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Clubhead pace is the secret weapon today
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 08/04/2026
» Your ball is in what the Rules call "temporary water." You may play your ball as it lies or take free relief. You take free relief by finding the nearest point of complete relief where you are clear of the puddle and then drop your original ball away from the puddle and within one club-length of that point, not nearer the hole. You may also take relief from a puddle of water if your ball is in a bunker.
Club speed matters a great deal
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 05/04/2023
» Gone are the days of hitting a 240-yard drive, and the 150 you may have left to the pin would have meant reaching for a 7-iron.
Have we lost the plot regarding reality?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 15/03/2023
» A reader recently sent me the results and prize money breakdown of the Dunlop Masters played at the St Pierre Marriott Hotel and Country Club in Chepstow, Wales, 50 years ago.
Many tips from average golfers are useless
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 08/01/2023
» If you regularly practise around other golfers or play with a regular group of friends, you're going to be offered tips all the time.
Faulkner, flamboyant and eccentric
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 21/07/2019
» Flamboyant and some say "a wee bit eccentric" was Max Faulkner. According to golfer and commentator Peter Alliss, Faulkner never possessed a half decent set of golf clubs, yet he won the last British Open at Royal Portrush back in 1951. His clubs consisted of a mixture of stiff and whippy shafts with three 1-irons of varying lengths.
Visitors spend big in Australia
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 23/09/2018
» Here are some interesting figures about Australia's golf industry:
Ariya takes the fast lane to fame and millions
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 10/06/2018
» Newly-crowned US Women's Open champion Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand is in 39th spot in the LPGA career money list with around US$7 million in prize money so far.
It's getting away from grass roots
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/03/2018
» My uncle designed around 30 golf courses in Sweden and I remember looking at one of his old plans and the landing areas were around 210-220 yards from the men's tee -- now it is 260-280.