Martin Vousden on Putting

Thought for the Day Any book described as a classic is often cited but never read Why do we put ourselves through this torture? There are two elements of golf and they are completely contradictory. First is swinging the club and all of us, on occasion at least, are able to do it with a… read more →

Vousden’s found something good with LIV

Thought for the Day I’m sorry. But if you were right, I would have agreed with you In Praise of LIV Golf – Really? I am not, by instinct, a natural enthusiast for LIV Golf. My resistance to its charms materialised quite early for a number of reasons. First, when it announced itself as: ‘Golf,… read more →

Exciting times? Not Really says Vousden

Thought for the Day It’s easy to identify people who can’t count to ten. They’re in front of you in the supermarket express lane Exciting times? Not Really Variety is the spice of life, or so it’s said. Which is (almost) another way of saying that change is inevitable, so why not embrace it? Unfortunately,… read more →

Vousden’s year, Part 2

Concluding our look back to a tumultuous 2013 Man You Love to Hate: Patrick Cantlay He plays slower than Carlota Ciganda, refused to wear a cap in the Ryder Cup but denies it was a protest at not being paid (which nobody believes) and isn’t much liked by Rory McIlroy or, it seems, a lot… read more →

Vousden’s year, Part 1

It has been an unusually turbulent year – so much so that our annual review has had to be lengthened – part two is next month. Hypocrite of The Year: Jon Rahm No need to list the many, many times he has pledged his loyalty to the PGA Tour and Ryder Cup, or itemise his… read more →

Form might be Temporary but is class really permanent?

Thought for the Day The day you are properly able to laugh at yourself is the day you grow up Form might be Temporary but is class really permanent? Perhaps because of my own recent form, I have been musing on golf slumps – those awful periods of ineptitude in which, according to cliché, I… read more →