19th Hole

Written by

Dr Felix Shank

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I have only one outstanding ambition, to have a hole in one. Desperate to know whether or not I would ever achieve it, I went…

Dr Felix Shank

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I was wearing a green shirt when I won my first ever medal, believing it to be lucky, I have worn a green shirt for…

Dr Felix Shank

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One of the remarkable things about Jim is that, although he almost invariably finds his own ball, he never seems to find anyone else’s.

Dr Felix Shank

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Is there some aspect of your game that you simply can’t sort out? Dr Felix Shank, a more or less genuine expert on all aspects…

The Origin of the Ryder Cup. Credit: Peter Fry

The Origin of the Ryder Cup

… and other things you may not know about golf’s greatest match-play event

Behind the Ryder Cup – The Player's Stories

Behind the Ryder Cup – The Players’ Stories

Golf’s ultimate showdown

Albatross - A to Z

Golf A to Z – The Albatross

The rarest shot in golf

Nicknames for golf shots, good & bad

Nicknames for golf shots, good & bad

We did not invent the following names, but we have heard or seen them used by our fellow golfers.

Golf A to Z - Holed out at last... (Golf-themed coffins)

Golf A to Z – Coffins

Holed out at last…

Golfers' nicknames - past & present

Nicknames of golfers, past & present

From Aquaman to Zinger

The Condor - Golf A-Z. Rarest event in golf

Golf A to Z – The ‘Condor’

Scoring a condor represents one of the rarest of events in golf

The Pro’s Pro – Interview with caddie Billy Foster

There can be few jobs more satisfying than that of a caddie to a world-class player

Dormie - meaning and origin

Dormie – meaning and origin

We know of two possible origins for the word,

(Really) Bad luck - A-Z - Friday 13th

Golf A to Z – (Really) Bad luck

Friday 13th

Nightmare Among the mighty - Ian Fleming

Nightmare Among the mighty – Ian Fleming

The author recounts the personal drama of playing in the Bowmaker Invitation Amateur/Professional Tournament at the Berkshire Golf Club, in June 1957.

Live and Let Fly - Ian Fleming and golf

Live and Let Fly – Ian Fleming

Fleming’s golfing exploits go well beyond a few rounds at Royal St George’s to research Goldfinger

Tales of the unexpected

Carnoustie may have staged just seven Open Championships but such is the pedigree of this fearsome links that each and every one has produced a…

Polished Performer

A three-time winner on the European Tour, Nick Dougherty has proved himself equally adept in front of the cameras in a second career…

Ted Baker Golf

Returning to the fairway for a third season, Ted Baker Golf is a considered menswear collection for the most gentlemanly of pursuits.

Names - Old golf clubs and their equivalents

Names of old golf clubs and their closest modern equivalents

The practice of giving numbers to irons only began in the mid-1920s