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EDITOR’S NOTE AND CONTENTS
The nights are getting lighter, well at least they are
supposed to be, which marks the countdown to another season.
We are delighted to begin 2015 with 64-pages packed with golf news,
views and offers. We look forward to the season ahead with the region’s
pros, while Neil Whinam has some top tips to prepare you for a return
to competition off the back tees (see page 58).
Speaking of competitions, there is still time to enter our popular
Gents Matchplay Pairs, while we have introduced a new Greensomes
competition for ladies. Go on, give it a try and look out for some
exciting news about junior golf in next month’s issue.
Graeme Storm has given up his Northern Golfer column to
concentrate on his golf and his passion for helping youngsters in the
game, which you can read about on pages 30-32.
Young pro Chris Paisley has taken over from Graeme as our European
Tour columnist and it will be fascinating to follow him in his second
year on the tour having made it through the qualifying school.
Joining Chris on the international stage will be European Seniors
Tour players Graeme Bell and John Harrison - who both made it
through the qualifying school recently.
We also have news of the PGA North and county schedules for the
season ahead, plus a look forward to the Europro Tour which visits four
of the region’s best courses in 2015.
Throw in course reviews of Newcastle United and Woodham, news
of some of our brightest prospects including a seven-year-old Teesside
boy, plus competitions and great offers, and there is plenty to keep you
occupied off the course in these pages.
Last year the region enjoyed some exceptional playing conditions
thanks to the weather and our hardworking green staff. A relatively
mild winter, at least until the end of January, bodes well for another
cracking year of golf.
One thing’s for sure - you will be hard pushed to find anywhere to
match the North East and Yorkshire when it comes to great places
to play.
Have a fantastic season and
may your handicaps plummet.
Paul Robertson, editor
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FRONT COVER
Graeme Storm on his legacy
which will hopefully see more
Tour pros emerge
Page 30-32
04-21 TEEING OFF
New ladies competition, year
ahead for our pros, wee wonder
Ben, Seniors qualifying, all the
latest news, and Chris Paisley’s
first column
24-29 TEEING OFF
Thieves strike, club’s new
pro and an honour for a
golfing stalwart
33-44 GOLFER NEWS
Walker Cup hopes, counties
changes, TV fury and PGA
schedule
46-50 TRAVEL
Turkey and Ireland
54-55 PAIRS
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The Northern Golfer Ladies
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The event will see pairs of
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The winning pair will receive
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“We are working hard to
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“The semi final and final will be
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“The region’s amateurs have
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Flying the flag for
Northern golf
Alan Hedley looks at the prospects for some of the North
East and Yorkshire’s leading players
I
t has been a while since the North
East and Yorkshire has had such an
opportunity to make an impact on the
European Tour scene.
No fewer than 10 players from the region
will be competing, at some stage, on the main
tour in 2015 and we already have a winner in
Sheffield’s Danny Willett.
Carrying the weight of the North East’s
hopes, by virtue of posessing full cards, are
Hartlepool’s Graeme Storm and Stocksfield’s
Chris Paisley, who is back on tour after a
successful visit to the tour qualifying school.
Meanwhile, Barnard Castle’s Rob Dinwiddie
returns to the tour after injury - much
will depend on his fitness and how many
opportunities he gets having been granted a
medical extension.
Ashington’s Ken Ferrie and Morpeth’s
Garrick Porteous will have limited
opportunities, playing a mix of European and
Challenge tour events.
Ferrie could get as many as eight starts,
three of them as a former winner of the event
concerned, plus any invites.
Porteous will almost certainly get some
entries to main tour events, but is likely to play
the Challenge Tour mainly.
GRAEME STORM
Storm is determined to not find himself in the
position he was last year, when a succession
of missed cuts left him facing the possibility of
losing his European Tour card.
The 36-year-old from Hartlepool admitted:
“I was relieved to keep my card in the end.
“2014 wasn’t a good year for me
until September. However, I did nearly
win a tournament (finishing second
at the Omega European Masters)
and kept my card for 2015 when it
was looking at one point as it I would be
going back to the qualifying school.
“I need to push and get my card done
and dusted much earlier than last year, and
the target always remains to win another
tournament, to get back in the winner’s circle
and get back in the world top 100. From
there, I want to get back into the majors.”
06 NORTHERN GOLFER
Chris
Paisley
CHRIS PAISLEY
Paisley did the business at the
tour qualifying school at the PGA
Catalunya Resort in November, and
the 28-year-old is determined to
carry a new-found confidence into
this year’s European Tour season.
“It feels fantastic to be back
on tour,” Paisley said. “I really
missed it.
“My hopes for this year are
not only to keep my card, but to
compete in tournaments going into
the back nine on Sunday.
“I should get around 25 starts
this year, which is about perfect for
me. I haven’t made any big changes
to my swing, but I am hitting it
further and finding it easier to do
what my coach Andrew Nicholson
wants me to do.”
KEN FERRIE
Ferrie remains the North East’s
most successful European Tour
player in recent years with three
wins and strong showings in a
couple of majors.
He won’t be on the tour full
time after missing out on a card at
Q-school, but rumours that he was
about to quit the tour scene are
wide of the mark.
“It’s an option that I’ve not
considered,” said the 36-year-old
from Ashington. “I suppose it’s
something I will consider eventually,
but not as yet.”
Ferrie hopes to make the most
of the limited chances he will
get on the main tour and also
play in some Challenge Tour
events as well as regional
PGA tournaments.
“I should get around seven
or eight starts on the main
tour including the three
tournaments which I’ve
won. I played okay
in the tour events I
was in last year when
I got the chance,
and if I go well in
those tournaments
this year, then
things will take
care of themselves.”
ROB DINWOODIE
Dinwiddie probably feels this is the
year he really has to deliver.
The Barnard Castle player was
32 before the turn of the year and
his spells on the Tour to date have
been ruined by injury.
He recently returned for the first
time since June when he missed his
sixth cut from 11 outings, and due
to his back problems, he was given
a medical extension and will have to
rekindle some form to be in with a
chance of making his mark on Tour
this time around.
DANNY WILLETT AND
MATT FITZPATRICK
Big things are expected of both
Willett and Fitzpatrick this season.
Willett, 27, started the 2015
campaign with a victory in the
Nedbank Challenge at Sun City.
It was the biggest victory, so far,
of Willett’s career and moved him to
the fringes of the top 50 in the world
rankings and an invite for a first
Masters appearance in April.
Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick looked
comfortable playing in the last
group alongside Masters winner
Charl Schwartzel in the South
African Open recently.
He finished joint fifth, winning
€£28,666 and said: “It was brilliant
to play in the last group and I can’t
wait to do it again.
“While I want to keep my card for
next year, I don’t want to think about
just keeping my card, as then its
about playing safe, I just want to go
for it and play well.”
GARRICK PORTEOUS
Porteous will be hoping for the
occasional foray to the main event
but his focus will be on Challenge
Tour and possibly some Europro
Tour events in 2015.
After his strong showing in
three main Tour events last year,
including a top 10 finish in the
Czech Masters and playing all six
rounds at Q-school, he has shown
he can handle the top end of the
tournament scene.
His first eight months as a
professional have been rewarding he’s made money - including a win
on the EuroPro Tour.
JOHN PARRY
Parry is back on the
European Tour having lost
his playing privileges
after a dire 2014
campaign.
He
showed
flashes of
what he
is capable of by finishing sixth to
win one of the 25 cards on offer
at Q-school. The 28-year-old from
Harrogate is now determined to put
2014 behind him.
“Last season was a tough one,
but I feel I learned a lot and have
grown as a golfer. I worked really
hard in Dubai before Q-School and
was able to reap the benefits.”
SIMON DYSON
After a difficult end to 2013 when
he was handed a two-month ban for
tampering with the green, York-born
Dyson displayed his qualities to turn
in six top ten finishes and missed
just 11 cuts all year. He does have
the ability and temperament to claim
a seventh Tour win if he can carry
over that sort of form into 2015.
RICHARD FINCH
Hull-based Finch, 37, lost
his card in 2013 season
but made the most of
sponsors’ invites to win
nearly enough money in
the first two tournaments
last year to regain his
playing rights.
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Top honour
for Nicholson
Ben’s a wee
wonder
Youngster to take on the best in Europe
B
en Brown looks like one to
watch…but it might take a
few years.
Who knows though,
the seven-year-old from Stockton is
already making a name in the game.
Ben has to contend with a
sun allergy, for which he needs
medication, but there’s no doubting
his talent which all started when dad
Craig and mum Kathryn bought him
a Gator Golf set when he was four.
He now plays at Knotty Hill Golf
Centre and Stokesley Golf Range and
the Seaton Carew golf dome.
A pupil at St Patrick’s Primary
School, Fairfield, Ben finished sixth in
his age group in the Wee Wonders UK
Championships at St Andrews and
was second in the Tiger Club grand
final at Gainsborough.
His Wee Wonders success
qualifies him for the US Kids Golf
Junior European Championships
in Scotland in May, where a
good performance could mean
qualification for the US Kids Golf
Junior World Championships in
North Carolina at the end of July.
He’s also been invited to play in
the inaugural UK Kids Open which
will be played in Venice.
Dad Craig told the Teesside
Gazette: “We bought him a set of golf
clubs for Christmas in 2011 and he
hasn’t looked back since.
“We took him to a driving range
and although it was difficult for
him with heavier clubs, you could
see he was a natural. He has a great
temperament and he’s particularly
good around the greens, chipping and
Wynyard man picks up trophy and could be
named the country’s top coach
A
Ben Brown in action (picture courtesy of Teesside Gazette)
putting.” Ben’s sun allergy resurfaced
again last year causing skin irritation
and nausea, but he seems to be
over it now. “He’s not the biggest of
kids, but his swing makes up for it,”
Craig added. “He might not hit it as
far as kids who really smack it, but
he usually hits it straight down the
We’re Open
middle. At St Andrews, he was still
driving it in excess of 130 yards and
he has the ability around the greens
to make up shots.
“He loves it. He’s already told
school he wants to be a professional
golfer and if he can’t do that, he’d like
to teach children to play golf.”
ndrew Nicholson is in
the running for England
Golf ’s coach of the
year award.
Nicholson, based at the David
Leadbetter Academy at Wynyard
in County Durham, was among five
coaches recognised by England Golf
as going the extra mile to support
their players and squads at a recent
awards ceremony.
The five - Nicholson, Mark Day
from Hertfordshire, Ryan Fenwick
from Sussex, Lysa Jones and
Graham Walker from Yorkshire - are
all coaches to England Golf squads
and received their awards at the
England Golf Coaching Conference
at St George’s Park. The overall
Coach of the Year award will be
announced in April.
