Emulating Supermex.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "....I know. Lee Trevino was one of the greatest golfers that has ever lived - and some would say (I'd be one) if he could have only learned how to putt, then Jack Nicklaus would have won far fewer majors - and Tiger might be trying to out-major Supermex these days, rather than out-major the Golden bear. So I'm hardly gonnae end up striking the ball like Supermex himself, am I? But I can try. I think it could be fun. I think it could save my back. And whilst I fully appreciate my scores this year may (temporarily?) suffer as a result (as will my length, I'm sure), I think, if I stick at it... you never know... it could just work!"

Value Man Tip 9. Oman Open at the Al Mouj Golf Club.

Excerpt (Please click on blog post title to read post in full): "I almost chose not to tip this week, as my main Value fancy, JB Hansen isn't quite long enough odds at 80-1.* I'm honestly also thinking (again) that if my value selection has odds of >50-1 then I should accept them, and tip here accordingly - rather than limiting my tips to 100-1 shots or greater. We'll see, eh? That said, for this week, I have found a 100-1 shot, who, at his best, would at least get into a place here, on a course he's done quite well at a couple of times before. Trouble is he's a mercurial sort (what my teachers at my school often said about me!) But for what it's worth. My tip?..."

Ultra slo-mo clips of pre-season mat sesh in the warm sun today.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "As the kids and their mother are at their grandparents'/parents' house in Shrewsbury for a day or two... and as the weather was quite gorgeous today (15-16C... so warm for February... and lovely and sunny), I thought I'd hit a few balls at the range. Pre-season. And video them in ultra slo mo... "

You’ll never hear a more amazing story in golf. Really… you won’t.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "In all seriousness, if you've really not heard of José de Jesús Rodríguez , then go make yourself a cup of tea and then click this link. And then (perhaps only then) you might begin to understand that my derision towards miserable, arrogant, privileged golfers like Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia and Tyrrell Hatton (although certainly not limited to them) is actually well-founded and very understandable..."

Value Man Tip 8. WGC Mexico Championship at Chapultepec Golf Club.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "Not doing well are we, so far - and I'm really not too confident about this week's tip in a World Golf Championship event. But. For what it's worth... My tip.... at the longest odds I've tipped at so far...?"

TV or not TV

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "But. I am (we are) tired of paying Virgin Media and SKY Sports about £31 a month for the privilege of all that golf (and rugby and everything else it has to be said). So. After this year's Players tournament at TPC Sawgrass, from the 14th-17th March - we've decided to cancel ALL TV from Virgin Media - and that includes ALL golf and rugby. Now. Will that mean I won't be able to watch any golf - and will my blogging and tipping here suffer therefore? No. Because...."

Me and Eu…calyptus.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "My old local golf course was called "Blue Mountain (golf club)" and I never really knew why. I mean, South East Berkshire is hardly mountainous, isn't famous for its coffee and well... isn't blue! If anything East Berkshire is pink (with heather) and relatively flat - at least compared with the Chilterns where I grew up..."

Value Man Tip 7. ISPS HANDA World Super 6 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club.

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "A weird format this week (stroke AND matchplay) so RIPE for a shock (long odds) winner, perhaps, I think. My tip....?"

I don’t wannae say I told you so…

Excerpt (Please click on blog post title to read post in full): "But ... I told you so".

First hit in nearly 15 weeks!

Excerpt (Please click blog post title to read post in full): "A couple of days ago now, almost 15 weeks after I last hit a golf ball in anger (at Bird Hills golf club where I went round in 39) I thought it was about time (frozen shoulder and neck and mild sciatica not withstanding) I limped up to the range (a sea of mud at present) and at least tried to gently hit a few balls with my beautiful bladed 7 iron. (I only took one club to the range - I always only tend to after a big lay off - the club I started playing golf with in 1984 - a 7 iron)..."