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Scout Report: Shane Lowry

·October 7, 2019·7 min read

Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) The strangest thing about writing a scout report on Shane Lowry as a potential Ryder Cup rookie is the fact that I have to write one at all. That the current Open Champion has never set foot in the amphitheatre that is a Ryder Cup...

The Honda Classic: Golden Bear Country

Golf

·February 26, 2020·14 min read

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...

South African Open: High Noon On The Highveld

Golf

·January 8, 2020·7 min read

Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When Christmas finally gets done and dusted, and “Auld Lang Syne” inevitably gets replaced with “The Same Old Grind”, January often ends up being on the receiving end of some pretty vicious sideways glances from those disgruntled amongst us who actually enjoy the festive period...

Rocket Mortgage Classic: Blast Off to Motor City

Golf

·June 30, 2020·14 min read

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...

When To Walk Away

Golf

·November 11, 2019·4 min read

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...

Elevator Pitch … & Putt

Elevator Pitch Golf

·October 11, 2019·5 min read

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...

RBC Heritage: Full Steam Ahead to Hilton Head

Golf

·June 16, 2020·12 min read

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...

Scout Report: Behind Enemy Lines

Golf The Road to Wisconsin

·July 15, 2020·10 min read

Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) With the Ryder Cup now officially postponed until 2021, it must be a strange time for both Pádraig Harrington and Steve Stricker. Having gotten to within two months of heading to Whistling Straits, the site where two years-worth of planning and strategizing would finally have...

The Memorial: Jack’s Place Part II – Into the Den

Golf

·July 14, 2020·11 min read

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...

A ‘What If?’ Special: The Legends Edition

Golf The Road to Wisconsin

·December 12, 2019·15 min read

Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) One of the most popular articles I’ve ever done on here is where I looked at how a Ryder Cup-style match between a European team and an American team made up of each side’s top six ranked male golfers in the World Rankings and each...

THE PLAYERS Championship: A Golden Enigma

Golf

·March 11, 2020·15 min read

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...

Elevator Pitch: ‘The Emerald Swing’

Elevator Pitch Golf

·May 31, 2020·14 min read

Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) On Thursday afternoon of last week, like a sudden downpour after months of drought, the European Tour made the very welcome announcement that, come July, professional, European golf will be returning to our screens in the shape of a six-week block of events spread across...