England Golf performance
director Nigel Edwards said: “We all
know that there is always a team of
people around successful players
who encourage, guide and support
them during good and bad times. “So, for the first time this
year, England Golf is recognising
individuals who have made
an outstanding contribution
to coaching.”
Nicholson coached, mentored
and providing professional support
Andrew Nicholson, back right, with fellow winners
to international, national and
county golfers throughout 2014
including Yorkshire’s Nick Marsh,
the English amateur champion.
Nicholson also coaches the
Durham County Boys’ squad,
who had their best ever finish at
2014 Boys County Finals, and the
England Golf Yorkshire girls’ squad,
who were undefeated in 2014.
Nicholson also works with a
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Moortown Golf Club
Wrigley goes
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Moor Leeds
the way
Hartlepool golfer just misses out after play-off
drama in the Middle East
Cup marks its centenary at the Yorkshire
course with an illustrious history
A
lex Wrigley came within
a whisker of opening
2015 with a victory in
Abu Dhabi.
The 23-year-old EuroPro Tour
player from Hartlepool was edged
out by Wales’ Garry Houston in
the Mercedes-Benz International
Pro-Am following an epic play-off
battle which ended on the fourth
extra hole.
With both players finishing
with a three round total of 200 - 13
under-par - Houston and Wrigley
played off on the 18th hole, halving
in par fives three times before
moving to the 16th, where Houston
made a birdie three to win.
Despite Wrigley driving the
green, Houston was just short and
chipped and putted for birdie while
Wrigley took three putts.
Wrigley led going into the final
round and, while he missed out
on the win, there were plenty of
positives for the young pro.
“My game has been in decent
shape for the last couple of weeks.
I’ve been changing a few things over
the winter and they’re obviously
paying off,” he said.
Wrigley’s four under-par 67
in the second round at Al Ain
Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club
followed an opening 65 which
included five birdies in the last
seven holes. “I got it going around
the turn,” Wrigley added. “I think I
made three or four birdies in a row
and made three key up-and-downs.
“I was really pleased with my
game throughout the week.”
Yorkshire duo triumph
Yorkshire duo Andy Rhodes and Liam Blacka
claimed the double of individual and team
award at the TaylorMade-adidas Amateur
Championship final held at the Trump
Turnberry Resort.
Keighley pro Andy and club member Liam saw
off the challenge of 19 other pairings over the
world-famous Ailsa Course, finishing eight underpar. Meanwhile, Liam won the individual amateur
event with a total of 33 points.
M
oortown hosted
the first Ryder Cup
on British soil in
1929 and since then
most of the country’s top amateur
competitions as well.
Now another famous
tournament will be added to its
illustrious history - the 100th Leeds
Cup - which takes places July 29-30.
Professional golf ’s oldest trophy,
inaugurated in 1902, the Leeds Cup
bears some of the biggest names
in the history of game, including
many from the early part of the last
century - including several Open
Championship winners.
Moortown is regarded as one
of Britain’s finest inland courses,
designed by legendary architect Dr
Alister MacKenzie, it will have the
honour of staging the 100th version
of the event, which was suspended
during the war years - the trophy
was even hidden by being buried in
sand dunes on the Lancashire coast
during World War II.
The cup was presented to the
PGA on its formation in 1901
by the Lord Mayor of Leeds
to be competed for annually
by professional golfers. Open
champion Harry Vardon was the
first to have his name inscribed on
it at Cobble Hall.
Appropriately, most recent
winners are Yorkshiremen - former
European Tour players Nick
Ludwell, from Selby in 2013 and
Waterfront Golf ’s Ben Mason
last year.
PGA North secretary Graham
Maly said: “This is truly a unique
tournament and this year’s event is
extra special as we mark reaching
the 100th milestone.
“We are hoping to negotiate
funding from individuals and
companies for both title and
support sponsorship for this
very special occasion, which will
be preceded by a pro-am which
presents another opportunity to
become involved.
“It’s wonderful to establish a
lasting legacy in the development
of professional golf while marketing
and promoting their brand to our
members and the broader golfing
community in association with
the PGA.”
Leeds Cup winners and Ryder
Cup players George Duncan, Archie
Compston and Abe Mitchell were
part of the historic 1929 Ryder Cup
team which played at Moortown.
Bill Davies, Ted Jarman, Jack
Busson, Jon Fallon, Eric Green, Syd
Scott, Alec Caygill, Gordon J Brand
and Howard Clark also won the
Leeds Cup and went on to play in
the Ryder Cup in later years.
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Kids go free
by the sea
Ramside Hall launches flexible membership to
encourage more people to play
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Offer to get more youngsters involved
launched by Seaton Carew
T
op Durham club
Seaton Carew is aiming
to encourage more
youngsters to take up golf
by offering free memberships.
Children aged 11 and under can
enjoy membership at Seaton in
the hope it helps them to become
interested in golf, while those
aged 12-17 also have the chance to
become members at the North Sea
links for just £125.
Club professional Clifford
Jackson is keen to make the
initiative a success.
He took over at Seaton six and
a half years ago and holds regular
children’s clinics on Saturdays
during the season. While he clearly
hopes Seaton benefits from the
move, he also hopes that more
clubs follow suit to help the North
East produce more talented golfers
in the future.
Jackson said: “Clubs are starting
to feel the pinch because golf can
be a costly exercise. You have to kit
yourself out, join a club, get lessons
and that’s probably why people can
sometimes turn away.
“We want to have kids come
along and feel like they don’t
need anything apart from some
comfortable clothing and shoes,
and we would like to move
them forward knowing they
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“From a regional point of view,
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Gymnast Kate Gibson and Ramside’s Matthew Stephenson
Adult Starter Centre in County
Durham by the national Get into
Golf Initiative.
The new Flexi-Golf membership
guarantees all of the benefits that
full members enjoy without the
larger financial commitment.
Members can hold an official
handicap and play in club
competitions, but the pricing
structure is more flexible and costeffective. The Flexi-Golf points
system takes into account overall
demand for tee-times at the club
and prices golf credits at higher
rates during peak times, such as the
summer months and at weekends,
whereas tee-times are cheaper
during off-peak times.
Ramside Golf Club’s new 18hole championship Cathedral
course opened in September 2014
and further development at the
resort continues.
For more information about Flexi-Golf at Ramside, where membership starts from £195 per year, go to www.ramsidehallhotel.co.uk/golf
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Helen Roseberry, director of
golf at Ramside Hall Hotel and
Golf Club said: “It is important to
recognise that golf has changed.
The days of waiting lists at local golf
clubs are gone and it is so easy to
find discounted golf on the internet.
“People are busier than ever
before. As a North East golf club
we need to make it easier for local
people to access the sport, without
bing put off by the idea of paying
for a fixed term annual membership
that they might not use as much as
they would like.”
Ramside Golf Club is dedicated
to helping new starters take up the
sport and in 2013 was named best
Open Golf Competitions 2015
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“If these kids were given an
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amside Hall has
launched a major drive
to encourage more
people to take up golf.
According to England Golf,
participation in the sport is
declining in the UK with fewer
people taking up the game because
it is seen as too expensive and
time consuming.
However Ramside, Durham’s
only 36-hole complex following the
opening of the Cathedral course in
September 2014, hopes to reverse
this trend by making it cheaper for
people to join the club and then
pay for as much golf as they want
to play.
The club has launched Flexi-Golf,
a new flexible membership scheme
which allows golfers to join the
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T
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Tour has confirmed it will visit the
North East four times as part of its
2015 regular season events.
The European Tour’s satellite in the UK,
the EuroPro Tour returns to Moor Allerton,
Close House
David
Booth
season on the Dawson Course from
June 4-6.
Slaley Hall’s Priestman course
plays host to the tour from August
12-14, and the EuroPro stays in the
North East the following week with
Close House welcoming the tour for
the first time from August 19-21.
The tour then
moves south for
its return to Moor
Allerton in Leeds
from August 26-28.
As well as regular
season events, the
tour will be
in the region
for the
Slaley Hall and Longhirst Hall this season,
as well adding a new stop at Close House,
Northumberland – home of the world’s only
Lee Westwood golf courses.
Longhirst Hall, a long-standing host of the
EuroPro Tour will stage the fourth event of the
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qualifying stage again this season,
with a First Stage event over 36 holes
at Slaley Hall.
Players successful at First Stage
then head to Frilford Heath Golf
Club near Oxford where a field of
240 compete over 56 holes in a
bid to achieve the highest possible
category for the season. Last season’s
Qualifying School was won by David
Booth of Rotherham Golf Club.
The EuroPro Tour has thrived
in recent years, growing its number
of events as well as the number of
spectators on its visits to the region.
The tour has also announced a
25% increase of prize funds for this
season, up to £50,000 per event, as
well as adding a fifth First Stage
venue for Qualifying School.
Offering direct access to the
Challenge Tour through the final
Order of Merit, HotelPlanner.com
PGA EuroPro Tour players will
compete for more than £800,000 in
2015, with the top five golfers at the
end of the season awarded a category
Moortown’s Stephen East
and Sale’s Cath Rawthore are
England’s top senior golfers for
2014, having each won their
respective England Golf Order
of Merit.
Rawthore topped the Ascot
Golf senior ladies’ table after a
spectacular season in which she
won English and British titles
and helped England’s senior
ladies to become both European
team champions and Home
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East followed a recent trend
for newcomers to the over-55
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April 1st - 31st March 2016
Under 30’s - 20 places £200
Ladies - 20 places £300
Over 55’s - 20 places £300
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This season, players will
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Prince’s among the courses on
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FootJoy Senior Men’s Order of
Merit, crowning a maiden season in
which he became both English and
Spanish senior champion.
Rawthore was playing her second
season of senior golf and, after an
impressive debut in 2013, she
forged ahead, winning the English
senior strokeplay at Knaresborough
and the British seniors at Royal
Dornoch in Scotland. She was
also a semi finalist in the English
senior amateur at Sandy Lodge,
near Watford.
She won the order of merit by
a clear margin from Staffordshire’s
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Charity boost
Ladies captains at Whitley Bay and Percy
Wood raise money for two great causes
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Fulford’s finishing hole
Trophy trail
York course takes its place as one of the
venues for the Lombard Trophy
F
ulford is among a stellar
line-up of courses for this
year’s Lombard Trophy.
The Yorkshire course
joins Ryder Cup and US Open
qualifying course Walton Heath
as one of the regional final venues
in the 2015 Lombard Trophy,
which finishes with a grand final
at Gleneagles.
Three Northern courses have
been chosen: Fulford, near York,
Lancashire gem Formby and
Cheshire’s excellent Dunham Forest.
Walton Heath, which bore witness
to arguably the strongest side in US
history in the 1981 Ryder Cup, is one
of 16 courses that will host regional
finals in the £80,000 event which
carries a £12,000 first prize.
The 16 winning finalists will go
through to compete over 36-holes at
Gleneagles PGA Centenary Course
on September 1-2.
