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2017 Nedbank Challenge winner Branden Grace

Sun City wants more good Grace when Branden returns for Nedbank Golf Challenge

HOME-favourite Branden Grace is excited to tee it up in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player as Sun City and Gary Player Country Club celebrate their 40th anniversary, from November 14-17. The South African delighted the home crowds with his eighth European Tour victory two years ago, finishing one stroke ahead of Scott […]

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England’s U16 team at Hunstanton Golf Club playing against Ireland

Ireland U16s gain revenge with win over young England team at Hunstanton GC

A YOUNG England Under 16 squad earned praise for their gritty play in a narrow defeat to Ireland. The visitors emerged from two days of tough competition at Norfolk’s Hunstanton Golf Club with a 161/2-131/2 victory. The win was sweet revenge for Ireland following England’s triumph at Limerick GC a year ago. But there is […]

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KENT 2019 ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONS at Huddersfield Golf Club

Cool Quinney crowns Kent’s first English County Finals win since Chapman and Co.

BEN Quinney was mobbed by jubilant team-mates after holing the putt which earned Kent a dramatic English County Finals victory for just the second time in their history. The Kent PGA champion, from Bearsted GC, later admitted he didn’t know his team’s destiny lay solely in his hands after the final fixtures were started with […]

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Epsom Golf Club’s Ben Patridge winner of the 2019 English Boys’ County Champion of Champions title

Partridge flying high after win in Boys’ Champion of Champions at Frilford Heath

SURREY’S Ben Partridge withstood a late charge from Devon’s Matt Millar to win the English Boys’ County Champion of Champions played over the Red course at Oxfordshire’s Frilford Heath. Partridge, a member at Epsom GC, held a two-shot lead after an opening three-under par 69. But the teenager was in danger of being caught by […]

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Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington

Harrington looking for first win in three years while Lee Westwood likes it in Prague

PADRAIG Harrington returns to this week’s D+D Real Czech Masters hoping to go one better than his debut appearance in Prague 12 months ago. The Irishman finished runner-up to Andrea Pavan after a thrilling final day battle. The 2020 Ryder Cup Captain shared a three-stroke lead with the Italian going into Sunday last year at […]

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Countdown to join Rose and Molinari on The McGregor Trophy honours board

KNOWN as The McGregor Trophy, the England Golf junior championship returns to its spiritual home at Radcliffe-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, next week. So any spectators who attend over the three days from July 16-18 can expect to see players who will graduate to the European Tour – and most likely prove to be winners in waiting. […]

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Teenager Curtis Knipes lives the dream by qualifying for The Open at Royal Portrush

CHELMSFORD teenager Curtis Knipes enjoyed the day of his golfing life to qualify for The 148th Open at Royal Portrush at his first attempt. Twelve players from a starting field of 288 at four venues across the country qualified for golf’s original championship through Final Qualifying as part of The Open Qualifying Series. The England […]

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Essex’s Lily May Humphreys

Humphreys heading to Germany after double in Irish and Welsh Opens

ESSEX’S Lily May Humphreys will join Fairhaven Trophy winners Rosie Belsham and Callum Macfie to spearhead the England challenge in the German Boys’ and Girls’ Open at St Leon-Rot, at the end of this month. Essex’s Lily May Humphreys, completed the Irish and Welsh Open Strokeplay double over consecutive weekends earlier this month, adding them […]

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Caroline Berry beats cream of English crop to claim her second Senior Women’s title

CHESHIRE’S Caroline Berry was queen of the greens as she claimed her second win in the English Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Staffordshire’s Enville Golf Club. After holing a 25-footer for birdie on the 15th to beat Sussex’s Paula Carver 4&3 in the final, Berry said: “To say I am thrilled is the understatement of […]

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Girls Golf all set to Rock in Hampshire this weekend

GIRLS’ golf will get rocking in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with the launch of an inspirational campaign to attract new players, from this month. Girls Golf Rocks will offer free taster sessions, followed by coaching courses for girls aged five to 18 at four different locations in May and early June. The aim […]

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Bairstow only second Yorkshireman to win Hampshire Salver

HALLOWES GC’s Sam Bairstow prevented Jake Bolton from becoming the second Wiltshire winner of the Hampshire Savler in six years at North Hants Golf Club.The Yorkshire amateur took the prize on countback after finishing third in the Hampshire Hog on Sunday, courtesy of an excellent 65. His four-under round after lunch was only bettered by […]

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Aaron Rai dreams of becoming a Hero in India

AARON Rai insists it would be “a dream come true” to win this week’s Hero Indian Open on a course he holds in extremely high regard. The 24-year-old Englishman has Indian born grandparents and would love to add a second European Tour title to his CV at DLF Golf and Country Club, on Sunday. Rai […]

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The British Junior Golf Tour

The British Junior Golf Tour The UK’s leading Junior Golf Tour The British Junior Golf Tour, a not-for-profit organisation, is the leading Junior Golf Tour in the UK. We provide junior golfers with outstanding opportunities to experience great competitions, on wonderful courses, at top class venues. Our events are fun, competitive, affordable and open to young […]

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Georgia’s Win Could Be Catalyst For Women’s Golf – But It May Have Begun Hall-Ready

Georgia’s Win Could Be Catalyst For Women’s Golf – But It May Have Begun Hall-Ready There is a groundswell of hope that the recent success of Georgia Hall in the Women’s British Open will lead to an increase in participation of lady golfers. But figures collated by HowDidiDo, Europe’s largest online golfing community, in the […]

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Radcliffe On Trent Golf Club

Radcliffe On Trent Golf Club The Radcliffe on Trent Golf Club, founded in 1909, is one of the premier golf courses in Nottinghamshire and is the ‘home’ of the McGregor Trophy, the English Boys under 16 Championship. The Club lies between the A52 and A46 and is within easy reach of Nottingham, Leicester, Newark and […]

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