When Charlie Sifford, the PGA’s first black member, was inducted into golf’s Hall of Fame in November 2004, he was introduced by his long-time friend, Gary Player. “Imagine Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh ranked the No 1 and No 2 golfers in the world being told they can’t play because they are black,” said the South African legend. “It’s hard to imagine what once happened in our world.”
Padraig Harrington's elder brother was one of the winners at the grand final of the 2015 Morocco Matchplay. Clearly he's another chip off the same block for sure.
The European Tour has announced that Valderrama will stage the Spanish Open for the first time in April, with the Sergio Garcia Foundation as official host of the event at the course in Sotogrande, southern Spain.
It was maiden victory time for South Korean Ha Na Jang yesterday at the Coates Golf Championship in Ocala, Florida.
Ben Crenshaw is selling his mansion in Austin, Texas, for $6.2 million. You’ll get 7,236 square feet and an acre of peace and quiet. And you’ll also get your own putting green.
Swedish apparel brand, Oscar Jacobson has signed 22-year old Englishman Callum Shinkwin.
Over a thousand mourners attended the cathedral in Galway city to pay their respects to Christy O’Connor Junior, who died recently whilst on holiday in Tenerife.
This will render you speechless...
So it’s coming up to Christmas, there’s the work Christmas drinks, Captain's dinner up at the golf club, and if you’re really lucky, you might have a few trophies to collect. All of these are good excuses to get yourself a new blazer. Or as the Americans like to call them, sports coats.
Here at GolfPunk we like to celebrate our Swinging Sirens. But what about the first swinging siren? A trailblazer for our game in Golf's earlier days.
The season is over...time to relax. We wish! The Race to Dubai may have finished on Sunday but the new season on the European Tour kicks off on Thursday at the Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa for the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Fancy placing a bet? Well these guys may be worth taking a punt on.
It must have been a frustrating time for Kevin Kisner in the build up to the RSM Classic. The nearly man of the PGA Tour has come so close but no cigar. And then...
