The Mole is glad to hear that the European Tour will be continuing the Race to Dubai next year. There were fears that the effects of the world financial crisis might have been too costly to overcome, having already left the Tour with reduced bonus prize money this year. But, it seems that there are still sponsors out there, although admittedly not as many, and as generous, as before.

Rynardt Combrinck and Dewald Gouws will be the South Africa representatives at the finals of the 2009 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship. This is the tournament where you have to hit your driver stupidly long and ridiculously straight. As always it’s taking place in Mesquite, Nevada from the 25th to the 30th October.

In the spirit of Compleat Golfer’s 20-year anniversary, the team came up with a list of 20 things that all golfers should aspire to do before they die. You’d expect the Mole to have cracked all 20, right? But he’s embarrassed to say he only made 15! How do you score?

The Mole got a press release a few days ago which started as follows: “The 99th South African Open Championship will tee off at Pearl Valley Golf Estates near Paarl in the Western Cape from 17-20 December, with the next generation of global young golf stars...” And it got him thinking, where are the big names?