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Rugby legend Stephen Ferris with Chaka Travel Managing Director Mark Marais

Chaka Travel Appoints British & Irish Lions Rugby Star Stephen Ferris As Brand Ambassador

Chaka Travel Appoints British & Irish Lions Rugby Star Stephen Ferris As Brand Ambassador Rugby legend Stephen Ferris with Chaka Travel Managing Director Mark Marais Chaka Travel are delighted to have former Ulster, Ireland and British and Irish Lions rugby player Stephen Ferris come on board as an ambassador. Stephen physical size, power and searing pace made […]

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Ganton Golf Club 14th Hole

Ganton Golf Club

Ganton Golf Club Ganton Golf Club 14th Hole Ganton, ranked in the top 30 of Europe’s Championship courses, has hosted many national and international tournaments and is a perfect place to play golf. Nestling in the Vale of Pickering, east of York and a few miles from the coastal resort of Scarborough, a day at […]

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Scotland’s Sam Locke one of six players in second place in the MENA Tour’s 2020 Ghala Open

Schwartz inspired by Gros’ win in NewGiza Open to take lead in Oman’s Ghala Open

LESS than a week after his best friend won a title on the MENA Tour, Frenchman Antoine Schwartz was enjoying the rub-on effect as he took sole possession of lead after the opening round of the Ghala Open on Monday. The 30-year-old from Suresnes, near Paris, posted a bogey-free six-under par 66 and was leading […]

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SCOTLAND’S DARREN HOWIE AT THE 2020 SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROYAL JOHANNESBURG AND KENSINGTON GOLF CLUB

Proudfoot Trophy winner Simpson shows Joe Long way to go at Royal Johannesburg

SAMUEL Simpson claimed the Proudfoot Trophy for topping the 36-hole strokeplay qualifier for the matchplay stage of the Aon South African Amateur Championship. After hitting possibly the best two-iron of his life, it set up what turned out to be a decisive eagle for Simpson. After making three birdies in the opening seven holes to […]

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Christiaan Bezuidenhout winner of the 2020 Dimension Data Pro-Am

Christiaan Bezuidenhout eagles last to grab Dimension Data from George Coetzee

CHRISTIAAN Bezuidenhout completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Dimension Data Pro-Am thanks to a stunning eagle on the 72nd hole at Fancourt Golf Estate. The South African stood on the par five 18th tee on Fancourt’s Montagu Course, trailing countryman George Coetzee by one stroke. But Bezuidenhout hit an incredible second shot to six feet […]

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England Women’s squad is slimmed down to four with overseas players to be added

THE national selectors have named the players who will make up a much smaller England Women’s Squad for 2020, alongside announcing the make-up of the Girls’ group. Four of the country’s top talents will lead the way for the women in the season ahead with Yorkshire’s Charlotte Heath and Somerset’s Mimi Rhodes promoted from last […]

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Lee Westwood will host the 2020 Betfred British Masters and for a second time when the European Tour return to Close House in July

Westwood wants Close House win when he hosts British Masters for a second time

ADOPTED Geordie Lee Westwood is looking forward to becoming the first player to host the Betfred British Masters on two occasions when the European Tour event returns to Close House near Newcastle upon Tyne this summer. Westwood has enjoyed an impressive start to 2020, winning the season’s first Rolex Series event, the Abu Dhabi HSBC […]

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Coronavirus forces Tour to cancel Volvo China Open and Maybank Championship

TWO European Tour events in Asia – scheduled to be played in April – have been postponed because of the health threat posed by the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The Maybank Championship and the Volvo China Open have both been postponed following the outbreak in China in December, of what has now been named Covid-19 […]

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Sebastien Gros gets career back on track with NewGiza Open victory on MENA Tour

FRENCHMAN Sebastien Gros is determined to resuscitate his career this year. And the two-time Challenge Tour winner made a brilliant start in that direction by claiming the inaugural NewGiza Open. Gros said: “This is fantastic. I have worked very hard this winter along with my team. “To get a win so early in the season […]

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Bezuidenhout’s in different Dimension with superb 61 at ‘easiest’ of Fancourt courses

CHRISTIAAN Bezuidenhout took full advantage of benign early conditions at Fancourt Golf Estate to post an 11-under par round of 61 on the opening day of the Dimension Data Pro-Am. The South African, who lost a play-off against Australian Lucas Herbert at last month’s Dubai Desert Classic, recorded a blemish-free round on the Outeniqua Course. […]

