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The Links at Fancourt

The Links at Fancourt bares its teeth

Tuesday, 21st August 2007 at 5:40 pm

Feverpitcher is spending a couple of arduous days at Fancourt, catching up with the country’s top aspiring golfers at the latest round in the Vodacom Origins of Golf series, the country’s top pro-am event that brings 60 amateurs alongside 60 …

John Daly

John Daly back in the mix

Friday, 10th August 2007 at 6:24 pm

Granted, it’s only one round in, but Feverpitcher is delighted to see Long John Daly amongst the leaders at Southern Hills in the PGA Championship. Hard drinking, chain smoking, in the middle of endless domestic misadventures - few players have …

Grant Holton

Grant ‘The Wall’ Holton stars in Ride Her Cup

Friday, 10th August 2007 at 5:54 pm

Usually he’s the pillar of the Pinelands Mighty Dodos defence; this week, however, Grant ‘The Wall’ Holton is part of the eight-man Lowveld team, taking on the Highveld in the inaugural running of the Ride Her Cup, amateur golf’s biggest …

Golf instruction

Ride Her Cup gets vital assistance

Tuesday, 7th August 2007 at 11:05 am

The Ride Her Cup, South Africa’s top amateur golf clash, gets underway at Simola on Wednesday, the Highveld team under Andrew Souter and veteran Phil Redshaw overwhelming underdogs against a Lowveld team that boasts star amateurs such as Guy Picken …

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods destroys another field

Tuesday, 7th August 2007 at 10:56 am

National pride fought with a sense of the inevitable as Sunday’s final round of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio: Rory Sabbatini might have led by one shot with 18 holes to play, but when Tiger Woods is the man …

Jim Furyk

The world’s 50 greatest sports chirps ever

Friday, 3rd August 2007 at 5:50 pm

Fascinating piece in today’s Times, and one that should see plenty of attention at bars around the world this evening (in between the ubiquitous conversations about Facebook). A fair amount of research has gone into compiling a list of 50 …