"Rotating your head like Annika does is an effective way to improve your ballstriking.

Nelson Mandela's long road of struggle has come to an end.

Mandela died this morning, New Zealand Time, in South Africa aged 95. His passing has been long expected but when I heard the news (via a Green Party email loop) at around midday, it was still a shock.

Remember back in early February when it was rumoured that the deer antler spray used by Vijay Singh was made from ingredients sourced from New Zealand? Well now it's getting really serious.

"The real problem with golf participation isn't the lack of new golfers but the loss of current ones, a National Golf Foundation study suggests."

"When I look at how Henrik swings it now, it seems absolutely no different to my naked eye than when he was hitting it sideways." Lee Westwood commenting on Henrik Stenson's swing.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. This day, aside from September 11, 2001, was one of the most shocking and significant in post-war American history.

The sale of  some of the Government's shareholding in Air New Zealand - and only days out from a referendum on the issue - is an arrogant act by National.

"The swing of the hottest man in golf".

Andy Roberts at Golf Magic has some very good graphic photographs of Henrik Stenson and headlines his photo-journalistic article, "Swing Sequence: Henrik Stenson"

President Rajapaska of Sri Lanka gave John Key an elephant for attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka at the weekend.

The thing I love about taxis in Nicaragua is that they are the shittiest, most blinged out vehicles I have ever seen in my life. They’re like a cross between a chicken bus, ghetto boy racer, and cartoon from Wacky Races. The picture I´ve uploaded here does not do justice.