Mak Lok-lin recalls the occasions when really great players did really bad things at golf’s biggest championships
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Written by Mak Lok-lin
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When a certain Jordan Spieth won the US Open at Chambers Bay at the age of 21 last year people scrambled to see if he was the youngest ever winner. Spieth wasn't even close. The holder of that...
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Get over the bunker, get over the bunker, get over the…Doh! Shoot! Straight in and – wouldn’t you believe it? – plugged again. Strolling towards my buried ball, the trap...
Byron Nelson has a strong claim to being the greatest golfer who ever lived. Even in this Tiger-dominated era, his record from 1945 looks unbeatable. In what was a curtailed season, “Lord...
In days of hardship it pays to grab all the good news you might find—and to hold on tight. And while it is excusable that a news release on 20 October didn’t steal all the headlines it...
Like all the larger cities in China, Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, which in turn is the home of the Shaolin Temple and the birthplace of Kung Fu, has a brand spanking new airport and a...
Danny Lee, the highest ranked amateur in the world, is no accident. The 2006 number one, Lee Won-Joon, is no fluke. The Korean Open champion Bae Sang-moon is no surprise. The Asian Tour’s...
Put it down to the fact that pulses were still beating fast after all the fireworks and fanfare of the Beijing Olympics but sportswriters the world over—keen to keep the flame burning, so to...
As we reach mid-term in the professional golf season, only one fact can be known for sure: Tiger Woods will finish the year with 14 majors to his credit.
Trevor Immelman was a most deserving winner...
Colin Montgomerie courted controversy ahead of the recent US Masters after the Scot blasted the tournament organisers for handing invites to China's Liang Wen-chong, Indian Jeev Milkha Singh and...