Born circa. 535 BC, the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus was known as 'The Obscure' due to his Cryptic pronouncements and his penchant for wordplay. He was the preeminent advocate of universal flux which was captured in his famous aphorisms: 'everything flows and nothing stays' & 'no man steps into the same river twice' His wisdom from over 2,500 years ago still resonates to … [Read more...] about 1933 Ryder Cup – Oh How Golf Has Changed
From the Nineteenth
Sam Vickers
At the start of the year, I spent some time marshalling various ideas and thoughts for potential articles into an embryonic running order for the weeks and months ahead. One of the ideas is to try and 'shine the spotlight' on other professions within the golfing industry, following on from the article on Kevin Diss, a professional golf course and events photographer, which … [Read more...] about Sam Vickers
6° of Golfer Separation
For the ongoing series 'History and Legends of Golf', I researched and published articles on John Ball Jr and Horace Hutchinson, which hopefully you have read and enjoyed!! Within and across both articles, there were implicit (and at times explicit) threads of golfing connectivity...a sort of family tree linking golfers rather than by consanguinity (blood relationships). … [Read more...] about 6° of Golfer Separation
2020protour
The 2020protour, co-founded by Chris Hanson & Adam Walker, is the first gender-equal tour with an equitable policy. Golfing Herald met up with European Challenge Tour player Chris at Huddersfield Golf Club to chat about this history-making golfing venture. (Since interviewing Chris the schedule was initially disrupted by the 'British Weather Gods' and as a … [Read more...] about 2020protour
Kevin Diss
I first came across the work of Kevin Diss when Sunningdale Golf Club kindly granted me permission to use one of his photographs (of the 18th on the Old Course) from their website, with the condition that I provided accreditation for Kevin, which naturally I was more than happy to do. I was blown away by the composition, colours and artistry of the Sunningdale photograph and … [Read more...] about Kevin Diss