Golf
Golf blogs
Opinion, observations and arguments from the SportsArena365 desk, clearly labelled.
Four rounds, one number
The Golf blog: opinion, rankings and arguments from the SportsArena365 desk. Clearly labelled as opinion, and kept separate from anything we report as fact.
Distance · 3 min read
Why golf's distance numbers keep climbing
Equipment, fitness and technique have each pushed distance upward, and no single cause explains the trend on its own.
Rules · 3 min read
The rules oddities that decide golf's strangest moments
Golf's rulebook produces genuinely strange situations, and understanding relief options explains why players sometimes drop from places that look untroubled.
Equipment · 3 min read
How the driver became golf's scoring club
The driver used to be judged mainly on accuracy, but forgiveness and distance gains have turned it into the club that decides scoring rounds.
Luck and fairness · 3 min read
Weather and tee times are golf's unavoidable luck
Two players in the same tournament can face entirely different conditions, and no amount of skill can fully compensate for that gap.
Equipment · 3 min read
Why fitting matters more than the equipment brand
The single biggest performance gain from equipment usually comes from fitting it to the swing, not from choosing a particular manufacturer.
