WORLD No.1 George Groves claimed his first title on home soil when he beat a strong international field in blustery but dry conditions in the 2019 English Disability Open staged over Stoke by Nayland’s Gainsborough course. Groves, from Surrey’s Horne Park Golf Club, carded rounds of 77 and 74 to claim a five-shot victory over […]
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Groves grabs Disability Open title and looks set for DP World Tour Championship

Alice Hewson takes plunge as a pro with her debut in LET Access’s WPGA International
LADIES European Amateur Champion Hewson will make her first appearance as a professional in the LET Access Series WPGA International Challenge at Stoke by Nayland. The 22-year-old Berkhamsted Golf Club member ended a successful amateur career and joined the paid ranks earlier this month. Hewson, a veteran of two Curtis Cups, said: “I received an […]

Humphreys, Rhodes and Fuller selected for World Junior Girls in Canada
THREE of England’s most talented young players will represent their country at the World Junior Girls’ Championship, to be played in Canada at the end of September. Annabell Fuller, Lily May Humphreys and Mimi Rhodes will make the trip across the Atlantic after representing Europe in the 2019 PING Junior Solheim Cup match at Gleneagles, […]

Women and Girls’ Golf Week declared another major success by England Golf
THE second staging of Women and Girls’ Golf Week proved another social media success across Great Britain and Ireland, as well as raising engagement and participation at club level, organisers have claimed. The recent awareness week, timed to coincide with the AIG Women’s British Open at Woburn, generated more than 12 million Twitter impressions through […]

It’s seventh heaven for Carly Booth after her rollercoaster victory in Czech Ladies Open
SCOTLAND’S Carly Booth ended a seven-year wait for her third Ladies European Tour title with victory in the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open. Booth carded rounds of 68, 69 and 70 for a 54-hole total of 207, nine-under-par, to win by one at Golf Resort Karlštejn. Booth won both of her previous titles in 2012, at […]

Rebecca Earl earns spurs as teenager joins Hume and Hewson as Herts’ champions
HERTFORDSHIRE’S Rebecca Earl survived a late scare to claim the first international title of her career at the English Women’s Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship, at Ipswich Golf Club. Earl becomes the second Hertfordshire played to lift one of England Golf’s major women trophies this season. She follows in the footsteps of Mill Green’s Ellen Hume, […]

England trio selected by Mickey Walker for Europe’s Junior Solheim Cup team
SOMERSET’S Mimi Rhodes, Essex’s Lily May Humphreys and Surrey’s Annabell Fuller have all been included in the European team to face the United States of America in next month’s PING Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles. Seventeen-year-old Rhodes, from Burnham & Berrow, earned an automatic place on the team having finished in the top-six on the […]

Meadow closing in on glory as first women’s ISPS Handa World Invitational winner
Meadow closing in on glory as first women’s ISPS Handa World Invitational winner STEPHANIE Meadow is in pole position to secure an emotional victory on home soil as she takes a four-stroke lead into the final day of the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women, at Galgorm Castle Golf Club. Northern Ireland’s US-based Symetra […]

Meadow closing in on glory as first women’s ISPS Handa World Invitational winner
STEPHANIE Meadow is in pole position to secure an emotional victory on home soil as she takes a four-stroke lead into the final day of the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women, at Galgorm Castle Golf Club. Northern Ireland’s US-based Symetra Tour winner posted a sublime six-under par round of 67 to reach a […]

Former English Amateur champion Clements hits front on Challenge Tour
ESSEX’S Todd Clements holds a one-shot lead after the weather-delayed second round of the Challenge Tour’s innovative ISPS Handa World Invitational with a separate men and women’s tournament being staged side by side for the first time in Europe. Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow (pictured) and Manon De Roey are leading the way in the women’s […]

Ross and Givens lead the way at ground-breaking Tour event at Galgorm Castle
SIX-under par was the score of the day at the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women, as Scotland’s Craig Ross and Darlington’s Eleanor Givens wrote their names into the record books as first-round leaders. Ross, who won on the EuroPro Tour last year, carded a 64 at Massereene Golf Club, while England’s Givens signed […]

Golf is only going in One Direction as Nial Horan tees up first joint tournament
THE eyes of the world will be on Northern Ireland this week as the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women gets under way in Northern Ireland, on Thursday. The event – presented by One Direction star Nial Horan’s Modest! Golf Management group – takes place at Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Massereene Golf Club, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Outstanding Prince’s Celebrates GEO Status Renewal
Outstanding Prince’s Celebrates GEO Status Renewal New Prince’s images capture reimagined Himalayas in all its glory as club celebrates GEO status renewal Sandwich Bay, Kent, 8th August 2019 – Prince’s Golf Club has released a stunning new selection of images of its recently reimagined Himalayas nine, following a photoshoot commissioned by the club. The historic […]

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Ashford Manor Golf Club Membership Open Day
Ashford Manor Golf Club Membership Open Day Looking for a new golfing challenge? 🤔 Come along to our Membership Open Day and make hundreds of pounds in membership savings on Saturday 14th September Here’s your chance to take advantage of great benefits on the day including… ✅ Tea/ coffee & pastries or bacon rolls from […]

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 […]








