Thursday, May 04, 2006
Golf course dumbs down

I can't even be bothered to write an introduction to this breaking news.
We didn't know them, now they are the darlings of our lives blah, blah, blah

Celebrity Big Brother stars Preston and Chantelle are to marry at a golf club.

Ordinary Boys lead singer Preston, 24, and Chantelle, 22, will pay £3,000 to tie the knot at the upmarket Stock Brook Golf and Country Club in Essex in August.

The couple had been told the 200-acre estate and house was unavailable but have been slotted in following a cancellation.

They have reportedly hired a banqueting suite, garden room, patio and lawn which will hold up to 250 guests.

Preston, who recently sold his house in Cambridge Road, Hove, will give Chantelle his mother's wedding ring.


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  Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Earl Woods dies aged 74

Earl Woods has died today at the age of 74 at his home in Cypress, California, after a lengthy battle against cancer.

In a tribute to his father posted on his website, son Tiger said: “My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply. I’m overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him.”

Earl had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998, but suffered a remission in 2004, which gradually worsened making him eventually unable to attend events.

Tiger announced last month that he was taking a break from golf to be with his father. His father’s illness had already caused him to from the Mercedes Championship at the beginning of the season and rush home before the recent Players Championship.

"Earl Woods will always be remembered for the tremendous way in which he and Tiger's mother, Kultida, provided Tiger with every opportunity to develop the physical and mental qualities that enabled Tiger to become the world's best golfer and an outstanding representative of the game and its values," PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said in a statement.

Lt Colonel Earl Dennison Woods was a retired Army sergeant, who served two terms in Vietnam and received a Vietnamese Silver star for acts of bravery, and was also famed for the dedication with which he helped guide his son to becoming the world’s number one golfer.

 
    Tiger and Earl Woods

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5/3/2006 7:40:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Tiredness kills, take a break

There's a picture of me on another golf website http://www.golfreporter.net.345 after I met Andre, the self titled 'rubbish golfer' at the London Golf Show.

He has been blogging his experience and has been very kind to the GolfPunk crew, except by publishing those pictures! I could o look more tired if I tried. If anyone wants me I will be in bed.




Webitor Shaun, the morning after his epic 19 round toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson.

Golf Punks | Your funnies
5/3/2006 6:41:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Buggy it!

Law is defined as the rules which govern our daily lives but can only be enforced if the will of people acquiese to it, so when your nation's law-makers start driving to work in a golf buggy because it's cheaper and more eco-friendly then I guess there's nothing left to do but phone buggies 'r' us....

Representative Todd Rutherford has found a way to fight higher gas prices.

The Columbia Democrat uses his new golf cart to go from his home to the State House, as well as his downtown office and courthouses. Rutherford says he bought the electric vehicle last fall when Hurricane Katrina sent gas prices to around $3 a gallon.

Rutherford says he spent an impatient winter waiting for the weather to get warm so he could drive the cart again.

The cart has a stereo and 15-inch flat screen TV, which Rutherford promises he watches only when it's parked.

State law allows residents to drive a golf cart on secondary roads within two miles of their home or office during daylight hours, as long as they obtain a $5 permit and insurance.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.


Golf News | Your funnies
5/3/2006 6:33:11 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
The Funky Fundraiser

If anyone is at a loose end this Friday and driving around Kent then stop into the Royal Wells Hotel for what promises to be a cracking night out...



For when golf isn't enough
5/3/2006 6:07:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Saturday, April 29, 2006
London Golf Show

Hiya - Live from the London Golf Show, day three and the GolfPunk stand looks like Chinawhites celebrity hour.
We just watched patron, Phil Babb, compete in a chipping contest against Love Island and Man Utd legend, Lee Sharpe. Lee went first and managed to lip out with one effort but our 'Babbsy' stepped up to the plate putting two efforts within two feet. It was then that we heard the news that Wayne Rooney had just broken his foot, ruling him out of the world cup. We are waiting with bated breath to see the extent of his injury and if anybody knows leave a message and let us know.
It's great to see a load of golf punks visiting the stand. Forum members, Scott and Chris 'Maradona' Roberts have dropped in for a drink and a chat and have been telling us all about what's going on in the show. Chris has been competing in the Long Drive competition and managed to smash one 337 yards, before saying: "I'm hitting it like a cissy." He then went on to break the driver with his next shot.
All the stands have also gone golf-tastic. We've met the guys at Urban golf gear and had a good old browse through all of their stuff. Craig and his team are supported by Samuel L. Jackson, who is a massive fan of the gear and they've got some great ranges. It's also great to see how busy the team are on the Trendygolf stand are doing. Loads of golf punks have been asking where they can get the gear advertised in the magazine and all the new Puma ranges, J.Lindeberg gear and Tommy Hilfiger clothing is flying out of the stall.
We had a quick straw poll and reckon that everybody has spoken about 4,000,000 words per day on average - with Travel Editor Owen Blackhurst, leading with an outstanding 58 words per second.
There's no need to tell you about coming down to the Excel centre in London's docklands again, but if you are sat reading this then your time would be better spent coming down to see us and say hello.
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4/29/2006 2:24:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Thursday, April 27, 2006
GolfPunk at the London Golf Show

