GolfPunk's latest excursion saw us jetting off to Costa Calida, in the Murica region of Spain, to La Manga Club courtesy of Solmar Villas, where we were treated to a luxury villa, pool, a round of golf on the immaculate northern course, as well some nice weather (for a change).
Dumbarnie Links, a premier daily-fee links course located on the east coast of Scotland near St Andrews that opened for play in 2020, has a surprisingly rich golf history dating back to 1837. Details of the once-famous Dumbarnie or Colinsburgh golf club have been recently unearthed.
Play-offs aren’t always exciting (remember Mike Weir and wotsisname* in 2003?), but the three-way, 18-hole play-off in 1962 between Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, showed the most exciting player in the game at his thrilling best.
Eddie Mercx, Hercule Poirot, Audrey Hepburn, Tintin, Enzo Schifo, Plastic Bertrand, Kim Cleisters, George Lemaitre, and, … errm, chocolates! … you Belgians have had a lot to be proud of over the years. And now, you've got a world class golfer Or two) to add to your ranks of the great and the good.
One of golf’s greatest storytellers hid his own fairytale of a life lived from the gutter to the stars…
Brickendon Grange Golf Club in Hertford has beaten nine other of Britain’s most picturesque and challenging golf holes to be crowned the UK’s Greatest Amateur Hole 2016.
The King: A roller coaster ride in brief.
How a struggling gardener from Manchester ended up inventing the world's greatest team sporting event.
How a struggling gardener from Manchester ended up inventing the world's greatest team sporting event.
Your own golf simulator in your house. Got to cost thousands, right? Nope, not the Optishot. This unit costs less than £400.00 and will slip right into your house with virtually no fuss.
It was 74th time lucky for the man who had determined that he would never win a major because he just wasn't "good enough". All evidence to the contrary Sergio. You the man.
Six years ago, Charl Schwartzel started the year with a bang. Two tournament wins in his first four starts in 2016. Since then? A victory drought. He made 136 consecutive starts without a win while suffering a wrist injury that cut short one season.
