Readers’ letters Jury out on Dechambeau, but give him a chance Golf’s new direction
Modern game is just not cricket
It is now evident by watching cricket on TV that the term “It’s not cricket” for unsporting behaviour aptly describes the modern game. No longer the polite “How’s that?”, but the batsman surrounded by players, or should it be yobs, roaring, punching the air or arms flailing like manic windmills!
Rick Alleyne, Rotherham
The golfing world does not appear overly keen on the direction Bryson Dechambeau is taking the game. Yet several players in the US Open hit the ball further than him, and he won by six shots. I am reminded of the comment Bobby Jones made on first seeing Jack Nicklaus play in 1958: “He plays a game with which I am not familiar.” I am no great admirer of Dechambeau but let us give the man a chance.
Jimmy Thomson, Silloth, Cumbria
Bryson Dechambeau played awesome golf to master a fiendishly difficult course. However, he has yet to demonstrate that he can win on links courses such as Carnoustie or Royal St George’s. Can he hit a stinger like Tiger, or combat 30mph winds like Player, Nicklaus and Palmer? The jury is out.
Keith Mcallister, Laleston, South Wales
Sound of silence
I enjoyed the US Open for two reasons. The difficulty of the course and the silence – how refreshing it was after each shot not to hear some clown shout, “Get in the hole!”
Dave Alsop, Churchdown, Gloucs
Rugby tedium
I had the misfortune to watch Sale v Harlequins and was left stupefied by the tedium of muscle-bound men hitting muscle-bound men in a game so lacking in skill and artistry that I felt compelled to write. The ball was almost an incidental since it was either in the
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air or buried under a mountain of flesh. If this is a portent of what is to come then the grounds will be as deserted as they are now. Christopher Downs, Goodrich would benefit hugely from regular physical education and games lessons.
David Kidd, Petersfield, Hants