No fear
Rookies. Whatever their walk of life, these are the fresh-faced newbies, the ‘tea makers’. Easily intimidated, they lack experience and make lots of mistakes – aka ‘rookie errors’. In the golf world, those players competing in their first full season on tour are frequently found out, like rabbits in the headlights, right?
Wrong. The standard on the main tours has increased markedly in recent years and no one is afforded time to find their feet, yet the number of rookies making a quick impact is rising. The modern rookie, it seems, is made of stronger stuff. When Victor Perez won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Home of Golf in September, he became the fifth rookie winner on the European Tour this season. For two players, that victory has already been backed up with a second piece
