HARRY THE HAT: SEVEN DEADLY SINS
02-02-2010 21:09
While enjoying the Ten Deadly Sins breakfast at Simpsons Hotel on the Strand and perusing the latest issue of Viz, which I had cunningly hidden inside my copy of the Times, I almost choked on a lamb's kidney reading of Suicidal Sid's latest demise at the hands of Tiger Woods.
To be factually accurate Sid was run over by Woods with Elin chasing behind with a golf club! If you'd told me just two...
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0 Comment MATT COOPER: THE TIM CLARK DILEMMA
27-01-2010 14:53
South Africa's Tim Clark has been a regular on the PGA Tour since the start of the 2002 season. He has finished in the top ten on 36 occasions, 16 of those being top five.
In that time he has also won four Open titles worldwide: two South Africans, one Australian and one Scottish. In doing so he has defeated some high class opposition.
He has won over $20 million in prize money and represent...
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NEVILLE LECK: AMAZING COACHELLA VALLEY
22-01-2010 14:20
Geographically the Coachella Valley, of which La Quinta is part, is the northwestern extension of the Colorado Desert so I was stunned when day two of the five-day Bob Hope Classic was washed out.
It is being played over four courses in the La Quinta area not too far south of wealthy Palm Desert and the famed Palm Springs, the holiday playground of many Hollywood celebrities of today and yester...
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DAVE TINDALL: LESSON NUMBER ONE
11-11-2009 12:06
At the end of the film, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, American Office star Steve Carell and the cast burst into joyful song after he finally gets laid.
And I had a very similar feeling of euphoria yesterday after finally biting the bullet and doing it with a pro.
Yes, somehow I had reached 40 years old and never had a golf lesson - a ridiculous state of affairs given that I had clearly reached a c...
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MATTHEW FREEMANTLE: DRUG PROBLEM
14-10-2008 17:21
Now a few months on from Gary Player's outlandish claim that he knew of at least 10 players taking drugs on tour, there is still no testing I have heard of.
Certainly, Player is a thunder-stealing egomaniac at the best of times. He has been doing it for years, from claiming to be the adult with the most air miles in history to scrabbling around for the praise when a young South African wins somet...
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HARRY THE HAT: THE BEST-LAID PLANS...
20-01-2010 14:13
Scotland's 18th Century bard Robert Burns once said: "The best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray."
On Monday my day off and tickets to watch the final session of the cricket were exchanged for a lunchtime flight from Joburg to Abu Dhabi and a few holes at the Royal Kensington and Johannesburg Golf Club's West Course.
Just as we started the horn sounded to stop play but my caddie Edd...
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NEVILLE LECK: JACK NICKLAUS: MAN IN MANY MILLIONS
19-01-2010 14:36
There is so much you can say about Jack Nicklaus, who at 70 can still claim to be the greatest golfer of all time.
There are, of course, people, including himself, who feel he might not always be right up there on top of the pile, even in his own lifetime, but at the moment there is a huge question mark hanging over Tiger Woods, the only pursuer with any hope of surpassing Jack's incredible re...
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MATT COOPER: IN THE PINK
09-12-2009 14:30
A couple of weeks ago I was wandering around the NEC Golf Show with one word written in permanent marker on my hand.
The word was "pink" (although it was written in black) and was a reminder that I had accepted an invitation (dress code: "anything pink") to the launch party for the website of Ladies European Tour player Breanne Loucks.
I was once told (I don't know who by, but it sounds suspic...
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DAVE TINDALL: MERSEY PARADISE
21-10-2009 09:21
There is nothing firmly in place yet to get the Open back to Hoylake but after lifting the claret jug there in 2006 Tiger Woods was in no doubt that Royal Liverpool deserved another crack.
Woods said back then: "Well, I think it's a very fair golf course. You can play it so many different ways and it lends itself to a bunch of different styles, but ultimately it's fair. It's not tricked up at a...
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MATTHEW FREEMANTLE: EASTERN PROMISES
07-10-2008 13:28
The Middle East has been attracting America for years. Its vast oil supply has been of particular interest to the US Government. Partly as a result, that region is now more appealing than ever to US golfers.
It is ironic that America's own spending on Middle Eastern oil, which in turn has enabled the region in general - and Dubai in particular - to construct first world cities in the desert, is n...
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