INTERVIEWER In 1969, you became the youngest man to represent Great Britain in the Ryder Cup at the time. How did this accolade make you feel – did you feel a sense of added pressure or did it spur you on? BERNARD GALLACHER I felt an enormous sense of pride, but at the same […]
INTERVIEWER You told us that the Americans wouldn’t want to face Europe with Francesco Molinari in their team. Has his Open victory come at just the right time? BERNARD GALLACHER I think Molinari has always been a very good player with lots of potential and a good strike, but there always seemed to be […]
One of the very best things about golf is that it’s a sport for all, whether you’re young or old. It’s possible to keep playing golf into old age, and it’s possible to continue to play at a high level. Of course, as we age, our limitations shift and we must adapt our game […]
Golf is a game that demands many and varied skills. The necessity for power and precision makes it one of the most challenging sports to master. Here, we look at five players who can be considered golf’s greatest drivers and putters of all time. Five players who have excelled from the tee through the ages, […]
To someone who’s never seen the sport played before, golf would seem a strange activity. An article from Punch magazine in the late 19th century described the object of the game thus: “To put a very small ball into a very tiny and remotely distant hole, with engines singularly ill adapted for the purpose.” […]
An old golfing adage repeated by sages of the game in clubhouses across the country states: “Drive for show, putt for dough.” On the face of it, this saying has some merit – there’s no use in boosting long, straight drives down the fairways if you can’t hole a few putts. However, there won’t […]
