Fair play to them, lake ball divers have to deal – not only with murky waters and stinky fish – but also dodge sunken golf carts, dead bird skulls, alligators and – occasionally – dead bodies in pursuit of diving for lake balls. Glenn Berger has turned it into an entrepreneurial art form.
In a week in which Titleist celebrated its historic run as the most trusted ball at the U.S. Open for 70 consecutive years, the Pro V1 family did not disappoint.
An 80-year-old Jack Nicklaus and the ever-youthful looking Gary Player, 85 hit the ceremonial opening tee shots to open the Masters Tournament at a dank and gloomy early morning at Augusta. “I believe they probably would have brought it back this year if it wasn’t for Covid, or at least they would have thought about it or got serious about bringing it back,” Nicklaus said
Being a good golfer requires knowing the tools and techniques to use and when and having the time to invest in good old-fashioned practice on the course. This isn't just about getting better. It's about getting good! Let's learn how to improve as a golfer.
With a potential ban for green books on the horizon, we’ve looked back at what other bits of golf equipment have been banned in competition (and occasionally had the ban lifted again) throughout the history of golf!
Hollywood Walk of Famer, Mark Wahlberg tweeted this picture of himself celebrating his hole-in-one ball on Friday, with a ball that was given to him by Rory McIlroy no less.
“Whisky is liquid sunshine.” – George Bernard Shaw
Check. This. Out!!!!! Would you do this???
It's been a hell of a year. Here are the results of the GolfPunk Staunchie Awards where we honour the finest achivements in 2016 from equipment manufacturers to people who were just nice to us.
So you've volunteered to clean up the local village park which has become littered with discarded Coke cans, crisp packets and god knows what else. You're going about your business when you suddenly notice a Srixon Soft Feel golf ball that wasn't there a second ago.
A company director has been jailed after a golf ball diver drowned in a freezing lake at a course in Wales.
A seven is always painful on the scorecard, but rarely has it ever been this painful. #EpicFail
