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Congratulations to Dustin Johnson who yesterday became The Masters Champion for 2020 collecting his first green jacket with a record low score of 20 under. It was an assured performance by Johnson, reminding me of Spieths win in 2015, when the excitement of the back nine on Sunday at the...

At ETIQUS (pronounced eh-ti-kus), we believe it's good to be a golfer. The lifestyle and long term health benefits means that Golf is sport you can enjoy for most of your life.  For those that want to show their passion for golf I created a timepiece exclusively for golfers with design features...

One of the most mind boggling Watch stories of last year was that of Paul Newman’s Rolex watch. Originally bought for him by his wife, the actress Joanne Woodward, for something around $300 back in the early seventies, the story goes that the then boyfriend of his daughter was continually...

The new Rules of Golf first revealed back in the spring of 2018 have become effective from January 1st and I’m sure that most golfers are now getting to grips with them, perhaps applying them for the first time in early new year competitions … at least for those of you...

When I created the designs for my first golf timepieces one of the fundamental considerations was the colour of the watch face dial. I felt it was important to offer a choice of colours but naturally they all had to be inspired by golf. It might seem simple now but...

Once again I climbed into the Butlermobile to make a long drive to The Open – this time just the 315 miles to Carnoustie. I’ve been making the annual pilgrimage to the best golf tournament in the world, largely unbroken, since 1989 when Calcavecchia won at Royal Troon. The last...

It was once again a pleasure to be invited to the Golf Foundation Awards to celebrate the fantastic people at the heart of junior golf. The awards were held in the newly refurbished ballroom at the Wentworth Club on the day before the BMW PGA Championship. Encouraging young people to...

I've pontificated in these pages before about some of the key misnomers connecting the world of golfology with the world of horology – golf watch v golf timepiece; timepiece v timing device – but now it’s time to add one more common sense observation into the mix … timing or counting?...

It was a pleasure to be once again invited to The Golf Foundation Awards at Wentworth last Wednesday during the BMW PGA Championship to hear about the excellent work done to promote golf and the life skills it has to offer to young people in the UK. We've been playing...

When I first entered the former brewery in Burton-on-Trent to start preparation for taking up my new role as head of the business, I wondered what sort of reception I could expect from those key people in the company who already worked there. The first induction meeting that had been...

There's been a couple of interesting stories in the world of watchmaking recently that I thought might be useful in highlighting a couple of key facts about my ETIQUS brand. The first 'Swiss mad' story concerns long time Swiss family watch maker H.Moser and Cie. They decided to make a...

When I first came up with the idea of a proper watch for golfers - The Golf Linksometer as it's now known - one of the first things I did was to contact Mike Harris, the Editor of Golf Monthly, with a view to reveal my 'invention' and get some...

‘I think I’ve hurt my hand gardening’ is probably the worst thing I could have said to the doc back in April this year. I’d spent a weekend in the garden clearing up after the winter and in particular cutting back the hedge that separates the garden from the golf...

I think I vaguely remember watching some news reports of Tony Jacklin’s victory in the Open at Lytham in 1969 and Jack Nicklaus the following year at St. Andrews. I definitely remember seeing some of the action from the Opens in ’71 and ’72 with a running commentary on the...

The recent referendum campaigns for both ‘Stronger In’ and ‘Vote Leave’ reminded me of the phrase ‘Lies, lies and damn statistics’ in the manner in which information was twisted to put either case in a better light. As someone with a strong mathematical background and a real sense of fairness...

I’ve just got back from my annual golfing trip with 19 mates to Belek in Turkey. This was my sixth year on the event and as usual a very enjoyable experience was had by all – not withstanding a dodgy right hand, arm and leg which resulted in me finishing...

It’s exactly a year ago that I moseyed along to Manchester Airport with three mates to catch a Virgin flight to Atlanta for what was planned to be my golfing trip of a lifetime. Whilst I recall snippets on TV of the Masters in the late seventies and early eighties...

In the late nineties, whilst in one of my former roles as a leader in an IT and Communications company, I arranged for a speaker to address my business unit on the emerging topic of the ‘world wide web’. Although much of the content of that presentation dwelled on both...

Those of you who know me or know my story will be well aware that I was only able to take up golf through the generosity of the parents of one of my school friends. It's something that I've been so grateful for as golf has become a key aspect...

At ETIQUS, we believe it's good to be a golfer. The lifestyle and long term health benefits means that Golf is sport you can enjoy for most of your life.  For those that want to show their passion for golf I created a timepiece exclusively for golfers with design features that embody...