Michael Pardy is back on the golf course and pens an ode to his Dunlop Hot Spot Number 2 which survived a complete round of golf without being lost.
Almanac Poetry: Golf 1
Michael Pardy has returned to golf after a break of 20 years. Beautiful game he says, and as a result, he has neglected his writing, so Michael has remedied that by writing golf poems. Here is his first golf poem.
Almanac Golf: The Pings aren’t gone
Gerard Cashill tells the tale of stolen golf clubs, good fortune and interesting playing partners. [Chuckle, chuckle – Ed]
Almanac Golf: The Brown Slipper
This was published in 2012.
It tells the story of The Harms Family’s Brown Slipper in 2012.
The 2023 Brown Slipper is in Hamilton and Port Fairy next week.
Almanac Books: Best Sports Books I Read This Year
Peter Baulderstone nominates and reviews the best sports books he read in 2023. Add your own suggestions for Almanacker’s reading lists.
Almanac Golf : Thank you Peter Floyd
Mark Poustie pays tribute to Peter Floyd and a select group of men he met along the way while being introduced and taught about golf at a very young age. The lesson Mark shares is when given the opportunity, to take some time and help a child with a pursuit, they may learn to love it and your small effort may produce a life altering outcome.
Almanac Golf: Phil Mickelson and Gambling Addiction
Although golfer Phil Mickelson has admitted to gambling addiction Peter Baulderstone believes the emotional harm is often worse than the financial damage. Acknowledging the hurt his gambling has caused to those close to him would help other gamblers and their families understand the damage and the steps to recovery.
Almanac Golf: Send Lawyers, Golf and Money – the Shits have Hit the Fans
Peter Baulderstone explains how the shotgun marriage between the US PGA and Saudi LIV golf tours tells us more about the influence of big corporate money and geopolitical power than sport. Think “Succession”, not Wide World of Sport.
Almanac Golf – LIV Adelaide: The start of something even bigger for the latest rival tour?
Joseph Ryan gives his take on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf coming soon to Adelaide. With the Australian Golf industry steering away from high level competitions and following in the direction more for tourism and the neglect by the PGA to top it off, it should be an exciting disruption for Australian golf fans to capitalise on in what would be likely the best golf event organised in Australia to date. Read more on what Joseph has to say!
Almanac (Golf) Life: The Schmodlow Cup
Andy Thurlow recounts the origins of The Schmodlow Cup for which his family competed over many years at the Naracoorte Golf Club.
Almanac Golf: Then along came Smith …
Australian golfer Cameron Smith wins the 2022 British Open reminding Rick Newbery of many memories as he explains.
Almanac Golf: What Are The Chances?
Daryl Schramm tells us of an eventful round at his local, the Penfield Golf Club with a couple of million-to-one moments.
Almanac Golf: The 98 putts of Foxy’s debut
John Harms has been playing golf with Foxy, a former hockey player turned golfer. Last Saturday they fell just short of a memorable century.
Almanac Golf: Oakey Golf Club – a story of country golfing
Today, October 19, 2015 is the 40th anniversary of John Harms’s hole-in-one. We re-visit the story of the course where it happened, and of the event. [Forty years! Really – JTH] [This story was first published in 2015 – Ed]
Almanac Golf: House Rules
Mark Poustie recalls improvised games of golf in the lounge room and his family’s backyard – always creative, sometimes dangerous, and not without the odd catastrophe!
Almanac Golf: Australia’s Greatest Golfer – Walter J Travis?
Many a treasure can be discovered on a billiard room’s library shelves in a historic property as Peter Baulderstone recently found on a trip to the Clare Valley in SA. This chance encounter changed Peter’s opinion of who is Australia’s greatest golfer.
‘Accolade to a country golfing icon…’ by KB Hill
KB Hill meets the ‘dignified and gracious’ Betty Mulcahy, arguably the best female golfer Wangaratta ever produced.
Almanac (Country) Golf: Bridgewater on Loddon in the 1970s and today
Mark Poustie once roamed the greens of Bridgewater on Loddon (just outside Bendigo) with great frequency. He recalls a different time with pigs and semi-trailers as hazards…though the green fees remain a steal!
Almanac Golf: PGA Golf Championship Preview and the Rise of Quality Independent Journalism
Peter Baulderstone offers some thoughts on the US PGA, one of the four majors, which is being played at Kiawah Island in South Carolina, and also offers some thoughts on the state of fresh golf journalism.
Seve – Part 8: A Legacy That Lives On
Seve’s long lasting legacy on golf, as told by Deakin University student Connor Schmidtke in the last of his eight-part series on one of the most-loved golfers of all time.
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