Well we're here Live at the London Golf Show and I can't believe that it is 4.30pm already. Where the hell has the time gone!!!

 

It's meant to be a nice quiet Thursday - a warm up for the weekend - but obviously, everyone just couldn't wait because the GolfPunk stand has been mentally busy all day!!!

 

Not complaining though, because it has been lovely to meet a few of the forum members and other golf punks who have popped in to say hello and have a glass of bubbly.

 

We have to say a big thank you to Marcus and Lee at Planitology who have been instrumental in setting up the stand and to everyone at Puma and Callaway who have dressed us in their Sunday best.

 

The one great thing about the golf show is that we know we can get away with talking about golf for eight hours without the risk of boring the pants of anyone - so if you fancy coming down or are planning to come down to the London Golf Show at the Excel centre then we will be here until 8pm tonight and back up for a 10am start every day until Sunday.

 

Come and say hello.

 

Live gallery photos from London Golf Show here


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  Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Women shun Open

This news has just broken on the BBC Sport website. As yet there has been no response on Jean Van de Velde's website.

There are unlikely to be any women playing at this year's Open despite the Royal and Ancient Club's decision to allow them to try to qualify.

All the potential qualifiers have decided to play in the Women's World Matchplay event which clashes with the Open qualifying tournaments.

Teenager Michelle Wie could still qualify to play at Hoylake.

However to do so she would have to be the highest non-exempt finisher at the previous week's John Deere Classic.

Wie has so far failed to make the cut in any of the men's PGA Tour events in which she has played.

The R&A's Peter Dawson said: "The deadline for entries for qualifying is June 1 but as yet, no women players have entered.

 

Watch this space, I guess...


Golf News
4/25/2006 5:26:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
What?????

Does this picture not scare the bejesus out of anybody..?

     
                     Oh where, oh where has this puppy dog been?

Your funnies
4/25/2006 4:58:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
GolfPunk and HDT racing begin the season

Our eagerly awaited debut of seeing the GolfPunk name hurtling around a racing track at 150 mph has started. The boys at HDT racing put in a sterling effort - keep up the good work fellas!


At long last we arrive at the first meeting of the year of the Dutch Supercar Challenge, at possibly one of the best circuits in the world, SPA. Shame it is not on the GP circuit, but the facilities do need improving.

We went to the meeting with an underlying rear grip problem, which is in hand but time ran short, so all we wanted to do was come away with points, to enable us to attack the championship at the next round, Zolder in May.

The competition in the championship gets stronger every year and this year is no exception, in fact it is at its strongest ever, so finishing 7th in the first 1 hour race was about what we expected. Spending Sunday pre-race time making suspension adjustments paid off, because Graham managed to finish 4th!!

This was a good result, especially as the results were fairly mixed up meaning the points are fairly distributed.

Looking forward to Zolder (20/21 May) and dont forget we are at Brands Hatch 17/18 June

David Walker
Team Director

www.hdtracing.com

'Right, no,no left!!'


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4/25/2006 1:23:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Monday, April 24, 2006
Get a handle on it...

We are claiming 50% of any royalties....

Dear GolfPunk,
 
I purchased an Oakley golf bag after it appeared in your most splendid magazine some time ago, like the anorak that I am I thought the handle was in a crap position and the bag poorly balanced.
 
After tinkering I have come up with a ‘Heath Robinson’ extra handle which makes it balance far better.  (see photos).
 
