Aug 25th, 2018 Article
The 148th Open Championship sells out
The 148th Open Championship, which will be staged in Northern Ireland for the first time in 67 years, has sold out!
The 148th Open Championship, which will be staged in Northern Ireland for the first time in 67 years, has sold out!
"In hindsight, would I be wanting to do Portrush in the year that we would be potentially leaving the European Union without a deal? No. We have over 2,000 containers, some from as far afield as the Middle East, to get across the Irish Sea and we start building on 2 April.
Rory McIlroy wasted no time criticising LIV Golf and Greg Norman after defending his Canadian Open title at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. It was McIlroy's twenty-first PGA Tour title and the man from Northern Ireland was delighted that he moved ahead of Norman's twenty win mark. "I had extra motivation of what's going on across the pond," said McIlroy.
Well it’s been a pretty exciting week for golf on the island of Ireland. First, Shane Lowry’s spectacular win at the 148th Open in Northern Ireland and then the magnificent Adare Manor in County Limerick has been announced as host of The Ryder Cup 2026. Not too shabby!
It has rather flown under the radar but yesterday the ISPS HANDA World Invitational event for both men and women teed of at Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Massereene Golf Club. A first for golf in Europe as women will play alongside (sort of) the men and will play for the same money.
The Lee Westwood Golf School is accused of taking stundents wages, while Darren Clarke has cut ties with The Darren Clarke Golf School... what is going on?!
Rory McIlroy has won the Association of Golf Writers trophy, joining Seve Ballesteros and Lee Westwood as the only golfers in the long history of the prestigious award to win it on three separate occasions.
GolfPunkHQ.com is not the only thing coming on Thursday 18th June!!: Here are all the tee times for Thursday's US Open First Round.
You get two hole in ones in one round, you finish -3 and you still don't win?? What's all that about?...
Another golf course is going to be closed. But this time it’s not going to be turned into a housing estate. Instead it’s going to become a vineyard.
Rory McIlroy’s charity, The Rory Foundation, is launching a trick shot contest, and the winner will get to play in the Pro Am at the Irish Open on July 5th at Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
Former World Number One Lee Westwood will be among the field for the inaugural Scottish Championship presented by AXA, along with a strong contingent of home grown players including the most recent Scottish winner on the European Tour, Marc Warren, fellow winners David Law, Scott Jamieson and Richie Ramsay, former Ryder Cup player Stephen Gallacher and the 2019 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the...