Gary Player once said that “Golf is a Puzzle without an answer”. Well, Gary, you’re wrong…we’ve found the answer and want to share it with the world!

As the UK Golf season draws to a close, Kris Lynch reflects on a year which started with so much promise, yet finished with a tinge of frustration and unfulfilled potential. 

(Reader discretion advised: This article contains a lot of superfluous Football analogies and questionable word play. If that’s not your bag, then you’ll probably hate this article)

Kris Lynch reflects on how, thanks to the people he has met and the experiences he has had on the GYH journey to date, he sees Golf in a much different light today.

In today’s society, the subject of national pride often attracts fierce debate and controversy. However, in our latest edition of the GYH Journal, Kris Lynch argues that when it comes to being a Golfing Olympian and representing one’s country, national pride may in fact have a positive impact on Health and Wellbeing…

On the eve of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon, Kris Lynch reflects on how the 2019 iteration at Royal Portrush brings back painful, yet hopeful memories.

On Friday 14 June 2024, GYH Founder, Kris Lynch, joined forces with friends and fellow bereaved fathers, Ben Seabrook and Mike Harris, to take part in the Golf for Sands challenge. Fuelled with a motivation to honour and remember their sons and daughters (Christopher, Dylan, Innes and Rohaise), they played 54 holes of Golf at Prince’s Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent and raised over £1,800 for Sands, to provide support for fellow bereaved parents, who have experienced Baby Loss. This is a story of camaraderie, grief, hope and a collective love for Golf.

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.” Ernest Hemingway

Depending on who you speak to in Golf, your Handicap defines your worth in the game. It is, as I like to call it, the Ultimate MMC (Member Measuring Contest).

However, rather than it being a means for other to judge me, or to define me by their own standards, I use my Handicap to motivate me to keep growing as a Golfer and as a human being.

Within Golf’s echo chambers, the term “Growing the Game” often draws just as much cynicism, as it does optimism. Amidst all the noise, have you ever stopped to ask yourself WHY we are trying “Grow the Game” in the first place? Kris Lynch explains how, by putting your WHY at the forefront of everything you do, good things shall come to pass for you and for countless others.

In March 2020, with Armageddon looming Kris Lynch made the long journey North from London to his hometown in Aberdeen. With Golf clubs in tow, he hit the road and embraced the apocalypse. Little did he know at the time, Golf would act as the ideal conduit for collective recovery and redemption.

At GYH, deep and meaningful conversations about golf and life are par for the course. In the first article for the GYH journal Kris Lynch explores how the sport supported him through his own grief, loss and journey towards healing.