Thursday, July 06, 2006
The Greatest Love of All

"I believe that children are the future, treat them well and let them lead the way"

George Benson, Whitney Huston, and to a lesser extent, Mel B you speak the truth. Here at GP we believe in the potential of all dustbin lids out there and show our support by dressing them up in cute clothes.

Regular readers will note the plethora of snot bags that have graced the pages of GolfPunk. If you would like your little poop machine to go further in the media than you ever could, send us a snap of your bundle of fun in GP wear or doing something cutesy with golf loot and we will look at them and say, "Ahhhhh".

To have your younguns follow in the footsteps of Reese 'Tiny Tiger' Campbell, the Lindfield Under-7s or young Amber (featured) send your pictures to website@kynpublishing.com. Who knows maybe they will win the 2031 Honda Hover Car Classic and you would have done your part by making sure there is an embarrassing pic of them out there.

Leader of LPGA money list 2025

7/6/2006 7:22:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Just to cheer everyone up

I'm really beginning to get addicted to these little cartoons. The Golf Reporter certainly tickles me at the right time.

007-iron could soon have a new rival...


              

Link: here


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  Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Money, Money, Money

It's early evening at the end of another roasting day in GolfPunk Towers. So far, it has been a hard week. Not because we are laden with work, or even because there's a serious clash of personalities. It's mainly down to the fact that it's 31 degrees outside, 754 degrees inside and we can't go out to play!

There's only so much that a three-pronged fan can do to cool temperatures before tempers get frayed and talk of strike begins to seep out. It is in these moments where the strangest things seem to get on your nerves, such as this little picture I saw on the PGA Tour site.

Now, I've seen this picture several hundred times this season. And before you are mistaken, it's not the portly features of Phil Mickelson that have annoyed me, it's the tiny, seemingly insignificant figures that surround him.

At the top you can see that this week the PGA Tour will pitch up in Lemont where Jim Furyk will try to defend his title and the rest of the field will try to compete for the $5m prize fund. $5m!! I mean, what on earth do they plan to do with $5m? After two days that field shrinks by just over half so the division of the prize fund just gets greater still.

Then take a quick glance down to the leaders of the money list and you can see that collectively they have earned a tidy $17m between them. Is it me or is that an inordinately large amount of money, considering that we've just entered July and there's still a huge portion of the season left to finish.

There. I'm glad I got that off my chest. In other pointless news; Travel Editor Owen Blackhurst, could be in with a shout of winning his first ever golfing prize today. The blighter shot 87 points around Mere GC (albeit with the help of three other people and he only came in on eight holes) and could be in contention for an engraved glass vase or some other great prize. So that's a big congrats from us in the office and we wish you the best of luck in your two further days on the golf course from all of us, here, in the office.

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  Monday, July 03, 2006
The ten-year itch

I came across this little story from deepest America and, at first, it incensed me, I was livid. The sheer cheek of someone taking a decade away from the game and then returning with relative ease left me screaming loudly into a pillow in frustration. Then I read through it and I began to think 'actually, fair play to you fella'. This game might baffle the life out of most of us, but some take to it like a duck to water and that's just life. If I'm honest, I don't play nearly as much golf as I should or would like to and that definitely the main reason why I struggle to play to my handicap every time I make it out onto the links.

The silver lining is that I have now arrange a twilight nine holes after work tomorrow and have put a plan into action to start playing at least twice a week. Hopefully, this little tale will do the same for you. If not there are plenty of choice swear words that can be aimed in the direction of a pillow.

For a guy who "took the 90s off" from playing golf, Ken Lacy has breezed around the West Virginia Open quite nicely.

The 47-year-old Logan Country Club pro was in contention to win his first state Open when the third and final round picked up today on the Cobb Course at The Resort at Glade Springs.

The long-hitting Lacy carded a second-round 69 on Thursday and was tied for the lead with 23-year-old David Bradshaw at 141.

Lacy, who played basketball at Mullens High School with former Marshall star and current University of Charleston Coach Greg White, owns second- (1984) and third-place (1989) finishes at the Open.

During the 1990s he was involved in golf course construction and didn't play much.

"I had back surgery in 2000 and then I started playing again," said the 6-foot-6, 245-pound Lacy, who played basketball for two seasons at Glenville State.

Lacy, who moved to Mullens from Bluefield when he was a teenager, lives in Chapmanville.


Link: http://www.dailymail.com/news/Sports/200606308/


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  Thursday, June 29, 2006
Aussie Rules

News from down under:

The far north's golf clubs say the Queensland Government's new smoking laws have been difficult to accommodate and will be even harder to police.

The laws, to come into effect on July 1, make it mandatory for all golf clubs to have a designated outdoor smoking area.

The general manager of the Cairns Golf Club, Ian Cook, says certain holes will be made designated smoking areas but that is going to bring other problems.

"It's a bit of a nuisance really," Mr Cook said.

"We have to divide our course up into less than 50 per cent for non-smoking which will affect people walking out of the golf club and to the tees with food in their hands, they can't have food in that area and they can't have drinks in that area because we also have a drinks cart on our course."