This addition also makes positioning & re-positioning the bag around the dance floor far easier, especially in collecting up the folding legs and carrying short distances and puts less strain on the back muscles with the bag being better balanced using this new handle etc…
 
You wouldn’t think that I have been suspended from work two weeks last Friday (Whilst using the company corporate Belfry membership to take my dad and some friends round the Brabazon) and that I now have too much time on my hands!
 
Sorry to bother you but I am bored.
 
Keep up the good work.
Jamie

Hope this doesn't get you fired Jamie!!

Golf Punks | Your funnies
4/24/2006 3:47:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
VET WANTED!!

         STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS

GolfPunk Associate Editor Gavin Newsham has announced that he is taking an indefinite break from golf in order to look after his ailing cat, Henri. Eight-year-old Henri has been battling a stomach complaint for several weeks now and Newsham is needed at home to pick up the food she regurgitates on a daily basis as his wife won't do it. “I may take part in the occasional game of office putting, but I can’t really commit to anything until Henri stops puking,” says Newsham.


The Newsham's house-trained moggy

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4/24/2006 10:55:51 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Friday, April 21, 2006
GolfPunks Against the World

Here's a look at how our GolfPunks Against the World fared last week.

BMW Asian Open, Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC

Graeme Storm
Round 1 - 74   score (+2)   Total (+2)     Position (76)
Round 2 - 69   score (-3)    Total (-1)      Position (13)
Round 3 - 72   score (even)Total (-1)     Position (10)
Round 4- 72    score (even) Total (-1)    Position (13)



Nick Dougherty
Round 1 - 73   score (+1)   Total (+1)     Position (46)
Round 2 - 73   score (+1)    Total (+2)    Position (54)
Round 3 - 74   score (+2)    Total (+4)    Position (44)  
Round 4- 69    score (-3)      Total (+1)   Position (T26)


James Heath
Round 1 - 73   score (+1)   Total (+1)     Position (54)
Round 2 - 69   score (+6) thru 15    Total (+7) Position (104)
               Round 3 - M/C
               Round 4-  M/C

Florida's Natural Charity Championship, Florida, Eagle's Landing Country Club



Helen Alfredsson
Round 1 - 72   score (even)   Total (even)     Position ()
Round 2 - 69   score (-3)        Total (-3)      Position (47)
Round 3 - 71   score (even)   Total (-4)      Position (40)
Round 4-  78   score (+6)       Total (+2)     Position (73)



Suzann Petersen
Round 1 - 67   score (-5)   Total (-5)     Position (35)
Round 2 - 74   score (+2)  Total (-3)     Position (47)
Round 3 - 69   score (-3)   Total (-6)     Position (25)
Round 4- 65    score (-7)   Total (-13)   Position (5)
 
Shell Houston Open, Redstone Golf Club, Houston Texas

Graeme McDowell      
Round 1 - 72   score (even)   Total (level)     Position (61)
Round 2 - 72   score (even)   Total (level)     Position (39)
Round 3 - 69   score (-3)        Total (-3)          Position (10)
Round 4-  75   score (+3)       Total (level)     Position (54)

Jonathan Kaye
Round 1 - 70   score (-2)   Total (-2)     Position (22)
Round 2 - 74   score (+2)  Total (even)Position (39)
Round 3 - 74   score (+2)  Total (+2)    Position (48)
                Round 4- 73   score (+1)   Total (+3) Position (70)

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4/21/2006 5:11:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Gulf Punk

Staunch work by the boys...

A GOLF-mad soldier has created Iraq's first crazy golf course – in the middle of a desert.
Lance Corporal Alex Thurston was missing his regular round so much while serving with the 21st Signal Regiment in Basra that he designed the nine-hole green to keep himself and pals amused while off-duty.

The 22-year-old mechanic, from Bourne, who looks after radios for the army's helicopter force, enlisted pals to help build the course at Basrah Air Station. It took them two weeks and includes water features and mini bunkers.

Lance Corporal Thurston said: "We were talking about golf and the thought occurred to me that while not everyone plays the game, almost everyone has had a go at crazy golf at the seaside.

"I have a handicap of 15 and am proud to say that I hold the current course record of 35 shots, which will take some beating."

In many ways the most exclusive course in world golf, Lance Corporal Thurston and his team of helpers created some of the obstacles out of de-activated Iraqi Army munitions.

The course also has floodlights so soldiers can practise their swings in the evenings, and has impressed his army superiors so much that Lance Corporal Thurston has been told he could have a promising career as a golf course architect when he leaves the army.

