Watching golf in February is practice, if you use it
Broadcast golf is edited for drama, which is the opposite of what an amateur needs. Watch the aim, the routine, the misses and the…
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Tournaments
The tournaments worth following and the ones worth attending: the RBC Canadian Open and the rest, schedules, tickets, and what a spectator day involves.
The club championship: the flights include you
Most members never enter the club championship because they assume it is for scratch golfers. Check the flight structure: it almost certainly includes you,…
Team golf, and why a league fills a short season
Team golf is the part of club membership people remember, and the cheapest improvement available: nobody abandons a hole when a partner is waiting…
Volunteering, and rules training in February
A volunteer credential costs less than one competition-day ticket and puts you inside the ropes for a week. Walking scorers see every layup television…
Going to a tournament in a Canadian summer
Go on a practice day, pick one green complex and stay there. Watching a hundred players hit the same shot is the most instructive…
Your first club competition in a short season
Nothing that catches out a first-time competitor has anything to do with striking the ball. It is procedure, it takes ten minutes to learn,…
Stableford, match play, scramble and the nine after work
Medal stroke play is a test built for players whose worst hole is a bogey. Stableford, match play and foursomes fit how amateurs actually…
The RBC Canadian Open and the tournaments worth attending
Television hides how far the ball travels, how quick the greens are and how much of the game happens between shots. One day inside…