The course where Justin Rose first learned to play golf is set for closure, and the action group trying to save it is furious with the local council for not taking into account their views.
A GolfPunk reader has written to us fearing that his local municipal course, Deangate Ridge in Kent, is being closed in order to turn it into housing - setting a dangerous precedent for municipal golf courses.
Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course is expecting its best year ever thanks to the fall in the pound after the Brexit vote and an increase in hotel guests at the resort.
A golf club in Wigan, Lancashire, could have its changing rooms converted into a microbrewery, and its pro shop turned into a visitor centre, if plans drawn up by the local council get the go-ahead.
The Golf Club at Linville Land Harbor didn’t just happen, it evolved over time; thirteen years to be exact. Work started in the autumn of 1969 under the guidance of well-known course architect Tom Jackson.
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.
Oadby golf course in Leicestershire is on the market and the owner, Leceister Racecourse, is looking for someone to take it off their hands. So if you like golf and horse racing, this could be the course for you.
Police are investigating a £20 million luxury hotel development at one of Scotland’s major golf courses.
Mountains: Czech… Luxury: Czech… Golf: Czech… But it’s Slovakia all the way! PLUS - WIN A 3-NIGHT LUXURY GOLF BREAK AT MOUNTAIN PARADISE!
Ever since we started GolfPunk back in the day, we've had a slightly irrational desire to go and play golf in Mauritius. I mean, who wouldn't? But, somehow it never seemed attainable. The very idea of it seems so out of reach, right?... the Indian Ocean, white sands, fancy cocktails and golf shots across the ocean.
Imagine the nightmare of turning up for your Saturday morning round of golf to find the police blocking your way to the first tee! Llanymynech Golf Club was the scene of such an event this weekend when Powys County Council ordered the course's closure.
We have come in search of the work of Robert Trent Jones, and Palmares Onyria is the third and final course we will play on this journey from Lisbon to Lagos.
