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B56 Comments by the Author
Comments on BriskerGolf As the author of this website I suppose I write primarily to entertain myself, but in doing so I am secretly hoping that I am helping all and sundry with my advice, always in a light-hearted1* and positive way. [1* When I was 12 my English teacher, the venerable Mr Bumphead, warned…
Read MoreB53: Revised Omniscorecard: 4th July’19
The new Omniscorecard is a primary record of all gross scores on each hole, for a BriskerGolf group. At the end of each hole, a calculation is made of the significant net score or scores at a hole, and the coin scoring at the hole, either automatically, by the BG App, or intellectually, by a…
Read MoreB48: Memories of Bobby Locke
The author has three friends with direct connections to Bobby Locke. Most directly, Pete Coleman, now aged 81, played with Bobby in an RAF Charity event when he [Pete] was 16 or 17. At that time Pete’s handicap was plus four, and he was being advised by the legendary 1920 Open Champion, George Duncan, who by…
Read MoreB47: Historic Non-BriskerGolfer: Bobby Locke
The wonderfully idiosyncratic and charismatic Bobby Locke, was his own man. He had nerves of steel, as exemplified by his war record as a pilot in World War Two, where he reputedly flew more than 100 missions over Europe for the South African Air Force, and in addition ‘served with distinction as a Royal Air…
Read MoreB46: Historic BriskerGolfer: Arnold Palmer, Legendary Multiple Major Winner & Golfing Icon
In many golfer’s estimations no one did more to popularize the sport of golf than Arnie. One report described ‘his dashing presence’ and that he ‘singlehandedly took golf out of the country clubs and into the mainstream’. Bryon Hutchinson, former Tournament Pro in the Fifties, and attached for about 40 years to the classic Moortown…
Read MoreB45: Historic BriskerGolfer: Harry Vardon, Six-Time British & One-Time US Open Champion
Nicknamed The Greyhound, Harry Vardon was the world’s greatest golfer of his era. He had most of his tournament successes whilst he was attached to the wonderful Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire. To this day, Harry’s association with Ganton is celebrated at the club, including its dedicated Vardon room. It is possible that the Ganton…
Read MoreB44: Historic BriskerGolfer: George Duncan, 1920 British Open Champion
George Duncan was a professional standard soccer player who wisely chose to become a Professional Golfer. He came to prominence before the first World War, with six top ten finishes in the British Open before the outbreak of the War. Aged 37 in 1920 he won the first post World War British Open at Royal…
Read MoreB39: BG Omniscorecard and Punctuation. Also Penalty Codes
The BG App automatically produces a dynamic interpretation of Gross scores and Net scores, when a single figure is inputted and verified by Secondary and Self-Markers, using the following punctuation: No Punctuation: e.g. for an outright Gross score win equating to a Net Par (on the last Hole) or Net Birdie or Net Eagle on any Hole e.g. scores such as 6 / 5 or 5 / 4 or…
Read MoreB38: BriskerGolf in brief: Brutal, Restrictive, Inclusive & ensuring Brisker Play
Individual scoring in BriskerGolf is as elegant as that of Skins: Win a Hole outright and a BriskerGolfer wins a Coin (perhaps pledged to a charity), or possibly an accumulation of Coins, previously not won (a Coin Bonanza) Win a hole outright and a Skins Player wins a Skin, or possibly an accumulation of Skins, previously not won, which may or…
Read MoreB37: BriskerGolf played Casually, like Skins, or Formally, using a BG App
Like the classic game of Skins, BriskerGolf is both an individual and a team game. Unlike Skins however, BriskerGolf is a tightly regulated game, whose adherents are guided by a series of Brisker Rules that ensure that Brisk progress is made by every BriskerGolfer on every hole. Like Skins, BriskerGolf may be played completely informally by a group of three,…
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