Recent content by The Squirrel

Famously, Greggs actually copied the strategy first tried by McDonalds (with notable success) of investing in decent coffee beans and selling coffee at a keen price as something of a lower margin or loss leader product in the hope that you’ll buy plenty of other stuff too. So although coffee...

When I lost my driver cover I could have spent £40 on a new correctly branded one or £8 on a AliExpress/Temu branded knockoff or £0 and used an old sock or something. Went the knockoff route and I can’t tell the difference between that and a genuine one, so I’d say do that.

Bit harsh having Duckett and Carse on that list. Carse in particular: averaging under 30 in this series and playing all 5 tests (no other England bowler managed anything like that workload without breaking down). That’s pretty much the opposite of a player ready for the scrap heap - what more...

Well the highest probability of being right for any and every given major is to go: Masters. Scheffler PGA. Scheffler US open. Scheffler Open. Scheffler So take that as my "scientific" pick. More of a interesting selection would be: Masters: Theegala - relying on 2024 version rather than...

Absolutely 100% do it. When you're both a few years older then your own tastes and interests may not overlap all that much with a typical 10-18 yr old girl ( :LOL: ), but if she likes golf then you'll still have something fun you can do together and both enjoy. It may or may not work (I have 2...

Mrs S was talking yesterday with a client about both having golfing daughters. Mrs S just happens to mention that ours is outgrowing her clubs. Today he turns up carrying a nice set of irons that his (older than ours) daughter has moved on from and insists we take it. Looks just right for...

Score 80 or lower at least once. Might even get myself a handicap even though I still think the entire concept is stupid 😜.

Hit a 300+ yard drive today. Then I had to tee off with a 5-wood on the next hole or I would have hit through the (temp) green. On a par 4. Got to love a rock-hard fairway with basically zero rolling resistance 🤣

Played there last year on the way up to Scotland (it was at your suggestion 😄!). The very nice lunch with views we had in the clubhouse helps its cause.

So just booked an unexpected trip to Berwick upon Tweed. The brain then, of course, goes straight to the golfing possibilities. Probably looking at one round at a ‘nice’ course and one at a ‘fun’ course, maybe with a couple of less regular players joining us for the fun round - so nowhere too...

I get this. If you do somehow absolutely nail a tee shot there’s something intrinsically very satisfying about the length of the walk striding down the fairway.

No idea on stats Highlight was a trip playing 2 of the Gullane courses in lovely July weather with Little Miss Squirrel on successive days. I’m a fairly new player. Entering the year my best ever round was 97 and the target was break 90. Best round of the year was 86 (done twice so at least...

Favourite bit of my local off-licence is the shelf of cheapness by the door where they sell off expired beer etc 1-6 months past date at very low prices. All the offer/price posters have expiry date in big writing, so you know exactly what you’re getting and can make your own choice...

I forced encouraged mine to go and watch a Somerset T20 game. They have no connection to Somerset (other than seeing their Dad cheer on the team) as they weren’t born there and live 200 miles away; and not all that much interest in cricket beyond playing it at school. Tempted them by telling...

No. He’s not even at the line. He’s on 1600 points while you needed 2200 last year to make it. That said, he is already basically guaranteed to be in the Race to Dubai playoffs; so he’ll have to play remarkably badly or be injured all year not to be PGAT eligible from here.