Babe Zaharias is a figure in the game with a career that is quite simply incredible. Her story is one of enormous achievement, not just in the game of golf but as a multi-discipline athlete. She overcame sexism and prejudice, she challenged stereotypes, she influenced the women's game in a way like no one else and set records which still stand today. We think every golfer should know her amazing story. We recorded a podcast with Susan Cayleff, a Pulitzer Prize nominee who has dedicated endless time to researching Babe’s career, back in 2021 which we strongly encourage you to listen to. You can find that here: As a short primer for any golfer who wants to know more about this amazing character, here are 5 things you should know and that are simply amazing: She is the only track and field Olympian of all time to win [...]

USA 4.5 – 7.5 GB&I  (Photo by Oisin Keniry/R&A/R&A via Getty Images) Walker Cup Saturday from St Andrews will live long in the memory. Glorious September sunshine lit up the Old Course for the most historic of matchups. Play got underway at 08.30, with Dylan Menante sending one down the middle alongside Gordon Sargent and taking on Barclay Brown and Mark Power. Menante and Sargent got off to a quick start, birdieing the first and giving the American fans a huge fist pump to get them going. Not only were they off to a quick start, but they were also setting a formidable pace of play at the top of the order. Sargent, the World #1 and his unassuming partner played some excellent golf, including an eagle to a very tough pin on 12 to seal victory 3&2. The dash of red first to go up on the [...]

Team Great Britain and Ireland and Team USA pose for a photograph during a putting contest at the Himalayas - (Photo by Ross Parker/R&A/R&A via Getty Images) As anticipation builds and with just four days until the opening tee shot at the 49th Walker Cup, taking place 100 years since the first staging, it’s worth taking a brief moment to reflect on the last transatlantic battle that took place at Seminole in May 2021. The build-up to Seminole lingers in the memory for a rather peculiar reason; Florida played host to the Walker Cup during the remnants of the COVID golf era, marked by woggles in holes and foot raking in bunkers. So, when the GB&I team crossed the pond, they were still completing daily screenings for the virus. When a number of players from both sides took ill just a couple of days before play, confusion abounded [...]