Jan 25th, 2016 Article
Drinking and Golf Buggies
A man who got drunk and then took a buggy from a golf club onto the main road has been fined and banned from driving for six years! That’s the book being thrown at you for sure.
A man who got drunk and then took a buggy from a golf club onto the main road has been fined and banned from driving for six years! That’s the book being thrown at you for sure.
Leading Japanese golf brand HONMA is running a nationwide #DiscoverHonma promotion over the next three months that offers golfers the chance to win a set of premium clubs from its latest competitively priced ranges. The promotion is open to those aged 18+ attending any HONMA club fitting session in the UK and Ireland. . Detail of the #DiscoverHONMA promotion can be found at .
Byeong Hun An has become the first Korean winner of the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award. His breakthrough 2015 season also yielded another prestigious title as the Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year.
Graeme Storm took the lead with Ross Fosher and Charl Schwartzel at the Porsche European Open at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach. Schwartzel, The 2011 Masters Champ hasn’t won an event for two years, shot a flawless 66 on his way to the top of the leaderboard, while Fisher shot a round of the day 65 to join him. Stormy hit a 67 with an eagle on 10 to kickstart his round.
September saw the high drama of the Ryder Cup come around once again. Both sides battled it out to earn the right to call themselves the best, and Europe rightfully gained that privilege with an emphatic win over the USA.
Lee Elder The first African-American to play in the Masters…
Major-winner Georgia Hall will play with the Ladies European Tour’s first and only Arabic golfer Maha Haddioui in Saudi Arabia this week at $1million Aramco Team Series – Jeddah after choosing the Moroccan from the event’s unique draft. Hall was paired with Haddioui for Saturday’s round of last week’s Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF, where she was impressed by her play.
Paul Casey has moves up to 14th in the world following his victory at the European Open in Hamburg. The Englishman shot a bogey free 66 that took him to 14 under and squeezed out Scotland’s Robert Macintyre, Austria’s Matthias Schwab and home hope Bernd Ritthammer by one-stroke.
A great result for GolfPunk readers with Danny Willett winning the DP World tour Championship at 139/1. He actually drifted on Betfair to 179/1 so hopefully GolfPunk readers got the best odds??
Steven Tiley has completed the first round of the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship Pro-Am with a score of -3 under par making him the overnight leader going into today's second, and final round of the Championship.
The FedExCup: Bunch of Arse or Helping the Gravy? There's $10,000,000.00 up for grabs but does anyone really care? We're not so sure so we came up with three very viable alternatives to the season end.
The R&A. What's all that about then? Keith McLaren looks at this oldest of golfing institutions.