Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Six months from now we’ll all be a few days removed from the 2020 Masters. And whilst the latest owner of a green jacket (hopefully someone with the first name ‘Rory’ and surname ‘McIlroy’) embarks on the whistle-stop press tour that follows triumphing at Augusta...
Written by Stephen F. Moloney “Just mind your step when you come down the other side here – some of the roots can be a little slippery.” Knowing full well that the sneakers she was wearing offered little in the way of traction, Maggie was sure to heed Mr. Duggart’s...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) From the second that image of Patrick Reed doing a bit of excavation work in that bunker at the Hero World Challenge was beamed around the world and the ensuing scorching hot takes began to roll in online, the task of competing in this week’s...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When I wrote my last ‘Scout Report’ on Shane Lowry, I mentioned in the very first line how strange it was that I had to write one at all about the current Champion Golfer of the Year, as, from a cursory glance, he appeared to...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) As I suffered through the weekly trawl through the channels for something to watch during the perennial dead zone that is ‘Sunday Night’ this past weekend, I eventually settled on a Euro ‘96 documentary where Alan Shearer discussed his memories of that magical summer over...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When people look back on the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge they might remember it for a number of reasons. It was the first proper event back since the gates were abruptly closed at Sawgrass and round one of the 2020 Players suddenly got a big...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) It has been exactly 90 days since I last posted a preview for a golf tournament. And, look, we all know the reason why that is, just like we’re painfully aware of the tremendous amount of suffering that’s blighted this planet in that same amount...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When Justin Thomas’ eagle putt dropped on the par 5 15th to get him to -21 on Sunday, I thought Collin Morikawa was done … but he kept fighting and forced himself into a playoff. When Justin Thomas’ monster of a 50-foot putt for birdie...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) As the chorus of air-horns heralded the presence of a storm making a beeline for Hilton Head – thus forcing Slugger White to pull the field in off the course just as the final pairing were on the green of the par 5 2nd –...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) I was convinced Tiger had it. Like, 100%; done and dusted; alright, everyone, chairs up on the tables; valiant effort, Mr. Lowry, but that silver medal will just have to do; CON-VINCED … he was a lock, for me, to take ‘Moment of the Year’....
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Like him or loathe him, for Patrick Reed – in the wake of comments made by Brooks Koepka & Peter Kostis regarding that incident in the Bahamas & his alleged conduct on the course – to go into the tricky Club de Golf Chapultepec and...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) In the space of just thirteen seconds, Tiger Woods created, what would come to be, one of the most memorable moments in his illustrious career. No, it’s not the chip-in at the Masters back in ‘05 – that’s sixteen seconds, and the fact you don’t...