Last week I went to watch at bit of the British Amateur at Muirfield. The course looked great but was “playing nice” it had its gentle face on, hardly any wind and sunshine. I spoke to a few of the players who found the course tricky but not as difficult as expected – no wonder. In these parts of the world it is not just the course itself you have to battle - most days you find yourself struggling with the wind and very likely the rain too. I would therefore always be careful evaluating the difficulty of a course based on only one round of...

Last week was a very busy but a great week. After spending most of the week working in Denmark I yesterday went to a Jamie Cullum concert in Edinburgh – IT WAS FANTASTIC. This guy is not just good he is great – I truly admire anybody with that kind of talent and passion – to be there was absolutely inspiring on so many levels.  Last year Danish Cancer Research asked if I would like to donate a prize to the golf club that would raise the most money in their support during 2009. I was honoured to be asked and offered to donate “myse...

Love it... It has always been like this for me ever since my father put the first golf club in my hands. It was a 2- wood (yes wood) – broken by one of the older junior boys in anger over a bad shot (I guess). The club was tiny and so was I. I do wish I still had that club but surely it was passed on to another young kid whose golfing career was also to start with a “broken” golf club. My parents have long lost their passion for golf but before they did they managed to pass on the torch to me – little did they know that golf would become su...