Hacker pays for freak shot
A South Korean golfer has been fined 2m won (around £900) for playing a terrible shot, almost two years ago.
Media reports in Korea said Jung struck his caddy - who was standing eight metres behind him at the time; a safe place to be, you might think - in the stomach [...]
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Smile for the nice policeman, John
John Daly spent last Sunday night behind bars after reportedly getting so drunk he passed out at a Hooters bar (that one where the female staff where orange hot pants) in North Carolina. Concerned bar staff called paramedics but Long John refused to go to hospital, so the local fuzz [...]
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Spanish tennis ace proves golfliness
Here’s Rafael Nadal, undisputed king of the clay court, proving he also knows how to swing a driver with style. Rafa was competing in the pro-am of the Castello Masters Costa Azahar at the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo in Spain.
He was joined by Spain’s top bull fighter, the brilliantly named [...]
The guy on the bag looks familiar
Tiger Woods, currently out of action after knee surgery, took on the role of caddie this week. The greatest golfer of all time caddied for competition winner John Abel during a round of golf at Torrey Pines.
Woods took his one-day job seriously, as you might expect of a pro [...]
Mr JT: more golf than you
Justin Timberlake loves golf so much that he has his own tournament, held in Las Vegas. It doesn’t get more golf than that.
The snappily named Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children in Las Vegas Open (we like to call it the JT Open) was won on Sunday by [...]
That’s a mighty big water hazard
Tiger Woods has designed a new 18-hole private course near the Mexican resort town of Ensenada, roughly 65 miles south of San Diego.
The 6,835-yard, par-70 course, Tiger’s first design in Mexico, will be the centerpiece of the new Punta Brava resort, not to mention Tiger’s first design in Latin America. [...]
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English golfer and WAG on an eco mission
Justin Rose and not-unattractive wife Kate (pictured) have signed up to a scheme that carbon offsets all the travel he makes - as well as that of his caddie, coach and fitness trainer.
“Obviously there’s been a lot of talk about the environment recently and it’s something that my [...]
Golf, the final frontier
Deinfitely the most awesome spaceman video you’ll see today.
[The World of Isaac]
Welsh actress is Hollywood’s first lady of golf
Catherine Zeta Jones was first introduced to the rock ‘n’ roll world of golf by ancient husband Michael Douglas, who plays off a 12 handicap. And by all accounts, she’s not bad with a stick in her hand. Rock god Alice Cooper, a well-known golf addict who regularly [...]
Hot new “square” driver inspired by a fighter plane & supercar
This is Callaway’s new FT-IQ driver. It claims to be the straightest driver ever made, which is sweet music to the ears of every hooker/slicer in the land (that’s 95% of us, then). The company’s claim is probably true, given that the FT-IQ is the [...]
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