Oct 12th, 2015 Article
A Quick Livener
Monday Morning Quick Livener: What Helped Our Gravy and Bunched Our Arse This Weekend...
Monday Morning Quick Livener: What Helped Our Gravy and Bunched Our Arse This Weekend...
25,000 fans pour through the gates every day for the Presidents Cup in South Korea. But there is something slightly disconcerting about the noises they do and don't make...
Korean golfer Shin Ae Ahn moved to New Zealand when she was nine, and took up golf. Well, that's probably not all she did. She probably messed around with dolls and played soccer and hung out with her friends building stuff on Minecraft as well. But she started playing golf. And soon realised she was pretty good at it.
Ok as nobody else seems to be doing it, I am going to come out and defend the seemingly indefensible, or at the very worst add a bit of perspective. Hank Hainey made a pretty unwise statement and was clearly mistaken in taking what might be described as ‘locker room humour’ to the airways. But, was he being ‘racist, xenophobic, and sexist’ as stated by the PGA Tour’s lawyers?
Five of the world’s top-ranked players: No.1 Lydia Ko, No.2 Nelly Korda, No.3 Minjee Lee, No.6 Brooke Henderson and 2022 Champion and World No.5 Jin Young Ko were at Sentosa Golf Club today to open the 15th edition of the HSBC Women’s World Championship, Singapore, 2-5 March.
World number one, Jin Young Ko, walked arm in arm up to the 18th green at the CP Women’s Open yesterday with defending champion and local girl Brooke Henderson, as she cruised to a five shot lead over her nearest rival, Denmark’s Nicole Broch Larsen, to confirm that she is in her class of her own on the LPGA Tour this year.
The world’s top-–ten ranked female golfers will be heading to Singapore to compete in the 10th edition of the HSBC Women’s Champions which will be staged on the New Tanjong Course, Sentosa Golf Club, from 2–5 March this year.
When I first heard that golf was going to be back for the 2016 Olympics I genuinely thought it was fantastic news, a massive opportunity for the sport to make a big and sudden impact on the game. Finally here was an chance to showcase the great game to the entire world.