by tony | May 10, 2021 | News
Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash Introduction How we talk to ourselves on the golf course is far more important than perhaps we realise. Imagine this we’ve just hit two wonderful shots to the heart of a long and tough par 4 only to 3 putt from 20 feet....
by tony | May 10, 2021 | News
Photo by Simon Migaj on Unsplash Introduction Average driving distances on the PGA tour of over 300 yds are becoming commonplace. Many of our oldest and cherished golf courses are being reduced to becoming pitch and putt. The governing bodies are...
by tony | May 9, 2021 | News
Image courtesy of Clipart.com Introduction Headley Muscroft photo courtesy of Famousfix.com The Sunningdale Foursomes is one of the UK’s prestigious golfing events allowing top amateurs (male and female) to take on the pros in this alternating format. Chose your...
by tony | May 9, 2021 | News
Nb. “Dog” is not actually in this photo but his sponsor is! Introduction Many thanks for all the feedback on my last Boy’s Tour Blog, so here’s another tale. It’s the year 2000. We’ve played South West Ireland in 1998 and been literally blown away by St Andrews and...
by tony | May 9, 2021 | News
Surrey 7’s winners, 2000 Introduction I love match play and learnt my craft at Sunningdale playing for the Surrey 7’s team. It was the golfing equivalent to the Champions League in football, playing the best teams in the county. Teams were made up of; yes you guessed...
by tony | May 9, 2021 | News
Ring of Kerry 1998 Introduction It’s 1998 and I’m working in the corporate world and playing my golf at Sunningdale Artisans #. I wanted to play some of the best courses in Great Britain and Europe. Invites were not exactly flooding in so I decide to set up my own...
by tony | May 9, 2021 | News
Introduction With lockdown and golf courses closed, now is the perfect time to create a plan of action for 2021. Yes, a plan of action, not one of those business plans you draw up at work, then promptly file away and carry on doing what you were doing There...
by tony | May 8, 2021 | News
Source: clipart.email It’s the summer of 1985 and I was on the driving range at Sunningdale golf club. Being a Sunday, everyone’s either gone home for lunch or were out on the course. Suddenly I noticed a crowd form around the first tee and by that I mean...
by tony | May 8, 2021 | News
Tree wood sir?Photo by Lily Farr on Unsplash Introduction As the year end rapidly approaches, now would be the perfect time to take stock and figure out just how good your 2020 golf year really was. So how should you measure success? How many rounds...
by tony | May 8, 2021 | News
Source: clipart.email The Pond Hole So here’s a story I remembered clearly at the time. I wasn’t actually there to witness it but the story was quite fresh so hadn’t had enough time for embellishment. It was a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon in the mid 1970s. A...