Camberley Heath will kick start
the action on Wednesday, May 27
with the popular Harry Vardondesigned Little Aston the next stop
two days later.
June sees stops at Formby on June
9 and Dunham Forest on June 26,
while Fulford is the venue on July 2
with Walton Heath a week later and
2006 Ryder Cup course The K Club
on July 13.
More than 750 clubs entered last
year’s tournament, which was won
by Cornwall’s St Kew Golf Club, and
with the event going from strength
to strength, tournament organisers
expect that figure to increase
this year.
Ben Groutage, PGA head of
tournaments said: “We’ve added
seven new venues to the event, to
provide another first class line-up
of courses.
“We hope clubs will again support
the regional finals, which offer pros
and amateurs a superb tournament
experience and one I’m sure they
will all enjoy.
“With the support of Lombard,
the PGA National Pro-Am
Championship remains one of The
PGA’s most popular events and
we look forward to building on its
recent success.”
Team event launched
Fulford Golf Club will be one of the
regional final venues in the new
England club team event being
launched this year.
Teams comprising two men and
two women over the age of 18 with
competition “c” handicaps and with
a combined team handicap between
50 and 96 can enter the event, with
the regional final on June 14.
The entry fee £25 per player and
the format is team stableford, in
which the best two scores from four
count per hole.
The top six teams per region will
qualify for the Grand Final to be
played at Frilford Heath on Friday,
August 14. C
hristine Latimer and
Maureen Baggaley put
their year as captain of
their clubs to good use,
raising significant sums for charity.
Whitley Bay Golf Club’s Latimer
closed her year as ladies captain
by handing over a cheque for
£1,450 to Newcastle University’s
Andrew Trevelyan.
Latimer, who led the ladies
section in raising the money
throughout the 2014 season,
donated the money to Epilepsy
Research UK - a charity close to
her heart as her son suffers from
the condition.
Dr Trevelyan is senior lecturer in
Network Neuroscience at Newcastle
University and is carrying out
research into epilepsy.
Meanwhile, Percy Wood has
raised more than £2,000 to help
a 12-year-old girl who has
locked-in syndrome.
The Northumberland course
raised the money for the All For Eve
fund, which was set up to support
Eve Anderson.
The Morpeth 12-year-old suffered
a massive brain haemorrhage
and tumour in 2011 and while
she survived and is fully aware of
everything going on around her, she
cannot move or talk and requires
round-the-clock care.
The fund was set up to buy
specialist equipment and products
that will help to improve Eve’s
quality of life and was chosen to
benefit from the club’s charity fund
raising by Maureen Baggaley.
Whitley Bay ladies captain Christine Latimer with Dr Andrew
Trevelyan, Newcastle University
Maureen is Eve’s great aunt and
she is delighted with the £2,207 that
has been raised. She said: “I can’t
believe we have collected this much.
Everybody has been very good and I
am ecstatic with the total.
“I chose the All For Eve fund as
my lady captain’s charity and the
money was raised through events
such as an Easter raffle, cake stall
and a handbag sale.”
Eve’s father Ian added: “Maureen
absolutely adores Eve and on behalf
of Eve, the family would like to
say a big thank you to Maureen
and everyone at the club who
helped raise this money. We are
eternally grateful.”
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Pioneering surgery helps Norman get back
into the swing of things at Beamish
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he first man to undergo
surgery at Sunderland
Royal Hospital with the
help of ‘Brian’, a £1.7m
NHS robot has returned to the golf
course and collected a trophy at his
home club.
Beamish Park member Norman
McDonnell, who underwent
prostate cancer surgery in October
2013, picked up the Doug Whitley
Trophy with his playing partner
Mike Ryan just six months after
the surgery.
McDonnell, a single-figure
handicapper, was presented
with the trophy by consultant
Kanagasabai Sahadevan, who led
the surgical team.
“It was uplifting watching
Norman strike the ball so sweetly
off the tee,” he said. “I guess we
must have done something right at
the hospital.”
Inspired by Norman’s
experiences, golfers at the Beamish
Park club raised £3,190 during the
2014 season to support the national
Men United against Prostate
Cancer campaign.
Norman, 68, who was the first
patient at the hospital to benefit
Senior citizens
Bell and Harrison produce the goods to
qualify for Tour in style
Sunderland Royal Hospital consultant surgeon Kanagasabai
Sahadevan presenting Norman McDonnell, with his trophy from the robot-assisted surgery,
which has halved the amount of
time patients spend in hospital
and reduced the number of
complications by two thirds, said:
“I feel very lucky I decided to have
this operation as opposed to other
treatments available and the care
I received in Sunderland Royal
Hospital was first class. The biggest
difference it has made is the feeling
I can get on and live a normal life.”
Castle Eden Golf Club
Packages available: Mondays from £20
Wednesday to Friday from £25
& Weekends* (after 3pm) from £30 Catering available all day
Open Competitions 2015
Gents 4BBB - 16th May
Gents Team - 17th May
Ladies - 3rd August
Ladies Team - 1st Sept
Mixed - 6th June
Seniors - 4BBB 6th August
Limited tee times available
See club website for entry forms
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I
t was third time lucky for
Hartlepool’s Graham Bell in
the European Senior Tour
qualifying school in Portugal
- despite a final round injury which
nearly ruined his chances.
Bell hurt his hand hitting a shot
from behind a tree on the 10th hole
at the Pestana course and “stumbled
home” as he put it for 75 but it was
good enough to clinch the sixth and
final full card while Matfen Hall’s
John Harrison shot a magnificent
closing 68 to also win back full
playing rights for this year’s tour.
Both picked up €3,130 as
Canada’s Ken Tarling completed a
comfortable seven shot victory and
won €6,000.
The Canadian had started the
final round at Pestana Resort’s Vale
da Pinta course with a two shot
advantage and never looked like
relinquishing the lead, closing with a
round of 70.
His playing partners Magnus
Persson Atlevi and Bell could not
match his steadiness during the final
round, but there’s no doubting Bell’s
tenacity as he reached the turn one
over-par for the day.
Bell then hurt his hand playing
out of the trees on the 10th
hole and while he made birdie
there, he dropped three shots
in a row and three-putted the
last hole for a round of 75 to
drop back to one over-par,
but it was just enough.
Bell missed out two years
ago when he led at the halfway
mark and he said: “I’m over the
moon. It was going to be a lot
easier but I hit my ball over the
fence behind a tree and hurt my
hand. After that I kept carving the
ball right and then I just stumbled
in. But this is just like taking a test
and passing it. I’m just delighted
that I’ve actually done it now. I was
leading the first time I came here
and messed it up, so it’s great to just
get over the line this time.”
Despite starting the final round
nine shots back Harrison, the 2009
Qualifying School winner, roared in
with 68 to become one of the five
players who finished tied on one
over-par.
“It’s amazing,” said Harrison. “I
had a torturous week overall. I had a
treble on the first day, a treble on the
second day and three-putted the last
from three feet yesterday.
“So you think those things will
come back to haunt you. I then
played really nicely on the final day
though and I think sometimes when
you are in the situation I was, when
you have to make birdies, it is easier
than when you try to hold on. It
made me more positive.”
John
Harrison
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resources and a doubling of the
annual budget/income from
green fees.
The club has been able to invest
in two new green cutting machines
and other improvement initiatives
and is also looking at a draft club
development plan which includes
significant enhancements to the
course to be implemented as
finances improve further over the
coming years.
One of the initiatives has seen
Chester-le-Street team up with
Lumley Castle Hotel to offer stay
Combine our 2015 Open Events
with a Play and Stay!
Practice round Saturday, B&B,
Open Comp £69 pp
Chester-le-Street is overlooked by Lumley Castle
and play packages at the 600-yearold hotel, which overlooks the
golf course.
The four-star hotel is the
backdrop for 12 of the course’s
fairways, six of which also overlook
the Riverside Cricket Ground, home
of Durham County Cricket Club,
with fells and hills beyond.
“We are delighted with this
initiative,” said club secretary Colin
Henderson. “Lumley Castle is a
spectacular venue which graces
the eastern aspect of the town and
guests can not fail to enjoy the
experience of staying there.”
Membership is available and for more information on that or green fees and tee times call the Secretary’s Office on 0191 388 3218 or email
[email protected] or visit the club’s new website at www.clsgolfclub.co.uk
Whitley Bay Golf Club
Claremont Road, Whitley Bay NE26 3UF
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MEMBERSHIP FROM £46 PER MONTH
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golf Club
Scenic 18 hole seaside links course designed by the famous
James Braid, adjacent to spectacular Embleton Bay
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City Break
Play and Stay
1 or 2 Nights inc Breakfast and
2 rounds of Golf.
Prices start from £49pp
Club turnaround includes the chance to
stay in the castle which overlooks it
urham club Chester-leStreet has proved there
is a way out of the hard
times being experienced
by many golf clubs.
After two years of difficult times
financially, Chester has turned
things around and was able to
announce a profit for 2014.
Members and officials were
justifiably delighted as this has
placed the club on a firm financial
footing for the future.
The turnaround has been
achieved by the prudent use of
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7 Day, 6 Day, 5 Day available
Very attractive terms for Under 30’s as Intermediates &
Juniors e.g. 24 years 7 Day membership = £32 per month
All details on our website
2015 OPEN COMPETITIONS
Mixed Open - Bank Holiday Monday 25th May
Seniors Open - Thursday 9th July
Ladies Open - Thursday 6th August
Mens Open - Sunday 16th August
NEW GOLFERS
Cafe Golf for Ladies, Academy Golf for Men and our Junior
Academy allow new golfers to learn and experience the game in a
club environment. These packages include tuition with our P.G.A.
Professional David Twizell, access to the golf course and practice
facilities plus use of the clubhouse
For further information please contact Dawn or David by
Telephone or Email
Secretary: Dawn Ridley 0191 252 0180
Professional: David Twizell 0191 252 5688
Email: [email protected]
TALES FROM THE TOUR
CHRIS PAISLEY’S DEBUT
So it seems Mr. Storm has passed on the flame of the
Northern Golfer Tour column to me.
My aim is to try and provide an interesting insight
into my life and my views on golfing matters that
happen to be arousing attention.
Since this is my first column, I am going to keep it
simple and fill you in on what has been going on
with me recently.
I am two events into my second season on the
European Tour. I’ve managed to play nicely and make
both cuts without being at my best.
Honestly, I was just happy to be playing on the
main tour again. For those who followed me last
season, it was pretty rough! I fell into a cycle of trying
too hard and putting pressure on myself.
With the help of my wife, family, and coaches I
managed to get my head out of my you-know-what
and play some good golf towards the end of the
season. It was a huge learning curve.
It’s hard to perform in any job when you are putting
so much pressure on yourself. Coming through tough
periods is a fundamental part of becoming a successful
golfer, and I think the experience has made me a
better player.
