So there you go, Mr Pearly bright smile is not all goodness and great. NO this goes to prove he is just a normal human being, just like you and me……………Of course a better golfer and a little bit more cash. But at the end of the day a normal human being with similar fears and failings as the normal everday person.

Just back up a week and tell me if this story had of hit the headlines if it was Joe Bloggs living just down the street from Tiger.

Of course not!

Now i dont know if todays story is media spin or if it really is Woods showing a cry for help.

It does mean that media scrutiny is just over the top when it comes to the rich and famous. I must admit i have followed the story, but it is not the be all and end all.

Let Woods get on with managing whatever his problems are in the peace and privacy that even you or i would crave if we were going through a rocky marriage, were having too much to drink or were just plain pissed off with things.

Everybody has to let their emotions out somehow and sometime not for the better.

Lets hope this is sorted for the better for all involved.

Richard

I was just browsing the web today and found a great site called Public Golf Courses.net and i think you should maybe check it out. They have a great service which allows you to find all of the top public golf courses.

Once you get into the site you can just enter a search term and it’s easy to find all the information you need to decide on whether it could be a good course to grab a round.

This golf course finder is very neat and all you need to do is enter a city, state or golf course name and it will go away and find all the info you need.

The search will bring back information such as details on other reviews made by golfers, photos of the course, information on yardage and also any tee times that may be available.

It really is a great time saving tool…….for example, let’s say you were looking to find information on myrtle beach public golf courses

All you need to do is type in myrtle beach public golf courses and it will bring up all the info you need.

To try it out just pop over to Public Golf Courses.net

I Hope you find this useful and dont forget to leave any comments on the blog.

All the best

Richard

Forget the majors, forget Tiger Woods and forget the Ryder Cup.

Today was a landmark for golf as an international game with the announcement that golf will become an Olympic sport in 2016 which is just seven years away. This is just tremendous news and means that many nations will have the opportunity to send their star homegrown players to play amongst the worlds elite.

Just think of Tiger Woods standing on the platform accepting his Olympic Medal only to find that the guy on the higher winners podium is from Vanuatu (Yes…that is a country)

But really…….their must be loads of youngsters out their right now aged between 9 and 99 thinking YES!!! my time has come, at last i can really have a go at getting involved.

Darren Clarke has already come out today and said that although it is good for Golf it should really be for amateurs and not pros. Padraig Harrington has said he would love to be involved.

I myself think that any player who has played in a major or earnt more than $100,000 should not be able to compete, but that is just my view.

But one thing for sure, it’s wonderful news for THE Beautiful Game and I hope it inspires lots of people to get out and try the game.

Would also love to hear your comments

All the best

Richard

Today the GREAT Tom Watson tackles the last round of the Open at Turnberry where back in 1977 he battled Nicklaus in one of the most talked about heavyweight golf battles ever to be seen.

In went a 30-footer on the 16th, the green where he had holed from 60 feet the previous day, and a kindly bounce at the par five next set up a two-putt birdie.With no Tiger prowling the fairways and the reigning champ out of contention what a last day is still in store for us at the Open Championship.

One year on after another fifty something hero, Greg Norman led by two at Birkdale, 59-year-old Tom Watson is just one round away from Golfing immortality at Turnberry.

Watson, already a five-time champion of the Claret Jug was born when Clement Attlee was Prime Minister and Harry S Truman President.

So now, back at the scene of his 1977 “Duel in the Sun” victory over Jack Nicklaus, Watson now takes to the fairways for Take 2.

I do not know how he is atop the leaderboard but this is a man, a proven exponent of links golf who is showing that power alone cannot take the place for guile and pure grit and determination.

Watson who is trying to equal Harry Vardon’s six Claret Jugs against a field that includes someone 43 years younger than him, signed for a 71 yesterday and on four under par leads by one.

We all wish him the very best and it will be great for golf if he can pull this one off.

Also when you are watching today, spare a thought for Ross Fisher who is on the other end of history chasing his first major title whic may yet come on the day his wife Jo gives birth to their first child.

She was due earlier this week and he will have to pull out if she goes into labour.

All in all an absolutely cracking finale and i think all we can say is “Thanks Tom”

All the best

Richard

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But I cannot help but write this post just before the British Open.

What the hell is Sandy Lyle on….??? How can he have the audacity to snipe at Colin Montgomerie about the Jakartagate incident when he last year commited the gravest sin in golf…….. “He just gave UP”

It was raining a bit and a tad breezy and Sandy walked off the Golf Course.

Montgomerie is no angel but to bring up this issue on the eve of a Major Championship is not one of bad timing but just plain ignorance.

As a British Golf fan i was avidly following and cheering on Lyle in the US Masters where he put up a titanic performance, but this comment again makes me believe he has just lost the plot when it comes to that all important part of golf “Etiquette”

Anyway guys, if you are following the tourney this week then lets hope it’s a great finishing day like the titanic struggle between Harrington and Garcia.

In terms of my own golf, I once holed out a 30 footer on the last green at Turnberry in an amateur tournament. It’s those precious moments we all remember from our days on the golf course.

Big Golf Buddy

What a crackerjack of a Major this years US Open was. It had absolutely everything you could want to watch as a golf fan.

