Some great footage of the efficient swing of Peter Thomson. A links golf specialist. Open Champion 1954 - Royal Birkdale 1955 - St Andrews 1956 - Royal Liverpool/Hoylake 1958 - Royal Lytham & St Annes 1965 - Royal Birkdale He also finished second in 1952, 1953 and 1957.

Which future British Prime Minister is seen in this old b&w photo now re-coloured wading his way to golf at RWN/Brancaster?🤔 ⛳️🙂

🏌🏻‍♂️ “Just put me down for a par”

Chipping 4 Par : A Hackers Guide To Breaking 90 Golfers should take a deep breath and realise that playing to a 20 handicap is the norm and all these 'A graders' and 'B graders' are playing a completely different game to the majority of us. Lets call them golfers and the

Bobby Locke and Peter Thomson...few people know that Bobby Locke invited Sam Snead and then Peter Thomson to his homeland (South Africa) for a series of exhibition matches. The public paid good money in admission fees to watch the worlds best golfers before the invention of

Slow Play : How is it that in 1948 it took 2 hours 20 minutes for the final of the Victorian Amateur...and in 1952 at The Open Championship Norman Von Nida demanded a 2 stroke penalty be called on Bobby Locke who took an exorbitent amount of time to play his final 18 holes, 3

Under Rated: I had the pleasure of watching this former Australian amateur champion claim his first significant professional victory in November 2000, taking down none other than Geoff Ogilvy on the European Tour. Just weeks later, he was back at it again at The Vines in Western

Sir Bob Charles, here are a few lesser-known points of interest about the first leftie to win The Open Championship (1963). I will start with a quote he sent me about ten years ago, in a handwritten letter. “On my 18th birthday my parents presented me with a set of Slazenger

Outrageous 🎯 (Sound on 🕺🏽) #HoleInOneNumber4 #WaggaWaggaProAm

Which golfer has won the most National Opens? The Irish Open, Australian, British, US, Scottish, Canadian, NZ and French Open are some of the oldest championships on earth. Once Americans shook off the shackles of their Scottish golf roots, the U.S. Open was won by an American

Australian golfing legend Norman Von Nida got his professional career $tarted in 1938/9 when he travelled two weeks on a boat from Sydney to play the Philippines Open in Manilla.....first prize was $5000, which at the time was more money than he could make in an entire year in

Anyone imagine this happening now. ⁦Andy Johnson⁩

There are only four players who average under 29 putts per round on the LPGA Tour. I had always assumed female golfers are as good as the men, at putting. Did 5 minutes of research and I am wrong about that. Example, Nelly Korda averages 30.11 putts per round which has her

Does anyone know when The Open went to 18 holes of television coverage? (In 1965 we can only see the final 4 holes of coverage) This photo is from The Open circa 1960 ish

Golf sledges: Have you got some good ones? Here are 20 or so of my favourites. Enjoy. “Caddie told me it was a 5 iron to clear the water on a par 3, I thought hard 7. He walked up to my ball and told it, ‘hold your breath little buddy you’re about to go for a swim!’” “That’s