Lee Trevino famously reckoned that, ‘If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron … not even God can hit a 1-iron.’ It’s true that a 1-iron, which now belongs to a bygone era, was a beast of a club to hit, let alone master. Yet, we are reminded… Read more →
Henrik Stenson, the reigning Open and Race to Dubai Champion, has been named The 2016 European Tour Golfer of the Year, receiving the prestigious annual award for the second time in four years. Stenson has enjoyed a magnificent 12 months on the global stage, winning the BMW International Open in June before lifting the Claret Jug less than a month… Read more →
If there’s one player who likes The Old Course at St. Andrews it has to be Louis Oosthuizen. The 33-year-old won The Open there in 2010 and was runner-up at the major when it returned to the ‘Home of Golf’ in 2014. Growing up in Mossel Bay certainly helped Lodewicus Theodorus ‘Louis’ Oosthuizen to understand coastal breezes, which is handy… Read more →