For me I would loved to have seen David Duval win it but just when it came to crunch time the tee shot on 17 cost him, but what a performance and what can you say about Mickelson and Woods.

Both these guys gave it their absolute all to eke out a title that from a long way out they never really had a chance of…….both showed what true champions are made of. THEY JUST NEVER GIVE IN.

As for Ricky Barnes…..well he led the field a merry dance for a long while and when he made the eagle early in the fourth round it looked like it was all over but of course things change and especially at the US Open.

As for our winner Lucas Glover it must be a sweet result because he near as damn threw it away in the third round but dug in and fought for all he was worth and when it came down to the stretch he had enough bottle to see it through.

I must say i have not seen such an entertaining US Open for years and am eagerly awaiting our own Open come early July.

I would love to hear what you guys think and please add in who you think will win the next major.

All the best

Richard

I just found out about a great competition where you can win a superb prize.

VacationRentals.com is giving away a weekend in Las Vegas which includes a golf game with golf pro Charley Hoffman.

Charley got off to a solid start in 2009 by finishing T19 at the 50th Bob Hope Classic presented by Arnold Palmer, this was the site of his first PGA TOUR win in 2007. A week later Charley finished second to Kenny Perry after three playoff holes at the FBR Open. In his hometown of San Diego a week after the FBR Open, finished T7 to Nick Watney at the Buick Invitational, where he was second in Driving Distance for the week (302.1 yards).

Now Vacation Rentals is giving away a weekend in Las Vegas which includes a golf game with Charley. This prize will take place in Las Vegas. Charley will meet and shoot golf balls for a couple of hours. This could be with up to 4 people and Includes money towards airfare and rental.

Vacation Rentals has some fantastic holiday and vaction deals in Vegas as well as other beautiful properties.

For a chance to win this Golf Weekend with Charley Hoffmann you should head over to Vacation Rentals for a crack at this great prize.

All the best

Richard

I was just sitting drinking a coffee this morning and just think about the golf season here in Poland. The season is coming to a close soon as the weather is now turning cold and I presume we will start to get our first covering of snow by early December and this can normally last through until at least February.

For many amateur golfers have a season (Spring through to late Autumn) and they play their years quota of golf during this period.

But now they way the professional tours are set up a pro golfer can play year round golf in a warm climate, now of course that is really nice, their is nothing better than playing 18 holes with the sun on your back.

But……….. what does all this golf do the physical well being of the pro golfer. It has been intersting to see some of the top young golfers struggling with injuries over the past few years. If you take Justin Rose, Luke Donald (Who missed the Ryder Cup) and another Brit David Howell who just a few years ago was looking like a world beater until injury took it’s toll and he had to cut down is schedule.

At least Howell is on his way back to some sort of form resembling his game a few years back and that is great to see.

But it still begs the question??? Is their too much golf.

I for one have really missed watching Tiger Woods this season and again it seems like too much golf has taken an effect here.

Would love to know your comments on this.

All the best

Richard

I thought about writing this post for a couple of days but just had to do it now rather than wait.

Firstly i must say that all golfers everywhere have probably been touched by the golfing monument that is “Seve”

For me reading the stories as a young lad about how he learned his golf by hitting 3 irons off of the sand and the way in which he has always played his golf (and his life) in that swashbuckling style is the reason that I, and i believe many people actually took up the game of golf.

I am in my forties so anybody in that age group can probably testify to watching Seve on TV, and i believe he was instrumental in bringing a whole new dimension to golf then and also when he bacame a victorious Ryder Cup Captain.

I for one was certainly gripped by the game after watching the way Seve played. He makes it look like fun and that of course is what golf is. a really fun game for everyone to get involved in.

If you have not had the priviledge to see Seve play then you should really get down to your local DVD store and hire out some videos because if that cannot inspire someone to play golf then nothing can.

All our wishes are with Seve at this time as well as with his family and we hope to see that famous punch again soon.

Richard

Now that the dust has settled on yet another amazing British Open and the plaudits have rung out for a true champion in Padraig Harrington we now have to go back and look at the actions of one of my and many golfers past champions.

Sandy Lyle did the unthinkable and QUIT. It was sad day indeed for golf and not something that helps young golfers.

Today young players have all of the wealth and adoration that goes with an increasingly popular sport and some of them will never win a tournament but will retire from the game multi millionaires.

But golf in it’s purest form is about winning. Winning against your opponent, winning against yourself, winning against adversity when you are not on your A Game.

But winning in any WEATHER conditions.

The Open Championship is a heritage to the game of golf and in one fail swoop Sandy Lyle lost all sense of pride and dignity by just plainly “Giving Up”

I was amazed when i saw this, a man who has won major championships who still has the  right to play in a tournament yet gave no effort whatsoever.

I feel for the guys who went through qualifying and missed out on a glorious opportunity but i also feel for the everyday golfer who would love to be able to make aliving doing something he/she loves.

I do not know if Sandy Lyle had an injury or other reason but whatever happened he has gone down in a lot of peoples opinions including kids who watch the game at grass roots level.

Please leave a comment and let me know your views.

All the best

Richard