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St Mellion International Resort

St Mellion International Resort Play the Nicklaus Signature Course at St Mellion International Resort, and you’ll remember every hole afterwards. How many golf courses can say that? Designed by Jack Nicklaus personally, it is one of England’s truly essential tests of golf, and a classic Tour venue. You’ll be walking in the footsteps of the […]

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Oulton Hall coach James Devine was criticised on social media for allowing kids to play in hoodies and tracksuit bottoms

Devine in ‘dressing down’ for ditching dress code but TV’s Henni says ‘way to go!’

OULTON Hall’s junior golf coach has hit out at golf club officials who are “stuck in the 19th century” after being criticised on social media for allowing his students to play in tracksuit bottoms and hoodies. Thomas Devine, director of Oulton Hall’s FUEL golf (FUture ELite) programme, proudly posted a picture on Twitter of some […]

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Tewkesbury Park’s New-style Golf Breaks Dare To Be Different

Tewkesbury Park’s New-style Golf Breaks Dare To Be Different In a world where golf hotel rooms can be so similar that it’s possible to forget where you are, you can rely on the new-look Tewkesbury Park to do things differently. To attract golfers to stay in its 93 recently-refurbished rooms, which range from merely luxurious […]

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Annika Sorenstam Urges Golfers To Share Their Love Of The Game On Women’s Golf Day

Annika Sorenstam Urges Golfers To Share Their Love Of The Game On Women’s Golf Day With less than a week to go until Women’s Golf Day 2019, golfing legend Annika Sorenstam is urging Women and Girls around the globe to give golf a go, and for all golfers to share their love of the game […]

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Dimmock claims first LET win and qualifies for Evian Championship in July

SURREY’S Annabel Dimmock held off French amateur Pauline Roussin-Bouchard to win her first Ladies European Tour title by one shot in the Jabra Ladies Open, as both players qualified for the Evian Championship. “It’s such a relief. I’ve wanted to do this for so long and I’m so relieved I’ve finally won,” said Dimmock, who […]

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Challengers fought the Law but Bronte won to claim her first LPGA title at Kingsmill

STOCKPORT’S Bronte Law completed her dream LPGA Tour win after a frustrating final round at the Pure Silk Championship, at Williamsburg’s Kingsmill’s Resort. Having missed fairways off the tee and having to scrambe for pars as a host of challengers sensed a chance to catch the overnight leader, a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th […]

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Hume writes Hertfordshire history with first English Women’s win in a decade

HERTFORDSHIRE’S Ellen Hume is the new English Women’s Amateur Champion, winning a superb final against Essex’s Lily May Humphreys on the 19th hole at wet and windy Saunton Golf Club. Despite the most testing conditions on the North Devons links, the players produced great golf, with the momentum swinging to and fro over the closing […]

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Ellen Hume knocks out defending champ Blackman at English Women’s Amateur

HERTFORDSHIRE’S Ellen Hume caused the upset of the day when she knocked out defending champion Georgina Blackman at the English Women’s Amateur at Saunton, Devon. The 19-year-old from Mill Green, who won by two holes, admitted that she felt some nerves as she prepared to face the England international from Chelmsford in the first matchplay […]

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Curtis Cup star Lily May Humphreys claims No. 1 seed at English Women’s Amateur

ENGLAND international Lily May Humphreys underlined her sparkling form when she led the qualifiers for the match play at the English Women’s Amateur Championship at Saunton. The 17-year-old – who has already won the Welsh and Irish stroke play titles this month – was two-under par after 36 holes on the West course, in North […]

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Roussin-Bouchard’s Evian knowledge equals fast start by Meghan MacLaren

NORTHAMPTIONSHIRE’S Meghan MacLaren and French amateur Pauline Roussin-Bouchard hold a one-shot lead after the first round of the Jabra Ladies Open, played in beautiful, warm and sunny conditions at Evian Resort Golf Club. The pair fired matching three-under par 68s in the dual ranking event between the Ladies European Tour and its developmental tour, the […]

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Evian qualifier sharpens Solheim Cup focus for Carly Booth at Jabra Open

THE Solheim Cup dream is still alive for many of the European players in the field at this week’s Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club, where Scotland’s Carly Booth will be making a push for Team Europe qualification. The top three players on the European points list in line for automatic qualification following […]

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Triumphant British Golf Show Smashes Expectations – And Announces 2020 Date

Triumphant British Golf Show Smashes Expectations – And Announces 2020 Date Golf’s newest public exhibition has secured its place firmly on the calendar, after this weekend’s British Golf Show attracted large crowds to Wycombe Air Park. And next year’s show will be even bigger and better, promise the show’s organisers, emphatically confirming that the British […]

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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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Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew calling time on her LPGA career

SCOTLAND’s Catriona Matthew – Europe’s Solheim Cup captain – has confirmed she will be stepping away from the LPGA this year and will be playing more on the Ladies European Tour in the future. The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, from July 17-20, will be her last LPGA event on US soil and she will […]

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What’s On This weekend? British Golf Show 17-18 May

What’s On This weekend? British Golf Show 17-18 May The UK’s only free public golf show in summer 2019 takes place in High Wycombe this weekend – so pre-register for your tickets to beat the queues on the day! With over 150 exhibitors and a host of interactive experiences, the combined British Golf Show and […]

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Challenge Tour announces ISPS HANDA World Invitational at Galgorm

THE European Challenge Tour  has announced it will host the first ISPS HANDA World Invitational for men and women to be held in Northern Ireland, in August. The European Tour’s drive for inclusivity in golf  – starting with April’s Jordan Mixed Open and the announcement last week of the first disabled tournaments to be run […]

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MacLaren races home for a big Golf Foundation date

THE Golf Foundation has welcomed Meghan MacLaren as an ambassador for the national golf charity that encourages young people from all backgrounds to benefit from the sport. Meghan’s first assignment was performed with skill and style at Golf At Goodwood on Sunday, as she struck the first official shot to launch the foundation’s national GolfSixes […]

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Fleetwood crowned King of the Docks in Hero Challenge

TOMMY Fleetwood kick-started his Betfred British Masters week with victory in the first Hero Challenge of the 2019 European Tour season, defeating compatriot Matt Wallace in the final at Princes Dock in Liverpool. This year’s British Masters host topped group one and then defeated Ladies European Tour and LPGA star Charley Hull in the semi-final […]

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Humphreys adds Welsh Strokeplay title at Harlech

ENGLAND’S Lily May Humphreys added another top title to her collection with a four-shot victory in the Welsh Women’s Open Strokeplay championship at Royal St David’s. The 17-year-old international was 10-under for the 54-hole event at the famouse Harlech links course in North Wales, finishing four shots clear of her England team-mate, Bel Wardle from […]

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