McEvoy is a very busy man. He has an imminent trip to South Africa to go with the finishing touches to his new position as Business Development Director for Playgolf, the company building the new six hole golf courses. Near London it will be a chance for golfers to take on the 12th and 16th from Augusta, as well as the Postage Stamp from Troon and the 12th at Royal Birkdale. There is all this plus concerns about losing three highly rated squad members for the 2005 Walker Cup in this conclusion of this interview..

The Heritage at Woburn 22nd September- Four faces, all with smiles albeit tired ones, were more than happy to talk about the experience of a lifetime, the huge European team win at this year’s Ryder Cup in Detroit. Colin Montgomerie, Padraig Harrington, David Howell and Ian Poulter were the members of that team about to play in the new Heritage Championship, with only Harrington having a specific target, to qualify for the HSBC World Matchplay – this was not to be a statement of play such as their 2004 Captain Bernard Langer’s win in Munich the week after the Cup of 1991 and the German’s integral part in more of the highest drama in sport.

'Mind' Games' titles itself as 'inspirational lessons from the World's biggest sport stars'. Its a book of five sections each one specific to a part of the mental process of winning and coping, and learning, from losing or the fear of failure. The introduction is by Sir Clive Woodward, whose World Cup success was a combination of leaving nothing to chance in preparation and creating a mind set amongst his players of winners under any conditions.

'How to turn your team into winners' is a secondary title for this very interesting book. If books were rated as per their celebrity factor, then with Sven's name having appeared on every front page of every newspaper for the Summer of 2004, his status would place this book as per. Casting aside the aspirations of those wanting to take their place as one of the experts who 'know' what 'is wrong' with Sven, this books looks at why English Football IS MORE SUCCESSFUL than it has been for some time.

Nigel Mansell was at the De Vere Belfry last week as the PGA's Guest of Honour for the first Graduation Ceremony for its Diploma Course. He was full of praise for the programme - 'Its an honour to be invited to present awards to the future of the game'. After the ceremony, Mansell took a few moments to talk to us about his own game.

Wartime stories are often about bravery and loss. There are tales of returning home, of sacrifice and of support from those not directly involved in a conflict. 'Spitfire on the Fairway' is a history of golf in wartime, not just from the last two World Wars. This is a superb little book which history but is entertaining as well as thought provoking.

It was October last year and Steve Backley was part of the Olympians Team at the Schlumberger Challenge at the De Vere Belfry. This was part of his annual holiday, the start of one last year of being one of the best Javelin throwers the World has ever seen. He will hang up his spikes after his last throw at this Summer s Olympics having tried his competitive best to take a golf medal at World level.