Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Chances are if, at any point over the last few weeks, the Middle East crossed your mind, I’d be willing to wager that it probably wasn’t because you were eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and therefore the beginning of the...
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...
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) 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) 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) 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...
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) After years of needing to constantly run through all number of different scenarios and projections to explain to the audience watching at home who needed what to happen in order to win the FedEx Cup, the PGA Tour decided that, instead of just going all...
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) 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) In the space of just thirteen seconds, Tiger Woods created, what would come to be, one of the most memorable moments in his illustrious career. No, it’s not the chip-in at the Masters back in ‘05 – that’s sixteen seconds, and the fact you don’t...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) When I wrote my last ‘Scout Report’ on Shane Lowry, I mentioned in the very first line how strange it was that I had to write one at all about the current Champion Golfer of the Year, as, from a cursory glance, he appeared to...