Sep 18th, 2016 Article
Cat burglar is golf ball thief
A cat has been ruining rounds at a golf course by stealing golf balls, and forcing the club's exasperated owners to change their rules.
May 6th, 2016 Article
Landmark ruling for brain damaged Golfer
A golfer who sued his golf club after suffering brain damage when being hit on the head by a stray ball has lost his case in a landmark ruling. The judge said his club could not have foreseen or prevented the incident.
Oct 25th, 2017 Article
Girl wins golf tournament & still loses...
They say that girls rule and boys drool. Well, the girls say that anyway. And it's probably true, but on this occasion girls did indeed rule but it was the boys who took home the golf loot...
Nov 8th, 2018 Article
Q School hopeful fails to win place with harsh rules violation penalty
Q School may be a tough experience, and will be staged this year at the Costa Daurada’s Lumine, but it is hard enough to get there in the first place, especially if you fall foul of Rule 13-2.
Jul 4th, 2019 Article
Mark your balls!
I have played in a couple of competitions over the last few weeks and twice on the first tee my playing partner has announced they are playing a Titleist Pro VI number 1, no markings, no logos, nothing, just a fresh new pill straight out of the box.
Jul 6th, 2018 Article
Another blow for Bryson DeChambeau
In another blow to the ‘Golf Scientist’ Bryson DeChambeau, the USGA have banned the use of protractors.
Sep 5th, 2021 Article
Solheim Cup 2021: Ruling mars perfect start for Europe
As the Saturday play came to a close with Europe leading by 5½-2½ sadly all the talk was not about the great play from Team Europe but 'that ruling'. Nelly Korda and Ally Ewing won a vital point in the afternoon fourball matches but were assisted by a decision from the rules official.
Mar 2nd, 2017 Article
How the Pros have reacted
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have backed the changes to the rules of golf with Rory expressing the belief that the "revolutionary" modernisation and simplification could stop people turning away from the game.
Jul 19th, 2019 Article
Carding 202 when you play off 2.2
The GolfPunk team love the game of golf and are big supporters of the idea of improving the etiquette on the course and in general. However, this week the big news running around social media was about the US amateur golfer that carded an impressively poor 194 for 18 holes and things got worse when the Florida State Golf Association confirmed it was actually a 131 over par 202!
Apr 15th, 2021 Article
EG App to allow posting of general rounds
England Golf has today announced that golfers can now pre-register and post scores from general play rounds at any rated course in England via its ‘My England Golf’ App.
Jan 21st, 2020 Article
Encouraging signs on slow play
Encouraging signs from the first event with the European Tour’s new regime on slow play. The toughened up four-point plan did not result in any penalties but the general consensus was that the pace of play was better. Even Bryson DeChambeau seemed to have responded positively – might the penny be finally dropping?
Feb 3rd, 2019 Article
Sergio Garcia disqualified after 3rd round at Saudi International
Sergio Garcia has sensationally been disqualified from the third round of the Saudi International on a charge of serious misconduct.
