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 4th, 2019 Article
Which is the immovable object
Despite no mortal being able to move it on their own the answer is the boulder. As Tiger Woods found out to his benefit at the 1999 Phoenix Open when a friendly rules official suggested it was a loose impediment.
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!
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.
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.
Feb 21st, 2020 Article
Patrick Reed swerves the issue
It was inevitable that Patrick Reed, who is playing at the WGC event in Mexico City this week, was going to be asked about the latest comments from Bob Kostis and Brooks Koepka. Talking after Thursday’s first round he managed to dance around the question.
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.
Nov 17th, 2018 Article
love.golf coaches throw out the rule book
Golf took on an entirely different form courtesy of a group of coaches from women’s coaching initiative, love.golf, at their annual conference in St. Pancras, London.
