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Repair the green, respect the game
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 01/04/2026
» Ball marks, shoe damage such as spike marks and scrapes or indentations caused by equipment or a flagstick are regarded as damage to the putting green and therefore may be repaired. Also included would be old hole plugs, turf plugs, seams of cut turf and scrapes or indentations from maintenance tools or vehicles, animal tracks or hoof indentations, and embedded objects such as a stone, acorn, hail or tee and indentations caused by them.
Balance matters in swing
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 25/06/2025
» Make sure your legs are shoulder-width apart' because it's a straight forward requisite. Stand with your knees slightly bent with your feet gently angled. Your front foot should have a slight angle outward, or towards where you want to hit the ball. Your back foot should be angled at a 90-degree from the desired target.
Out of bounds: A humorous wish list for golf in 2025
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 25/12/2024
» Seeing that it's Christmas and the season of goodwill, instead of my usual tip, here's something different:
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.
Practise your swing to make it a natural movement
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 24/05/2023
» We are all human, and thoughts and emotions must be managed -- that's why golf is hard.
Molinari's big move to revive waning career
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 08/05/2022
» Just a few years ago Francesco Molinari was winning this or making another top-10 finish in that.
Gamble that backfired for Europe's Harrington at Ryder Cup
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 14/10/2021
» Shocking Etiquette and Terrible Behaviour were some of the British newspaper headlines the day after the US thrashed Europe 19-9 to win the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin last month.
'Lefty' becomes hero instead of TV commentator
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 30/05/2021
» Phil Mickelson's British Open victory at Muirfield in 2013 was supposed to be his last hurrah but he had his second hurray last week at Kiawah Island's windswept Ocean Course, one of the hardest layouts in the world.
It's harder if you are smaller in stature
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 22/12/2019
» Even the best golfers have a shot shape they are comfortable with.
Act like Jack, quell negative thoughts
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/04/2019
» There are holes that you routinely play poorly or have catastrophic meltdowns on.