Category: GOLF
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Rory’s view mightn’t be popular but he’s on the money
When something happens that we don’t like, there’s an inevitability that wild and whirling words will start blowing around like chaff in the winds. Of course, common sense would be to take a step back, pause and not jump into judgement. But what do I always say about common sense? On rare occasions, mind you,…
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Last of the sporting bastions falls to common greed
The year cannot be recalled, but the image will be forever etched in the memory bank. Wild-eyed, manic looking Ian Poulter in that zone that only the Ryder Cup could put the colourful Englishman. From memory, Europe were well adrift of their American adversaries in the biennial team golfing event when ‘Poults’ almost single-handedly set…
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MONEY TALKS BUT SOMETIMES IS BEST IGNORED
The above statement could apply to most facets of life. Indeed, it is currently a fairly hot topic close to home but disappointment felt at such being the case is in no way directed at the protagonists from these parts. Rather, it encapsulates frustration felt that if people in places of influence had been a…
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Maguire makes history with Solheim selection
Ballyconnell, Co Cavan golfer Leona Maguire has made history by becoming the first Irish lady to be selected for the European team to contest this year’s Solheim Cup competition. The match, which takes place every two years, is ladies golf’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Therein, the pick of Europe’s female golfers against their contemporaries…
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Tiger Woods taken to hospital after car crash
Tiger Woods has been taken to hospital after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The golfer was driving on his own near Rancho Palos Verdes when his vehicle flipped over, with firefighters later freeing him from the car using the jaws of life. No other vehicle is said to…
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Trump used sport for his own benefit
Roy Keane has had many famous utterances throughout his playing, management and subsequent media career. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” may be the most famous thereof, but, for me, his correct excoriation of the “Prawn Sandwich Brigade”. Those corrosive pests are in every sport. The suits in Croke Park on an All Ireland weekend…
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Augusta always pulls a rabbit out of a hat
Former Meath Gaelic football manager Sean Boylan always maintained that you needed to pull a rabbit from the hat to beat Dublin. In a similar situation, Augusta National is notorious for throwing curve balls at those chasing the Green Jacket in the US Masters. Yesterday was no different but those in whom a vested interest…
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BOYLAN’S LOADED BULLETINS
Another attempt at producing fresh and varied content in striving to appeal to as wide and diverse an audience as is possible. Fur this maiden round, focus is on the ongoing U. S. Masters in Golf at the Augusta National G. C. in Georgia
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Stamina and adaptability are a must
There are many draining drawbacks to dealing with mental health issues. Personally speaking, one of the worst is the sense that life almost passes you by sometimes. At some point during the year, the point was made that, wholly unintentionally, this corner had drifted away from watching golf. If memory serves me correctly, it was…
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The good and not so good eventually comes to an end
Many will be aware that the avid interest in farming here has prospered for as long as the wheels have turned. Long before matters reached levels a few years back that would once have only been dreamt of. Back in the day, such was the familiarity with tractors, one could be heard approaching – and…