Republic of Ireland
And you thought that last round you had was tough!?
Aug 26 2011 Posted in Golf News, Golf Quotes by GoKart
In addition to these rules, German aircraft from Norway would fly on missions to northern England; because of the icy weather conditions, the barrels of their guns had a small dab of wax to protect them. As they crossed the coast, they would clear their guns by firing a few rounds at the golf courses. Golfers were urged to take cover.
Add a comment TweetThe Martin Vousden Column – Fed up with Fedex?
Dec 02 2010 Posted in Golf News, Golf Quotes, Martin Vousden by GoKartThought for the Day
Never buy a car you can’t push
Memo to Tim Finchem, commissioner of the US PGA Tour
If you want your golf season to end with drama and excitement – for your final event to be one that rouses passions, pits the best players of the year against each other and to culminate in a thrilling climax, have a word with FedEx. You might also consider flying to Dubai to see how Europe does it.
Let’s face it, your FedEx Cup playoffs, in which you stage four tournaments over five weeks, and which has a format of re-adjusting points after each event that no-one understands, has been the biggest damp squib since Guido Fawkes and his mates failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament. In contrast the race to Dubai, culminating in the Dubai World Championship, has been running for two years now and has the happy knack of leaving all sorts of possibilities open until the last putt has been sunk.
Last year the focus was on the season long Race to Dubai, in which Lee Westwood and young tyke Rory McIlroy slugged it out until Westwood shot a staggering last round of near-perfection 64 and put the young pup in his place. This year the order of merit table was quickly settled in favour of front-runner Martin Kaymer, as his closest challenger Graeme McDowell ran out of gas as early as the first round. So our attention turned instead to the tournament itself, and it was a thriller, (more…)
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Jul 12 2010 Posted in Golf News, Golf Quotes, Martin Vousden by GoKartThought for the Day
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried
Bring it on
As GoKart likes to regard itself as having its finger on the pulse, ear to the ground and any other insider, informed, access to the skinny cliché you can think of, you will no doubt want our view on who is going to win the Open. But the truth is, what the heck do we (or anyone else) really know? Who, for example, could have predicted Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton or Paul Lawrie to lift the claret jug over the last decade or so? And how about Trevor Immelman and Zach Johnson to don a fetching green jacket; Lucas Glover, Angel Cabrera and Graeme McDowell to lift the US Open trophy; or YE Yang, Shaun Micheel and Rich Beem to take the year’s fourth Major, the USPGA?
As a general rule of thumb, two of the year’s big ones are captured by players who already have a Major win under their belt, while the other two go to debutant victors, and so far in 2010 that pattern has continued, with Phil Mickelson grabbing the Masters on behalf of the been-there-done-that-got-the-T-shirt brigade, and Northern Ireland’s finest being the representative for the gosh-what-just happened contestants, who are supposed to be there just to make up the numbers. (more…)
Add a comment TweetDalai Lama’s birthday today. He really should play golf.
Jul 06 2010 Posted in Golf Quotes, YouTube by GoKartThe Dalai Lama is 75 today. And we have proof he plays golf. Well Bill Murray caddied for him.
Martin’s musings…
Jun 19 2010 Posted in Golf News, Golf Quotes, Martin Vousden by GoKartThought for the Day
What would Geronimo have said if he jumped out of an airplane?
Dane brings home the bacon (sorry)
The motives we have for developing a liking for a particular golfer are numerous and not always related to the obvious fact of them being particularly superior at what they do. They’re all good, but some insinuate themselves into our affections for idiosyncratic reasons which can be as simple as seeing them treat a young fan in a particularly generous way, or wearing an outlandish outfit. For example, I have always followed the career of Australian Craig Parry with particular attention. During the 1990s when I worked on a golf magazine he was one of our instruction editors and I used to go to photoshoots in order to capture his words. Whenever I complimented him on an especially good shot he would reply with a smile, in typically Aussie fashion: ‘Nah mate – piece of p*ss to a trained athlete.’ (more…)
Golf joke
Jun 12 2010 Posted in Golf Quotes by GoKartWith thanks to Lynne Davies…
An 80-year-old Italian goes to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor is amazed at what good shape the guy is in and asks,’ how do you stay in such great physical condition?’
I’m Italian and I am a golfer,’ says the old guy, ‘and that’s why I’m in such good shape. I’m up well before daylight and out golfing up and down the fairways. I have a glass of vino, and all is well.’
‘Well’ says the doctor, ‘I’m sure that helps, but there’s got to be more to it. How old was your Father when he died?’
‘Who said my Father’s dead?’ (more…)
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