Jan 9th, 2016 Article
Golf Flood Damage
The recent storms have taken their toll around the UK since Christmas, and lots of golf courses have been badly affected. Here's some of the courses that have taken the brunt of the bad weather.
Jan 8th, 2016 Article
Bill Clinton wanted to be Scottish MP
According to phone call records from between 1997 and 2000, obtained by the BBC though Freedom of Information laws, Bill Clinton wanted a retirement job as a Scottish MP so he could play more golf.
Jan 7th, 2016 Article
TravisMathew to launch in UK
TravisMathew is massive in the States. Now it's being launched in the UK. Keegan Bradley is, apparently, well chuffed.
Jan 6th, 2016 Article
Meet the new Rory McIlroy
12- year old Tom McKibbin from Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland has just triumphed at the Junior Honda Classic in Florida.
Jan 5th, 2016 Article
Magic Pencils! And How They Can Improve Your Game
A pen, a toilet and a lesson I’ll never forget… GolfPunk goes to the David Leadbetter Academy at Champions Gate, Florida, for a very innovative golf lesson with Kevin Smeltz...
Jan 5th, 2016 Article
Wilson Staff C200 Irons
It’s the beginning of the year, and all the club launches are coming on strong. Wilson Staff are coming to the party with their new C200 iron designed to improve distance and accuracy.
Jan 5th, 2016 Article
New Agent for DeChambeau
We profiled Bryson DeChambeau over the weekend, and there’s already more news on him.
Jan 4th, 2016 Article
The best reason we've seen yet for golf in the Olympics...
If like some of us on the GolfPunk team you're an '80's child (well one of us), you might remember the Sega and Nintendo console wars. Hell would have frozen over before you could ever imagine Mario and Sonic in the same game. Yet here we are in 2016, and not only are they in the same game, they're going to be playing golf together. Thank you Mario and Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games!
Jan 4th, 2016 Article
PXG Make A Major Move
We knew Parsons Xtreme Golf were going to make a big noise in 2016, but we didn’t know they were going to ruckus this hard. The new upstart company have signed eight new players to their tour staff for the year including current Open Champion and double major winner Zach Johnson, former FedEx Cup winner Billy Horschel, and double women Major Champion Christie Kerr.
Jan 3rd, 2016 Article
Tiger's $1.2 billion Impact
Tiger Woods economic impact on golf has recently been calculated at $1.2 billion. Website No Laying Up has done a breakdown, and we would agree with their assessment.
Jan 1st, 2016 Article
Tiger: I never used to pay for golf!
So we'd heard before that Tiger Woods was obsessed with the military, and the marines in particular. We didn't realise it started so young, well at least it sounds like it did, the lengths a young Tiger used to go to to sneak onto a golf course with his dad Earl.
Dec 30th, 2015 Article
Phil Mickelson Commits
Phil Mickelson is the latest addition to a star-studded field that will compete for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
