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.”
Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted he was outclassed on the golf course by Barack Obama when the pair recently played together at The Grove.
Accommodation prices are soaring in Troon as the Open Championship looms. So if you haven’t already booked your digs, here are some of the properties that are still on offer.
Jean Van de Velde will turn 50 later next month, which will make him eligible for the Senior event the week after July's Open Championship. And where will that be? Well, Carnoustie of course!
The never eagerly anticipated Grand Slam of Golf has thankfully been culled by the PGA of America. We will no longer have the dubious pleasure of watching already wealthy tour pros play out a feeble exhibition match for an extraordinary amount of cash (even 4th place got $300k!!). PLUS Amazing gallery of every Grand Slam line up.
Rory is back with the programme, and has burnt it up on day three at the WGC Cadillac on Donald Trump’s Blue Monster. And his putting is making the difference.
What's been Helping The Gravy & Bunching Arse for GolfPunk this week? Well, first there was the Brits, then the bloody Oscars, and don't even get us started on footballers taking corners from the wrong bloody place! Oh, and there was some stuff we liked as well!!
The R&A has announced four new venues for final qualifying for the Open Championship from 2018. So who is in, and who is out?
Parkie, sorry Sir Michael Parkinson, has weighed into the Wentworth debate, and is accusing the new owners of ignoring the traditions of the club and wanting to create a club for the “super rich” with a “car park full of Lamborghinis”.
Charley Hull blazing it up in the Bahamas and shares lead going into round three. Paula Creamer and Brooke Henderson lurking. Not literally lurking in an alley way or anything but you know what we mean...
Helping the GolfPunk Gravy this week & Bunching Arse... Including the man with 4,000 hickory clubs, Ellie Day, Lebron James, Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini, Tiger Woods and Butch Harmon...
It’s been reported that Tiger Woods still owes his ex wife Elin Nordegren $54.5 Million dollars from their divorce settlement. The former world number one and 14 time major champion agreed to pay $110 million over six years, which is up this January 15th.
