Jan 17th, 2017 Article
Brexit bonus for Trump’s Turnberry course
Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course is expecting its best year ever thanks to the fall in the pound after the Brexit vote and an increase in hotel guests at the resort.
Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course is expecting its best year ever thanks to the fall in the pound after the Brexit vote and an increase in hotel guests at the resort.
Reports indicate our erstwhile Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP, has been learning to develop his golf game as part of a strategy to help him secure a trade deal with the US and presumably other nations headed by golf addicted leaders.
Golfers have been taking to Twitter over the dramatic Brexit news, whilst the European Tour has also issued a statement. Here's what's been going on.
"In hindsight, would I be wanting to do Portrush in the year that we would be potentially leaving the European Union without a deal? No. We have over 2,000 containers, some from as far afield as the Middle East, to get across the Irish Sea and we start building on 2 April.
Golf buggies could require motor insurance for the first time under European law, the government has admitted.
Back in 2016 when Britain voted to leave the European Union many were left with questions of what the future holds, especially for UK travellers. But a recent poll from Your Golf Travel reveals that golfers are going to be travelling more than ever in 2018.
Muirfield to have a second vote on female membership before the end of the year.
British trolley manufacturer Stewart Golf has released details of a stunning 2020 during which the business almost doubled in size. The Gloucestershire-based company saw total sales increase by an incredible 93%.
On the day that The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP becomes the First Lord of the Treasury, or otherwise known as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, GolfPunk ponders the key issues of the day.
Why is the golf now only on Sky TV in the UK with the BBC set to produce, if last year is anything to go by, a set of very ordinary highlights programmes? Who is to blame - Sky, the BBC, the politicians, the R&A or perhaps even Brexit?
It's the Players Championship this week at TPC Sawgrass - check out these Top 10 Putts on the infamous 17th hole with shots from Tiger, Bubba and more.
Golf's traditional short-haul markets may be in danger of losing business to the pro-active ‘new kids on the block' if they don't reconsider their pricing strategies.