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Penalty or no penalty? These tricky scenarios will test you
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 12/11/2025
» Let's see how good you know your golf rules; Here's some questions that will get you thinking -- You and your opponent are using the same type of ball in a match and inadvertently play each other's ball into the green. You're not sure who played a shot with the wrong ball first, so you finish out the hole as if nothing happened. Penalty or no penalty?
Staying in the swing beyond 60
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 04/12/2024
» As l edge slowly and carefully out of bed whilst discovering new twinges of pain, the reality of having to smack a little ball around a course later in the day becomes a worrying harsh reality.
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.
This game is a trial of true character
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 02/02/2020
» Golf is a lonely game. In spite of its associations with conviviality and sociable club life, it is essentially a highly introverted pastime.
Parents must let go the reins
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 11/08/2019
» Lydia Ko's former swing coach David Leadbetter recently offered his opinion on why the New Zealander is struggling with her game at the moment.
Political correctness forced upon Garcia
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 07/04/2019
» The term political correctness is used to describe language, policies or measures that are intended to avoid offence or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Let's include golfers here.
Let's play game little quicker
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 16/12/2018
» In a couple of weeks several new rules will be introduced to our game to help with the pace of play -- in other words let's all play a little quicker please.
Fine players, caddies heavily if they don't shout fore
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 07/10/2018
» I was very impressed with the inspirational video that the European Tour produced to motivate their team prior to last week's Ryder Cup. The older gentleman talking at the beginning many of you will not recognise -- but I did, as he and his father were my teachers when I first started out in the game.