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) 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) 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 (@TheCheeky9) Five years. One month. Two days. You add that all up and it makes exactly 1,859 days. 1,859 days since my father offered me twenty euro and a spin to go play 9 holes at a local course. I was 24 years old back then....
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) The birdies at the 3rd, 4th and 10th. The chip-in birdie at 14. The eagle at 16. When it comes to playing back the highlight reel of Collin Morikawa’s breakthrough Major win at the PGA Championship, those moments above which saw him reach his title-winning...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Remember last week when I described the Honda Classic as having been “attritional”? Wasn’t that adorable? Because after the way Bay Hill played over the weekend just gone for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, it made what happened two and bit hours down the road at...
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 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) Bryson DeChambeau After run-ins with rules officials & ant colonies had him making headlines for the wrong reasons in the run-up to the PGA Championship, Bryson had people back talking about him for the right reasons come the end of 72 holes in San Francisco,...
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) 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...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Having been steadily watching both the European and PGA Tour seasons unfold since September, it’s safe to say that Bryson DeChambeau and the physical transformation he’s undergone has been the most talked about subject in golf over the last few months. In broadcast after broadcast...