Oi! Oi! McEvoy!

Excerpt (Please click on blog post title to read post in full): "So... out of about 20,000 competitors this week... I finished 35th! EASILY my best ever weekly result in this competition so far!"

And the Champion golfer of the year is…

Excerpt (Please click on the blog post title to read the post in full): "I'm still no fan of links golf, even though I may well play my first EVER round on a links course on the Isle of Wight in August... And no... I'm not Carnoustie's number one fan... BUT. The Open is still (by some way) THE greatest golf championship on the planet and despite Butch Harmon's quite toe-curlingly-dreadful commentary (yet again), Sky Sports put on a magnificent show, as did the players, as did the most northerly course on The Open rota."

The Open – personal highlights from “Moving day”.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "That said, I do know one of my main fancies, JR, shot (see what I did there) 64 so went from just making the cut to top 15 and I also know Tiger Woods rolled back the years somewhat. Americans top the leaderboard right now - and infuriatingly-enough, after a season where he's been cold with the flat stick until now, Spieth looks very, very ominous (indeed) sat there at the top of the tree right now."

Another round round-up – The annual four club challenge!

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "I've been so buoyed by yesterday's successful challenge that I think, whilst the weather is still like this and you just don't need driver off the tee, I think I may put a four or perhaps five club bag in play for the rest of the summer. "

The Open – Personal highlights from round 2.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "Thorbjørn Olesen has a first name (Thorbjørn) which means "Thunder-bear" in his native Danish. Like a cross between a "Care bear" and a "Thundercat", if you like. (Which explains the image below). "

The Open – Personal highlight from round 1.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "The eagle-eyed amongst you (and the more knowledgeable wildlife lovers) will be able to identify the animal flying in front of Rory I'm sure (I know, but I'm not going to say anything else other than Rory did NOT get a 6 on this hole...)"

Faites vos (huit) jeux!

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "After seeing a couple of RIDICULOUS odds on golfers... I thought I'd up the ante a bit. I've now made 8 bets on this year's Open. Most are BIG value. ALL are detailed below... Good luck, grapple fans!"

The 2018 Open at Car-not-so-nasty. My 6 (six!) bets…

Excerpt (please click blog post title to read post in full): "For what it's worth, I'd be happiest if Russell Knox or Lee Westwood, or Tommy Fleetwood or Justin Rose or Bubba Watson won. Or even Brandt Snedeker. And for what its worth... here (below) are my ACTUAL bets, I've just laid with Ladbrokes. I've been dumb enough to bet all but £5.50p of my Brooks Koepka US Open winnings. (I know!) Anyway... whoever you pick... Good luck!"

Is Poulter an ‘R-sole’, then?

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "He's not alone though. Many, many of his pampered, multi-millionaire colleagues are too - although, unlike someone like Seve (who we always seemed to forgive being an interminable 'R-sole' (yes he was... he really was!)) it's more obvious and less quickly-forgiveable with someone like the boggly-eyed, hair-dying, dandy fop that is the constantly-preening, bristling Poulter."

Peter and Paul.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "Yes. You'll hear a lot about "Chippy" (named after his short game prowess I should add, not his abrasive personality) this week. And most of it might be unfair. Remember that."