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My earliest recollection of The Open was the one held in 1973 at Troon in Scotland. I had just had my first putting experience in the local park at the bottom of my road and was about to progress to the pitch-and-putt in Graves Park in Sheffield. I was 12...

This weekend sees the second major in the golfing calendar with the 114th US Open teeing up at the Donald Ross designed Pinehurst No 2 course in North Carolina. The US Open is also known as the Father’s Day Major as more often than not the trophy is presented to the...

After a two year build up, and with the group stages of the World Cup now completed, for those England supporters amongst us it’s another case of ‘game over ‘in the shortest time since the tournament held in 1958 – just 5 days of competition football before our fate is...

I really enjoy reading my copy of Golf Monthly and other golf magazines. One of my favourite sections in every publication is the Letters Pages where informative snippets, helpful suggestions and the occasional rant at one thing or another give you a great insight into all things golf. In a...

I read an article recently that a former MI5 agent had placed a special edition watch on ebay for which the bidding had reached £3500 before the item was removed. Apparently the watches had been commissioned by the agency to celebrate their centenary in 2009 and each ‘staff member’ was...

First published in 2014 ETIQUS Founder Gary Butler gives you his thinking behind the brand name ETIQUS. So congratulations to Gerry Lester Watson on his victory at Augusta and on winning his second green jacket. Gerry who? We know him better as ‘Bubba’, named by his father after a 1950’s...