Sergio Garcia features on our list of golfers with weater-related names, or nicknames in his case
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Jeremy Ellwood
By Jeremy Ellwood
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In a quiet moment, Jeremy Ellwood has a bit fun conjuring up a list of golfers with weather-related surnames from the obvious to the slightly more tenuous

Graeme Storm

We’re leading with our strongest suit - no-one meets our brief better than the 2007 French Open champion from Hartlepool…

Our most obvious candidate, Graeme Storm, sharing a joke with Sandy Lyle during the 2008 Open

Our most obvious candidate, Graeme Storm, sharing a joke with Sandy Lyle during the 2008 Open

Terry Gale

… except perhaps this seven-time European Seniors Tour winner, and one-time Western Australian cricketer.

David Frost

After plying his trade on the PGA Tour for much of his career, the wine-loving South African came in from the cold to make the European Tour his home once more just before joining the Senior Tour.

El Niño

“An abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific” - or Sergio Garcia’s longtime nickname.

Hale Irwin

Forget the spelling – we simply couldn’t leave out the Champions Tour’s most prolific money-winner… by the odd $6.5 million still!

Bruce (or Daniel) Summer-haze

Okay, we’re starting to push the boundaries a little now, but this is a nice thought as we hit the depths of winter, isn’t it?

Sam Torrance

How fitting that the surname of one so prone to tears should conjure up images of flowing water, give or take a slight re-spelling.

Sam 'Torrents' shedding a tear with Woosie during the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club

Sam 'Torrents' shedding a tear with Woosie during the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club

John Chill-as

The Scot plied his trade on the European Seniors Tour for over a decade, picking up three titles and over a million euros along the way.

Hernan Rey

Who cares about the odd misplaced sunshine-related vowel if you can get to include the third best “total driver” from the European Tour’s 2005 stats in this list? The Argentinean last played on tour in 2008.

Santiago Luna

Luna means moon in Spanish; the moon affects the weather. We know – clutching at straws, but we’re really struggling now…

If lists are your thing check out our weird and wonderful US course names and top 10 winner's jackets too.

Jeremy Ellwood
Jeremy Ellwood
Contributing Editor

Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly across the whole spectrum from courses and Rules to equipment and instruction. He also edits The Golf Club Secretary Newsletter, a highly regarded trade publication for golf club secretaries and managers, and has authored or co-authored three books and written for a number of national papers including The Telegraph and The Independent. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played well over 950 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, right across the spectrum from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts, but put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf


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Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft

3 wood: Ping G425 Max 15˚ (set to flat +1), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 65 S shaft

Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft

Irons 3-PW: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Putter: Ping Fetch 2021 model, 33in shaft (set flat 2)

Ball: Varies but mostly now TaylorMade Tour Response

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