You will read lots about Bubba Watson and how he hasn't had a golf lesson in his life. This however is not strictly true.

It was a beautiful still, sunny day in Scotland (yes, Scotland). We drove into St Andrews and had a guided tour of the town by our host, professor Ian Percy. Fortunately for us the professor is a member of the R&A, plus a few other notable courses.

The current rivalry between Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood appears to be heating up, as we saw at the Arizona WGC Match Play semi final back in February. It got me thinking about great sporting rivalries, of which there have been many examples over the years: McEnroe vs Borg; Fischer vs Spassky; Ali vs Frazier; Senna vs Prost: Celtic vs Rangers to name a few.

You may have heard of Jay from JaysGolf...The Leaderboard team follow him on Twitter where he's one of our favourite tweeters. We were therefore delighted that he agreed to answer some of our questions in a little more than 140 characters. Enjoy!

I remember not too long ago when Tiger Woods could be heard, almost monthly, saying: "I won with my B game today."

 

The “s” word is of course snow; a word which sends an icicle through the heart of any golf club manager. We have been lucky so far this winter, he says, clutching his lucky rabbit's foot and touching wood, at both Dale Hill and Chart Hills.

 

I was saddened to learn two weeks ago that Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight boxing champion, had died of liver cancer. It was an ignominious end for a man who fought all his life, but who couldn’t beat the disease which took him from us.

 

I was lucky enough to get invited to a Yonex day with Colin Montgomerie at the Oxfordshire Golf Club recently. The format of the day was to look at the new range of Yonex clubs for 2012 and then play golf in the afternoon where Monty would join each group for a few holes.

I still consider myself to be a relative newcomer to the game of golf, having come to the game only eight years ago at the tender age of 37, when I became general manager of Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club.

Who is it behind The Breakfast Ball blog? Well it's Mathew Wangrycht of course! He's here in the Leaderboard hotseat candidly answering our questions about his blogging, his golf, and when he saw Bubba bend it like Beckham.