I'd do it. There's no other sport that allows you to grace the same turf or theatre as the greats of the game. At the end of the...

I don't use mine through the winter months, mainly just to look after it so it doesn't get absolutely caked in mud. But I do also like to carry to do my bit to protect the course. After the last comp off whites this Saturday it'll be getting cleaned (by hand) and put away until spring. I put...

Not really - the Q with the follow function is around £400 more than the Vertex and I actually think the Vertex is a better trolley. It has nicer looking wheels (subjective I know) but it comes with an option for a 45 hole battery which the Q doesn't. The 45 hole battery is a beast and will...

I've been saying the exact same thing to my pals. The courses all over are so wet that it's going to take a good 6-8 weeks of dry warm weather for them to be in tournament condition. The weather has caused so much damage to the courses I've played recently.