Another former Pupil

Another former Pupil

What any Guest of Honour at a school Speech Day should ask the audience at the start is if anyone can remember what the previous year’s Guest of Honour spoke about – in fact, she should ask if anyone even remembers who the Guest of Honour was the previous year? If the...
The Least is not the Last

The Least is not the Last

Golf, as many people know only too well, looks deceptively simple but it is alarmingly difficult. It engenders extreme frustration and yet enormous elation at the same time. Hank Aaron, a famous baseball player who, like many talented sportspeople, loved golf also,...
Mining for the Truth

Mining for the Truth

Whether they are film stars or sports stars, wealthy society ladies or prosperous business tycoons, the allure of gold or silver is great. However, while they see the shining article and admire it greatly, they do not see what lies behind it, what has been going on...
Handicaps are not a Handicap

Handicaps are not a Handicap

Golf is a great leveller; it is a game that experts and hackers can play together, on a level playing field with an equal chance of winning, all because it is one of the few sports which uses a handicap system. Generally, the golf handicap is practised by weaker...
Game of Life First

Game of Life First

Many folk have pondered on the origin of the name of golf with some saying that it was an acronym that suited the game at the time: they said the letters stood for “Gentlemen Only; Ladies Forbidden.” This in turn has led others since then to offer their own acronyms...