Speaking of tough periods, I have to say, the
Final stage of Tour School is brutal! My brother Andy
(professional at Hexham GC) was caddying and when
I made back-to-back bogies to fall onto the cut mark
with four holes left, I think he was ready to kill me! He
managed to pull me together and I played the last four
in one under.
I think the first thing we said to each other was
“Lets never come back here again!” With that quote in
mind, hopefully I’ll be asked to continue this column!
NEWCASTLE UNTIED GOLF CLUB
In the coming weeks I’m heading to Dubai for a
60 Ponteland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 3JW
couple of days on my way to play in India, before
www.newcastleunitedgolfclub.co.uk
heading out for three events in South Africa. After
that,it’s on to Morocco, where I finished in a tie for
11th place in 2013. Let’s hope I can post a similar
result this year!
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May 10th - Gents 4BBB Stableford £20 pair
July 5th - Mixed Greensomes £16 pair
July 27th - Gents 4BBB Stableford £20 pair
July 28th - Ladies Team Open £28 Team
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Est.1892
Membership Offers
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FACT FILE
United score
with course
Newcastle United is not just about Premier league
football but also first class golf as Paul Corney discovered
A
trio of Tyneside clubs - Newcastle
United, City of Newcastle and
Northumberland can all trace their
origins back to the late 19th century.
The City of Newcastle Golf Club was founded
in October 1891 with gentlemen members playing
a course designed and laid out on the Town Moor
by the legendary Tom Morris Senior.
When it opened, locals played without
permission so, to introduce an element of control,
the City decided to encourage the formation of an
‘Artisan’ club.
Newcastle United Workman’s Golf Club came
into existence in June 1892 and for a number of
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years, the City and United Clubs played alongside
each other. The Artisan club later changed its
name to Newcastle United Golf Club, a title it
has maintained.
City’s days on the Town Moor were
numbered and as a result of restrictions placed
on development by the Freeman and City
Corporation and a continuing problem with
locals, a splinter group broke away in 1898, to
form Northumberland Golf Club at High Gosforth
Park. The remaining City members lasted a
further nine years before moving to the Three
Mile Bridge in August 1907 and leaving the United
club in sole possession of the Town Moor course.
Now located on Nuns Moor, the course begins
with a 408-yard par four where a straight drive,
usually downwind and over the marker post,
should find the centre of the fairway. The only
problem at this hole is the semi-blind approach.
Although the second may be slightly shorter
than the first, the hole is played back into
the prevailing wind and is a much tougher
proposition. There is a bunker on the left to take
into account, 200 yards from the tee, but find the
short grass and you will be left with a middle iron
to a bunkerless pear-shaped green.
Only 154 yards, the fourth is the first of the
par threes where care has to be taken with club
selection. The narrow green is nearly 40 yards
long so there could well be three clubs difference,
depending on the pin position. In addition, there
are five green-side bunkers to worry about along
with trees and deep rough to the left.
Having hopefully started well, the Newcastle
United course now starts to ask questions about
your long game. The sixth is all of 546 yards and for
most of us, a genuine three-shotter. A drive of 250
yards or so to the marker post, followed by a wellpositioned second shot avoiding the five fairway
bunkers will leave an approach of about 100 yards.
The well bunkered green is a small target and take
care not to leak the approach right or your ball will
disappear down a steep slope, leaving a tricky chip.
The seventh, a 159-yard par three played
slightly uphill to a green defended by three
bunkers is followed by a tough 436-yard par
four and a hole where most will be more than
happy to make par.
At 561 yards, the ninth is a straight par
five with out of bounds along the right. And
gentlemen be warned, you need a drive of
180 yards at this one, just to make the ladies
tee. The fairway is flat to start with and then
rises uphill to the green, adding distance and
making the hole play even longer.
If you think that was long, the 10th is 566
yards and another strong par five. Saying that,
the fairway is wide but you will require two
very good strikes to get within 100 yards of the
green. Watch out for the bunker on the right,
90 yards from the target and a further three
protecting the target. The 12th is an acute dog-leg left. A sensible
tee shot of around 220 yards will leave a
downhill approach on this par four, to a green
protected by bunkers on both sides and sloping
severely back to front.
Another good par five at 13 is followed by
back-to-back par threes including the signature
14th (see factfile).
The drive at the 17th is semi-blind but
the marker-post is the line and the fairway
does open up. The green has bunkers left and
right and there is a very deep hollow at the
front - this par four maybe just 367 yards but
many golfers have dropped shots as a result of
coming up short.
The final hole is 417 yards and a good
finishing par four with out of bounds left. Avoid
two fairway bunkers and you will be left with a
middle iron to a large green.
CONTACT
60 Ponteland Road, Cowgate
Newcastle, NE5 3JN
Tel 0191 286 9998 (Ext 2)
Fax 0191 286 4323
Email [email protected]
Web www.newcastleunitedgolfclub.co.uk
GREEN FEES
Weekdays - £15 a round, £50 a fourball
Weekends - £18 a round, £60 a fourball
Buggy hire - £20 a round
Following the construction
of the Central Motorway,
was forced to move to Nuns
Moor in 1973.
A new clubhouse opened in
1981 at a cost which very
nearly forced Newcastle
United out of existence.
With huge debts, the club
had to introduce stringent
cost-cutting measures while
increasing subscriptions
dramatically.
It’s fair to say these were
difficult times but the club
stuck to their financial plans
and by the early 1990s, had
become totally solvent with a
healthy membership
TOTAL DISTANCE
White tees – 6,638 yards
Yellow tees – 6,422 yards
Red tees – 5,867 yards
FEATURES
18-hole heathland course
Good practice facilities
Putting green
Ample car parking
Buggy hire
Well stocked golf shop
Snooker table
Great friendly atmosphere
Good food and bar service
CADDY’S TIP
In the height of summer the greens can be
deceptively quick and difficult to read – a
session on the putting green is always a
good idea before tackling the course.
SIGNATURE HOLE
The signature hole is the 14th, a classic
par three and at nearly 190 yards, a real
tester. The ‘Swilcan Bridge’, short of the
green is a real eye-catcher but it’s well
short of the green. Played slightly uphill
to a narrow target, a par at this hole is a
good score.
PAUL CORNEY’S VERDICT
Over the past three decades, the
transformation at Newcastle United Golf
Club has been spectacular - the course
has matured into one of the best in
our region
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Passport to
East Yorkshire
Coastal scheme expands to six courses
due to popularity
T
he popular seaside resort
of Bridlington on the East
Yorkshire coast is fast
becoming a golfing haven.
In 2009 three local courses Bridlington Belvedere, The Bridlington
Links and Flamborough Head joined
forces to create the innovative East
Coast Golf Passport.
Designed to offer golfers of all
abilities the opportunity of playing
some of Yorkshire’s finest courses over
a seven-day period, it also encourages
visitors to stay locally in the many
hotels and guest houses and has
proved a big success. So much so, that
two more courses - Filey and Hornsea
were introduced to the scheme and
up to the end of 2014, some 15,000
passports were sold.
That equates to more than 50,000
rounds of golf and more than 30,000
accommodation nights, bringing a
huge amount of revenue to the pretty
seaside resort.
East Coast Golf Passport
co-ordinator Anthony Howarth, who
is general manager at Bridlington
Belvedere told Northern Golfer:
“There is much negative talk about the
Bridlington
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Scarborough
South Cliff
effects of the current economic downturn but since we
introduced the Passport scheme the local economy has
benefitted to the tune of well over £5m.
“The East Coast Golf Passport is set to improve even
further in 2015 with the introduction of a sixth course in
the very popular Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club.”
The price of the Passport also remains unchanged for
2015 at £58 for three rounds, £70 for four rounds or £80
for five rounds.
Local hotels have also embraced the Passport and are offering excellent stay and play packages. For full details go to www.golfcoastpassport.co.uk
or contact Bridlington Belvedere Golf Club tel 01262 606 367
AN 18 HOLE GEM OF A COURSE
Ryder Cup special throughout October £15 per round
Visiting Parties welcome 7 days a week - prices from £18 per round
Membership available in all categories
For further details contact the Secretary/Manager on 0191 5365360 or email: [email protected]
Boldon Golf Club, Dipe Lane, East Boldon, NE36 0PQ www.boldongolfclub.co.uk
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FEES FOR 2015
14 MONTHS FOR
THE PRICE OF 12
From 1st Feb 2015
WINTER GOLF
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until 31st march 2015
Golf, bacon roll & coffee
£15.00pp
Telephone the Secretary on 0191 2867636 or 0191 2860594
WESTERHOPE GOLF CLUB
CHESTER-LE-STREET
GOLF CLUB
MEMBERSHIP 2015
Prices REDUCED for all age groups under 30
Vacancies also available in ALL
other categories
For further details telephone the Secretary Colin Henderson
on 0191 3883218 or email [email protected]
VISITORS & SOCIETIES ALWAYS WELCOME!
Chester le Street Golf Club, Lumley Park, County Durham, DH3 4NS
www.clsgolfclub.co.uk
EAGLESCLIFFE
GOLF CLUB
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Nestled beside the River Tees with the Cleveland Hills as a backdrop, the
course has been described by Golf Monthly magazine as a ‘hidden gem’ of
English golf. This 6289 yard James Braid course is both picturesque and
demanding due to the nature of the rolling terrain and sloping greens which
provides a challenge for both novice and experienced golfers alike.
A warm welcome awaits.............Golf Societies, Corporate Golf Days and
Captain’s Away Days..............We will tailor packages to your requirements.
WINTER PACKAGE
1 October 2014 – 31 March 2015
4 Ball £65 - including bacon roll and coffee on arrival
For all enquiries or to arrange a visit, please contact Martin Ball or
Don Whitehead on 01642 780238 or email [email protected]
We are now taking bookings for our 2015 Opens
• Senior Gents Team Open
• Ladies Open
• Gents Open
• Senior Gents 4BBB Open
• Mixed Team Open
Wednesday 13th May
Friday 15th May
Sunday 2nd August
Wednesday 12th August
Sunday 30th August
Details and entry forms can be downloaded from the Club’s website
www.eaglescliffegolfclub.co.uk
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Boldon GC
Whitburn GC
Thieves strike
at two clubs
Police appeal for help after equipment is stolen
D
urham clubs Whitburn
and Boldon have been
hit by a spate of raids in
which nearly £50,000 of
golf course maintenance equipment
was stolen.
The two clubs suffered five
separate raids during January three at the Dipe Lane club and two
at Whitburn’s Lizard Lane course.
Thieves broke in through the
roof at both clubs greenkeepers
sheds and Chris Brown, manager of
Boldon said: “Thieves have entered
by coming in through the roof. This
has been a devastating blow for
both clubs. We are a not-for-profit
organisation, any little bit of cash
we make goes straight back into
the club. While we are insured for
the items, our premiums will be
going up, and it’s going to be our
members who end up suffering.”
