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Search results for "Golf facts"

Nov 27th, 2018 Article

Yangtze Dunes course reopens

Yangtze Dunes, the newly renovated 18 hole course at 36-hole Lanhai International Country Club, has celebrated its grand re-opening.

Sep 5th, 2019 Article

Consecutive Holes-in-one

Two Foxhills members both hit a hole-in-one on the same hole with consecutive shots. Apparently, the odds of this happening are millions to one although we must confess, we haven’t a clue how that is calculated.

Oct 3rd, 2016 Article

Rare photo archive of 1963 Open found

A rare collection of photographic slides showing the 1963 Open Championship at Royal Lytham has been discovered at an auction in Manchester. 

Jul 10th, 2017 Article

Heythrop Park

It's been described as "golf's sleeping giant". If it ever was sleeping, it looks like it's just taken a bagful of Pro Plus. Heythrop Park, it's what the term GolfPorn was invented for...

Sep 10th, 2015 Article

Michelle Wie Punks Up!

Michelle Wie has finally come over to the Punk-side. As she heads into the Evian Championship, she's sporting a fancy new X-Ray Specs inspired hair-do and a pair of pink basketball inspired high-top Nike golf shoes

Feb 7th, 2016 Article

Sir Matthew Pinsent

We all know that golf is coming back to the Olympics in Rio after a break of 108 years. Yet we don’t feel that golf, at least at a professional level, has really embraced this development. And this pisses us right off.

May 15th, 2018 Article

Scotland's oldest golf clubs gather at Kingsbarns

Kingsbarns Golfing Society is celebrating after hosting a memorable grand match to mark its 225th anniversary. Played over the revered Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife on a glorious spring day, the commemorative tournament was supported by representatives from some of the world’s oldest golfing institutions.  

Aug 17th, 2021 Article

You Little Beauty: Chart Hills

I last played Chart Hills not long after it opened back in the early 1990s. Memories are sketchy, but two things came to mind about the first course designed by Sir Nick Faldo in Europe: bunkers everywhere and secondly that it was tough, really tough.

Jan 12th, 2016 Article

Sony Open Golf Betting

Sony Open golf betting. Best value as always from The Golf Spiv. Take your pick from Jimmy Walker (16/1) to some great odds like David Lingmerth 100/1. 

Jul 4th, 2017 Article

R&A switches to $$$ for The Open prize fund

The R&S has announced that the winner of the 144th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale will win $US1.84 million from a total prize fund of $US10.25million.