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) 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) 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) 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) 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 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...
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...
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 F. Moloney Maggie could feel her mouth getting drier and drier the closer she and Mr. Duggart got to reaching Mr. Thackett’s cabin. To his credit, Mr. Duggart had attempted to keep things light as they walked by talking about how the driving range used to be...
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 F. Moloney Maggie quickly buzzed her window back up as another cloud of rust-red dust came billowing towards her car – how right Mr. Duggart had been. “Now, while there is asphalt in parts on the drive in” he had warned rather ominously just before they left...
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...