Louis Oosthuizen may have one of the best swings in golf, but at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at the end of this month his football skills will also be tested when he and three fellow professionals take on four former legends of Liverpool Football Club in a game of FootGolf.
GolfPunk travelled to Antwerp to meet Thomas Pieters in his home town. And we talked about everything from Ryder Cup heroics to the burning questions of the day, such as 'Can animals commit suicide?'....
A Surrey golf club has closed down its golf course and is instead focussing entirely on FootGolf, and it is thought that this is the first time that this has happened in the UK.
Gareth Bale invited to play on European Tour! Well, he does play of scratch. Will he be joining the hallowed ranks of fellow footballers who tried (and failed) to make a go of it on tour?
Etihad Airways is set to become the Official Airline of the Ladies European Tour in 2016, taking over sponsorship of Europe’s leading women’s professional golf tour.
GolfPunk's latest excursion saw us jetting off to Costa Calida, in the Murica region of Spain, to La Manga Club courtesy of Solmar Villas, where we were treated to a luxury villa, pool, a round of golf on the immaculate northern course, as well some nice weather (for a change).
It has been reported that LIV Golf will allow player trades via a transfer window and trade deadline in 2024. Per Sports Illustrated, the initial plan had been to introduce transfers for its 12 four-player teams from the outset but the idea took a back. According to the report, that is set to change next year, with the introduction of player trading similar to US sports such as NFL and MLB.
Judges from the industry-leading Golf World Top 100 Rankings have recognised La Cala as the 13th best golf resort in their recently published Top 100 European Resorts list. The rankings also placed La Cala as Spain’s leading 4* Resort and the country’s third-best Resort overall.
In a new study, can reveal that wearing your favourite sports kits online could affect how lucky in love you are! Apparently the tested who did the swipe left or is swipe right thingamajiggy? The most attractive sports kit to wear on Tinder is rugby. Out of 300 swipes, 208 matched, as it seems the appeal of the rugby hunk is as strong as ever.
Etiquette - “The customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group.” There were certain sporting maxims when we grew up. Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs, and rugby is a thug’s game played by gentlemen. Cricket and golf were games for protaganists who played with a significant side order of honour.
It takes a lot for Tiger Woods to turn down a massive appearance fee (reportedly north of $6m) and a free yacht, but that's what happened recently when the European Tour came knocking with an invite to the Saudi International, the country's first professional significant golf tournament.
Meet us at Putney Bridge, Franny, we said. And bring your Lambretta...
