In the final Hero Challenge of the year South African Erik van Rooyen defeated former Masters Champion Danny Willett. You know the Hero Challenge, it’s the one where 6 top pros compete at target golf, hitting to a floating green out in an expanse of water. The closer to the flag you are the more points you score, with the closest ring being 50 points the next 25, well you get the gist.
GolfPunk's resident tipster, Nick Fleming, picked 2nd place Joel Dahmen as an each way bet at Wells Fargo Championship at the weekend and sadly missed out on Jorge Campillo, who down as a winner, faded to finish third as Mikko Korhonen came through to see off France’s Benjamin Hebert at the first play-off hole.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
Rahm wins the Masters Tournament by four strokes over Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, earning his 11th career PGA TOUR victory and second major championship title (18th player to win the Masters and the U.S. Open).
We've been wrong before but this year one of us is definitely going to get it right. The GolfPunk staff, including roving reporters Denise Van Outen and Carly Booth, select their winners and dark horses...
PUMA Golf has today announced the signing of European Tour Player Jamie Donaldson on an apparel, belt and trouser deal with immediate effect.
Nicolai Højgaard has his sights set on following his twin brother into the winner's circle after firing a flawless 65 on day three of the DS Automobiles Italian Open to take a one shot lead into the final round.
American Johannes Veerman and Mitch Waite of England share the lead at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open after carding seven-under-par rounds of 64 in the first European Tour event to be held on the Mediterranean island. Cyprus became the 50th nation to host the European Tour in its 48-year history as the first round began today, with Veerman and Waite edging ahead on a low-scoring day in Paphos.
Continuing our series, GolfPunk looks back at some of the trend setters on the course over the years and gets the expert opinion of Stephen Doig, Men's Style Editor and Assistant Luxury Editor, The Telegraph as to 'Who wore it better'. Facing up this time are major winners from different eras. Tiger Woods and Tony Jacklin battle it out to see to who who carried off the turle neck best of all.
Bridgestone is seriously getting into golf, and was the title sponsorship of its own Bridgestone Challenge golf event in Oxfordshire. Here’s what occurred.
Here's a brief run down of what happened, who got upset, who felt sick and who got vertigo... with some stunning pics from Getty.
Mizuno has further expanded its Mizuno Performance Centre portfolio with state-of-the-art new facilities in England, Finland, Denmark, Portugal and South Africa.
