Category Archives: Golf

by | April 9, 2010

DeadCast: Balls! 12

Aaron and Duncan chat about the return of Tiger Woods, with particular reference to the creeping racism of the Augusta establishment. We also discuss Steve Price’s slide from sainthood, the Warriors slip up at Manly and NZ Swimming’s embarrassing disconnect … Continue reading →

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by | July 23, 2009

John Daly: A Deadball Icon

“I never liked to read, and I didn’t see the point. Shakespeare sucked.” John Patrick Daly is not one of world’s great intellectual forces, but he sure can hit a golf ball a long way. Over the past couple of … Continue reading →

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by | April 26, 2009

New Zealand's Next Top Model Fixed Price Odds

In honour of this week’s non-entity recap episode, featuring about 30 seconds of unseen footage and a whole lot of reiterating what the hardcore ALREADY KNOW, we’ll do a similar thing with the Power Rankings this week. Because I know … Continue reading →

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by | April 13, 2009

Touched By An Angel

Coming to write this I was a little shocked to realise that we’ve not written about golf directly yet here at DeadBall. Shocking because it sorta feels like the biggest sport in the world when you’re watching it, and also … Continue reading →

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by | March 2, 2009

Brendan Telfer: A DeadBall Icon

This is a profile I wrote of my favourite New Zealand sports journalist as student a few years back. As a result it’s probably a little over-weaning and dated, but I think it still gets to the heart of why … Continue reading →

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by | January 9, 2009

DeadBall Awards: The Biggest Choke of 2008

It was a good year for choking. The greatest choker of them all, Greg Norman even sealed the year by upping his record for turning 54 hole leads in the majors to 72 hole losses to six. Because he’s 53 … Continue reading →

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by | December 19, 2008

The Jersey vs. The Individual

Steve Williams, perhaps New Zealand’s highest paid non-sporting athlete, drunk a little too much at a charity event the other day. Ended up calling Phil Mikelson a “prick“. He also relayed a particularly embarrassing story regarding Mickelson’s man boobs. When … Continue reading →

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