Sad to hear Stanley Baxter has died. Those Birds Eye adverts alone were comic genius

At the risk of sounding parochial, if Rory McIlroy does not win the BBC’s sports personality of the year award then the whole thing (already much devalued) should pack up forever. Any other result would be a joke in sporting terms.

Customs/baggage service at Edinburgh airport is a long way from ideal 😳

You learn something every day - turns out that in America, instead of saying 'right wing racist grifting gobshite' they say 'comedian'.

Quite a contrast today. Between a historic championship played on a truly great course…and an utterly meaningless exhibition played out on a resort course….. 🤷‍♂️

Meet the guy on the Neergaard-Peterson bag….. www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/aussie-caddie-on-the-european-tour-and-his-wife-on-a-mission-to-feed-starving-villagers-in-thailand/

golf.com.au/news/clayton... Elvis Smylie. Ryo Hisatsune The Presidents Cup and Geoff Ogilvy.

A wee peek at the Golf Channel website reveals the headline “why is rory playing in the Australian Open.” What should be there, of course, is “why is Scottie Scheffler not playing in the Australian Open?” 🙄

It's really important we try to support local independent book shops if we can but buying on-line is so easy right? So I've set up a page here which supports local shops and spent some time putting together my recommendations for you uk.bookshop.org/shop/elizabe...

Very happy to announce my forthcoming memoir "A Quick Nine Before Dark" and share the cover! It's being published by Tatra Press (March 15, 2026) and is available to pre-order now. amzn.to/4iltPYt bit.ly/4ppQWn8

Please don't judge me just because I was friends with the traitor Nathan Gill. Instead you can judge me because I described a man charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm as "an important voice for young men".

Not sure if this reflects more on me and my time of life…or on the pga tour. But for weeks now I have had zero interest in goings on there 🤷‍♂️

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Join me on GB News where I will be telling lies to gullible half wits who are so dim that they actually think I give a shit about them. 😂

Is DP World Tour players getting 10 spots on the PGA Tour a good thing ? www.si.com/golf/dp-worl...

Sharing this again as today's news programmes seem yet again full of those pushing the obscene suggestion of us leaving the #ECHR

Always heartbreaking to see the modern Scottish rugby strip defiled by advertising text 😳

Always amusing to hear so many Scottish Tories singing Flower of Scotland 😃 #murrayfield

That Scotland beat Greece recently remains one of sport’s great mysteries. They are miles better than us 🤷‍♂️

Despite the starter telling certain members of the Sky commentary team how to pronounce “Hojgaard,” they continue to get it wrong. Very strange 🤷‍♂️

Is anyone else tired of bailing out idiots who vote to bankrupt themselves?

US citizen George Retes speaks out about his unlawful detainment by ICE. Institute for Justice website: ij.org

A new report from Sky News shows Twitter has an algorithmic bias toward showing users extreme right-wing content. [Tell us something we didn't know. 🥴] www.avclub.com/twitter-x-am...

To those in favour of a free drop from a fairway divot….does that mean a great lie far into the rough must be declined, the ball moved into a more “deserving” spot? Just asking 🤷‍♂️

Holy crap! Please vote!!!

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Just caught up with the complaint from Rangers re referees. Hilarious and totally devoid of self awareness 😃

Been writing about Rory for a while now. This one from 2009 👇 www.golfdigest.com/story/gw20090309huggan

Had lunch today with Jennifer Laidlaw, Renton’s sister. Which of course made me think of Renton. I like thinking of Renton 👇 www.golfdigest.com/story/renton-laidlaw-tribute-european-tour-broadcaster-dies-age-82

Written just before the 2023 Ryder Cup. And proof that most people follow the example of my children and don’t listen to a word I say 😃👇 www.golfdigest.com/story/RyderCup2023-50-years-of-ryder-cup-memories

A bad day for the Andrew formerly known as Prince. Not before time.

As Rachel Reeves’ letting agent apologises for not applying for a rental licence, Chris Mason has taken a short leave of absence until he can manage to stop sobbing hysterically.

BREAKING: Trump has ordered the National Guard to create “quick reaction” forces nationwide by January to respond to civil unrest within the U.S. Ask yourself why no other president felt the need to do this.

Only redeeming quality of Old Course changes? The restoration of the challenge presented by the 16th hole. All that rough on the left was a disgrace so its removal is to be commended. Should never have been there in the first place of course 🤷‍♂️

Still trying to get my head round the proposed “enhancement” of the Old Course. Surprised the changes won’t be sponsored by club/ball making companies. Their priority is the bottom line, not what is best for the game. And certainly not what is best for golf’s most famous course 🙄

This is shameful. The R&A say they want to keep the Old Course challenging for elite players but nothing about their total failure to regulate equipment. Apparently they are happy to mess with the ultimate golfing monument but not with the sensitivities of the equipment companies. Disgraceful 🙈 👇

I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong. That 2/9d should read £122 million

You couldn’t make it up… “Baroness Mone & her husband Doug Barrowman have bought a £10m home on America’s “billionaire island”, where their neighbours will include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos..” Less than a month after PPE Medpro ordered to pay back £120m+ 🤦🏻‍♂️ www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Watching the Hibbys on premier sports. As usual nothing but west of Scotland accents at half time. I mean really 🙄