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
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Honesty and Honestly
“Honesty and Honestly” is a personal golfing reminisce, turning back the clock to over 40 summers ago, to a week in time that whatever the question, golf was the answer. Itinerary I was about 16 or 17 years of age when my late father and I went on a week’s golfing holiday. Brilliant, as in those salad days I could actually play golf to a very reasonable standard and I … [Read more...] about Honesty and Honestly
Scorecard Semiotics
The Tube Map is the iconic schematic for the London Underground system using a combination of colours and shapes. In Scorecard Semiotics, Golfing Herald examines a sample of golf course scorecards to present an argument that just like the Tube map, the golf scorecard should also be viewed as a design and semiotic icon. Semiotics Semiotics is the study of sign process. Signs … [Read more...] about Scorecard Semiotics