Thieves stole a Husqvarna
strimmer, a Flymo and Allan lawn
mower, a generator, a compressor,
a Dell laptop, Stihl saw, a battery
booster, a Dori scarifier and a
Spalding socket set from Whitburn.
A second break-in at Boldon
saw the theft of four strimmers, two
rotavators, two generators, a large
water pump, reciprocator, three
squeegees, heater, diesel fuel, water
pump and diesel tank gauge.
Further break-ins at Boldon
saw a leaf blower taken and an
Alto steam cleaner, drill and angle
grinder. There was also another
attempted burglary at a work shed
at Whitburn’s course.
Police are appealing for
witnesses and to anyone who may
have been offered them for sale.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101, extension 69191
quoting reference number 3650Y/15 or contact the independent charity
Crimestoppers tel 0800 555 111
More get into golf
The number of people taking up
Get into Golf opportunities grew
rapidly over the summer months
according to a new report on grass
roots activity across England.
More than 24,000 people aged
14-plus, were encouraged by
counties to take structured coaching
courses and become regular, oncea-week golfers in the six months
from April-September 2014. That’s
up by 59% on the same period
in 2013, says the latest impact
report on county activity, prepared
by England Golf’s Participation and
Club Support department.
The figures reflect a new focus
by counties on coaching and regular
playing opportunities, rather than
one-off taster sessions.
POWAKADDY FREEWAY 2 CONVERSION
Garesfield’s new pro Jeff Musgrove (left) is congratulated by
club chairman Noel Wark
Musgrove at
the helm
Garesfield Golf Club appoints a new
professional to take the club forward
T
imes are changing at
Garesfield Golf Club and,
after many years, a new
PGA Professional has
been appointed.
Jeff Musgrove, who grew up at
Castle Eden Golf Club playing golf
with his dad, is a local lad born in
Durham City.
He said: “You have to pass
certain qualifications to enter
the PGA as it is a full university
degree taken through Birmingham
University. I then applied to be a
PGA member and joined Seaton
Carew Golf Club as the assistant
under Clifford Jackson.
“Once I had started with Clifford
I had to do a playability assessment
and coaching assessments which I
successfully completed.
“Once I passed, I got the
opportunity to play with Garesfield
chairman Noel Wark. We got on
well and the opportunity came
along for me to be here.”
Jeff is currently refurbishing and
restocking the shop and will begin
work at the club on March 1.
The last professional who was
based at Garesfield was a young
professional who was working for
Shaun Cowell from South Moor
Golf Club.
Wark said: “We couldn’t afford
the wages. Things were not
going that well at the time so the
arrangement wasn’t affordable
and we decided to try and run the
shop ourselves.
“We found it very hard to
monitor things and to keep people
here, to move forward we felt
that we should be looking for
somebody to run the shop either as
a business or someone like a young
professional that was starting off
and would take this opportunity.
“I happened to be playing with
Jeff and his father and we had a few
discussions and everyone came to
the conclusion that it was a good
opportunity for someone to take on.
“Jeff will be running everything
such as the lessons, the shop,
bookings coming in by phone and
looking after the membership and
people who want to come and play.”
Jeff added: “I played here as a
kid and found Garesfield a really
good golf course situated in a
fantastic setting.”
Our price
This converts Freeway 2 into
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Shrewsbury Street, Seaham, Co. Durham SR7 7RD
83-year-old
gets his first
hole-in-one
Heworth Golf Club’s Tom Murray
has finally recorded his first holein-one at the age of 83 during the
first Vets event of the season.
Murray, who has been playing
the game for more than 49 years,
recorded his maiden ace at
Heworth’s sixth hole – a tricky, 130yard par three from the temporary
tee, using a three-wood.
Murray said: “I hit it really well
and knew it was on line for the
pin, but couldn’t see where the
ball finished.
“As we approached the green I
thought it had run through the back,
but my playing partner, Jim Turner,
assured me it was in the hole.”
Castles
challenge
The dates have been set for this
year’s Northumberland Three
Castles Open.
The Mixed Pairs event will take
place on July 21 at Bamburgh
Castle, July 22 at Dunstanburgh
Castle and July 23 at Alnwick
Castle.
The Men’s pairs event will take
place on Aug 14 at Dunstanburgh,
Aug 15 at Alnwick and Aug 16
at Bamburgh.
The tournaments are betterball
stableford with handicap limits of 28
for men and 36 for ladies.
Tel 01665 602 632 to enter
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Close House
looks to Break90
New retail venture is planning a national roll out
B
reak90 has signed its first major deal
to supply its innovative retail pod to
Close House in Northumberland –
site of the Lee Westwood Colt and
Filly courses and a host venue for the EuroPro
Tour this season.
The pod, which stocks everything from tee
pegs to clothing, is accessible at all hours of the
day and means that golf staff at Close House are
able to concentrate on providing tuition and
service to the club’s membership.
Break90, which was established in July 2014,
has already created 20 jobs and is in talks with
more than 45 clubs around the UK, with a view
to national roll-out within the next three years.
As well as the merchandise, the retail pods offer
screens for product manufacturers’ adverts and
can also include Costa Coffee terminals.
John Glendinning, managing director of
Close House Hotel and Golf said: “We are
committed to offering the highest standards so
that our venue and levels of service are the best
they can be. As a venue with an international
reputation, we are keen to lead the way with
new innovations.
“As well as backing a local business,
we firmly believe Break90 offers a credible
alternative to the traditional means of golf retail
and we are very pleased to be the first to install
the XPS pod shop.”
Rob Mullen, director of Break90 added:
“We are absolutely thrilled that a premium golf
resort like Close House has become the first
major venue to use the Break90 pod.”
Get your trolley or
buggy ready for
the new season
Sue Johnson (photograph courtesy of Linda Whitwam)
Sue’s honour
Y
orkshire’s Sue Johnson,
Since then she has also become
who was one of the first
the first woman to be president
presidents of England
of Huddersfield Golf Club and is
Golf, was made an OBE
currently in the second year of her
for services to golf in the New Year
term of office.
Honours list.
She has been a single figure
“This is a very great honour,” said
handicap golfer for most of her life
Sue, who has held prominent positions and played for the Yorkshire second
within golf at national, county and
team. Sue was introduced to the game
club level. “I must be very lucky to be
by her husband Peter, and their elder
honoured for doing something which
son Paul, is also a golfer and is a past
has given me great pleasure.”
captain of Huddersfield Golf Club.
For many years Sue was closely
Their other son, Dan, represented
involved with the administration of
Great Britain in wheelchair basketball
women’s golf, but when England Golf
in three Paralympic Games and
was formed in 2012 she became joint
their daughter, Jill, played hockey for
Garesfi
eld Golf Club,
Chopwell,
NE17 her
7APhome
president of the new
organisation
England
before making
alongside Paul Baxter.
in France.
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TOURSCHOOL
TOURSCHOOL
Graeme Storm with
North East rising stars Jack
Ainscough, Will Skipp and
Cameron Wallace
Storm force
Graeme checks out Jack’s
putting stroke
As one of the region’s leading golfers, Graeme
Storm is determined to leave a lasting legacy as
he explained to Alan Hedley
G
raeme Storm jetted out to sunnier climes
leaving behind the cold North East and, he
hopes, the foundation of a lasting golfing
legacy in his home town of Hartlepool.
The 36-year-old is currently on the Middle East
and African swing of the Tour having made a late run
to retain his card by finishing runner-up in the Omega
European Masters in Switzerland.
Losing in a play-off for the top prize may not seem
a cause for celebration, but Storm was delighted to
have made sure of his 2015 playing privileges - and
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scooping an £112,000 car for a hole-in-one was the
icing on the cake.
“The hole-in-one was unbelievable - but I don’t
get the car until July because the insurance has to be
sorted out - and whether I keep it or not could depend
on how the finances are by then!
“But it was a great week. I probably ended up
winning more than the winner of the tournament.
Winning the tournament would have been the
icing on the cake as it would have brought with it
exemption on tour, but it was still massive relief to
keep my card.” Following the result, Storm was able to
relax over Christmas with his family but it’s now back
to business and the 2007 French Open winner flew out
last month for the Middle East section of the tour after
launching an innovative Elite Development Squad
scheme run by Dyke House Sports and Technology
College and involving Hartlepool Golf Club - where he
learned the game.
Through the scheme, Storm mentors North East
youngsters Jack Ainscough, Cameron Wallace and
Will Skipp who attend the college and he expects
big things from the trio. All three are in the England
North Region squad coaching system and they were at
Hartlepool Golf Club along with Storm for the official
link-up of club and school.
And Storm is more than keen to help the North
East develop more golfers capable of playing on Tour.
“Obviously it will be down to them how far they go,
we can only give them so much advice, but they have
great potential,” he said.
“Jack is off scratch at the age of 15. When I was 15
I was still off four handicap and he is really ahead of
the game. Cameron is off three at the age of 15, there
is still plenty of time for him, and Will is only 13 but is
off eight and he is doing really well. I expect big things
from all three of them.”
Being in Dyke House’s Elite Development Squad
means the trio, along with other students aged from
11-16 receive the best support specialised sport while
also furthering their academic education.
There are a wide range of benefits to aid
development, including links with Teesside and
Durham Universities and also with Hartlepool Golf
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TOURSCHOOL
Club which now has covered bays
and floodlit driving range and the
young golfers practise there every
Wednesday afternoon.
Storm added: “Hartlepool Golf Club
is a perfect location and the backing of
the school is tremendous.
“Being able to go and practice
during school hours is great, plus the
strength and conditioning programmes
they have through the university means
everything is in place for them.
“We came to Hartlepool because
I grew up here and it’s a great facility
now with the floodlit driving range
being here and it’s five minutes from the
school so it’s a perfect location.
“These three lads have enormous
potential but it is really up them - we
can only give advice and help.
“I do expect big things from all three
of them. If I can help them in any way
I will.”
Not surprisingly, the youngsters
can’t quite believe their luck and
13-year-old Skipp, who picked up a
golf club at the tender age of two, said:
“It is brilliant working with Graeme.
He brings a lot of experience. I have
ambitions to become a professional and
GOLFERNEWS
Jack
Ainscough
In the running
for Walker Cup
Yorkshire pair make initial squad for big
showdown with the US
Will Skipp
Practice makes perfect for Cameron and Will
want to be one of the best on the Tour.”
Danny Evans, director of the Elite
Development Squad at Dyke House
said: “It’s unbelievable we have Graeme
on board. His input is fantastic but they
have their own coaches as well.
“They have all the bases covered
as long as they continue to keep their
focus and put the hard work in.”
The trio will be representing Dyke
House in the British School Golf
Championships, which take place at
Beamish at Easter.