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Essex rookie Curtis Knipes leads the 2020 MENA Tour NewGiza Open with a round to go but has Challenge Tour winner Sebestien Gros in his wing mirror

Gros ready to charge Knipes as challenge heats up in MENA Tour’s NewGiza Open

CURTIS Knipes faces a final day threat from France’s European Challenge Tour winner Sebastien Gros in the MENA Tour’s NewGiza Open. Rookie Knipes may well have to rely on his three shot cushion as he seeks a maiden win in his just his second MENA event. The two-time Essex Amateur Champion, from Chelmsford Golf Club, […]

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Lumine Golf Club’s Calle Carlsson and Mike Stewart, director of the European Tour Qualifying School agree a deal to keep the ETQS Final Stage in Spain until 2022

European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage all set to remain at Lumine until 2022

LUMINE Golf Club has been confirmed as the host venue of the European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage for the next three years. The Spanish venue first became a venue in 2012 when it became a second stage qualifying venue. It became the location for the six-round marathon at the European Tour Qualifying School Final […]

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Curtis Knipes who led after the first rounf of the MENA Tour’s 2020 NewGisa Open

Curtis Knipes is the ‘geezer’ in NewGisa on route 66 to top leaderboard in Egypt

ESSEX’S Curtis Knipes was the main man in only his second start as a professional on the opening day of the $75,000 NewGiza Open. The 19-year-old, who came through Final Qualifying to play in The Open at Royal Portrush last summer, fired a superb, bogey-free 66 to take a two-shot lead. Knipes’s six-under par round […]

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Tewkesbury Park selected to host PGA Super 60s as £10m upgrade brings its rewards

TEWKESBURY Park has agreed a three-year deal to host the national PGA Super 60s Championship until 2022. Entries are now open for the event, which will take place on August 5 and 6, on The Deerpark, Tewkesbury Park’s 6,554 yard par-72 course. Eighty pairs comprising a PGA professional and amateur both aged 60 or older […]

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Tewkesbury Park To Host PGA Super 60s Until 2022

Tewkesbury Park To Host PGA Super 60s Until 2022 Five-star family-run golf hotel Tewkesbury Park has agreed a three-year deal with The PGA to host its national PGA Super 60s Championship until 2022. Entries are now open for the event, which will take place on August 5th and 6th this year on The Deerpark, Tewkesbury […]

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Tour Card Makes Alice The Pride Of Berkhamsted

Tour Card Makes Alice The Pride Of Berkhamsted 22 year old Alice Hewson has completed her journey from Berkhamsted GC junior to Tour golfer by securing her Ladies European Tour card at the first attempt. And Berkhamsted members are now looking forward to Friday April 17th, when Alice will return to her beloved home club […]

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The MENA Tour’s 2020 NewGiza Open will be played at the new NewGiza Golf Club with Egypt’s famous Pyramids as its backdrop

MENA Tour off to Egypt for NewGiza Open: Langley faces Tour stars Finch and Wattel

CASTLE Royle’s David Langley will bid to win back-to-back when the MENA Tour visits its 12th host country when it visits Egypt for the first time for the NewGiza Open. The second tournament of the 2020 season in the Middle East is being played at the NewGiza Golf Club with the spectacular setting of the […]

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James Wilson leads way from Hussain in South African Stroke Play at Randpark

SCOTLAND’S James Wilson fired a stunning eight-under par 64 for the first round lead in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club. Wilson, the reigning Welsh Amateur Strokeplay Champion, will start the second round with a one-shot advantage over Gloucestershire’s Haider Hussain, who stole into second late in the afternoon. Hussain – […]

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Anton Karlsson picks up first Challenge Tour win in Cape Town Open from three back

ANTON Karlsson came from three shots behind to win his maiden European Challenge Tour title at the RAM Cape Town Open. The Swede carded a three under par round of 69 for a 14-under par total in difficult scoring conditions at Royal Cape Golf Club. That was enough to jump ahead of a packed leaderboard […]

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2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open winner Min Woo Lee

Min Woo Lee matches Minjee with ISPS Handa Vic Open title at 13th Beach Golf Links

MIN Woo Lee made history as he stormed to his first European Tour victory at the ISPS Handa Vic Open, on the same golf course where his sister won her first professional title six years ago. Lee joined his older sister Minjee on the roll of honour at 13th Beach Golf Links with a final […]

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