For some of us, particularly those of a senior age, who play and follow this dear old game, it’s easy to   lament, as I do, the lack of match play at the professional level. Yes, the amateur game is steeped in match plays, but alas, as soon as you join the professional ranks, it becomes a bit of a historic relic. Yet oddly enough, often the most riveting of professional competitions are those all too rare match play events. Take 2025 for example, what has been the best and mo

When Kiwi Golfer Daniel Hillier stood on the first tee at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday afternoon NZ time, he, in all probability, was in a very positive frame of mind. He had strung together 3 sub-par rounds at this US$4 million India Championship event and he was just 4 shots behind the tournament leader and right among the big names in this world class tournament. Quietly he must have felt confident that at last, after 6 months and 14 tournaments without a top 10 finish, h

It’s hard to know what Daniel Hillier’s prevailing feeling might have been after finishing in a tie for 23rd place at the Spanish Open in Madrid. Was it satisfaction at recording his best finish on the DP World Tour for 5 ½ months or acute disappointment that he frittered away, over the closing holes, a chance of a top 5 finish? I suspect it was the latter. When he turned at the halfway stage of his final round, his score stood at 10 under. He hadn’t dropped a stroke over the