You can follow Graeme Storm
at www.graemestorm.co.uk and on
Twiiter @stormygraeme
Cameron
Wallace
Y
orkshire duo Dan Brown
and Nick Marsh have
been named in the
initial 20-man Great
Britain and Ireland Walker Cup
squad along with Windermere’s
Adam Chapman.
The GB and Ireland team will
face the US at Royal Lytham & St
Annes on September 12-13, bidding
to win back the historic trophy
after the US’s convincing 17-9
victory in the 2013 match at the
National Golf Links of America in
New York.
It will be a chance for English
Champion Marsh to put the gloss
on his amateur career with Walker
Cup honours.
The Huddersfield golfer was
set to turn pro last year, but has
delayed that after failing to make
it to the Tour Qualifying School
and the bonus is that he is eligible
for this year’s clash. After being in
the GB and Ireland side for the St
Andrews Trophy, he has to be one
of the favourites to make the team.
For Bedale’s Dan Brown,
being named in the squad is a
major step up but he has the
credentials with a string of strong
performances highlighted by
reaching the quarter-finals of the
British Amateur Championships at
Royal Portrush.
Chapman looks like one to keep
an eye on after he won both the
South of England and new North of
England Strokeplay titles in short
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order last season. If any of the
trio make it, it will maintain the
North’s strong record of Walker Cup
representation - in the 2013 clash
both Morpeth’s Garrick Porteous
and Sheffield’s Matt Fitzpatrick
played. Both are now pros.
A get-together for the 20-man
squad will be held on July 21-22 at
Lytham and the players will also
meet ahead of the Lytham Trophy
in May.
Meanwhile, Marsh won the 36hole qualifying medal in Australian
Amateur Championship at Lake
McQuarrie after he returned a
second consecutive 68.
Marsh finished on eight
under-par and one shot clear of a
strong field.
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Award winners at
the Durham County Golf
Partnership’s second
Development Awards evening
HOST TO THE NATIONAL COUNTIES
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2015
The award winners were:
Golf’s unsung heroes
Volunteers recognised for the work they do in the sport
D
urham golf has paid a
special tribute to the
unsung volunteers who
do so much to help grow
the game in the region.
The Durham County Golf
Partnership’s second Development
Awards evening – held at Durham
County Cricket Club’s ground in
Chester-le-Street – presented
13 prizes to helpers of all ages
and backgrounds.
The meeting also heard about the
CGP’s plans for its seventh year and
the progress made so far in bringing
new players into golf and on into
potential club membership.
Clubs learned how the CGP
can help them introduce the sport
to people of all ages and abilities
with information on development
initiatives, resources and
available funding.
Jonathan Ward, outgoing
development officer for Durham,
said: “The evening was a great
opportunity for club and county
representatives to recognise
the commitment of volunteers,
clubs and coaches. It was also
a chance to celebrate their
outstanding contributions.
“It was also an opportunity for
clubs to learn more about the work
of the CGP and meet representatives
from England Golf and the Golf
Foundation, who are working to
encourage more people into the
sport, and to celebrate the success
of all the past year’s projects. It
also enabled us to demonstrate the
support that is available for clubs to
deliver new projects that will help
build a sustainable membership.”
Awards were presented by
CGP chairman Ron Baines
Bennett, Jason Budd (England
Golf North East and Cumbria
Regional Development Officer),
Ian Harvey (Golf Foundation
Regional Development Officer)
and Mark Rayson (PGA Pro
and County Academy
Programme Co-ordinator).
Young Volunteer of the Year:
Jordan Pout
(Durham County Golf Partnership)
Volunteer Coach of the Year:
Dominic Salmon (Bishop Auckland)
Club Development Volunteer of
the Year: Anita Maxwell &
Pat Usher (Woodham)
County Development Volunteer
of the Year:
Ken Joel (Durham County Union)
Services to Golf:
George Crawford
(Durham CGU/Durham County
Junior Golf Society/Durham CGP)
Services to Golf:
Anthea Rowntree (Bishop Auckland)
Golf Mark Club of the Year:
South Moor Golf Club
Get into Golf Project of the Year:
Oakleaf Golf Club - Showed
commitment to attracting ladies
into the game with social and
structured coaching activity backed
up with playing, competing and
membership opportunities tailored
towards females, all led by PGA Pro
Julie Welch.
Get into Golf Centre of the Year:
Sunderland Golf Centre
Golf Roots Project of the Year:
Sharpley Golf Club
County Academy Performance
Player of the Year:
Marc Cameron (Beamish Park)
County Academy Development
Player of the Year:
Lewis Reay (Ramside Hall)
Ellen Robson (Billingham)
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BRANCEPETH CASTLE GOLF CLUB
2015 OPEN COMPETITIONS
Inset: Phil Graham, the new development officer for the
Durham County Golf Partnership
New chief is a
class apart
P
hil Graham is swapping
the classroom for the
clubhouse as he starts a
new job to help grow the
game of golf in County Durham.
The 30-year-old has been
appointed as development
officer for the Durham County
Golf Partnership.
The one-handicapper, who is a
member at Morpeth Golf Club, has
spent the past five years as a primary
school teacher in Wallsend, but
is now teeing up a fresh challenge
helping golf clubs across the county
attract and retain members.
An active competitor in events
across the region, Graham was
a member of the winning team
from his home town club Bishop
Auckland in the 2006 Durham
County Clark Cup. He went on to
win his club championship the
following year.
His sporting interest started
early and he represented St Johns’
RC Comprehensive School across a
range of sports while taking up golf
at Bishop Auckland at the age of 12.
“I attended the Saturday morning
taster sessions with the club
professional and I was hooked,”
he says.
His father Ian is a former captain
at Bishop Auckland and introduced
Phil and younger brother Andy to
the sport.
During his time at Northumbria
University in Newcastle, studying
for a degree in Sport Science and
Psychology, he played in league
and championship matches and
he has played county golf at both
junior and adult level, including
representing Northumberland last
year against Durham.
“I am still a Durham lad at heart,”
he says, “and I am really excited at
the prospect of working with clubs
and golf facilities across the county
to help introduce new people to
the sport, encourage them into golf
club membership and retain the
members we have now.
“It was a difficult decision to leave
the teaching profession, but due
to my passion for golf I decided to
pursue a career in which I could use
my enthusiasm for the game in a
work environment.
“I am looking forward to
continuing the excellent work of
outgoing CDO Jonathan Ward and
getting to know about the needs of
clubs and people across the region.”
Phil is married to Laura and the
couple live in Morpeth with twoyear-old daughter Isabelle.
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Monday 6th July - Mens Team of 4, £60 per team
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GOLFERNEWS
Dates for your diaries
All change
in counties
New officials elected at both
Northumberland and Durham
B
oth Northumberland and
Durham started 2015 with
new county secretaries
and presidents.
At their respective annual
meetings in The Northumberland
Club and the Ramside Hall
Hotel, both counties also made
presentations to Elliott Procter
and Graham Hope to mark
sterling service.
In Procter’s case, it was the
end of a period of 31 years - the
longest stint by a secretary of
Northumberland - and before that
he represented the county nine
times as a player,
he was also an
England Youth
International in
1958.
Procter was
also county
Durham County officials (left to right): Allan Roberts, Jonathan Ward
captain 1983and Graham Hope
1984 and county
president 2009-10. As well as being
secretary. He was captain of Close
two years in office as president and
a good golfer, he’s also no slouch
House in 1988 and now plays out of
he is succeeded by Gordon Garratt,
at squash and has won both the
Newcastle United. Harrison was also a past captain of Prudhoe and
Northumberland and the Shropshire secretary of the Hadrian League, of
secretary of the Northumberland
county titles - the latter while on
which he is now a life vice president.
Junior Golf Association. Mayfield
National Service.
Also standing down at the
remains as treasurer.
Ian Harrison succeeds Procter as
meeting was John Mayfield after his
City of Newcastle’s Jim Cairns was
Northumberland officials (left to right): new secretary Ian Harrison,
retiring secretary Elliott Procter, retiring president John Mayfield and
new president Gordon Garratt
elected a new vice-president while
John Fletcher (Close House), Paul
Brennan (Arcot Hall) and John Bell
(Newbiggin) join the executive.
Durham’s new secretary is
Jonathan Ward, the former county
development officer takes over
from Graham Hope, who was
elected president in succession to
Allan Roberts.
Hope was secretary of Durham
for 16 years and was also county
competitions secretary for four years.
Les Inskip, who has held the
post of treasurer for 27 years, was
re-elected.
Eaglescliffe’s Mike Sample and
Ryton’s Cyril Thomas were elected
new vice-presidents. Meanwhile,
Chester-le-Street’s Andy Garrity
and Ken Joel were re-elected to
the executive.
The Northumberland Club will
stage English Mid-Amateur
Championship in July.
The tournament for the Logan
Trophy - former Northumberland
County President George Logan
donated the trophy - takes place
on July 3-5 and it will be one
of the highlights of a packed
programme of events in the North
this year.
Other key dates at county
level include:
April 19 Northumberland and
Durham Inter-County Foursomes
Final (Boldon GC)
May 2 Durham County
Championship Qualifying
(Castle Eden GC)
May 16-17 Durham County
Championship (South Shields GC)
May 16 Northumberland North
and South Trophy
(City of Newcastle GC)
May 30-31 Northumberland
County Strokeplay Championship
(Newcastle United GC)
June 10-11 Northumberland
County Seniors Championship
(Arcot Hall GC)
June 13 Northumberland County
Teams Championship (Prudhoe)
June 22-23 Yorkshire County
Seniors Championship
(Knaresborough GC)
June 27 Northumberland
County Championship Qualifying
(Morpeth GC)
July 1 Durham County Seniors
Championship (South Moor GC)
July 4 Northumberland County
Championship Final (Morpeth GC)
July 8 Northern Boys
Championship (Seascale GC)
July 18, 19 and 25 Durham
County Matchplay Championship
(Wearside GC)
July 30 Yorkshire County Teams
Championship (Hessle GC)
August 1 Northumberland
Fenwick-Smith Trophy
(Bellingham GC)
August 1 Durham County Clubs
Championship (Dinsdale Spa GC)
August 18-20 Yorkshire County
Championship (Fulford GC)
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MINDGAMES
Sporting
hero helps
the heroes
Ryder Cup hero Lee Westwood
has thrown his weight behind the
2015 National Golf Club Challenge
amateur charity golf tournament.
Westwood, who is attached to
Close House in Northumberland, is
keen to continue his support for the
competition which sees hundreds
of golf clubs throughout the UK
compete against each other while
at the same time raising funds in
support of Help for Heroes.
He has been a patron to the
National Golf Club Challenge, from
its inception in 2010, giving his
time and influence on a number of
occasions to help raise the profile
of the popular national charity
golf competition.