Last week the course staged its first competitive match, which was won by the air station commander, Group Captain Malcolm Brecht, but the course record still looks safe for now.

Capt Brecht said: "I have no idea what we got round in, it was lots. It must have been more than 50.

"It's a really hard course and we stopped keeping count."

Link:here
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4/21/2006 3:38:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Open held at St Andrews shocker

The guys in the office were 'drop yer bacon sandwich' astonished today when we found out that the British Open is due to be held over the Old Course at St Andrews in 2010.

News agencies around the world issued the news on Wednesday. Although, 'news' could be a slightly strong term for this story as the Open is held at St Andrews on a five year cycle and seeing as the world and his dog were in the Fife town last year, it seems a fairly safe bet that 2010 would be the date of the Open's next visit.

Tiger Woods has won the last two Opens over the links course in (surprise, surprise) 2005 and 2000. It might be worth a call in at the bookies to see what odds you will be able to get on Tiger adding another Open title to his collection that year.

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4/21/2006 3:28:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Smash Hits revived

Here's a little something that has kept spirits raised in the GolfPunk office this Friday afternoon....


'Just tell me his name and leave the rest to me'


Any guesses on the B side?
Smells like Teen Spirit
Teenage Fanclub...



Your funnies
4/21/2006 3:17:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
The London Golf Show 2006


About this time last year GolfPunk was a bi-monthly magazine and we had just released our first issue with Tiger Woods on the cover.
GolfPunk was a baby compared to all the other golf magazines out there and we were still relatively unknown.
So, we decided to take a stand at the London Golf Show and spread the gospel. We didn’t really know what to expect, (a handful of Ashworth clad fella hitting a few balls on a range or a load of PR chit-chat about nothing in particular?) All we wanted to do was add a little GolfPunk flavour to the punch and so we packed a fridge, some bubbles, a bevvy of BunkerBabes and a vanload of Srixon golf balls, took a deep breath and headed to the London Docklands.
What actually occurred was nothing short of amazing.
35,000 people descended on the show over 4 days and the majority of them trampled over the GolfPunk turf. As the drinks flowed and music blared GolfPunk received a proper welcome to the golfing world. Sam Torrance and Ronnie Corbett subscribed (who wouldn’t with 24 free golf balls), a host of celebrities mingled with the crowd at the bar, Fibber and the Golf Monk appeared in every conceivable photo-opportuntity, there were trick shot shows, professional lessons, Lab Monkeys and a whole bunch of new friends who just disappeared into the blur.
It was flabbergasting. Hardly anyone had heard of GolfPunk, yet in the space of four short days we felt like we achieved the golfing equivalent of scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final, as a teenager, in the 93rd minute, with the last kick of the game, against Germany.
And now it’s time to do it all again.
In the past year we’ve become a monthly magazine, spent time with Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Darren Clarke to name a few, been all over the world (well, one of us has, eh Owen?), played some of the most amazing courses and met thousands of fellow golf punks.
But we know where we’ve come from. We remember how it all started. And all this malarkey isn’t going to change us. GolfPunk is founded around a besotting fixation with the game of golf and that is what we want to show the world.
So, whatever you planned to do over the weekend of the 27-30 April, cancel it. Get yourself down to the Excel centre in London’s Docklands and come and find us. We are on stall 1128 and we can’t wait to meet you.
For directions and information visit www.londongolfshow.com and register - or call 0870 145 1205 to purchase your tickets*.

*Advance ticket prices £12.50 for Adults and £8.00 for U-16s.
On-the-door ticket prices £15.00 for Adults and £10.00 for U-16s




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4/21/2006 2:16:34 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Thursday, April 20, 2006
Tiger takes time out from golf

Tiger Woods is to take an indefinite break from golf to be with his father Earl, who is suffering from cancer.

Tiger told a news conference in Wellington that he did not know when he would return to the game but said that he would play in the US Open at Winged Foot in June.

He is currently in New Zealand attending the wedding of caddy Steve Williams.

Earl Woods was diagnosed with cancer in 1998, but his condition has deteriorated dramatically this year. In March, at the Players Championship, Tiger rushed to his bedside on the Wednesday before flying back to the tournament 24 hours later.

Links: www.tigerwoods.com

         www.bbc.co.uk/sport

 


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4/20/2006 8:44:19 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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