Yeah, that cancer is a right pain...



For when golf isn't enough | Golf News
6/29/2006 3:40:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
No Pay: No Play

An interesting little story has developed over in Ireland. It seems that staff at the K Club, host to this year's 36th Ryder Cup matches, could be on the verge of striking.

Unless an industrial dispute is resolved greenkeepers could drop shears in the run-up to this year's event.That could make for some interesting tussles if you think about it. Imagine, if they let the fairways grow a few inches then everyone would have a fluffy, flying lie. Club selection would become an interesting challenge.

Further still, if they let the greens grow then the holes would get crowned and they would be extremley slow. Suddenley, every putt becomes interesting. From 30ft you would be nervously trying to figure out how hard you would have to hit it and even the little tiddlers would be no gimmes.

The more I think about this the more interesting the matches become. You really would see the best team winning. In fact: STRIKE, STRIKE, STRIKE!

Greenkeepers at this year's Ryder Cup venue could strike just days before the match, a union official said on Wednesday after a pay dispute between staff and management at Ireland's K Club escalated.

Colm Quinlan, regional officer for the Amicus trade union, told Reuters three rounds of talks with mediators had failed to resolve a confrontation which began early this year. The case will now be heard by Ireland's Labour Court.

"Based on our previous negotiations, I am not confident they (the club) will accept the recommendations of the court and if that arises we will embark on industrial action," he said.

Full story: here


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6/29/2006 3:28:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 

  Saturday, June 24, 2006
GolfPunks against the world

Our GolfPunks are doing the business this week.

Paul Casey is leading the European Tour event at Gleneagles, with Ross Fisher and Graeme Storm in close pursuit and James Heath is one shot of the lead and will be in the final group going into the final round of the Credit Suisse Open on the Challenge Tour.

Good work fellas and good luck tomorrow. KYN



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  Thursday, June 22, 2006
Monty means business

Someone's in a good mood then....

COLIN Montgomerie believes the emotional turmoil of his marriage break-up has made him a better golfer, but admitted it had a more negative effect on his bank balance.

Back in his native Scotland yesterday just three days after he nearly won the US Open in New York, Montgomerie claimed that the upheaval in his private life was a major factor in his twice finishing as strongly as runner-up in the last four major championships.

But when it was pointed out to him that he is financially secure for life - he has earned a personal fortune of about £30 million - Montgomerie was quick to reply.

"I was financially secure for life and now someone else is," he quipped in reference to the divorce settlement from his former wife, Eimear, which is thought to have cost him around £12 million.

Link:http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=911862006

What?



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6/22/2006 9:48:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
GRANNY GOES GOLFIN'

A 72-year-old grandmother driving her golf cart led police in tiny Tilden, Ill., on a low-speed chase through town.

Lorraine Barton had used the golf cart to cover the few blocks between her home and the Tilden Post Office to retrieve her mail. On her way back, Police Chief Bobbie Jo Helmers attempted to pull her over for driving an unauthorized vehicle -- and the vehicles collided, the Belleville News-Democrat reported.

Barton said the mayor of the small Southern Illinois town gave her permission last year to use the motorized machine for local errands as a way to save gas. The newspaper said Mayor Don Keeton denied granting Barton's golf cart on-road privileges.

Helmers said Barton agreed to pay for the damage to the squad car. As long as the golf cart stays off the road or becomes an insured on-road vehicle, she shouldn't have any more trouble with the police.



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  Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Dive in for tickets to the WGC at the Grove

Great competition which we've found for you guys to have a look at. Considering there's going to be a world class field, all the Ryder Cup players warming up, a certain Tiger Woods and more prize money on offer than at the USPGA those tickets look rather tasty...


DIVERS from the Bushey and Borehamwood Sub Aqua Club will be attempting a spectacular rescue mission next month from a lake at The Grove.

Fifteen divers will be sent into the lake on the third hole of the luxury Watford hotel's golf course to retrieve as many golf balls as possible as part of a competition to help raise money for the Peace Hospice.

Entrants to the competition will guess the amount of golf balls that will be recovered and the lucky winner with the closest guess will win a pair of tickets to the final of the World Golf Championships taking place at The Grove in September and also lunch at The Glasshouse restaurant.

Maggie Grand, who is helping to organise the dive, said: "We have no idea how many balls are in the lake. We are thrilled to be able to offer such a great prize, and to be part of this very exciting event. The lake looks very murky, however, and I wouldn't fancy doing the dive myself!"

For full story click here

 


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6/21/2006 5:52:41 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
British Amateur update

Well two days into the British Amateur Championships and our efforts to drum up support for a Goliath battle between young starlets Ollie Fisher and Rory McIIroy have ended in a damp squib, as Rory has missed the cut for the matchplay part of the tournament.

Rather a flat atmosphere when one of your two competitiors doesn't turn up. Anyhow, there's still a great deal of cracking golf to be played. Spain's Pablo Martin equalled the Royal St Georges course record yesterday with a round of 67 so that's testimony to the standard being played. The other holders of that record are a certain Nick Faldo and Pierre Fulke.

To see the full matchplay draw click here


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