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Find the ball fast or pay the price -- costly
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/02/2026
» The common feedback I've received from my recent rule tips have been asking for more clear simple explanations on queries involving penalty relief, ball movement, and on-course procedures. How long can you search for a ball and what's the penalty if you accidently move your ball on the green or bunker together with the ability to take free relief from abnormal ground conditions for example: ground under repair or temporary water.
Golf made simple: Key rules every player should know
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 01/10/2025
» Carrying on with some basic 'easy to understand' golf rules that we all need to know well. To correctly drop a golf ball, you must release the ball from your hand at knee height, allowing it to fall straight down without touching your body or equipment before hitting the ground. The ball must then land and come to rest within the defined relief area for that required situation. Should it bounce away from the dropping area you can try two more times. If still unsuccessful -- you can then place the ball. If you drop the ball incorrectly, you simply must re-drop it without penalty, but you incur a penalty if you play the ball from a wrong place after dropping it.
7-iron can transform your game
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 12/06/2024
» Finish with your forearms in front of you. A good finish shows what has gone on before it, let your head come up to look at the good shot. On your follow-through, the right foot merely helps to hold your balance. If you lose your balance whilst trying to do a perfect swing it is probably because your grip is too weak or too tight or both.
Develop right muscles with weighted club
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/02/2024
» I'm asked regularly on how you put backspin on iron shots. The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft of the club will automatically put backspin on it. But my answer is invariably too simple, as the average golfer thinks there's a secret that makes a middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backwards.
Driver, putter, wedge are the most important clubs
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 22/11/2023
» Here are a couple of swing points that every golf coach must explain over and over again.
Stonehill: A gem of a course waiting to be unveiled
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/10/2022
» I felt privileged looking at Thailand's newest golf course when I was granted a visit to Stonehill which will be unveiled to the world for all to see this week when it hosts the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok from Friday to Sunday.
Donald could skipper Europeans in Rome
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/02/2022
» The next European Ryder Cup captain could be Luke Donald as the 44-year-old Englishman has been supported by previous captain Padraig Harrington to lead the troops out in Rome.
Is McIlroy really easing up?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/12/2020
» Although Rory McIlroy protested his innocence from the unkind words he received recently from Tom Weiskopf, it's hard to believe a man who's won around US$60 million and whose net worth is estimated to be $122 million practises as hard as he did when he was just starting out, trying to earn his first cheque.
The prize money is rarely discussed!
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/11/2019
» My few lines last week about the disproportionate and lop-sided prize money has hit a raw nerve with many readers who have responded with their personal views.
Tiger turns sceptics and cynics into believers
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 21/04/2019
» Becoming cynical is part and parcel of reaching a certain stage in life. It involves believing that people are motivated by selfinterest and distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.