Shocking new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found that regular walking is more effective at keeping weight down than vigorous activities such as going to the gym. And that playing golf is rather good for you!
“Deep in the heart of Texas” has a special ring to many LPGA Tour players who hail from South Korea. Thanks to nearly a full year of playable golf conditions – and several non-stop flights from Dallas to Seoul – numerous Korean LPGA Tour Members make their U.S. base in the greater Dallas area.
It has been a while since GolfPunk last chatted to Mel Reid and so we were delighted to have a call with her a few weeks back. As well as finding out how she coped with the COVID pandemic we also got to her ask her, amongst other things, about the Solheim Cup, the big-hitting Bryson and her favourite tipple.
Talking ahead of this week's WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Rahm stated that he believed the green books should not be allowed. Both players and caddies use the books that show maps of the greens along with the various slopes to read greens on tour.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour. It was certainly a great day for the folk down under yesterday!
Bryson DeChambeau has been making much of his new physique ahead of this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Apparently, he has better Abs than Brooks Koepka and he will be playing even faster now as he will be bombing the drives. He may be right about the speed of play this weekend though as he missed the cut!
We hit the cross bar again last week with Adrian Otaegui 45/1 losing in the final of Australia super six. Then over in America at the Genesis Open both our selections Adam Scott 38/1 and Marc Leishman 55/1 got to within 1 shot of the lead in final round only to lose out to the slowest player in world golf J B Holmes, the PGA need to act fast to eradicate slow play as it will stop people watching the game!!
Eddie Pepperell is up a tree. GolfPunk put him there. Well, we asked if he’d do it and he happily obliged. He's using his range finder to see into the future. He must be liking what he’s seeing. Six days later he would be British Masters champion...
This is an amazing gadget called Golf Pro. It does the dirty work so you'll always have a plentiful supply of balls on hand.
An imbecile on a vehicle tore through the first green at a western Minnesota golf course, leaving behind “doughnut” tread marks and substantial damage.
One of the UK’s leading female golfers, Elizabeth Mallett, has quit the English Women’s Amateur title at West Lancashire Golf Club after being penalized for slow play.
Never been seen in the same room.... European Tour Chief Keith Pelley & Brains from Thunderbirds... Is this development good news for the European Tour?