“I’m proud to be Patron to the
National Golf Club Challenge,” he
said. “It’s the best way I can think
of to bring the great British golfing
community together to raise funds
for such a worthy cause. Our Armed
Forces are real British heroes and
do a great job and deserve our help
and support.
“It’s important to remember that
many of the brave individuals who
have suffered life-changing injuries
while in the service of our country,
will require ongoing support for a
number of years. So it’s great to see
the National Golf Club Challenge
enter its sixth year in continuing to
fundraise for Help for Heroes.”
There is no registration fee for
golf clubs to take part in the 2015
National Golf Club Challenge; the
only requirement is to raise as
much money as possible for Help
for Heroes while running a qualifier
event. In the last two years more
than £380,000 has been raised.
Participating golf clubs can
fundraise on the day of their 2015
event, throughout the event week, or
even all year long.
This makes it easy for every golf
club in the UK to take part by simply
nominating an existing event in their
2015 calendar as their Challenge
qualifier event.
Golf clubs can register to take
part in the 2015 National Golf
Club Challenge at
www.2015ngcc.com.
38 NORTHERN GOLFER
With
DAVID CHARLTON
PRACTICE LIKE A TOUR PRO
Many golfers will be spending more
time practising at the range to get
ready for the new season. However,
only a small number of those will
be using their time wisely.
Lee
Westwood
Open and
shut case
Some will stand there on a mat,
hitting ball after ball with the
same club, to the same target,
thinking about mechanics all the
time. Others will stand and strike
ball after ball, in a quick fire
approach, hitting 50 balls in around
30 minutes.
Westwood leads chorus of disapproval at
television switch from BBC to Sky
If this is you and you want to
improve this season, try this
approach instead:
ee Westwood has labelled the new
TV deal which will see Sky take over
coverage of the Open Championship
as “an absolute disgrace.”
Live coverage of The Open will disappear
from the BBC from 2017 after the R&A
announced a deal had been struck with
Sky Sports.
Sky will have exclusive live rights for the
major championship from 2017-2021, with
the BBC showing a two-hour highlights
package each day as well as broadcasting live
radio coverage on BBC 5 Live and Sports Extra.
The Open, like the Wimbledon tennis
championships, has long been regarded as one
of the ‘crown jewels’ of British sport and the
decision to remove it from the shrinking list of
free-to-air events is a controversial one.
“I cannot believe The Open isn’t protected
as one of the sporting crown jewels. That is
an absolute disgrace,” said Westwood, who
represents Northumberland course Close
House on the world stage.
Westwood is both angry and worried that
- with golf participation in sharp decline - the
move will be a backwards step for the sport.
Westwood, who finished runner-up at the
2010 Open, added: “It’s very disappointing,
even though I can appreciate how much Sky
1. Plan your practice to get the
most out of it
2. Write down your goal before
you practice
L
have done for the European Tour, and how
much they’ve done for the game of golf. But
look at the viewing figures for Sky compared to
the BBC and you have to question it when the
number of golfers is dwindling.
“I wouldn’t have got into golf if it wasn’t for
watching Nick Faldo win the Open in 1987. I
would watch every minute of the coverage,
and you want today’s kids to have the
same opportunity.
“The BBC is doing golf no favours at all by
letting the Open Championship go.”
Westwood also questioned the big-money
move by the R&A, adding: “Well, it is the
guardian of the game. But it seems to be all
money-driven and Sky are willing to pay more
than anyone else.”
Meanwhile, R&A chief executive Peter
Dawson welcomed the deal, saying: “We
believe this is the best result for The Open and
for golf.
“The way people consume live sport is
changing significantly and this new agreement
ensures fans have a range of options for
enjoying the Championship on television, on
radio and through digital channels.
“Sky Sports has an excellent track record
in covering golf across its platforms and has
become the home of live golf coverage.”
3. Spend 50% of practice time in
the scoring area (short game
and putting)
4. Practice under pressure
with games against yourself
or friends
5. Score yourself on a notepad
6. Don’t hit the same club twice
7. Aim for different targets
8. Simulate what you do on the
course, playing holes at your
club in your mind
For a more detailed account
of this article and further tips,
check out my blog
www.golf-excellence.co.uk
Also, get in touch to organise
a consultation to discuss your
practise routines so that you get
the most out of your time and
play your best golf in 2015.
Northern Golfer performance enhancement specialist David Charlton
tel 07734 697769 • email [email protected]
www.golf-excellence.co.uk
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Bob’s silver service
Bob John has stepped down as
secretary of the Northumberland
and Durham Alliance 25 years after
he volunteered to step in and fill
the post “on a short-term basis.”
“I joined the Alliance in 1968
and met and played with many
good golfers, also meeting many
interesting and very friendly people,”
said Bob. “In 1990, I volunteered
and was appointed to carry out the
role of secretary/treasurer only for a
year until a full-time officer could be
found. Now it’s 25 years later and,
happily, someone has been found at
long last to replace me!”
The new secretary, Alan Liddle,
a member of South Moor takes
over the role this month and a
presentation was made to Bob
on his retirement at the Alliance’s
annual meeting.
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Sweet Sixteen
Coaching initiative is working but
more could be done say the experts
E
ngland launched a major
initiative to improve
Under 16 coaching two
years ago and while it has
been reasonably successful, former
Durham County captain Bryan
Ross feels more could be done to
promote what is available.
All 10 regional Under 16
boys’ squads are now well
established and the girls’ coaching
programme is being changed to a
similar structure.
The basis of the scheme is that
each player receives 20 days of
coaching and an equivalent of 10
days physical development. Here
in the North, the scheme is run
by Ross as England Golf regional
manager - a voluntary role - along
with a team of North of England
coach Kendal McWade, England
Girls North coach JJ Vallely and
strength and conditioning coach
Teleri Hamilton of Smart Fitness.
“We are blessed in the North
Region with a group of fantastically
talented coaches who are fully
committed to delivering a world
class coaching programme to
the players of Northumberland,
Durham and Cumbria,” said Ross.
“They all dedicate more time to
the programme than they are paid
to deliver and they have created an
outstanding learning environment.
England’s North Region coaching team (left to right)
Kendal McWade, Bryan Ross, JJ Vallely and Teleri Hamilton
“Selection takes place in
September and we are looking
for players who are passionate,
committed and show something
that could make them a champion. You also needs to be remember that
any player can apply.”
Based at Matfen Hall, Vallely
has spent several years working
different squads. “My remit from
England Golf is to develop the
best Under 16 Girls squad in
Northumberland, Durham and
Cumbria so they are capable of
playing for England.
“There are definitely less girls
to choose from than boys so it
is important that no talented
youngsters who show some
promise slip through the net.”
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NORTHERN GOLFER 41
GOLFERNEWS
Rockliffe
spa expands
PRO -FILE
DAVID
ORD
With Parklands
pro David Ord
AGE: 40
TURNED PRO: 2003
HOME CLUB: Parklands GC, formerly professional at
Goswick GC and an amateur at Magdelene Fields
Artist’s impressions of the
Spa Garden at Rockliffe Hall
Rockliffe Hall has announced major
expansion plans for 2015.
The five-star resort at Hurworth
near Darlington, home to the English
Seniors Open in the past two years,
is to develop a new Spa Garden the only one of its kind in the North
East - to further enhance its
award-winning spa facilities.
The new development is set to
open in the autumn and work on
the 200-metre spa garden is now
underway with local contractors,
Wharton Construction from
Darlington managing the project.
The new Spa Garden will be
adjacent to the current spa and will
have two outdoor hot pools including
an infinity edge hydrotherapy pool
with massage features and a warm
Jacuzzi, under-floor heated decking
and lounging areas, a garden room
with a traditional glass-fronted
sauna cabin, fire pit, water feature,
landscaped gardens with views
across Rockliffe Hall’s grounds and
heated relaxation loungers.
Rockliffe Hall’s spa has become
one of the most successful in the UK
and was recently the only spa in the
North to receive a Good Spa Guide
award - the Best Spa for Sheer
Luxury, competing against high
profile spas including Dormy House,
Chewton Glen and Pennyhill Park.
This latest award for Rockliffe
Hall’s spa comes after a successful
2014 when it received the Good
Spa Guide’s new accolade of
‘5 Bubble Luxury’ alongside just five
other UK spas – again, the only one
in the North of England.
In addition, Rockliffe Hall was
recognised as one of the top 15
spa partners in the world for the
exclusive brand, Comfort Zone.
42 NORTHERN GOLFER
Colin
Montgomerie
Monty triumphs
yet again
Scot is crowned number one for the ninth time
in his sensational senior career
C
olin Montgomerie revisited a
familiar end of season feeling
when he was officially crowned the
European Senior Tour’s number one
player in Mauritius.
The Scot signed off a sensational 2014
season by receiving the John Jacobs Trophy
after finishing sixth in the MCB Tour
Championship, winning an Order of Merit
crown for the ninth time in his illustrious
career, having topped the European Tour’s
money list a record eight times.
Montgomerie claimed four Senior
Tour titles, including two Senior Major
Championships during a record-breaking
2014 campaign, winning the Order of Merit
with earnings of €624,543 - the highest in the
history of the Senior Tour, comfortably beating
Carl Mason’s previous 2007 benchmark
of €412,376.
The 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain
becomes just the second former European
Tour number one to repeat the feat on the
Senior Tour, matching the achievement
of another former Ryder Cup captain, Ian
Woosnam in 2008.
“This is great,” said Montgomerie. “To think
I have eight of these Order of Merit trophies
from The European Tour, which take pride
of place, and now the John Jacobs Trophy
from the Senior Tour to go alongside them is
fantastic. This will most certainly join them,
because this is very special. To win an Order
of Merit again, and make it nine, really does
mean a lot, and I look forward to trying to
retain it next year. It has been a very special
year, winning two majors in America and
twice back in Europe, and now capping it off
with this.”
Meanwhile, Paul Wesselingh successfully
defended his title in the MCB Tour
Championship, overcoming Barry Lane in
a record-equalling six-hole play-off, as the
2014 European Senior Tour season reached a
dramatic conclusion in Mauritius.
Wesselingh had needed only to par the
18th hole to retain the title in regulation play,
but he left his 20ft birdie putt 4ft short, then
watched his next attempt horseshoe around
the cup.
That meant he dropped back to nine underpar, signing for a closing round of 69, to finish
level with fellow Englishman Lane, who had
birdied three of the final four holes.
The pair then produced some superb golf
in the play-off to each birdie the 18th hole five
times in a row - Wesselingh somehow getting
up and down after flirting with the water on
the left of the green on the third extra hole before Lane, who had been struggling with
injury and illness at the start of the week,
eventually succumbed on the sixth.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
As an amateur:
Eyemouth GC club championship in 1998
Goswick GC club championship in 2003
Represented Aberdeen University
THIS SEASON
“The thing I am focusing on most this season is
establishing myself as a teaching professional
at Parklands.
