Football codes are uniting against a Health Task Force recommendation that would see advertising during live sport broadcasts phased out during high adolescent/child viewing times and the end of alcohol sponsorship of sport, writes Simon Chapman.
Golf
Taxpayers can’t separate Tiger Woods from its IMG fees
While the rest of the country slowly pulls itself out of recession, a full-scale Tiger Woods-led recovery will be raging down in a little suburban pocket of south-east Melbourne.
Tom Watson made everyone believe he could win the British Open
Watson made believers out of everyone. He wasn’t succumbing to the moment, crosswinds or age. He knew how to finish. Watson made us certain that the most fanciful sports story of the century was going to get every last edit and chapter heading and wind up in hardcover.
Cricket or golf: which is the least boring?
Stephen Moss pits cricket against golf for boringness, rating them on terminology, length of game, commentators and fans.
Elite golfers’ plus fours a feat of fashion planning
In the world of elite golf, fashion is never left to chance. Tiger Woods’ major championship fashion was scripted by Nike a year ago.
Scotland’s honour in golf
At Strathtay Golf Club, about 70 miles north of Edinburgh, golfers still put their green fees in envelopes and drop them through a slot in the clubhouse wall with no attendant in sight.
This year’s US Open could be a real tear-jerker
Bring handkerchiefs. Stock up on Kleenex. Supplies of tissues to wipe away tears, to blow noses or dab at tearful eyes may be in short supply out on Long Island.
Video flyover of the US Open’s Bethpage Black
Take a computer-generated aerial ride over Bethpage Black, site of the 2009 U.S. Open.
Choice! Kiwis propose a faster, nine hole golf format
New Zealand golf officials believe a shortened form of the game will attract more players to the sport.
Charles Barkley almost kills a spectator golfing
If there was ever a reason for NBA legend “sir” Charles Barkley to quit golfing, this would be it.
The language of the golfing fanatic
Have you found yourself dormie, stymied, plugged or in the cabbage? Are you a sandbagger? A pigeon? A player? A hooker? In other words, are you conversant in the dialect of golf?
Players Championship winner Henrik Stenson’s golf swing
Want to hit the ball like Henrik Stenson? Golf.com shows you how.
Friendship at Sawgrass: Vijay Singh and the raccoon
Behind the driving range at Sawgrass, a svelte raccoon was munching on chunks of banana, courtesy of Vijay Singh.
The life of bagmen: why golf caddies matter
Way back when, caddies needed only to present themselves on the first tee not looking like they had crawled out of a bush. Today a caddie’s life is harder — and far more scientific.
Payne Stewart’s son carries on family legacy in golf
Aaron Stewart wasn’t interested in golf until after his father died 10 years ago.
Golfers test limits of good sense in golf carts
The golf cart has always been treated like a plaything, but gold cart accidents are no laughing matter. Ok, maybe just a little bit.
Angel Cabrera: Shoeless ’slumdog’ to millionaire
The Cabrera tale is one of the most lovingly told in the privileged locker rooms.
Put down that driver and putt like a Tiger
Eight days ago, Tiger Woods won the Bay Hill Classic in Florida for the sixth time, huis putting was the key, writes Charles Happell.
Political snippets: Afghan anti-women law update
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has described a new law signed by Afghanistan’s President Karzai earlier this month “extraordinary, reprehensible and reminiscent of the decrees made by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the 1990s.”
John Daly: A waste of taxpayers’ money
What global financial crisis? State governments are happy to spend their money an obese, chain-smoking, temper tantrum throwing golfer who can’t play golf, writes Charles Happell.
Finishing first now comes second for Greg Norman
Greg Norman’s near miss at Royal Birkdale might have had an air of inevitability about it, but it was also courageous, writes Charles Happell.
Golf’s underdogs come out from the woods
A British Open without Tiger Woods? Opportunity knocks for golf’s nervous nellies, writes Charles Happell.
Another day, another money shot: Tiger’s epic US Open win
After one of modern golf’s epic days, Tiger Woods hobbled away with the US Open — his 14th major championship, writes Charles Happell.
The future of Australian golf is in bogey territory
Australian golf is fast heading towards an abyss, writes Charles Happell.
