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) After just about getting his third shot out of the greenside bunker and then knocking the resultant fourth from the fringe to about six or eight feet with his putter, I don’t think anyone who’d been watching the previous three days – or, in particular,...
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) 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 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) Some of you may have seen towards the tail end of last week that Lisa Maguire, twin sister of Leona Maguire, has decided to step away from the competitive side of professional golf and, instead, take up a position with ‘Modest! Golf’, the very management...
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) 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) Way back at the beginning of September I tweeted how, given it was still only September, what a great year it had been for Irish golf. And though I tried to cram as many of the accomplishments those golfers borne of this island had managed to...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) It’s not often you hear someone say, “Oh my God – that may be the worst shot I’ve ever hit in my life” in the middle of a playoff and still emerge victorious, yet, on Sunday at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Lucas Herbert –...
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) After taking a quick trip back across the Atlantic to see Renato Paratore put on a clinic at the British Masters for how to win a golf tournament, my focus is once again trained Stateside for the second World Golf Championship of the season in...