Purdis Heath set to host English Women’s Open Amateur Strokeplay
AUSTRIA’S Isabella Holpher will defend her title at the English Women’s Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Ipswich Golf Club, next week. The 18-year-old completed a remarkable 11-shot wire-to-wire victory 12 months ago at Coventry GC and returns attempting to become the first back-to-back winner since Yorkshire’s future LPGA player Jodi Ewart-Shadoff, in 2007-08. The top-ranked […]
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European Tour announces first events of the 2020 Race to Dubai with similar pattern
THE European Tour has announced the initial sector of its 2020 schedule featuring 16 Race to Dubai events in 12 different countries, including the start of the fourth edition of the Rolex Series. The Hong Kong Open, at Hong Kong Golf Club, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship, at Leopard Creek, in South Africa, will launch […]
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Matthew hands Solheim Cup spot to vice-captain Suzann Pettersen and rewards Law
EUROPEAN Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew named France’s Celine Boutier, English stars Jodi Ewart-Shadoff and Bronte Law and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen as her four picks. The quartet were named at a press conference at Gleneagles this afternoon, which was broadcast live on Sky Sports News and the Golf Channel. The eight players who automatically qualified […]
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Caddy credited with getting Mi Jung Hur to change mind and become links golf lover
MI JUNG Hur fired a five-under par 66 – the joint lowest round of the day – to earn a four-stroke victory in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, at The Renaissance Club. The 29-year-old South Korean, who led by two at the halfway stage of the tournament after a nine-under par 62, came […]
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McDonald And McClymont Reign Supreme In Faldo Series Qualifier At Bruntsfield Links
McDonald And McClymont Reign Supreme In Faldo Series Qualifier At Bruntsfield Links JACK MCDONALD AND LORNA MCCLYMONT REIGN SUPREME AS BRUNTSFIELD LINKS HOSTS FALDO SERIES SCOTLAND QUALIFIER -Impressive final scores of -4 for McDonald and -2 for McClymont at the Scottish Boys and Girls Championship secure pathways to Al Ain in November- Accomplished Scottish junior […]
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Hill dreams of automatic promotion to European Tour definitely Made in Denmark
CALUM Hill picked up the second win in his last three starts by sealing a one-shot victory at the Made in Denmark Challenge. The Scot began the final day in a five-way tie for the lead, but birdied his first two holes – and then continued to push further under par, playing the sort of […]
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England’s top junior talent can’t catch French teenager Linel who wins Reid Trophy
JOSEPH Linel became the fourth Frenchman to lift the Reid Trophy denying Worcestershire’s Hugh Adams chance to become the first player to win the English Boys’ Under 14 Open Strokeplay Championship, back to back in its 25-year history. The big-hitting 13-year-old, from Biarritz, posted a six-under par 54-hole aggregate of six-under despite a closing two-over […]
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England’s treble in Home Internationals after Girls complete hat-trick of titles
ENGLAND have won both the R&A Women’s and Girls’ Home Internationals after the rain-affected final day of the round-robin competitions at Dundee’s Downfield GC. England and Ireland came into the final day having beaten both Scotland and Wales over the first two days of competition – resulting in a title shoot-out between the two countries […]
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Nothing Bland about Jordan’s year – will his second win of season be Made in Denmark?
ROYAL Liverpool’s Matthew Jordan’s breakout season continues as he takes a share of the lead into the final round of the Made in Denmark Challenge, on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who is playing in his first season on the European Challenge Tour, has carded opening rounds of 65, 68 and 66 to sit in a five-way […]
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Van Dam fighting hard for a Solheim Cup place as Hyang Lee aims to master winds
PAST champion Mi Hyang Lee, Anne Van Dam and Jane Park all shot eight-under-par 63s at The Renaissance Club to share the lead after the opening round of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. Van Dam, who started the week in the third and final Ladies European Tour qualification spot for Europe’s Solheim Cup […]
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England make it four Boys’ Home International titles out of four with win over Ireland
ENGLAND have won the R&A Boys’ Home Internationals for the fourth year running after defeating Ireland 8-7 in a nail-biting title decider at Ashburnham Golf Club. For the second straight year, England triumphed at the expense of its Irish counterparts in a tense contest at the South Wales links course. The match was almost a […]
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Campbell tracing golf and family roots on his debut at Craigielaw’s Scottish Seniors
KIWI Michael Campbell has ensured this year’s Scottish Senior Open at Craigielaw Golf Club will be a star-studded affair with the biggest gathering of Major Champions in the event’s 27-year history. Campbell, who captured the 2005 US Open Championship by holding off Tiger Woods at Pinehurst No. 2, will join fellow Major winners Sandy Lyle, […]
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Burntisland Golf House Club
Burntisland Golf House Club BURNTISLAND is home to the 10th oldest club in the world. Golf has been played at the Fife club since 1797, although some historians have suggested it dates back to 1688. First surveyed by Old Tom Morris, the Dodhead parkland layout of 1896 was designed by two-time Open champion Willie Park […]
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Schools Tee-Off In New Tournament At Skipton Golf Club
Schools Tee-Off In New Tournament At Skipton Golf Club Junior golf was alive and kicking at Skipton Golf Club recently when over 30 students – both boys and girls – from various schools across the region took part in an inaugural tournament staged towards the end of term. The idea came from Skipton member Sam […]
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Can Pettersen put the case for a surprise Solheim Cup pick at Ladies Scottish Open?
EUROPEAN vice-captain Suzann Pettersen is gunning for a Solheim Cup pick and will tee up in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open looking to impress captain Catriona Matthew. Pettersen and Matthew played together in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational three weeks ago, which was Pettersen’s first start in 20 months, following the […]
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England looking to go one better in the Ladies Home Internationals at Downfield
ENGLAND’S women’s team will be looking to go one better than last year when they finished runners-up to Scotland in the Ladies Home Internationals, at Ballybunion, in Ireland. The Home Internationals get under way when England face Wales at Downfield Golf Club, in Scotland, on Wednesday. They will then face the Auld Enemy on Thursday […]
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The Bradford Golf Club Twilight Golf Land Rover Offer
The Bradford Golf Club Twilight Golf Land Rover Offer Do you want to have the chance to drive a Range Rover for a weekend? Simply play twilight golf at The Bradford Golf Club during August and it could be you. The club is offering all players who book a twilight deal via BRS at only £25pp, […]
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Adams looks to become first player to win Reid Trophy back-to-back in 25 years
HUGH Adams will be attempting to become the first player to win the Reid Trophy two years in a row when he tees up in the English Boys’ Under 14 Open Amateur Championship, at Staffordshire’s Trentham Golf Club, on Tuesday. The 14-year-old, from Worcestershire’s Hagley Wood Golf Club, defeated Spain’s Angel Ayora with a par […]
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Conor Gough takes English Amateur crown and sends out Walker Cup message
STOKE Park’s Conor Gough produced a sparkling performance to win the English Men’s Amateur Championship at Surrey’s Hankley Common, on Sunday. The 16-year-old – who claimed the British Boys title a year ago – beat 20-year-old Callum Farr, from Northamptonshire County, 3&2 in the final. The title adds to the McGregor Trophy he won last […]
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Price is right as Phil claims PGA Seniors Championship at Kent’s London Golf Club
PHILLIP Price won the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship at London Golf Club to claim his second Staysure Tour title in three years. The 2002 Ryder Cup star recorded rounds of 67, 66 and 71 before a final round of 67, to win the championship by two-shots from 2005 US Open winner Michael Campbell, James Kingston […]
