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Stoke Park’s British Boys Champion Conor Gough will get to play against his European Tour heroes at the Betfred British Masters at Hillside, hosted by Tommy Fleetwood, starting on Thursday.

Stoke Park’s Gough gets invite to Betfred British Masters

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’S amateur star Conor Gough will make his European Tour debut at Hillside next month after receiving an invite to participate in the 2019 Betfred British Masters next week. The 16-year-old, who won the British Boys Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush and Portstewart last year, will be taking the same first steps on the European […]

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Esther Henseleit of Germany plays out of the bunker on the 17th at the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic. Picture by TRISTAN JONES

Rookie Henseleit lights up Dubai Moonlight Cassic

GERMAN rookie Esther Henseleit lit up the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club with a sizzling six-under par 66 to share the lead with Spain’s Nuria Iturrios on nine-under after the second round of the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic. The pair lead by one over Germany’s Olivia Cowan heading into the final round of the […]

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Ireland’s  former World No. 1 Amateur golfer – Leona Maguire – made nine birdies after playing the last six holes under the lights on the Faldo Course. Picture by GETTY IMAGES

Maguire makes hay in sunshine and Moonlight in Dubai

LADIES European Tour rookie Leona Maguire shot a course record eight-under-par 64 in round one of the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic – the world’s first professional day-night golf tournament, played on the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club as golf took a leaf out of cricket’s book on opening up to a new group of […]

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UK viewers will be able to watch highlights of the Solheim Cup at Gleneagles on all three days, in September.

BBC will show Solheim Cup highlights every day

THE BBC has agreed a deal with the Ladies European Tour to cover The Solheim Cup when European captain Catriona Matthew and her vice-captain Dame Laura Davies will try to rest the trophy back from the Americans at Gleneagles, in September. A one-hour highlights programme from Gleneagles, in Scotland, will be shown on either BBC […]

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Haotong Li is hoping for a repeat of his Volvo China Open victory of 2016 with the tournament moving back to Genzon GC in Shenzen, after three years at Topwin G&CC. Picture by GETTY IMAGES

Li sets sights on win in 25th Volvo China Open

HAOTONG Li will play in his homeland for the first time since teeing it up alongside Tiger Woods at the Masters Tournament at the 25th Volvo China Open, starting tonight (UK time). The World No. 39 leads the field for the anniversary event having won his national open back in 2016. Li was drawn alongside […]

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Castle Royle’s Cara Gainer who claimed the 47th Hampshire Rose to deny Waterlooville’s Kerry Smith a record fourth victory at North Hants.

Gainer’s blooming after Hampshire Rose victory

ENGLAND Squad member Cara Gainer held off a great field in tough conditions to win the 47th Hampshire Rose. The 23-year-old, from Castle Royle Golf Club, near Maidenhead, shot an impressive 36-hole total of four-under after carding rounds of 72 and 68. That was enough to hold off Hampshire veteran Kerry Smith, from Waterlooville GC, […]

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Tommy Fleetwood is following in Lee Westwood’s footsteps by hosting the British Masters after the Nottinghamshire pro with 10 Ryder Cup appearances took on the duties at Close House, in 2017. Picture by GETTY IMAGES

Westwood backing Fleetwood at British Masters

LEE Westwood will bid for his 25th European Tour victory when he joins tournament host Tommy Fleetwood at Hillside Golf Club next week for the Betfred British Masters. The Englishman, who claimed a Rolex Series title in the Nedbank Golf Challenge last November, is in pursuit of the milestone win, and his second Betfred British […]

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Spain’s Jorge Campillo finally converted for his maiden European Tour win in the Trophee Hassan II. Picture by GETTY IMAGES

Campillo finally gets over the line in Morocco

SPANIARD Jorge Campillo ended an eight-year wait for his first European Tour title as he triumphed at the Trophée Hassan II by two strokes. The Spaniard, playing his 229th event, had previously been a runner-up on six occasions, including two second-place finishes in consecutive weeks last month. But he held his nerve on the formidable […]

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The winning England team after beating Spain 13-7 at Formby, on Sunday. Picture by LEADERBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY

Jones and Gill help England slay Spain at Formby

ENGLAND staged a confident performance to beat Spain 13-7 in the mixed international at Formby Golf Club and kept their firm grip on the Seve Ballesteros Trophy. They built on Saturday’s one-point lead with a 4-1 win in the morning’s foursomes before taking six of the 10 singles. Northamptonshire’s Ben Jones scored the winning point […]

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Essex express... Lily May Humphreys and Georgina Blackman teamed up to win the opening foursomes match against Spain at a windswept Formby. Picture by LEADBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY

Only Way is Essex as England lead Spain

ENGLAND lead Spain 3-2 after a storm-tossed first day of the mixed international at Formby Golf Club in Lancashire. The players were faced with extremely strong winds and icy, driving rain. The main scoreboard blew over before play began, trolleys toppled regularly, balls moved on the green and on the tee – and bogeys were […]

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Jordan Smith who came through Wiltshire’s junior ranks, lead the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco after a seven-under par 66 on Thursday. Picture by GETTY IMAGES

Jordan Smith shoots 66 to lead Trophee Hassan II

WILTSHIRE’S Jordan Smith carded a blemish-free round of 66 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam to lead the Trophée Hassan II by one stroke after 18 holes. The Englishman, who started from the par-four 10th, parred his first four holes in Morocco but birdies on the 14th, 15th and 17th holes saw him make the […]

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England Golf’s new president Jenny Clink from Gloucestershire who took up her post after the organisation’s AGM at Woodhall Spa.

Jenny Clink takes up post as England Golf president

GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S Jenny Clink has taken up her post as the new president of England Golf with Burnham and Berrow’s Graham Yates serving as her vice-president for 2019. Jenny, a member at Lilley Brook Golf Club, took up her new role at England Golf’s annual meeting, at Woodhall Spa, in April. Clink succeeds Northumberland’s Desmond Duffy. […]

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