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Free relief, OB stakes and the one-club drop
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 11/02/2026
» Please allow me to try and explain what is an immovable obstruction once more. They are basically artificial, fixed objects like cart paths, sprinklers, or fences -- they allow for a free, one-stroke relief drop if they interfere with a player's lie, stance, or swing. Relief is not permitted for line-of-sight interference. Players must find the nearest point of complete relief, not closer to the hole, and drop within one club-length.
Straight talking is the need of the hour in golf
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 01/01/2025
» Please allow me once more to indulge in something different than my normal tip, as rather surprisingly my 'tongue in cheek' tip last week created a great response, which has made me think that some 'Roy Keane' straight talking is perhaps warranted within the business of golf at the moment. Particularly disappointing are those who lack the intestinal fortitude of expressing transparent views and honest reflections of the present state of golf. Candid comments would be refreshing to hear, rather than the 'go with the flow' mundane obligatory words they must utter because of their positions and roles within golf.
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.
Aspiring pros need honest counselling
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 12/12/2021
» It's not funny to have to hole a 10-foot putt to fund your next tournament and to keep your career in golf alive.
When it comes to coaching, age is just a number
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/11/2021
» It recently hit home to me that the years had slipped by unnoticed when I found out that being over 60 ruled me out of obtaining a work permit for a certain country.
Horschel has ideas that are interesting
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 24/11/2021
» I have expressed my view for ages about the fact that the rich are just getting richer on the PGA and European Tours whilst many are making a very good living from arguably mediocre golf, and it seems that now Billy Horschel has ideas on how to make the PGA Tour a more compelling and competitive product and how to strengthen the circuit by reducing the number of available tour cards.
It isn't the same old Ryder Cup anymore
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/10/2021
» The criticism in the British press on what went wrong with Europe in the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin last week will soon subside and a new captain will be named.
Torrey Pines shattered my dreams
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 24/06/2021
» Louis Oosthuizen has always been one of my favourite players to watch as he has terrific temperament, wonderful simple looking swing and superb putting.
Golf coaches are easy targets
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 31/01/2021
» I shudder when I hear players say that they would like to thank their team, as just a generation of great golfers ago nobody had a 'team' behind them.
How much is too much in golf these days?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 13/09/2020
» I have received some messages from readers who commented on the amount that Dustin Johnson picked up for winning the FedEx Cup last week.