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One wrong score for a hole can end your round
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 15/10/2025
» If you return a scorecard with a wrong score for a hole; the score you entered stands if it was higher than your actual score. However, you are disqualified if you return a score that is lower than your actual score or if you fail to return a score for a hole. Putting down a lower score is considered a serious breach of the rules and results in disqualification, unless an unknown penalty was the cause. Some professional tours have adopted a rule that gives players a 15-minute window to correct an incorrect score after leaving the scoring area.
The pitfalls of 'Hitting From the Top'
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/04/2024
» Players have managed to play well with a 'Hitting From the Top' action despite this flaw. But because some players are athletic enough to make a compensation move, they can get away with it, which doesn't make it any less disastrous for the average golfer. No one has found an instant cure for this particular ailment. Here is a list of things that cause Hitting From the Top; your grip is too weak, especially the left hand. Misuse of your forearms, meaning the use of the wrists instead of the forearms at the beginning of the backswing and at impact.
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.
Reminiscing what it used to be like at Open
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/07/2022
» I was trying to explain recently to a group of juniors how the professional game of golf has advanced over the years.
Media meets in desperate need of a fresh look
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 19/06/2022
» Listening to pre-tournament player interviews, especially during this week's US Open, has always been cringeworthy to me.
Ryder Cup brings out real personalities of players
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 26/09/2021
» I'm listening to the same old Ryder Cup cliches from players being interviewed who are adamant that their team bonding is wonderful, everybody is joking around, their captain is great and their swings are perfect.
There's no denying the importance of caddies
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 30/08/2021
» I had to smile the other day when I discovered that there's a Caddie Hall of Fame.
Stop topping the ball with this pretty simple exercise
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 27/12/2020
» A large part of topping can be traced to the lack of confidence and a failure to relax sufficiently during the shot.
Short-tempered golfers remain a source of amusement
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 07/06/2020
» It's now 25 years since I battled through the traffic and submitted my first golf tip to the sports editor of the Bangkok Post, and on reflection, of all the tips I've submitted over the years, I've not touched on the profanity in golf!
Condition of the course should be top of priorities
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/10/2018
» The photo is that of the greenkeepers who looked after Le Golf National in Paris which hosted the Ryder Cup recently.