Kirkbymoorside Golf Club Kirkbymoorside Golf Club is North Yorkshire’s hidden gem. An 18 hole championship standard golf course, nestled in the foothills of the North York Moors. A challenging layout with spectacular views of the surrounding area. Great golf year round, whether you are a visitor, society or member. Every day is a great golf […]
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Faldo’s Major Champions Invitational will feature 72 of the world’s best juniors
SEVENTY-TWO junior golfers from around the world will compete at in next week’s third edition of the Major Champions Invitational, at Arizona’s Lookout Mountain Golf Club. The players will be split into teams of four – each captained and mentored by one of 18 Major champions. England’s North East stars Jess Baker (Gosford Park Ladies) […]
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Charlotte Heath the fifth Brit to win Australian Women’s Amateur Championship
CHARLOTTE Heath became just the fifth British player to ever win the third oldest women’s amateur championship in the world at the weekend. The 18-year-old England international swept away the challenge of Indonesia’s Mela Putri to claim a stunning victory in the Australian Women’s Amateur Championship. The Yorkshire schoolgirl was too strong for her 22-year-old […]
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Blackwell Grange Junior Golf Academy January 2020
Blackwell Grange Junior Golf Academy January 2020 2020 is an exciting year for the Blackwell Grange Junior Golf Academy with the Introduction of the Junior Academy Tournament Series which will be played over 2 rounds on the Academy Course. These series of events are going to be played at the same time that the Major US […]
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EGA and R&A publish list of qualifying events for Junior Ryder Cup at Blue Mound
THE selection process for The 2020 European Junior Ryder Cup team has been confirmed by Ryder Cup Europe and the European Golf Association (EGA). Six boys and six girls captained by European Junior Ryder Cup captain Paul Lawrie will take on the USA at Milwaukee’s Blue Mound Golf & Country Club, in Wisconsin, in September. […]
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Rasmus Højgaard, 18, third youngest-ever winner on the European Tour after play-off
RASMUS Højgaard became the third-youngest winner in European Tour history with a dramatic play-off triumph at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The 18-year-old Dane birdied the 72nd hole to get to 19-under alongside Italian Renato Paratore and Frenchman Antoine Rozner as the event went to a play-off for the third time in as many stagings […]
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England Golf’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ set for Australia’s oldest championship in 2020
SEVEN members of the England Golf’s performance squads are travelling to Australia in the New Year, to kick off their 2020 amateur golf season. Five of the men’s squad and two from the women’s team are heading down under for four top-class tournaments in January. Northamptonshire County’s Ben Jones and Callum Farr, Yorkshire’s Ben Schmidt, […]
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Paul Lawrie agrees captaincy of European team at Junior Ryder Cup in Milwaukee
PAUL Lawrie, the 1999 Open Champion and two-time Ryder Cup player, will captain Europe at the 2020 Junior Ryder Cup, which will take place at Wisconsin’s Blue Mound Golf and Country Club in Milwaukee. The Scotsman, an eight-time European Tour winner, represented Europe at the 1999 Ryder Cup and will now lead Europe’s best juniors […]
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Craig Passmore shoots 58 by holing wedge shot at the last at Bristol’s Players Club
SHOOTING a score of 59 is the impossible dream for most golfers… but England boys’ squad member Craig Passmore is not your average golfer. And at the tender age of 17, Passmore has already exceeded his wildest golfing fantasy to record a stunning round of 58. “It was pretty insane,” remarked Passmore in what may […]
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Josh Hill on brink of claiming MENA Tour Championship while a 15-year-old amateur
DUBAI-born amateur Josh Hill is in sight of a second MENA Tour title after taking a one-shot lead into the final round of the $100,000 Journey To Jordan Tour Championship. At the Greg Norman-designed Ayla Golf Club, in Aqaba, Hill carded a second-round 69. His three-under par score took his tally to nine-under – one […]
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Hero’s Handshake winner Ellie Webster only sees the positives from social media
HERO’S Handshake winner Ellie Webster has built up quite a following with her regular posts about golf on social media. However, it’s at her Wiltshire club where the 12-year-old is really gathering the most ‘likes’. Twelve-year-old Ellie is the latest recipient of England Golf’s Hero’s Handshake award. She received it in front of family and […]
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Girls Golf Rocks is back for 2020 – so why not give it a go to make it bigger and better
GIRLS Golf Rocks is back for 2020 and clubs in England can now sign up to make it bigger and better then ever. The programme is now in its fifth year and has helped introduce more than 5,000 girls to the game of golf – inspiring beginners to enjoy themselves in a fun, friendly and […]
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Justin Rose puts his money where his heart is to help his Telegraph memories live on
HAMPSHIRE’S Justin Rose has lent his name to the competition that helped him on his way to stardom – The Telegraph Junior Championship. And record-breaker Ben Schmidt is earning similar plaudits that followed the North Hants GC junior in the mid 1990s. The Yorkshire teenager, who broke two big records earlier this summer by becoming […]
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Skipton Golf Club Honours Season’s Leading Performers
Skipton Golf Club Honours Season’s Leading Performers Skipton Golf Club held its annual presentation evening to celebrate the winners throughout the season. In the Junior section Jacob Clayton took the Junior Order of Merit award and Alex Topper the Centenary Salver, with Thomas Berry claiming the Junior Future Masters prize. Bobbie Dixon had his hands […]
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Amateur Championship to go back to Nairn where Lee James beat Gordon Sherry
THE R&A has announced the venues for its amateur championships and international matches in 2021 – which include some of the most prestigious courses in Great Britain and Ireland. Nairn, in the north of Scotland, will host The Amateur Championship for the second time 27 years after Dorset’s Lee James triumphed over Scotland’s Gordon Sherry […]
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Kilton Forest Golf Course
Kilton Forest Golf Course Kilton Forest Golf Course is one of the finest public Golf Courses in North Nottinghamshire. It has gained an excellent reputation as an established parkland course. Built on sandy land, Kilton Forest boasts a facility that allows for year-round golf, due to its exceptional drainage. This makes Kilton Forest one of […]
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World Handicap System all set to be rolled out in New Year for ‘good of the game’
THE new World Handicap System (WHS) is ready to be launched from January, the game’s governing bodies have confirmed – and will provide golfers with a “unified and more inclusive handicapping system” for the first time. Though many countries are planning to adopt the new system in January, the system will go live in other […]
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‘Iron Golfer’ Luke Willett completes his Great British Open Challenge at Sandwich
“IRON Golfer” Luke Willett completed successfully completed his Great British Open Challenge, holing out after playing 252 holes at 14 of the best known courses in UK – and after cycling some 830 miles in just 10 days. What started as a daydream became a reality after Luke cycled to all 14 historic courses that […]
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Finest China on display as McIroy & Co. offer up tips at HSBC Champions practice
SOME of China’s leading young golfers got some first-class tips from the world’s best Tour players, including Rory McIlroy and HSBC Champions’ defending champion Xander Schauffele, in Shanghai. Schauffele joined World No. 2 McIlroy, Hampshire’s US Open winner Justin Rose, and Woburn’s Ryder Cup legend Ian Poulter met stars of the CGA-HSBC China Junior Golf […]
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Matfen Hall Golf Club Lights Up For Late Night Opening
Matfen Hall Golf Club Lights Up For Late Night Opening Golfers at Matfen Hall Golf Club can now perfect their swing after the sun goes down, following the installation of flood lights across the driving range. Sports stars and Matfen members Olympic Gold medallist Jonathan Edwards, NUFC’s footballer Paul Dummett and European Tour winner, Kenneth […]