Nick Rodger: Rory roars as we say farewell to a grandee of the golf writing old guard
Nick Rodger: Rory roars again as we say farewell to a grandee of the golf writing old guard
Golf Correspondent
A son of the Muckle Toon of Langholm, with a penchant for classic rock and honest howffs, years of reporting on the Royal & Ancient game has kept me on the straight and narrow despite my own wild attempts at this infuriating pursuit.
A son of the Muckle Toon of Langholm, with a penchant for classic rock and honest howffs, years of reporting on the Royal & Ancient game has kept me on the straight and narrow despite my own wild attempts at this infuriating pursuit.
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They often say that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. That’s not the case, of course, if your neighbour’s lawn has been struck by the fungal ravages of pythium blight.
This is the time of the year when the golf writers get to showcase their talents – and I use the terms ‘showcase’ and ‘talents’ extremely loosely - on some of the finest courses in the country during a delightful little run of official media days which also go by the sobriquet, 'the shameless freebie'.
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You’ll not be interested in the slightest to know that it’s my birthday tomorrow. To save you the bother of forensically examining that picture byline and counting the crow’s feet to work out my age, in the same kind of way you’d tot up the rings on the trunk of a felled tree, I’ll just tell you. I’m going to be, whisper it, 48.
When it comes to coffee, this correspondent wouldn’t know my arabica from my elbow. Forget about skinny lattes, macchiatos or cappuccinos, my idea of high-brow caffeine culture is watching Gareth Hunt shoogle a few Nescafe beans in his clenched fist during those TV commercials of yore.
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