Recent content by Swango1980

Yes, those big teams have all had their dodgy moments. As have most of the best English clubs. I think Spain will always have quality players in their league. A couple of huge clubs. Nice weather. More familiar culture for top Latin Americans. But, I suppose style of football might always be...

All that makes sense. But there is nothing to say the mat must be level with the slope of the land. And that is the point being debated. I have only used the rigid Spurk may. Any hint of a slope, the ball rolls off it.

I don't track their movements. But, as professional athletes, I assume so. They probably have gym workouts every day, personal trainers, dieticians, etc. It would be a massive oversight if they then just turned up to a golf simulator, like we would, and start bashing balls whilst drinking beer...

In a normal round of golf, it normally takes about 6 hours. There is a lot of standing around and waiting, I suspect much more than in TGL? At TGL, why would they not have the time to warm up?

I was half expecting Spurs to have sacked Tudor by this point today. Perhaps they are waiting for the Liverpool this weekend, to avoid bringing a new manager into a game they will almost certainly lose. Then bring in a new manager after that. Let them get settled, no pressure against Atletico to...

It's funny that this debate has only taken off in mid March, shortly before we are hopefully back to normal fairways. I guess some of us have either been quite content about how we and others have used the mats. Whilst others have been very troubled about a lack of information and guidance as...

Surely the course still needs to be protected during competitions? And given the competitions are likely to be pretty relaxed off-season comps to keep the swing going over the winter, does it really matter if mats are used? It is the same for everyone. It is not like clubs play their club champs...

Indeed, very logical, isn't it? Just like flattening the mat on a slope to stop your ball rolling off? I don't need the R&A or England Golf to confirm either of these things for me :)

Is something only correct if it is written down? I'm of the opinion that it is absolutely allowed for a fairway mat to not be perfectluy parallel to the ground, because if it wasn't, then the authorities would make it extremely clear. There is also no rule that says the fairway mat cannot be...

Been getting back into running in 2026, and have definitely started to get faster. Got the Lincoln 10K in a month. Had my knee MRI done, and the specialist seemed to be fairly neutral about it with me when discussing the results. Telling me there were operative and non-operative treatments, and...

As Lord Tyrion said, if the grass in the rough is higher than the ball, then the blades of the mower are not reaching the ball. I don't imagine they cut the rough to fairway level weeks or months before the event, and then let it grow, whilst allowing nobody to play the course so that no new...

A lot of work is done. But do you genuinely believe that they go out into every inch of rough and look for buried golf balls!?

Some have said they THINK that is the answer, without ever providing any documentation to back it up. And as someone pointed out, do the authorities really need to write up a big list of everything you CAN do? Of it was strictly prohibited, then you can guarantee that it will be written up...

I bet 99.9% of players that play that golf course every year are not professional golfers

I never get that argument too much, and sometimes wonder does is stem simply from the fact that we watch the PL every week, and have seen lower table sides get results against top sides from time to time? OK, Bayern are well beyond everyone in their league, but possibly also better than all...