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Tagged with "2016"

Mar 29th, 2016 Article

Chinese crackdown on golf courses continues

President Xi Jinping has been conducting an anti–corruption campaign since taking office in 2013, and his focus has been on banquets, gift–giving and golf. Now three more Shanghai courses have been bulldozed.

Mar 28th, 2016 Article

The Two Best Swings In Golf?

Rory and Jason are absolute beasts, and their swings (or should that be swing?), just keep getting better and better.

Mar 28th, 2016 Article

Brocket Hall latest – mass protest on the first tee!

As we reported last week, the new owners of Brocket Hall, the hotel and golf club in Hertfordshire which went into administration a year ago, have thrown out their 920 members. Now the fight back has begun.

Mar 28th, 2016 Article

Latest on Beckenham Place Park golf club closure

As we reported two weeks ago, Lewisham Council is planning to shut down Braeside Golf Club, which is based at Beckenham Place Park. Now the members are setting up a campaign to save the club.

Mar 28th, 2016 Article

Tony Finau wins the Puerto Rico Open

Tony Finau got onto our radar last year, and we thought he was a proper GolfPunk. Today was his maiden victory on the PGA Tour, when he won the Puerto Rico Open in a playoff against old hand Steve Marino.

Mar 27th, 2016 Article

Golf ball versus welding torch

Golf ball versus welding torch. There was only ever going to be one winner, but here's how the ball got on.

Mar 27th, 2016 Article

Happy Birthday Maria Verchenova

It’s a Swinging Siren birthday bonanza this weekend. First it was Paige Spiranacs’s birthday yesterday. Now it is Happy Birthday Maria Verchenova!!!

Mar 27th, 2016 Article

Luke Donald designs his first course in Vietnam

Luke Donald has designed his first ever golf course, and it is called Ba Na Hills Golf Course. The course lies at the foot of a mountain range, and is half an hour from Danang, Vietnam’s fourth largest city. Here's what Luke has been up to.

Mar 27th, 2016 Article

The Sunday Driver: Honma TW 727 Driver's

We've got an amazing competition starting tomorrow courtesy of Honma, so we thought it would be a great time to tell you all about Honma's TW727 series drivers. They aren't just ordinary golf clubs...

Mar 26th, 2016 Article

Happy Happy Birthday Paige Spiranac

It's Paige's birthday. We don't know how old she is and, frankly, as we've learned to our severe cost over the years, a lady's age is no one's business. Paige's zodiac sign is Aries and, when I looked up what an Aries person is generally like, I literally dropped my bacon sandwich, so chillingly accurate was the description....