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Day 3 Report – Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship After today’s two rounds of matchplay at Edzell, the line-up for this year’s Semi Finals of the Scottish Senior Women’s Open are now confirmed. In the top half of the draw, defending champion Elaine Moffat will take on Jennifer Bryans of Harburn Golf Club. Bryans followed […]
Day 2 Report – Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship Defending champion Elaine Moffat picked up where she left off on day 1 as she secured the strokeplay title at this year’s Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship. A solid round of 76 in reasonable conditions saw her finish +2 overall and record a two-shot victory over […]
DEFENDING champion Ian Attoe launched his defence of the English Senior Men’s Open with a superb six-under 65 at Lincolnshire’s Holme Hall Golf Club. He leads by two from Essex’s Mark Stones, from Boyce Hill, with another six players also beating par on the opening day of the championship. “It was a perfect round of […]
Day 1 Report – Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship Defending champion Elaine Moffat made a strong start as she aims to defend her Scottish Senior Women’s Open title, posting a round of 74 in excellent conditions at Edzell. Moffat, the highest ranked player going into the week, carded four birdies and two bogies, before a […]
FOUR players edged ahead of the field and will take a share of the lead into the second round of the Senior Italian Open, including one-time Worthing golfer Gary Evans. Evans joined former England Amateur legend Gary Wolstenholme and, Scotland’s Surrey-based Gary Orr plus Austrian Markus Brier on four-under par. The quartet all shot 68 […]
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE County’s Paul Broadhurst carded the only bogey-free round of the day at Oak Hill Country Club as he took a share of the lead after the second round of his defence of the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. The Midlands-raised Ryder Cup ace, who has two Senior Major championshps to his name, ended Friday’s play […]
PAUL Broadhurst believes that remaining level-headed at Oak Hill Country Club is key as he prepares to defend the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship he won in stunning fashion 12 months ago. The 1991 Ryder Cup player recovered from a one over par first round at Harbor Shores, playing his next three rounds in 20 under […]
COLIN Montgomerie, who set the course record with a stunning nine-under par 63 at the 2018 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship, will tee it up at Kent’s London Golf Club when the Championship returns from August 1-4. The victorious 2010 Ryder Cup Captain made his debut at the Championship last year and set the International Course […]
A FREE and easy-to-enter competition running across all 19 Crown Golf clubs this weekend, will help raise funds for a charity nominated by Dorset’s golf superstar Georgia Hall. Participants will get a single putt for glory – plus the chance to win a year’s free membership. The event, already being shared widely on social media […]
MEGHAN MacLaren picked up where she left off by carding a second consecutive 65 and will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Jordan Mixed Open, on Saturday. The Northamptonshire-based pro, who is a champion for the strength of the women’s professional game, has carded 15 birdies and only one bogey through […]
DAAN Huizing will forever hold a small place in history as the first overnight leader of the Jordan Mixed Open on eight-under par – but it was the LET’s Meghan MacLaren who did the most to make the unique format an instant success. The Dutchman birdied half of the holes at Ayla Golf Club against […]
SUNNINGDALE Golf Club will host The Senior Open for the third time when Europe’s only Senior Major Championship returns in 2020. The Old Course at Sunningdale first hosted The Senior Open in 2009, when America’s Loren Roberts defeated compatriot Fred Funk and Ireland’s Mark McNulty in a play-off. Another American, Marco Dawson, was triumphant when […]
Skelton Skips To 75 Years Service At Brechin Golf Club At that start of each year, many of us are into health kicks and trying to exercise more but frequently this falls by the wayside once January has passed. However for honorary vice president of Brechin Golf Club, Les Skelton, this is something he’s been […]
Nottinghamshire At Home For Senior County Finals Nottinghamshire will have home advantage when they bid for national glory at next week’s final of the English Seniors Men’s County Championship, from Tuesday to Thursday, October 9-11. The team will take on the challenge of Dorset, Sussex and Lancashire at Stanton-on-the-Wolds Golf Club, near Nottingham. They will […]
Scotland Storm To Senior Men’s Home Internationals Glory Scotland have been crowned Senior Men’s Home Internationals champions at Southerness once play resumed following a visit from the uninvited Storm Ali. After losing the second day’s play due to the extreme weather conditions, a change to the original format was agreed with two sessions taking place […]
Lancashire Seniors Set Sights On Title Double LANCASHIRE’S senior golfers have one title in the bag – and now have their sights on a second. The Red Rose veterans powered through their Northern Counties League campaign with an unbeaten run of five wins from five starts. Mike Gray’s side had seen off Cheshire, Yorkshire, Durham […]
Record Entry For Welsh Open Seniors Championship At Pennard More than 150 top level senior players will tee it up in the Welsh Open Seniors Championship at Pennard this month, a record for the event. Last year’s winner Ian Crowther returns to defend the title he won at Maesdu and is joined by Newport’s Andrew […]
Captain Andrew Targeting Home Win Newport’s Andrew Williams is relishing the new role as captain of the Wales Seniors, targeting an historic first win at the Home Internationals. Former Welsh Seniors Open winner Williams has been confirmed in the new role by Wales Golf, along with two fellow selectors, Chris Bailey of Neath and Roger […]
County juniors enjoy master class with Lancashire’s seniors The most promising – and youngest – golfers in Lancashire paired up with some of the county’s most experienced players to launch the new junior season. Lancashire’s under-16s enjoyed a warm-up match with the Red Rose Seniors at Hesketh Golf Club in Southport. Each of the under-16 […]
Craigielaw To Host The Scottish Senior Open 2018 We are delighted to announce the Staysure Tour, the newly re-branded Scottish Senior Open, will be hosted at Craigielaw from 14-16 September 2018. The tournament will incorporate the popular Alliance format, with amateurs given the opportunity to play alongside the professional for the first two tournament rounds. […]
