RASMUS Højgaard became only the second teenager to win twice on the European Tour after edging out Justin Walters in a play-off for the 2020 ISPS Handa UK Championship. On a dramatic final day at The Belfry, the 19-year-old, from Denmark, came from five strokes back to finish level with Walters on 14-under par. When […]

Rasmus joins Manassero as Tour’s top teenage winners with Belfry win over Walters

Toy takes her time in defence of Amateur Championship title at West Lancashire
CORNWALL’S Emily Toy maintained her bid to successfully defend the Women’s Amateur Championship after reaching Friday’s last-16 at West Lancashire GC. The 22-year-old, who claimed victory at Royal County Down last year, is aiming to become the first player since Sweden’s Louise Stahle to retain the championship, back in 2005. Having progressed on the cut […]

Ben Schmidt on the trail of The Amateur crown and place in Masters and Open
YORKSHIRE’S Benjamin Schmidt comfortably advanced in his quest to win The 125th Amateur Championship. Taking on Germany’s Brandon Dietzel, Schmidt – the highest ranked player in the field at No. 35 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking – recorded a 3&2 victory across the famed Royal Birkdale links. The 18-year-old, from Rotherham GC, will meet […]

Suffolk Hotel Reopening After Winning Award For Family Focus
Suffolk Hotel Reopening After Winning Award For Family Focus A Woodbridge hotel which has been through the toughest three months in its 28-year history has won an award for the family values that have pulled it through. Ufford Park Hotel, Golf and Spa was named Family Business of the Year at the Family Business United […]

Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club – Established 1906 Two time Ryder Cup venue and UK Top 100 ranked course. A testing championship course with first class facilities, S&A – as it is widely and affectionately known, was founded in 1906, part of the great golf boom around the turn of the 20th century. Inevitably the […]
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PING Pro Andy Sullivan Launches Auction To Support The NHS
PING Pro Andy Sullivan Launches Auction To Support The NHS Gainsborough, UK (24th August, 2020): PING Pro, Andy Sullivan, is paying tribute to the NHS heroes who have worked tirelessly during the Covid-19 pandemic by putting a one-of-a-kind PING tour bag up for auction. The bag, which features a panel designed by UK-based business CMYK […]

Amateur Championship: Play abanonded at Royal Birkdale and West Lancashire
THE first round of strokeplay qualifying at The Amateur Championship and The Women’s Amateur Championship was abandoned late on Tuesday afternoon. The start of play was delayed by two hours in the morning due to inclement weather. Following a second suspension of play this afternoon at both courses – Royal Birkdale for the men and […]

Golfers Flock To Tandridge As Memberships Soar
Golfers Flock To Tandridge As Memberships Soar The long-term future looks bright for Tandridge Golf Club with the historic Surrey venue reporting a huge rise in demand for memberships since golf resumed after the Covid-19 lockdown. The prestigious club, in Oxted, has joined the growing list of UK golf venues who have seen memberships soar […]

Tandridge Golf Club
Tandridge Golf Club Tandridge Golf Course from Skyvantage on Vimeo. Celebrated golf architect Harry Colt created this delightful course at Tandridge in 1924. There are spectacular views of the Surrey North Downs and the High Weald, with the front nine running along relatively gentle land and the back nine sited in more rolling and dramatic […]

Popov breaks records as first German to win AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Troon
GERMANY’S Sophia Popov made history with a life-changing two-shot victory at the 2020 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon. She closed with a magnificent final round of 68 to finish at seven-under par and claim the $675,000 first-place prize. Looking unfazed throughout, Popov, who lead by three-strokes overnight, came into the week ranked 304 on […]

Romain is Yankee doodle dandy after Wales win books US Open spot at Winged Foot
ROMAIN Langasque stormed to victory at the ISPS Handa Wales Open, overturning a five-stroke deficit to win his first European Tour title. The Frenchman started the final day at The Celtic Manor Resort in a share of sixth place. The 2015 Amateur Champion was five shots behind 54-hole co-leaders Sebastian Söderberg and Connor Syme, from […]

Fuller fulfilled by English Women’s Amateur Strokeplay victory
SURREY’S Annabell Fuller feels privileged to have been crowned English Women’s Amateur Strokeplay champion. Rounds of 71, 68, 73 and 70 left the 18-year-old six-under par for the week at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club. Roehampton’s Fuller finished three shots clear of nearest challenger Emma Allen, from Hampshire’s Stoneham Golf Club. Allen shot four-over in […]

Bargain three-iron sends Dimayuga into lead with round to go at Brabazon
ENRIQUE Dimayuga hopes a “bargain buy” three-iron can help him enjoy some long-awaited success in Friday’s final round of the Brabazon Trophy. Surrey’s Dimayuga shot to the top of the leaderboard on day three of the English Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Sherwood Forest Golf Club – thanks to a brilliant five-under par round of 66. […]

Golf’s European Tour To Trial Driverless Transport At Celtic Manor
Golf’s European Tour To Trial Driverless Transport At Celtic Manor Golfers and their caddies appearing at The ISPS Handa Wales Open will today be taken out to the opening tee in a driverless shuttle, powered by Vodafone’s 4G network. The tournament will be the first major sporting event to use driverless technology, supporting social distancing […]

Horsfield goes for hat-trick of wins by avoiding ‘bad shot to the left’ at Celtic Manor
SAM Horsfield is aiming to make it a hat-trick of victories in the space of four UK Swing events at Celtic Manor. The Florida-based Englishman tees it up in the ISPS Handa Wales Open on the same Twenty Ten course upon which he triumphed just four days ago. The 23-year-old, who hails from Manchester, became […]

St Andrews, Carnoustie and Muirfield will stage Women’s British Open before 2025
FIVE of golf’s most famous UK venues – including St Andrews, the Home of Golf – will host the AIG Women’s Open over the next five years, the R&A has announced. The R&A has underlined its commitment to enhancing the AIG Women’s Open’s status as a leading major sporting event by taking the blue riband […]

Hall and Hull happy to be playing first AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Troon
GEORGIA Hall hopes to feed off her love of links golf and passion for the AIG Women’s Open as she goes in search of a second Major title at Royal Troon. The 24-year-old is enjoying the buzz of the first women’s Major Championship of the year. And its the event Hall memorably won in 2018 […]

New SkyCaddie LX5C Ceramic Watch Is The Smartest Yet
New SkyCaddie LX5C Ceramic Watch Is The Smartest Yet 18 AUGUST 2020 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HADDENHAM, BUCKS – There’s ‘smart’, and then there’s drop-dead gorgeous. Meet the new SkyCaddie LX5C (Ceramic) GPS Smart Watch. Golf’s most desirable-looking wearable tech joins the award-winning 2020 SkyCaddie GPS family today in the form of the new LX5C […]

Horsfield bounces back with another win at Celtic Classic to make it two from three
SAM Horsfield made European Tour history claiming his second win at the Celtic Classic. The Tour’s Manchester-born star who grew up in Florida became the first player to win, miss a cut, and then win again in the space of three weeks at three different tournaments. A delighted Horsfield said: “It was pretty crazy. My […]

Irish Open moves to Galgorm Castle but will lose its Rolex Series status for one year
THE Dubai Duty Free Irish Open will be played in Northern Ireland for the fourth time since 2012 when the Galgorm Castle Golf Club hosts September’s tournament. It will be the first time the County Antrim venue has hosted Ireland’s national Open with the event moving into the date vacated by the rescheduling of the […]