It’s probably the oldest cliché in golf. “You drive for show, but you putt for dough”. Those famous words were uttered 70 odd years ago by the man many believe to be the greatest putter of all time, South African Bobby Locke, four-time winner of the Open Championship. Gary Player summed him up neatly when he said once, “I’ve never seen anyone putt better than Bobby Locke.” Locke must have known something about this mysterious golfing art because he won four British Opens (The

“It was nuts”. The reaction of Scottie Scheffler to the putting performance of Cam Young’s 4th round of the Cadillac Championship in Florida over the weekend. ”I don’t think he missed anything”, added Scheffler and he wasn’t exaggerating as he talked about Young’s performance on the greens. Over the course of the round, he was 7 strokes better than anyone else in the field on the putting greens. Was it any wonder Young won the championship by 6 strokes - his second win of the

It was shaping up as a big week for our big names. Unfortunately the early sizzle quickly turned to fizzle and with Ryan Fox having a week off, what followed was a low for the likes of Lydia Ko, Daniel Hillier and Kazuma Kobori. The biggest disappointment was the showing of Lydia. She lined up in Houston at the Chevron Championship for the first women’s Major of the year. Her form in 2026 meant she entered as one of the favourites. From her 6 starts on the LPGA Tour this year