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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:
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.
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.
McIlroy's US move is understandable
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/01/2019
» Thanks for the feedback from last week on the difficult decisions top players have to make when compiling their upcoming playing schedules.
Greenkeepers now widely treasured
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 30/09/2018
» There's a special grounds crew looking after Le Golf National which totals 175 greenkeepers/ superintendents from all over the world. Each of those wonderful holes that we have witnessed on TV during this Ryder Cup has been lovingly taken care of, and all 18 greens have been measured for consistency three or four times a day. The team then uses that data to adjust maintenance practices to keep all the greens as close to the same level of performance as possible.