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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.
Master your left-hand placement
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 30/10/2024
» When you place your left hand on the club you should have the feeling that your thumb is more or less on the top of the shaft. Whilst looking down you should see two knuckles on the back of your hand, the crease formed between the first knuckle on the index finger and the thumb, should be pointing to your right ear.
Get a grip on your game!
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 23/10/2024
» A good grip doesn't automatically mean that you'll have a good-looking swing, but it will help considerably. Many golfers struggle all their lives with grips which will never be conducive to good movements.
Seniors can drive far with setup tricks
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 02/10/2024
» Golfers who are on the back nine of their lives, or in other words getting old and crumpled, can still enjoy a round of golf if they stop reminiscing of earlier days of smacking the ball way down the middle, with seamlessly no effort at all.
Keeping your head down for too long will hinder swing
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 14/02/2024
» A golfing myth is that we must keep our heads down -- in fact, keeping it down too long will hinder your swing. Keeping your head down too long prevents a good follow-through because a golfer can't swing past hip-high with the head down and not give up something good in the finish to do it.
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.
Planets align perfectly for down-to-earth Lee
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 29/03/2023
» Golfer Danny Lee emigrated from South Korea to New Zealand at the age of 8 and went on to become the youngest winner of the US Amateur in 2008.
Some useful tips for newcomers to the game of golf
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/11/2022
» New players take up golf all the time, and here are some tips when setting out to learn how to play the game that have stood the test of time.
It's time for warring sides to settle ranking points issue
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 16/10/2022
» Spare a thought for Richard Bland whose short putt miss last week on Stonehill's 18th at the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok cost him more money than perhaps we should think about, and probably a few sleepless nights.
Golf was once seen as 'elitist sport' in Italy
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/09/2022
» This week's Italian Open brought back fond memories of me trying to qualify at Monticello Golf Club for the tournament back in the 1970s.