Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) As expected, from the moment play got underway at the Travelers Championship last Thursday morning, the deluge of birdies forecasted to rain down on TPC River Highlands arrived – along with actual rain then come Saturday afternoon. Though Mackenzie Hughes’ -10 par round of 60...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) By the time his ball rattled the bottom of the cup for par on the 9th green at Muirfield Village, it all-but-seemed guaranteed that the proceeding 9 holes would be nothing more than a triumphant processional march back to the clubhouse for Jon Rahm. I...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Now, if you already know who Viktor Hovland is, then, congratulations, you have earned my respect; and if you were in this room right now we would exchange firm handshakes and nods of admiration. If you do not know who Viktor Hovland is, however, then,...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When Rory McIlroy launched his golf ball through the rapidly encroaching twilight and landed it inside Matthew Wolff’s effort on the 19th hole of play last Sunday evening in Juno Beach, it officially brought the curtain down on the ‘Taylormade Driving Relief’ event and the...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) This week the 2019 European Solheim Cup team was nominated – and rightly so – in the “Team of the Year” category in ‘The Sunday Times’ Sportswomen of the Year awards. Now, obviously, I’m wholly biased in thinking they should, indeed, get the award, but,...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Before I became infatuated with the cruel siren that is golf I was obsessed with pitch & putt. What started as just putting out one of two balls my older brother would tee off with because I couldn’t get anywhere near the green when I...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Once the singles session last Sunday was followed up with the all-important drinking session to celebrate their comeback win against Ernie Els’ International side in the Presidents Cup, you’d wonder if, at some point between Tiger buying ‘libations’ for everyone and the seventh off-key rendition...
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 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) As the worst night of the year to go out is finally upon us in all it’s overcrowded, sure-to-disappoint splendour, that, in turn, means we’re but a few hours away from it officially being a Ryder Cup year – and, given I got quite a...
Written by Stephen F. Moloney Maggie Lawson pulled her car into the side of the road and turned off the engine. “This can’t be it” she said, utter disbelief colouring her voice as she alternated between peering out through her dust-covered windshield and down at the broken screen on...
Written by Stephen F. Moloney “Oh, hold up a second.” For the third time since they’d started walking through the trees off to the left-hand side of the range, Ray came to a stop so that he could crouch down and pluck an old, dirt-covered range ball out from the...