Thursday, October 04, 2007
New Jack Swing

Have you ever thought, ‘if I had the training regime, support structure and equipment given to the pros, then I could shave off 10 shots a round?’ This is the opportunity afforded Jack Edmonds as he attempts to wake up from his swing hell, and become a scratch golfer.

You see our Jack has been stuck as a five handicapper for as long as he can remember, and despite his best efforts his mind and body won’t allow him to break this glass ceiling. So what’s a boy to do? Go to Sheffield and let the guys at Zenjin stick reflective electric balls to his naked torso, that’s what.



The Zenjin is an Elite Golf Performance Programme that engineers Mind, Body and Motion.

A collaboration with SportsPulse and Centre for Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffiedl Hallam University, the Zenjin programme benefits from a hand-picked team that has a wealth of experience in athlete support, applied research, healthcare and corporate wellness.

Every part of the game will receive attention from nutrition and diet, swing mechanics, putting, fitness, strength, flexibility training, course strategy and perhaps most importantly psychology. In these areas Zenjin’s training programme will look to implement slow changes that become second nature and stay with you for life.


Jack quickly reached level five on the surfing simulator.

In the coming weeks Jack will complete testing that will determine a personalised training schedule catered to maxamise his potential. Then the really hard work starts. As Jack puts it, “I have this help at my disposal now and my support team are just as keen as me to reach my goal…I need to do this for all our sakes”.

You can check out the first stage in GOLFPUNK 33 out now and follow Jack’s progress at www.golfpunkonline.com.




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  Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Question Of The Day

Today we heard what could be the greatest truth never proved.

"Vampires are the greatest golfers in the world, but they never have a chance to prove it."


This got us thinking, who would win the supernatural Ryder Cup.

We've opened a forum thread to find out.

Get involved and chuck your two pennies worth in at www.golfpunkonline.com/forum



Brilliant at Golf. Probably.

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  Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Office Golf Challenge

News has reached us of a golf tournament that Team GP may actually have a chance of winning. You can keep your long drives, save your skins and jog on with your trick shots. The only discipline we ‘ve got a hope in Stoke of doing well in is office golf.

St Sofia Golf Club and Spa hosted the final of the annual Office Golf Championship on 21st September and it sounded a blast. The event - sponsored by Chivas Regal – has grown since its inception in 2006. However we’re a little disappointed to find out that Office Golf Bulgaria-style seems to comprise of specially designed holes and is played outside. There aren’t many details out there about how it works, so in true Webitor style I’ve made stuff up to fill in the blanks.

We in the GP Towers are office golf nuts, whether it’s playing horse from behind the photocopier for who gets the teas in, or deconstructing our swings between emails. In fact, if there is any firm out there who think they could take us on in an office Olympics of chipping into bins, canning putts over uneven carpets or even restricted swing gymnastics, then bring it on.

It’s cracking fun and keeps you (a little bit) fit.

To challenge us to an office golf showdown email us at website@jf-media.co.uk

To find out more about the 2007 Office Golf CHampionships click here...

To work on your fitness in the office click here...

Or here...



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  Monday, October 01, 2007
Seve Trophy 2007

Congratulations to Great Britain and Ireland who retained the Seve Trophy at the Heritage Golf and Spa Resort on Sunday. GB&I, lead by 2008 Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo, went into the final day one point down but then blitzed the singles, taking eight of the ten points available.

The strong finish bodes well for the golfing legend - and occasional Harrison Ford impersonator’s - captaincy of the big one next year. Even if Lawrence Donegan didn’t think so. What we got from Lawro’s article, published on Friday, is because Nick’s not the most PR savvy man in the world he’s leaving himself open to get slaughtered by the press if Europe perform badly. GP couldn’t give a monkeys if Faldo does an impression of Lauren Cooper from The Catherine Tate Show for three days, as long a he comes home with the 17” x 9” wide gold cup bearing Samuel Ryder’s name. To use the parlance, “we’re not bovvered”.

For a round up of the 2007 Seve Trophy click here...

For all things Seve Trophy click here...




Seve Trophy Sunday Singles.


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  Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Lord Of The Pings

All of you need this in your life. The guys at Ping have put together a lovely little micro site to encourage you to purchase their sticks. Ping have provided  a plethora of product information including a breakdown of the technology used, specifications and you can hear the engineers thoughts. Our favourite bit is the 3D feature that allows you to view the G10 and i10 irons from all sorts of fancy angles.




After going in there and having a play around I can think of no nicer environment to be cajoled into buying golf equipment, apart from the GOLFPUNK shop of course.

Check out the Ping mini site at www.pingpowerof10.com



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  Monday, September 24, 2007
Westwood Wins At The Belfry

Congratulations Lee Westwood for his triumph at the weekend. The man The Foozler routinely mistakes for Radio One’s rap DJ Tim Westwood posted a 15 under par 273 to take the Quinn Direct British Masters ahead of fellow golf punk Ian Poulter.
At the scene of his 2002 Ryder Cup heroics Westwood secured his 18th European Tour title with a blistering 65 yesterday to win by five shots. We hope that’s made up for the disappointment of losing his '00' status in GP26.

Check out the whole story below.


"That's the way it goes down, were getting ready to jump off. Exactly, dropping bombs (and so on)"

“Lee Westwood renewed his love affair with The Belfry after he won the Quinn Direct British Masters with a flawless final round of seven under par 65 to claim a victory he described as being “right up there with winning the Ryder Cup here in 2002

After winning three points for Europe and Captain Sam Torrance in their 15 1⁄2 to 12 1⁄2 success over the USA five years ago at The Belfry, Westwood gave himself more memories to cherish from the Brabazon Course as he secured his 18th European Tour title in style.



