Category: GOLF
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Maybe now the doubters – including himself – will desist
The following thought has often crossed my mind – if Meath had in fact beaten Down in the 1991 All Ireland SFC Final, would that special group of Royal County stars have got the acknowledgement they deserved as one of the finest ensembles to ever grace the big field in Dublin 3? Instead, that is,…
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Hate to say we told you so!
“We asked you not to hold onto the hand rail; We told you not to spit over the side”. Just then, the stairway to Heaven was retracted and Bart Simpson slips down the greasy pole to the warm place. Hardly surprising. Now read on… After the first day’s action at the most recent incarnation of…
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Do Not Poke The Bear
There’s episode of what I think was the Tom & Jerry Kids spin off of the beloved cat and mouse cartoon in which the two feature characters were on an outing to the zoo. Wherein Tyke the lovable but disaster prone dog was on security duty. For which his simple mantra was DO NOT FEED…
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Dour Donald gambles with Garcia gaffe
The Ryder Cup is a curious concept. Golf, the most individual of sports. Morphed into a team event. Most likely out of a sense of tribalism. Americans think they’re the greatest in the world at everything. Naturally, when someone adopts that stance, instinct is to challenge it. Hence the inception of the biennial team-based event…
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Golf chiefs loosen stiff upper lip in favour of common sense
On the driving range up above, I know for a fact one departed local devotee of the tee-to-green action is having a cheeky little chuckle to himself. You see, the said character was never averse to doing the equivalent of a GAA player nicking a few yards prior to taking a free. Sure of himself,…
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Being a gentleman doesn’t always pay off
On numerous occasions over the years in this space, mention has been made of the fact that honesty and perfection doesn’t always work out for those who display it. Think of the dart player who slots a nine dart finish but still ends up losing their match. The team player who ends up on the…
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The former Meath footballer and the fashion discussion can finally stand down
The biggest problem I had was grasping that it was all of 11 years ago. Probably because with the amount of column inches and airtime devoted to it in the interim, it never really left public discourse. ‘IT’ in this instance wasn’t what my dearly beloved assures me is a terrifying horror movie. Though it…
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Whatever about anything else, you can’t doubt Rory’s character
Even for people to whom sport is a triviality, there will be happenings therein which, consciously or otherwise, ends up ingrained on their minds and, as a result of same, leave them linked in some way to the protagonists career thereafter. The Wells Fargo Championship. A golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Prior to 2010,…
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Sometimes it is as simple as it looks
If you have been frequenting this space for long enough, you might know that at one stage yours truly had a golf hole in the back garden. You are probably wondering how in the name of God does he hit a golf ball in the wheelchair? Very simply. Take the arm rests out and the…
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When Irish eyes are smiling everything else takes care of itself
When a loved one passes away, apart from the heartache and grief of losing them from your life, personally speaking, the most difficult bit is the clear out when the dust has settled. Of their possessions and/or special effects. Yes, this corner would be extremely sentimental to the point of being a hoarder, but sometimes…