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
From the Nineteenth
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
Golf Hole Names
Before launching Golfing Herald I had a myriad of ideas for possible articles, some of which have been realised over the past 10 months or so. One idea was to investigate, write and publish a trilogy of articles connected by a common theme, namely the factual information present on a Golf Scorecard, to be read as three individual pieces of work rather than a single piece. At … [Read more...] about Golf Hole Names