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...
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) 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...
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...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) With Danny Willett claiming, in rather impressive fashion, the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday, we’re now officially on ‘The Road to Wisconsin’ … so I hope you went to the toilet before we left. This means the first of those precious points anyone hoping to...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) Now, if you already know who Viktor Hovland is, then, congratulations, you have earned my respect; and if you were in this room right now we would exchange firm handshakes and nods of admiration. If you do not know who Viktor Hovland is, however, then,...
Written by Stephen Moloney (www.twitter.com/TheCheeky9) With the European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, underway this week at the golf course equivalent of “the good room” that is Wentworth, it marks the fact that the 2018/19 season is coming to a close and, as such, we’re getting close to...