England Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/england Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Thu, 14 May 2026 14:03:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-BNyb0KwmkKGrHgoH-C8EjlLlhlGBJrZchZqHQ_35-32x32.jpg England Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/england 32 32 English Football’s unique Global Following Grapples with yet Another Reality Check https://www.halphillips.net/grim-realities-for-english-football-and-its-global-following?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grim-realities-for-english-football-and-its-global-following https://www.halphillips.net/grim-realities-for-english-football-and-its-global-following#respond Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:15:44 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=3308 MOSCOW (July 12, 2018) — While their close neighbors and erstwhile enemies crow this morning over another anguished English exit from the World Cup, great swaths of the soccer-loving world suffer alongside the Albion faithful. Some of this cooperative hand-wringing is due to the sheer size of the cultural footprint left by the mother country, […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/grim-realities-for-english-football-and-its-global-following/feed 0 Welsh golf exceeds the hype, in unexpected ways https://www.halphillips.net/welsh-golf-exceeds-the-hype-in-unexpected-ways?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welsh-golf-exceeds-the-hype-in-unexpected-ways https://www.halphillips.net/welsh-golf-exceeds-the-hype-in-unexpected-ways#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:36:26 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=213   The British Open is nearly underway, and naturally there are myriad reasons to visit the U.K. with your golf clubs and, well, none of them have much to do with the British Open or any of the courses that host the Open Championship. Look at Wales, which is right next door to Birkdale (to all of […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/welsh-golf-exceeds-the-hype-in-unexpected-ways/feed 0 Coats, Ties and Foursomes: Collegiate Golf in the UK https://www.halphillips.net/coat-ties-and-foursomes-college-golf-in-the-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coat-ties-and-foursomes-college-golf-in-the-uk https://www.halphillips.net/coat-ties-and-foursomes-college-golf-in-the-uk#comments Fri, 05 May 2017 07:39:57 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=90 For all the trans-Atlantic DNA we share with our British golfing brethren, it’s easy and, I daresay, somewhat natural to assume that college golf here in the U.S. is pretty much the same as it is over there. Not so. Top players from the U.K. (and mainland Europe) routinely travel stateside to hone their games at American […]

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