England’s Georgia Hall carded an opening round 69 at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund to share the lead with German rookie Sophie Witt after a wind-battered opening day in Jeddah.
G–Mac’s wife Kristin has given birth to a son, Wills Edson McDowell. The little boy was born on Monday and weighed in at a healthy 9lbs 1 0z. Congratulations from all at GP Towers.
We asked them if we could play at The Open. They said “Don’t be ridiculous.” “But we’re GolfPunk, the golf website for the re . . .” “We know who you are,”they said,“but we’ve got the world’s biggest golf event to organise.” “Fine,” we said,“be like that.”
This will render you speechless...
Ice Ice Baby: When she’s not blazing it up on the ice winning World Championships and getting us all hooked on curling at the Winter Olympics, Eve Muirhead will be out on the golf course, playing off two and owning the course record at her home club.
Ed's letter. How Not To conduct yourself with a major winning Ryder Cup legend...
Into the Top 20 now...
England’s Richard Mansell produced a fighting 68 in challenging conditions at St Andrews today to take the lead on 10-under-par at the halfway mark in the 21st Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He goes into tomorrow’s third round leading by two shots from Sweden’s Alex Noren and is a further shot ahead of Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard Moller and Frenchman Antoine Rozner.
American Harold Varner III drained a colossal 92-foot putt for a 72nd hole eagle and the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers title – beating close friend Bubba Watson by a single stroke.
Gareth Bale invited to play on European Tour! Well, he does play of scratch. Will he be joining the hallowed ranks of fellow footballers who tried (and failed) to make a go of it on tour?
It's the home of Cowes Week and hosts a famous music festival once a year but did you know the Isle of Wight is the sunniest place in the UK? We didn't but the sun was certainly shining as GolfPunk took the waves to explore what the Island had to offer to golfers.
On Saturday at The Chevron Championship, it was Jennifer Kupcho who set the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills ablaze. Nine birdies and one bogey later, Kupcho fired an eight-under 64 to set the low round of the week, as well as a new personal best, and sit at the top of the championship leaderboard at sixteen-under overall.
