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Jun 2, 2015 · Jun 2, 2015. Why Playing Golf Has Become Punk Rock. By punk rock I mean anti-establishment, creative, allegorical, contrarian, rebellious. Perhaps without a better phrase, I mean that it’s...
- Rob Hohne
- Paul Mcginley
- Lefty Stackhouse
- Beef
- Happy Gilmour
- Sam Snead
First Irishman to captain the Ryder Cup side, famously holed the putt against Jim Furyk to win the 2002 Ryder Cup at The Belfry, leaping like a salmon in ecstasy and gifting us with yet another priceless, iconic image to put in our bulging European Ryder Cup scrap books. His captaincy during the 2014 Ryder Cup was exemplary. Lee Westwood’s caddie B...
The pre-war American pro once knocked himself out with a self-inflicted punch to the jaw after missing a short putt. He was reputed during one round to have plunged his right hand repeatedly into a rose bush until the skin was ripped and bleeding. He looked at his left hand and said: “And don’t think you’re getting away with it, either” before dish...
When Beef lurched onto the scene at the Open in 2016, it was like the world had stood still. Who was this grinning, affable, bearded, tubby chap? It seemed for a minute as if we had transcended to the silver screen and we were watching an unseen clip from Happy Gilmore. Beef was different. He was nice. To everyone. Plus, he could play. Boycould he ...
The reason, “Get in your home,” is shouted repeatedly on golf courses all over the country is because of this character and this movie. Sandler’s, “You’re gonna die clown,” and Lee Trevino’s, “Grizzly Adams did have a beard,” quotes have become legendary. The Odyssey hockey stick/putter is another glorious tidbit from the movie. Happy Gilmorewas on...
In a real life precursor to Happy Gilmour, Slammin’ Sam’s first two drives of his professional career hurtled out of bounds. His third landed 345 yards from the tee, smack in the middle of the par four green. 82 US tournament wins later and a further 80 wins worldwide he is immortalised as one of the most effortlessly powerful hitters of all time. ...
Borrowed from prison slang, the word punk was first used in a musical context during the early 1970s, when compilation albums such as Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets (1972) created a vogue for simple mid-1960s garage rock by groups such as the Seeds, the 13th Floor Elevators, and ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians.
Since emerging in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in the mid-1970s, the punk subculture has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of different forms. The history of punk plays an important part in the history of subcultures in the 20th century.
Dec 23, 2002 · Although its origins can be traced back as far as you like, with every generation having its own youth sub-culture that shocks the established order (some say Elvis was a punk), punk as we know it...
Aug 31, 2012 · A veteran of hard-core punk rock bands, Mr. Watkins turned to teaching golf 10 years ago after he tired of record deals falling through. But instead of leaving music behind, he used it as his...
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Apr 14, 2012 · It is no surprise that Golf Punk's champion is Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter, he of the multi-hued hair and fancy pants cut from a Union Jack, who is attracting a new teenage gallery to tournament...
