I have rarely been so angry as I was watching Four Corners the other night. The ABC investigatory programme exposed a Victorian surgeon, Simon Gordon, who was allegedly operating on patients in a fraudulent manner.…
What do I mean by that? The AI transition will be like a bad golf swing. If you are a golfer you may know what bad golf swings feel like. One of the most common…
Now, I have met plenty of numbskulls downunder and yes, intelligence is never guaranteed, when it comes to human beings. Still it begs the question, why do Australians throw away billions gambling? Aussies are the…
Right wing racists use tragedies like the Bondi Beach shooting to amplify their hateful messages. Stupid people like Pauline Hanson lump all individuals from a particular part of the world together in their condemnation of…
Even if there had been an actual historical person who became known as Jesus Christ, what millions of people around the world worship today bears little resemblance to the supposed tenets of this religious being.…
What Price Life? Why is everything so expensive? Is the new book by Robert Sudha Hamilton. Putting on his economist hat to do justice to explaining the prevailing headwinds we all face in the current…
Played golf, yesterday, with two guys I dearly love. One is my older brother and the other his son. These fine gentlemen were doing me a favour by heading out for nine holes while I…
What do you do when your golf partner in your four ball scores an ace? Oh yes, and by the way he happens to be legally blind. Blind golfer scores hole in one and does…
You know listening to Brandel Chamblee, who epitomises American golf and the rambling man, provides an insight into the current plight of the United States. What do I mean by this? Well, the uber verbose…
He stuffed the last greasy mouthful of double beef burger into his mouth. Juggling its packaging in one paw and propelling his trolley with the other he kept on walking down the fairway of life.…
It did not surprise me to discover that Rory McIlroy used Stoicism to start winning again. In 2018, apparently Rory consulted this timeless philosophy to overcome his performance slump in golf. I know myself through…
Sometimes I think that you just don’t care! I mean, the amount of time and energy I put into you. Not to mention the money. I give, give, give and give more. You take, take,…
“Doctor, doctor I can’t stand the colour green! There is just too much green in the world for me. Everywhere I look I notice shades of green.” The doctor looked up from his notes and…
I sat in the none too comfy chair, opposite the Doc, fidgeting like a schoolboy outside the Principal’s office. Looking around the room I could see a framed certificate on the wall from some medical…
If I said Mixed Foursomes, you should be afraid, very afraid. This rendition of the game of golf is littered with the broken hopes and dreams of golfers like a graveyard in the middle of…
True lovers of golf fondly remember Tug Dudley and his exploits on the golf course back in the day. Some say you have not discovered golf until you have come to terms with the ‘big…
“My greatest moment in golf was on holiday in Iceland because I went back to see family. I was playing Geysir Golf Course and was on the par 3 Litli Geysir. It was about 160m…
We have all heard about the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb. How Howard Carter and others involved died horrible deaths after entering the pharaoh’s burial chamber. Well, are Aussies cursed at the Masters? I don’t know…
By Robert Hamilton This story was inspired by a true incident told to me about a relative. A great uncle who had been a local golf professional, now retired and suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, was…