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Rod Pampling snapped a few of his golf clubs over the weekend but it didn’t happen in the way you might expect.
It wasn’t until some CCTV footage was reviewed that it became clear that Pampling accidentally dropped a spectator rope across the bag which sat on the back of a golf cart.
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Next time you think you’ve had a less than ideal preparation for a round of golf, consider Scott Hend’s build-up to the European Tour’s Porsche European Open in Hamburg this week.
In an interview following the first round (in which he broke 80), Hend summarizes his calamitous journey to the tournament that saw him fly into the wrong city, losing his baggage, including his golf clubs and then having to change hotel rooms because of a broken AC.
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English professional golfer Chris Wood is clearly happy to be laughed at after throwing this video out into the world.
Wood is seen practising in the gym by hitting a yoga ball with a warm-up stick but after a couple of swings, things get unexpectedly dangerous.
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Could a golf ball really have floated from Canada, across the Pacific Ocean and ended up in Australia?
This is almost too crazy to believe.
A South African man trekking around Australia found an old range golf ball from a Canadian driving range washed up on a remote island off the coast of northern Queensland.
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This is nuts. A golfer hit a golf ball and tried to land it in a speeding car.
European Tour golfer Marcus Armitage spent some time trying to break the record for the furthest golf shot that lands in a speeding car.
I know. I didn’t realise it was a record that could be broken either, but Armitage tries to break it.
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Can you brush away sand from the green?
Golf rules question. You’re faced with a lengthy putt on the putting green but some sand from the greenside bunker sits between you and the hole, do the golf rules allow you to remove the sand from your line?
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Barnbougle’s newest golf course has opened to little fanfare.
Golfers can now play the 14-hole Bougle Run short course nestled in the high dunes around Lost Farm.
A summary from the Barnbougle website:
Designed by internationally acclaimed Golf Architect Bill Coore, Bougle Run’s 14 holes consist of 12 par-3’s and two par 4’s which sit on the tall, undulating coastal dunes between Lost Farm’s front and back 9.
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Australia is a lucky golf country. More often than not, blessed with great weather to play golf on some of the best courses in the world.
A selection of Australia’s best golf courses are publically accessible and open to anyone who wishes to book a tee time.
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Still, wondering where those golf balls finished up on the moon? Well, wonder no longer.
In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepherd hit a few golf balls on the moon with an improvised golf club – the head of a 6-iron attached to the tool he was using to collect moon rocks.
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Bryson DeChambeau has muscled up so he can hit the golf ball further. That power was on stage for all to see today at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
He’s been talking about it all week.
If the wind was favourable, Bryson DeChambeau was going to muscle his tee shot over the water and directly at the green at the 555-yard par-5 6th hole at Bay Hill.
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