You know what they say about the whole being more than the sum of its parts? Well, here are two seemingly unrelated stories spanning a year combining to make perfect sense. First up we have a quaint tale first reported in July 2004 from our Canadian cousins. Some pesky rodents kept nicking peoples golf balls from Riverside Golf Course in Edmonton. Squirrels had been stealing balls from fairways and stashing them away for rainy days. The members called it getting “squirreled”. The course even has a rule that allows golfers to replace their balls without penalty if everyone agrees on exactly what they saw. From this... On it’s own a bit cutesy but nothing overtly sinister, until you add it to a story that was first reported in 2005 but only arrived in the inbox at GOLFPUNK Towers this morning. As part of a drive to clean up urban areas London police have pushed drug dealers into residential streets. As a result they are burying their contraband in gardens where squirrels are plundering their crack rocks. It’s thought that the little furry tykes are becoming addicted and have been described as, “ill-looking …its eyes looked bloodshot but it kept on desperately digging.” "It was almost as if it was trying to find hidden crack rocks." The article goes on to claim, “Crack squirrels are a recognised phenomena in the US.” ...to this... Which got us thinking. Obviously the golf ball-stealing squirrels are selling their ill-gotten gains to pro shops to raise money to keep them in narcotics. One tree on the Riverside Golf Course was reported to have around 250 golf balls buried under it. That’s around $90 worth of lake balls. ...to this. Just Say No! We’re just saying, that’s all. For more on squirrels pinching golf balls click here… For more on the crack embezzling squirrels click here…
After hearing the latest office whinge about, “I would be a brilliant at golf if I was consistent from 140 yards”. We have decided to ban moaning in the office. With this in mind we think you should find out a bit more about the life of Todd Demsey. A man with the world at the end of his niblick before more pressing ‘real life’ issues took precedence. A promising career has been side tracked by debilitating back pain and a brain tumor. Despite these set backs he is battling his way back with the sort of attitude that should make people who throw their putter into ponds because of a three jab hold their heads in shame. Hard as Nails On his golfing rehabilitation he says: "It puts things in perspective," Demsey said. "I used to live and die on every shot. It's still my job. It's what I love to do. It's not quite as important to me as it was before all this. But I feel real lucky to be able to play golf for a living, especially after back problems and a brain tumor. I have nothing to complain about." If he has nothing to complain about we at GP Towers certainly don’t. For more on this story click here ....or here.
Despite being old hat, this heart warming tale reached GolfPunk Towers via the gift of email this morning and it demands a wider audience. The names have been changed to protect the sniggling. Take it away Sarge… "This oriental man who spoke only broken English thought that his practice round badge allowed him to "play a practice round" at the Augusta National. The Grounds Maintenance guys in the background actually stopped and took the picture. As you can see I am struggling to restrain from laughing totally out loud. My partner, Sgt. Buck Logan, is not in the picture because he is actually just out of the left side of the frame rolling in the pine straw, from laughter. " I really hope that was true.
This story came to us the other day and we felt everyone needs this in their lives. GolfPunk have a (morally acceptable) love of animals. As the photo below for our trip to Sweden will attest.Paschal + Club + Heffer = Normal Saturday Night So it fills us with joy to see we are not alone, the guys at Bulls Bay feel the same way."Call that a stroke saver? 150 yards my rump!"I will let them explain."In a zany day at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Collegiate Invitational, unranked Central Florida and Florida State ran away from the field, while “Titleist” the Bull got loose and scampered around the course to the delight of the patrons..." For more on this story click here.
We came across this interesting site offering a virtual golf community so we signed up. If any of you would like to take on team GP then bring it on.www.worldgolftour.comSee you in there.
The guys down at The Bright Golf Company have relaunched their website into an all singing, break dancing unit. They have split the site in two, one half to provide potential suppliers with all the information they need and “the story so far”. The other half is for Joe Public and stuffed from hosel to the grip with shiny sticks and accessories. And the best bit about it is they only have quality stuff. It is laid out like a department store with areas for the likes of Como Come, Iomic, Pinfire and Cover Upz.To tempt you in they have a 10% discount during the rest of April to celebrate the beggining of Majors season. Awwww that's nice.Don’t take our word for it have a look for your self at www.thebrightgolfcompany.co.uk
Calling our GolfPunk soldiers in the Manchester area. You are in the cyber last chance saloon for your chance to get VIP tickets for the opening of William Hunt’s Golfsexy Concept store this Thursday. GolfPunk have 5 VIP tickets to give away with each lucky winner having the opportunity to select a free shirt from the new Golfsexy Spring Summer 2007 range with the complements of William Hunt.
With the woo haa that surrounded Justin Timberlake’s cheeky 18 at Carnoustie in mind, we at GolfPunk Towers were reminded of The Golf Album by Gary Farr and who out of golf’s growing legion of crooners could contribute to a sequel. Don’t worry, we got over it. J Tizzay has nothing to do with this album. “The Golf Album was originally pressed and released on a cassette which explains the “Front Side” and “Back Side” titles. It was designed to get you to your golf course within 30 minutes (Front Side) and get you home or where ever you are heading after your round (local bar, girlfriends house, etc.) again in the 'back side' 30 minutes. The CD however is continuous play and if it takes you longer to get to a golf course, this is even better!” For more on this story click here…
I first heard about this story about a week ago, however it only became really interesting yesterday when my playing partner got stung on the mouth after a bee made it’s way into his can of pop. Apart from being incredibly funny it ignited debate on the usefulness of insects and what can we realistically sacrifice in the pursuit of golf. What do you think? “An initiative to help to save some of the UK's rare bumblebee species has been launched by Syngenta. A number of farmland bumblebees are perilously close to extinction due to loss of habitat. However, by developing sections of a field into a clover-rich legume area, known as a field margin, farmers can very rapidly increase populations of even rare species by providing bees with vital food sources. Such legume margins have been proven to restore habitats for endangered bumblebee species while also contributing valuable points towards Entry Level Qualification allowing farmers to qualify for agri-environment scheme points. Seed mixtures developed specifically for Operation Bumble Bee are designed to provide maximum pollen and nectar for foraging bees and insects throughout the summer." For more on this story click here…