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.

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.

While the 1-iron has long been thought of as one of the hardest golf clubs in the bag to hit, today it is more aptly described as the hardest club to find in anyone's bag. Even though the 1-iron is the longest iron available, its small surface area makes it a very difficult club to strike cleanly. That, combined with the evolution of golf equipment, has rendered the 1-iron virtually obsolete.