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John huggan

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Journalist and grandfather….not necessarily in that order

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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 22h
It is one of life’s great mysteries. When did golfers start fondling one another’s knuckles at what appears to be every available opportunity? Bring back the handshake on the 18th green! 🤷‍♂️
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a Hell on earth and it is called Edinburgh airport 😳
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking as a former member who loved to walk at Yale, this is a sad read. A scandal too…..
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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John Huggan: The Presidents Cup needs a change
With the Americans having dominated the event since its inception, John Huggan examines what could be done to make the contest more competitive.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And so endeth the latest PGA Tour-owned team event in which one side is not allowed to pick some of its best players. Just saying..🤷‍♂️
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem is obvious. The International Presidents Cup team needs more Kims. Or Ims.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank goodness Paul McGinley has appeared in the commentary box. At last we have someone who actually knows what he is talking about
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tough to be too critical in the wake of a disgraceful Bethpage Ryder Cup, but the spectators who silently “acknowledge” a putt holed by an International player don’t really get golf do they? #prezcup
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In the midst of this incredibly average prez cup commentary I am reminded of a long ago encounter with one famous member of the commentator fraternity. It was at the end of a day and I asked how it had gone. His response? “Said nothing, kept my job.” 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spectator shouts “get in the bunker” as International player tees off. No criticism from any tv commentator. Pathetic #prezcup
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Golf’s Open Goal
Why the DP World Tour’s Back Nine Swing is the equivalent of golf’s open goal for the best players in the world ..
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Always amusing when tv folks start talking about “the media” as if they are not part of the media #prezcup
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just a thought….someone would have to attain quite a level of ignorance to feel comfortable booing Adam Scott 🤷‍♂️#prezcup
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow. Imagine how this Presidents Cup would be going if the PGA Tour allowed the Internationals to pick all of their best players 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Notah Begay says “these guys don’t want to get swept.” Stunning insight.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Last word on this dreadful commentary. Telling us “this for par” is pointless. All we need to know is how many shots have been hit. Geez…..
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Doubts re Justin Thomas and his lack of form disguised in yesterday’s four-balls. Exposed fully today in the more demanding foursomes format….
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
World class golfers hitting shots close when they have gap wedges in their hands is nice. But those shots are not “fabulous.” I mean really….some of this commentary is an insult to our intelligence #prezcup
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lots of “ties” and “hole locations” in prez cup commentary. Try to ignore them folks. Never forget “halfs” and “pin positions” or that America calls an albatross a “double eagle.” Proof that they are at best confused 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is a curious modern phenomenon…..golfers in team events feeling the need to fondle each other after every shot 😃😃
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jbralston.bsky.social @jbralston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is arrogant to claim that the match is international v Americans when the PGA tour dictates the rules or who an international can include. They don't advertise it as the best PGA tour Americans v PGA Tour internationals.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One thing we won’t see today….proper foursomes play where one player walks back to the tee and his partner walks forward to await the arrival of the ball. In other words, there should be situations where the driver doesn’t stop walking until he reaches the green. Much quicker and more efficient….
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of the hardest things in golf….partnering in foursomes with someone who is playing markedly better than you are. Lot of pressure on an obvious second-fiddle.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scottie Scheffler is awfully good 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Am reasonably confident that Frank Nobilo will be the only member of the commentary team who knows that, generally, many holes tend to change hands in foursomes (which isn’t alternate shot) 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t quote me, but the suspicion here is that tv “commentator” Notah Begay is rooting for one team over the other at the Presidents Cup 🙄
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jon Rahm is an equally guilty party but the steep decline of Cam Smith following defection to LIV is a sorry tale indeed.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't miss GB News to hear me spout Reform propaganda and talk absolute bollocks completely unchallenged because for some reason I'm the only MP allowed to get away with this.
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jbralston.bsky.social @jbralston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
they've created a match that attempts to mirror the Ryder Cup but with international players, but then ban the international team from picking players that aren't on the PGA Tour! This isn't just about LIV as Casey Jarvis wasn't eligible this year or Ryan Fox last time as they weren't PGA brand.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
American commentators talking nonsense re putt concessions. I mean really…🙄
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It worked! Corey Connors just made a putt 😃
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I confess to being a huge Corey Connors fan….tee to green. But relative to his competition at the elite level, he can no putt 🤷‍♂️
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It has come to my attention that Scotland’s best male golfer has come in for some on-line criticism. The wee soul. But fear not, the solution is obvious: all he has to do is stop behaving like a foul-mouthed child on the course 🤷‍♂️
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I doubt whether Nigel Farage's older supporters will be happy when they learn that Reform UK plan to abolish the state pension and our NHS ... meme via Drew Flanagan
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Justin Thomas about to tee-off at Presidents Cup. Would not be surprised to know he is feeling a bit more pressure after JJ Spain’s win last week. Thomas needs to justify his selection, which didn’t make much sense on current form. Just saying….
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Locating the inherent arrogance of the PGA tour is never that hard to do. One of the most obvious is the Presidents Cup, specifically the banishment of anyone and everyone who isn’t a PGA Tour member. In this case, of course, that arrogance also doubles as self-harm….🙄
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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John Huggan: The Presidents Cup needs a change
With the Americans having dominated the event since its inception, John Huggan examines what could be done to make the contest more competitive.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The first and last time Nigel Farage dared to face James O’Brien has gone viral again, and it’s still a glorious own
It’s easy to forget that Nigel Farage was once (technically) a colleague of James O’Brien at LBC, before he left the station in 2020 having made inflammatory remarks about Black Lives Matter protester...
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One can only hope that Trump is out of office before he completely screws up the world. History will not be kind to this farcical period….
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The 1968 Schweppes PGA Championship - now the BMW PGA at Wentworth - was won by David Talbot at Dunbar and was notable for the fact that it was the first big-ball tournament on what would soon become the European Tour. So there you go 😎
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not sleeping well. Watching “chronicles of a champion golfer.” Faldo. Who manages to talk about his major swing change without mentioning David Leadbetter. Classless. But not unexpected 🙄
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Things have improved over the last 14 years, but there is a ways still to go…… www.golfdigest.com/story/gwar-j...
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Final Say: It's Time To Elevate The BMW PGA To Its Rightful Spot On World Stage
Exploring ideas to give the European Tour's 'flagship event' a higher profile.
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John huggan @johnhuggan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An early effort re Rory…. www.golfdigest.com/story/gw2009...
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Huggan: Genuine Article
Nineteen-year-old Rory McIlroy's play in Tucson may have surprised some, but Euro tour observers know better: He's the real deal
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
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Clayton, DeVries & Pont @claytondevriespont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
First broadcast 50 years ago today... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozpe...
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The Two Ronnies - Four Candles
YouTube video by Rik Ramsden
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