Oct 14th, 2016 Article
Africa gets its first ever PGA approved course
A $50 million golf complex on the Kenyan coast has become the first in Africa to secure world-renowned PGA approval.
A $50 million golf complex on the Kenyan coast has become the first in Africa to secure world-renowned PGA approval.
I was really uncomfortable on the first at Old Thorns. Nothing to do with the hole. The course begins with a short par-four, where fools try and smash a driver and strategists will hit an iron....
What happens when you pair one of the world’s biggest pop stars with the world’s number two golfer at a Pro-Am event? Well it’s no joke but what you actually get is a lesson in bunker play in the middle of the round, oh and a very near miss!
GolfPunk attended the England Golf Awards last week, and saw Leeds Golf Centre, which offers golf for all, win the England Golf Club of the Year Award. So congratulations to everyone at Leeds Golf Centre.
There are certainly worse phone calls to receive on a Friday afternoon after recently coming to terms with the fact that your bank account clearly doesn’t shout ‘late summer holiday’. I was off to the Villamoura, to play in the Portugal Masters Pro-Am.
Look out Claude Harmon you could soon be out of a job. A six-year-old hilariously analysed Brooks Koepka’s swing during last week’s the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Apparently, Brooks dips a bit during his swing and he should know which way the wind is blowing!
Golfers at Farleigh Golf Club can now hone their skills throughout the off-season thanks to a significant investment in the practice facilities.
The Belfry’s junior golf programme has been given a major boost with the news its Senior Teaching Professional, Phil Akers, has completed his Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Level 3 Junior Coach certification – making him one of only seven PGA Professionals in the UK to hold this esteemed credential.
Broke Hill Golf Club is offering free junior membership after two assistant professionals decided to take matters into their own hands.
The long-term future looks bright for Tandridge Golf Club with the historic Surrey venue reporting a huge rise in demand for memberships since golf resumed after the Covid-19 lockdown. It is a welcome turnaround for the club featured by GolfPunk last year under its ' ' banner.
Here comes another one! An ex-sportsman who falls in love with golf and becomes determined to make it on tour.
Tiger Woods is suffering from more than just back spasms, Gary Player has claimed. He thinks Tiger's got the dreaded yips.....