For all of us who believe that someday during our time on earth we will actually be able to play golf as we have seen on TV, we can always work on our sweet swings at the local ball launching pad aka The Driving Range- TDR. I sped off to my local DR after the PGA Championship at Harding Park won in exciting fashion by Cal’s Collin Morikawa. PANDEMIC RULES OF THE ROAD AT THE DRIVING RANGE. FORE!
Let this be a warning to you – never tamper with your golf equipment during a competitive round. Harold Varner III did exactly that and unwittingly got a two-shot penalty during the opening round of The Players after making an equipment change that was influenced in part by the actions of a walking official.
If only all newlywed wives would agree to golfing honeymoons...
The furor around Doris Chen's DQ from LPGA qualifying at the weekend has taken a new twist with Chen's caddie Alex Valer claiming his player deliberately tried to cover up the incident.
A landmark legal case has dismissed a golfer’s claim against his club’s committee. It means that members of Scottish golf clubs cannot sue fellow members for personal injury.
I didn’t think I would hear myself say this, but I feel sorry for Patrick Reed. Don’t get me wrong the guy has handled the whole affair badly and he clearly was borderline cheating at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas last December. However, due to the Tour’s insistence that the matter has been dealt with it has basically thrown the American to the lions, who in this case are the media and the golfing public.
We must say that we witnessed it live and did wonder if there may be repercussions for Lexi's movement of the grass by her ball when taking a shot at the 16th hole in the first round of the AIG Women's Open. Social media was ablaze with scores of outraged golf fans but the R&A did not agree with them. Move, bend or break any:
A 15-year-old schoolboy has missed out on setting a course record at South Moor Golf Club because of a rules mistake.
World number 23 and recent French Open Champion Bernd Wiesberger joins the GolfPunk Golf Nurse Carly Booth to officially open the GolfPunk Clubhouse at The Rule, St Andrews, In Association with Under Armour.
Much was made about Patrick Reed's actions claiming relief for an embedded ball at the Farmers Insurance Open. Quite rightly comparisons were drawn when Rory McIlroy took a similar drop a couple of hours after the Reed incident.
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?
Lexi Thompson has taken to Twitter to respond to the new R&A rule changes. And it's safe to say she's a happy camper.