Westwood’s 15 under par 273 total secured a five shot triumph from fellow countryman Ian Poulter, who shot 70 for a ten under par 278 total and admitted he had been floored by his rival’s birdie-eagle run on holes 16 and 17.

Fellow Worksop resident and Westwood’s good friend, overnight leader Mark Foster, shot 73 and finished third on nine under par 279.

Both Foster and Poulter threatened during an enthralling final round tussle between the trio, but Westwood pulled clear down the stretch – and the manner of his triumph was emphatic.



A packed 18th hole, from fairway to greenside grandstand, cheered Westwood home, and the delighted golfer said: “I am feeling very happy. I’ve had some special moments in my career here – and this one is right up there. I don’t think I’ve ever been clapped the entire length of the final hole, which is obviously very, very special.”

On his round, he continued: “I barely put a foot wrong out there and made some key putts when I needed to on the back nine.

“On the 16th, I holed a big 35 footer like that in the 2002 Ryder Cup against Tiger and Davis, and I said that to Alastair my caddie after it went in. We went on to lose that match in the last two holes, but this time I managed to follow it up with an eagle. That put the icing on the cake."



Westwood, who was able to celebrate with his wife Laurae, and two young children, Sam and Poppy, once completing his round, added: “The Quinn Direct British Masters is a great title on The European Tour and it was one of those I was building up to. It’s great to win it here at The Belfry. It’s only an hour away from where I live, so there’s a lot of family and friends here to support me.”

Talking about rediscovering the winning habit, having claimed his 18th European Tour victory and second win of 2007, following his success at the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia, Westwood reflected: “I waited four years to win again, and it came in Spain earlier this year, so now I’ve got the second one, I’m very happy….”

For more on this story click here…








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  Thursday, September 20, 2007
Fancy A Quick 17 Holes?

Houses huh, who needs them? Granted there are humans and domesticated animals, but we can tell you who doesn’t need them - Langland Bay Golf Club. This exclusive Welsh course known as ‘The hidden gem of the Gower Peninsula’ counts the Zeta-Jones’, Gareth Edwards and Michael Douglas amongst its admirers. But it will take more than celebrity endorsement to prevent the Liberty Homes housing development building 12 luxury homes.

To say Langland Bay GC was under threat would be overstating it. There may have to be some tinkering with the design or the erection of high safety nets around the 256 yard third hole, ‘Wicked Well’. Obviously the locals aren’t too happy about it, the council has received 199 objection letters so far. You can’t really blame them. From the sounds of things the course and the surrounding areas have not changed much since 1904 when LBGC was opened.

The developers counter with a reasonable argument. Liberty Properties say, “Indeed, this is very much seen as the way forward for the sustainability of golf courses around the world, with the award winning Pentre Nicklaus Village at Machynys, Llanelli, being a perfect local example.”

Now this is a serious issue and raises questions about the future of golf and how will it sustain itself. But. What really stood out were the comments made by Club Chairman, Tony Vaughan. Tone reckons Langland Bay might lose it’s third hole, making it a 17 hole golf course. This has split the office. Some of us are of the opinion that it would be terrible. The rest know it flies in the face of 103 years of tradition, but think it would be brilliant. From the following points you can see why we’re torn. Firstly the course would be world renowned, but mainly from a novelty point of view. Secondly you can never get beaten 10&8 again, but you can never beat anyone else 10&8 again. Finally, you get to the clubhouse ten minutes earlier, which is hard to argue with.

For more on this story click here…




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  Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Golf Embraces Anti-Doping

Golf is taking doping seriously. And about time too. Professional golf has taken another step away from its antiquated past when the worlds major tours decided to introduce drug testing at the highest level of the men’s game next year. The assertion that there are drugs in golf has gone from widely ignored to attention stealing headline in recent years with this move seen as admission something has to be done about it.



This move is seen by some as opening the door for golf to become an Olympic sport, however the European, PGA and Asian tours have not adopted the full list of substances proscribed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, including human growth hormones. At first we thought this was not a big enough step but golf has argued that HGH testing is in it’s infancy and is not regarded as infallible. We think this is a reasonable stance. After all we don’t want a golfing Marion Jones on our hands, where one of the games top players is falsely accused of gaining an unfair advantage. Incidents like this unfortunately colour public opinion about the player and raise doubts about the validity of testing.

But the fact that some drugs are tested for and others not got us thinking. Should testing be about performance enhancing drugs or drugs full stop? Is it up to sport to set an example that it will not tolerate the use of illegal drugs or just to catch people who use drugs to cheat?

We’d love to know your thoughts. Either vote, post a comment or join the debate on the GOLFPUNK Forum thread Drugs In Golf.

Or post on anything else at www.golfpunkonline.com/forum

For more on drug testing in golf click here…

Five Things We’d Like Added To The ‘Banned’ List.

M&Ms – It may spell the end for John Daly but at least Marshal Mathers won’t be the new Tarby.

Belly Putters – If taking Nandrolin is cheating these pendulum putting monstrosities deserve at least a caution.

Tiger’s Trousers – They are bound to put his opponents off.

Fans Screaming “Get In The Hole” No Matter What – No further explanation needed. We need this blight out of our game.

The Leather Wedge – (It is – Rules Ed)




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