Aug 19th, 2016 Article
Maria Verchenova shoots course record 62
GolfPunk Swingin’ Siren, Maria Verchenova, has blazed it up on the final day of the Women’s Olympic golf, shooting a course record 62.
Aug 19th, 2016 Article
First Olympic women's hole in one
China's Lin Xiyu hit a hole-in-one on the par-three eighth during the third round of the women's golf competition at the Rio Olympics. Here's a video of Lin's historic ace - the first ever in women's Olympic golf.
Aug 19th, 2016 Article
Walk in the Park for Imbee
The Republic of Korea’s Inbee Park, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and China’s Shanshan Feng are Olympic medalists.
Aug 18th, 2016 Article
Charley Hull benefits from Justin Rose’s experience
Charlie Hull arrived in Rio on Sunday evening, just hours after Justin Rose had won the first Olympic golf gold after a thrilling duel with Henrik Stenson which went up the 18th. Here's how she benefitted from his experience.
Aug 17th, 2016 Article
Olympic golf a TV hit
The Olympic golf was a hit on TV worldwide. In the USA, where the last 90 minutes of the event were broadcast by both NBC and The Golf Channel, an average of 8.8 million watched over that period.
Aug 17th, 2016 Article
UK student on Maria Verchenova’s Olympic bag
University of Bedfordshire student James Tobia is caddying for Russia’s only female golfer and GolfPunk favourite, Maria Verchenova. Here's his plan of attack.
Aug 16th, 2016 Article
What happened to Justin Rose’s winning golf ball?
In the ecstasy of victory Justin Rose forget to pick his Olympic Gold winning golf ball out of the hole. Here's what happened to it.
Aug 15th, 2016 Article
Will Justin Rose inspire a new generation of golfers?
England Golf believes Justin Rose’s spectacular gold medal at the Rio Olympics will inspire people in the UK to try golf for the first time.
Aug 14th, 2016 Article
Twitter reactions to Justin Rose's victory
The world of Twitter light up with praise for Justin Rose's Olympic gold victory, and Justin has changed his Twitter profile picture. Here's who said what. And possibly more importantly, who didn't say anything at all!
Aug 14th, 2016 Article
Women's Olympic tee times and pairings announced
The women's Olympics pairings tee times have been released. Check out the key pairings here.
Aug 13th, 2016 Article
Bubba's bizarre 5ft putt
Bubba had a bit of a brain frazzle yesterday in what was otherwise a great round of golf. He somehow contrived to hit a 30ft putt a mere 5ft. Check out the video here.
Aug 13th, 2016 Article
‘The Hitler Trophy’
Golf is back in the Olympic Games in 2016 for the first time since 1904. However, it did actually make another little-known appearance around the notorious Berlin Games of 1936. This new book tells this intriguing story.
