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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 […]
Zest.Golf Enter Spanish Market With Leading Tee Sheet Provider iMaster.golf Zest.Golf have reached an agreement with GolfSpain to connect their respective technologies to benefit golfers and golf courses. GolfSpain are the leading provider of golf management systems and tee sheet technology to the Spanish golf course market under the iMaster.golf brand. They provide extensive booking […]
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 […]
Course Changes At Barassie Links Benefit Members And Visitors One of the finest championship links courses in Scotland has undergone a new look to help boost enjoyment and playability. Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, a former Open Final Qualifying and Amateur Championship venue, now boasts an impressive new short 12th hole and other subtle course changes […]
Carryway Reveal Solheim Cup Captains’ Cars Custom-made golf buggies will go on a tour of the UK before the contest at Gleneagles in September Scotland, 3 May 2019 – Carryway, an Official Supplier to The 2019 Solheim Cup, today unveiled the Captains’ Cars, the golf buggies which will be driven by the Team Captains at […]
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 […]
SPAIN’S Jorge Campillo picked up exactly where he left off in Morocco last week as the European Tour’s most recent champion carded an opening 65 to share the first round lead in the 25th edition of the Volvo China Open. The Spaniard was clearly still riding the wave of his maiden victory at the Trophée […]
Ton Up for Iconic Gleneagles Gleneagles in Scotland is celebrating the 100th birthday of its iconic King’s and Queen’s Courses. Designed by James Braid and created using nothing more than manual labour and horse and cart, both courses, which were officially opened on 1 May, 1919, have an illustrious history. The King’s Course hosted a famous […]
THE Merseyside red and blue rivalry will be rekindled when Liverpool and Everton footballers take to Hillside Golf Club for the Celebrity Pro-Am on the eve of the Betfred British Masters. The Premier League clubs, who are separated by one mile across Stanley Park, have produced many memorable battles in English football and the latest […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ramside Hall Appoints PGA Professional Phil Redpath To Golf Academy Class AA PGA Professional Phil Redpath joins Ramside after Arabian Adventure in Dubai and Qatar Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, County Durham’s leading 36 hole golf resort, has appointed PGA Professional Phil Redpath to its academy coaching team. Redpath, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, joins Ramside after […]
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, […]
LIGHTS, camera… action! The Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic gets under way tomorrow (Wednesday) over the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club. The revolutionary Dubai course will host the world’s first professional day-night golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. The field of 56 professionals had the chance to practise under the lights on Monday and […]
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 […]
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 […]
SCOTLAND’S Connor Syme claimed his first European Challenge Tour title in style at the Turkish Airlines Challenge as he held his nerve to defeat Francesco Laporta in a play-off to triumph at Samsun Golf Club. The duo played in the same group together for the second successive day and both carded five-under par rounds of […]
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 […]
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 […]
THE 2019 England v Spain international gets underway at Formby Golf Club today with the teams spurred on by good luck messages from Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia and Jose Maria Olazabal. Videos from the three Ryder Cup heroes were played at the opening ceremony, urging the teams to play their best and to make lasting […]
