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.
Gladys Nocera fires opening round 65, Charley Hull shots 68, Amy Boulden 69 and Carly Booth a +1 71. Projected cut for round 2 is +2. Not good news for Solheim hero Cristie Kerr who carded a +4 74 and has work to do to make the weekend.
No one has been going really low today. The rain has made the rough that much more penal, and focused everyone’s attention on hitting fairways. There’s zero reward in being off-line, and that’s kept it conservative out there today. It’s frankly been a very quiet day indeed. Zzzzzzz.
GolfPunk Golf Nurse Carly Shoots 66 To Fly Up French Leader board. Pedersen leads second round after a stunning 64...
Choosing an athlete is a tricky business for a golf brand. Does the athlete represent the brand? Are they any good at golf? Do they suit the clothing? For a brand like Puma golf who have followed a policy of quality over quantity, all these things have to get thought about before offering a contract to a player.
A cold pint. Normally a golfers wet dream after eighteen holes. But according to our new no nonsense Aussie golf coach, Sandy Jamieson, it's also one of the answers to playing better golf. We thought he was joking, but it makes perfect sense. Grip it and sip it.
So we've all seen the TaylorMade M1 Driver now. We've hit it, it looks great, and Jason Day crushed it in winning the BMW Championship. But how does it work? We got under the bonnet of the new M1 driver when we caught up with Benoit Vincent, head of TaylorMade's R&D department.
Cracking line up for the Lacoste Ladies Open De France including Solheim Cup stars Cristie Kerr, Charley Hull & Carlota Ciganda. Not to mention our own GolfPunk Golf Nurse Carly Booth, Amy Boulden and From Russia With Glove sensation Maria Balikoeva
GP favourite Bernd Wiesberger took the lead at the Porsche European Open, shooting a flawless first round 64. The world number 30, and top ranked player in the field shares top spot with Benjamin Hebert at Bad Griesbach Golf Resort.
After taking the first round lead at the Porsche European Open, we throught we'd remind you of the time when Valdy met Stormy. GolfPunk's resident sock-puppet-rascal-love-child-of-Roland-Rat-&-Frank-Spencer takes on European Tour star Graeme Storm. And talk soon turns to surrender monkeys and the art of cake making...
Dustin Johnson has had some year. His sabbatical didn't seem to affect his golf, as he came out firing on all cylinders winning the WGC Cadillac Championship. He's had a son, Tatum, with the lovely Paulina Gretzky. And he came within a putt of the winning the US Open. So it's no surprise he fancied treating himself to a new house.
