Nick Bradley – Unlike wine, Golf does travel well!

The beauty of golf can be found in the way the game transcends the border control and immigration of almost every country in the World. Whilst the game itself is rubber stamped by the rules that the R&A and USGA govern it by, the individuals and the cultures that adopt them are incredibly varied and colourful! In my twenty years consulting with various golfing bodies, tour players and individual amateurs I have been fortunate enough to visit some great countries and witness how golfers themselves can vastly differ as the continents that equally separate them can do. Read more

Golf’s Major Meltdowns – Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

We all know the pressures golf can pile on your shoulders, especially when you have a good score going when you reach the 18^th tee! Imagine how you would feel if you were in a similar situation but with the added distractions of thousands of people watching from the side of the fairways, hundreds of thousands of dollars in the balance and a whole nation watching from the comfort of their arm chairs! Not many of us would be able to cope with such scrutiny but the pros seem to have the knack for doing so…well most of the time anyway! Following Kyle Stanley’s meltdown on the final hole of last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines we thought we would take a look at five of the biggest meltdowns golf has ever seen. You wouldn’t wish a meltdown on anyone but they do make for good TV! Read more

Top 5 Links Courses for Open Competitions

A quick glance at one of the many ‘top 100’ golf course rankings will reveal a host of links courses near the upper echelons of the list.

The Open Championship rota exclusively includes some of these top links courses and you don’t have to travel far from the Major venues to find a cluster of other lesser known, but top class nonetheless, seaside venues. Read more

Golf Picture of the Week – King & Bear

MICK FITZGERALD UNVEILED AS THE FACE OF THE FAIRWAY TO FURLONG SERIES 2012 IN MEMORY OF HERO SEVE

Fairway to Furlong is delighted to announce that Grand National and Gold Cup winning jockey, Mick Fitzgerald, has agreed to be the face of this year’s Fairway to Furlong golf and racing series.

To celebrate this, Mick and Gina Bryce of At The Races were down at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, the venue for the Official Fairway to Furlong Cheltenham Festival Golf Day and 2010 Ryder Cup, at the crack of dawn for an exclusive photo shoot with the press. Read more

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