Like most of us, I approached this winter’s Ashes with some optimism. Sadly, it took only three deliveries for that optimism to be quashed, Zack Crawley once again falling to a waft outside off stump. Worse was the capitulation on day two of the first test. To lose a test in two days, when we […]
Author: davidkohn
The worst of the Masters
I wrote this blog in readiness for the 2025 Masters. I genuinely thought that if I included Rory’s 2011 meltdown in my list, it would act as a good-luck charm for him. I can, therefore, count myself personally responsible for his dramatic victory, and perhaps even for his 2026 follow-up. Reading the story of his […]
The best and worst of the Ryder Cup
Updated Sept 2025 – Well that was unexpected. Having gone to the final day singles with no realistic hope of winning, the US team almost delivered a comeback that would have been greater than any before. A triumphant relaxing coast to the finish line was transformed into a roiling nail-biting scramble. Fantastic drama from start […]
The worst of the British Lions
The history of the British (and for the past few decades the British and Irish) Lions is, to say the least, a little patchy. Whilst tours to Australia and Argentina have generally been successful, those to New Zealand and South Africa have been anything but. In 14 tours to South Africa there have been only […]
The best of the British Lions
The greatest sporting events are those that come around sparingly. The football World Cup, the Olympic Games, the rugby World Cup, an away Ashes series. With these, the stakes are so much higher for fans and players alike when the next chance to win may be four years away. The tours of the British and […]
The worst of Wimbledon
It’s not easy picking the worst of Wimbledon. After all, one man’s disaster is almost always another’s triumph. A shock defeat for the top seed in the first round may well represent the greatest victory in a career for a journeyman. A collapse when on the verge of victory means an incredible comeback for the […]
The best of Wimbledon
To most tennis fans Wimbledon is the greatest of the four tennis grand slams. Every year the best players from around the world converge on SW19 to play on grass at the tournament with more history than any other. My selection of great moments at Wimbledon has, inevitably, something of a recency bias. My first […]
The worst of the Open golf
For every winner in a golf tournament there are normally over 100 ‘losers’. It’s a game that demands incredible resilience from its competitors, the ability to bounce back repeatedly from defeat and remain positive in the face of all the evidence. The Open has thrown up many tales of unexpected victories and comebacks, but it’s […]
The best of the Open golf
The Open golf (or the British Open if you’re American) is the greatest of the four majors. Dating back to 1860 it is the tournament the defines a career – if you win it you’ve made it, if not you’ll always have something missing. All of the great golfers have tested themselves on the links […]
The best of the Masters
I wrote this blog before the 2025 Masters in which the best European golfer of this generation, Rory McIlroy, finally shook from his back the biggest monkey of them all, his seeming inability to win the Masters. To his fans across the world, his excruciating and exhilarating route to victory seemed to encapsulate everything about […]