As golf was part of the Olympics this year the golfing schedule was amended resulting in the Ryder Cup being played slightly later in the year and the British Open and USPGA being played within two weeks of each other in July.

The build up to the first major of the year is at a fever pitch and it’s the majors that mean the most to the players. Ultimately at the end of a player’s career they are judged by how many major wins they accumulated. To this day there are many column inches dedicated to whether Tiger will overhaul Jack’s haul of 18.

As another draws to a close we thought we would have our own golfing “Reeling in the Years” for the year that was 2014.

There was a strong field in the European Tours season ending DP World Championship in Dubai. The DP World Championship in Dubai sees the top 60 ranked European Tour players battle it out for a very lucrative $8 million dollars, which is not bad work if you can get it.

In the last blog post we looked at the possibility of making a few quid on golf betting. After doing a little bit of Googling on the subject I discovered a website called www.golfbettingsystem.co.uk. This website had a systematic approach to selecting winners from the field.

Having remembered reading an article in a 2013 edition of Golf World about golf betting I decided to do a bit of “Googling” on the person the article was based on – Steve Palmer. Now my Googling research skills only came into play a couple of months after the article was written, so it was only a passing interest to put it mildly at the time.

Recently while browsing through the news on the BBC website I saw an article that caught my eye on archived Radio Times listings online. Straight away with some curiosity I went to see what was on the TV on the day that I was born.

Every year, as each major golf tournament comes and goes, the discussion inevitably turns to the question of whether or not Tiger Woods will ever catch, or even surpass, Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major tournament championships. There are certainly many valid points on either side of this argument. Here are a few facts to consider.

From July 18th through July 21st, the eyes of the golf world will once again be turned to Muirfield. This historic course, located in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, will be hosting its 15th Open Championship, and its first since 2002.

Located in Maynooth County, Kildare, the Carton House will once again host this year's Irish Open. The tournament will be played June 27th through the 30th at the Montgomerie course on the beautiful Carton House grounds.