Lydia Ko has waited a long time to add to her haul of LPGA titles but she emphatically ended the drought at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii on Saturday. Going bogey-free for the third day running, Ko shot a final-round 65 to win by seven strokes.
The Spiv tipped him for the win at Colonial at the week and he came with a whisker of making the play-off. However, as anticipated by GolfPunk Muscles DeChambeau made headlines for the immense driving distances he achieved. The R&A and USGA must now sit up and seriously prepare regulations governing the golf ball used in tournaments.
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.
Does Tony Finau really have more of a chance of winning a major in 2018 as Tiger Woods? Apparently so...
The R&A and the USGA have announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green. And Dustin Johnson for one is delighted.
"The game is too slow, too hard and there's too many rules. I wouldn't know where to begin with how many rules there should be. I would think as minimal as possible. And we don't need all these dashes and a's and b's and c's. It's too confusing." Kevin Kisner.
Rory McIlroy will miss the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this summer after opting to play in the 100th French Open at Le Golf National.
The Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A today announced that the 14th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) will be contested at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, 26-29 October 2023. The AAC will return to Royal Melbourne nine years after the Championship was hosted in 2014.
It's been a hell of a year. Here are the results of the GolfPunk Staunchie Awards where we honour the finest achivements in 2016 from equipment manufacturers to people who were just nice to us.
Foxhills is set to recreate the drama of golf's version of a penalty shoot-out as an extra feature of their PGA EuroPro Tour event next week.
Lumine Mediterránea Beach & Golf Community will soon play its part in one of European golf’s most exciting annual storylines by staging the conclusion to European Tour Qualifying School for the second consecutive time, from November 10-15.
The next edition of the is 18 months away, but both Europe and the United States have already named their captains for golf’s most fiercely fought tournament. The United States announced Zach Johnson will captain the defending champions, with Henrik Stenson captaining the Europeans at the 2023 competition.
