Martin’s musings…

Jun 19 2010

Thought for the Day
What would Geronimo have said if he jumped out of an airplane?

Dane brings home the bacon (sorry)
The motives we have for developing a liking for a particular golfer are numerous and not always related to the obvious fact of them being particularly superior at what they do. They’re all good, but some insinuate themselves into our affections for idiosyncratic reasons which can be as simple as seeing them treat a young fan in a particularly generous way, or wearing an outlandish outfit. For example, I have always followed the career of Australian Craig Parry with particular attention. During the 1990s when I worked on a golf magazine he was one of our instruction editors and I used to go to photoshoots in order to capture his words. Whenever I complimented him on an especially good shot he would reply with a smile, in typically Aussie fashion: ‘Nah mate – piece of p*ss to a trained athlete.’ (more…)

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Idea for new product

Jun 17 2010

How about a celebrity endorsed Vuvuzela for use at this year’s Ryder Cup? The Fuzzy ZoellerVuzela might catch on. Or if space were a bit tight the FaldoFolding Vuvuzela would be the one to go for.

With thanks to Paul Gorton for this inspired idea. We can’t see any problem with it (as long as they not used on the European player’s backswings of course).

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Bet you’ll want to have a go at this…

Jun 11 2010

The US Open. No, we’re not suggesting you try and sneak on the tee at Pebble Beach next Thursday (has there been an American Maurice Flitcroft?). This is your chance to win a GoKart electric golf trolley, or the equivalent in GoKart goodies, and entering couldn’t be easier.

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Coming soon to a screen near you…

Jun 05 2010

The US Open at Pebble Beach (starts Thursday 17th June). And along with it our US Open comp to win a GoKart by predicting the winner and, if you’re very clever, the winning score.  We’ll give you a list of players and some statistics to get your teeth into next week to ease the process, so watch this space.

And for the moment, a little bit of golf scenery titillation to get you salivating;

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Trumpton news from Martin Vousden

Jun 02 2010

This week’s news from Martin. In the presence of his Trumpness no less.

Thought for the Day
If you’re going to have a lucky number, don’t make it 2,375 because that rarely comes up when you’re gambling

In the presence of greatness
I was summoned – it really is the only applicable word – last week, along with a bunch of other journalists, to the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, where we were granted the privilege of interviewing Donald J Trump, or The Trumpster as I prefer to think of him.
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The wrong balls

May 30 2010

BP has just announced their latest attempt to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has failed. They were trying to block it with, among other things, golf balls. We’ve an idea why there’s still a leak; they must have been using cheap two-piece balls. If they’d used good quality synthetic balata covered balls it would have stopped. Just a thought.

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