“I’ve been at Parklands for a few months now and I’m
starting to get to know the members and the regulars on
the driving range. It’s a busy club, with some excellent
practice facilities, and I’m looking forward to getting out
there and helping people improve.
“I say this every year, but I’d like to play a little bit more
competitive golf this season too. The NE/NW PGA is a
great set up, with a fantastic group of players who I enjoy
playing with, so I’d really like to get out and play a few
more of its pro events and pro ams in 2015.”
GETTING INTO THE GAME
“I moved to Berwick with my parents aged 12 and we
lived about 300 yards from the clubhouse at Magdelene
Fields. I picked up the game with my school friends there was about 20 of us who went to school and played
golf together so I always had someone to play with. Living
so close to the club was great; I used to pop over after
school, sometimes in the dark, and practise my chipping
and putting.
“I didn’t play a lot of golf of county level golf as
a teenager, then went off to study engineering at
Northumbria University. From there I moved to Aberdeen
University and played a little bit for the uni golf team - but
not at an ‘elite’ level.
“Having studied to be an engineer, I decided to switch
career paths, joined the PGA in 2003 and I haven’t
looked back.”
AIMS/FUTURE
“Teaching has always come first; I get a lot out of helping
people enjoy their golf. Of course I’d like to play more
- both competitively and for fun - but I get far more
satisfaction from seeing the players I work with enjoying it
and hearing that they’re getting more out of the game.”
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NORTHERN GOLFER 43
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MAIN
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EVENTS
MAY 29-31:
PGA North Region
Championships (Carus Green)
JULY 27-31:
Leeds Cup Centenary
(Moortown)
On course for a
great year
Dates and venues for PGA North confirmed
P
GA North is on course for its most
successful season in years with a
packed calendar running from early
spring to late autumn.
Top of the list are five 36-hole tournaments
counting for the Michael Slater Memorial
Order of Merit - from which the top three
players qualify for the national PGA Play-offs.
The first ranking event is the PGA North
Region Championship at the end of May,
which moves to its new home, Cumbria club
Carus Green.
Next up, in July at Moortown, is the iconic
Leeds Cup, professional golf ’s oldest trophy,
which is celebrating its 100th staging.
The Manchester Open, inaugurated in 2002,
will tee off for the eighth time at Marriott
Worsley Park in late August followed in
mid-September by the James Brearley
Lancashire Open at Blackpool North Shore.
To complete the set, the resort’s Herons’
Reach, a regular home of the North Region
Championship, keeps in the loop by hosting
the PGA North Tour Championship which is a
new event in early October. There will be
pro ams at all five venues.
Assistant professionals are also well catered
for with a record seven events with at last one
in each county.
Spread throughout the campaign are 21 pro
ams. One of the best supported is expected to
be England’s Golf Coast pro am played over
three days at West Lancs, Formby and Royal
44 NORTHERN GOLFER
Birkdale in April and is open to the whole
country. PGA North secretary Graham Maly
said: “As always, we have attempted to add
new playing opportunities across our broad
spectrum of members.
“We have secured continued sponsorship
from James Brearley, Mansell Finishes,
Worsley Park, Carus Green, Stewart Golf &
Raa Putters with some new backing which
should make this year one of the most
successful to date.”
PROAM INVITATION
PGA North is inviting teams from across the
country to tee it up in England’s Golf Coast
54-hole pro am.
The event will be played at the end of April
at Formby, West Lancs and Royal Birkdale
which straddle arguably the most famous
stretch of links courses in the world.
The inaugural event last year was such a
success that interest from outside the region
prompted the move to open it up nationwide.
“This is a glorious chance for professionals
and amateurs to play these three iconic
courses,” said PGA North secretary
Graham Maly.
The first round will be at Formby on
April 28. You can enter a team, which costs
£1,500, at pga.info (England & Wales (North)
tournaments) or by contacting PGA North,
tel 01204 496 137 or to download an entry
form go to img.bluegolf.org
Formby
Golf Club
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PGA North’s
pro ams
this year
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SEPT 14-16:
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(Blackpool North Shore)
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Turkish
delight
It may not be famed for its golf but Alan Hedley
finds Turkey is fast becoming a must visit for
those who love the sport
T
urkey is staking a major
claim to become the
number one destination
for golfers.
The significant development
of the Belek region, highlighted
by quality courses such as the
Montgomerie Maxx Royal, has seen
the area transformed into a haven for
travelling golfers.
In a relatively compact area, several
courses are on offer - the Sultan and
Pasha, Faldo Cornelia, Sueno, Gloria,
Carya, The National and the superb
Lykia Links, but the Montgomerie
Maxx Royal is the best of the bunch.
The Turkish Airlines World
Golf Finals at the Maxx Royal and
Turkey’s decision to bid for the Ryder
Cup further highlights the growing
influence and quality of golf in Turkey.
46 NORTHERN GOLFER
There are many top quality golf
courses and accommodation options
in Belek but there are one or two
venues a cut above the rest and The
Montgomerie Maxx Royal is just such
a venue. Umbrella pine trees dominate
Colin Montgomerie’s creation and
while they call for accurate play, a
wayward drive is not always a disaster
and there are ways to escape.
The course sprawls over 260 acres
of prime parkland and is just a stone’s
throw from the sea. There are no less
than eight lakes dotted around the
course and with those trees, this is no
pushover as the greens are also fast
and tricky. The course stretches to
over 7,000 yards off the back, but each
hole has four tees and can be enjoyed
by less experienced players from as
little as 5,429 yards. It is an excellent
Course open all winter with summer greens.
Visitors & Societies always welcome.
For further details telephone
the Secretary on 01289 306130
e: [email protected]
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Fact file
Alan Hedley flew
from Manchester to
Antalya with Turkish
Airlines and flights
are also available
from Edidnurgh
and other regional
airports. He stayed
at the Montgomerie
Maxx Royal,İskele
Mevkii, Turizm Cad.,
Belek, Antalya
www.maxxroyal.com
and
www.montgomerie
maxxroyal.com
test with a testing par five start and
finish plus some terrific par threes.The
par five fourth around and over a lake is
memorable and is followed by a long par
thee over water while the seventh is an
excellent driving hole.
Water comes into play again on the
ninth and the 14th is a wonderfully
teasing par three over a lake but, for me,
the 18th is the best hole as it offers a real
chance to get up in two if you get the
drive right but it is also an equally good
three-shorter if played sensibly.
Five minutes walk from the all
inclusive five-star hotel, the course also
boast a five-star clubhouse with a perfect
terrace overlooking the 18th.
All of the guest rooms are suites in
The Maxx Royal Hotel, which is set at the
heart of a 400,000 square metre estate,
which is just a few minutes from the
centre of Belek and 45kms from Antalya
City and airport.
A variety of dining options offer guests
unrivalled quality and choice. The hotel
(and golf course) is operated on an all
inclusive basis.
Here at Rockliffe Hall, we have
the pleasure of maintaining USGA
greens with A4/G6 creeping bent
grass species. This allows us to
present our greens twelve months
of the year without the need for
temporary greens throughout
the winter months. Along with
our continuing maintenance
programme prior to and during
the winter period, we also have
a frost policy while the course is
frost covered.
As the turfgrass plant is made
up of 90% water, when frozen it
becomes susceptible to damage
from foot traffic and golf trolley
wheels. Frost coverage usually
presents itself in two forms, a ‘leaf
frost’ which is identified easily by
the white coverage on surface. The
second type is a ‘ground frost’. This
frost type is where the most damage
can occur and it is not so easily
indentifiable. The frost may have
thawed within the leaf and may look
like the greens have thawed but
the crown of the plant may still be
frozen, and applying pressure can
break the leaf at the crown from its
root system thus potentially killing
the plant altogether.
Both of these frost forms can
have a long term detrimental
effect on the playing surface by
encouraging uneccessary plant
stress which can then lead to a
disease threat.
Throughout the Autumn, you
should see greenkeepers aerating
and possibly topdressing greens to
keep the green surfaces dryer. This
helps with frost damage, as the less
water on the surfaces means the
potential for less damage during
frost periods.
NEXT MONTH
Getting back on course
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Dun Laoghaire
Emerald Isle’s
golfing gems
Alan Hedley takes a short trip over the Irish Sea
to find some wonderful venues for a trip away
I
reland is very much back on the
golfing map these days.
Scotland makes a big thing
about being the home of golf and
rightly so, but having been a regular
visitor to Ireland - north and south for nearly 30 years, I can assure you
the quality of Irish courses is second
to none.
There’s also been some muchneeded realism recently with regard to
green fees and a trip to the Emerald Isle
won’t break the bank.
We sailed to Ireland from Holyhead
to Dublin on the Ulysses and returned
after a four-day trip on the high-speed
Dublin Swift.
Irish Ferries has four ships sailing
between the UK and Ireland, with
the new ferry Epsilon on the popular
Holyhead to Dublin route increasing
the choice of departure times, so that
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Dunmurry Springs
Dunmurry Springs Golf
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dunmurrysprings.ie
Dun Laoghaire Golf Club,
Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
tel 353 (0) 1 272 1866
dunlaoghairegolfclub. ie
Golf in the Scottish Borders
Traditional country inn ideally situated
for playing MINTO, THE HIRSEL,
KELSO, HAWICK plus many more.
12 en-suite bedrooms with tv, wi-fi,
tea/coffee making facililties, Sky tv.
Restaurant and bar serving excellent home
cooked food and cask ales (good pub guide)
The ideal location for your golfing break
with a choice of more than 25 local courses.
Facilities include 91 comfortable en suite
bedrooms, heated indoor swimming pool,
sauna and gymnasium.
Midweek breaks 2 nights DBB plus a round
at Powfoot, Southerness and Dumfries &
County from £219 (April & Oct)
£239 May – September
The Birdie Trail - choice of 8 courses
Midweek from £200 • Weekend £219
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there are up to six sailings a day in
each direction.
The Isle of Inishmore also sails
the Pembroke to Rosslare route, for
golfers driving from the south.
Cruise-ferry fares start at £79
each way for a car and driver, with
no extra charges for carrying golf
clubs or other baggage in the boot
of the car.
Irish Ferries Holidays can also
The Auld
Cross Keys Inn
B&B only £35.00 pp sharing
twin room or £45.00 pp single
package ferry crossings with selected
hotels, B&Bs and cottages to create great
value self-drive golf holidays.
We stayed in the excellent Tullamore
Court Hotel which was more than handy
for the delights of the town which has its
own whisky distillery and some excellent
pubs such as The Brewery Tap, Hugh
Lynch’s, Joe Lee’s and Kelly’s. fI you have
time on the way there, call in at The
Dew Drop Inn in Kill (I kid you not) in
County Kildare.
There are some wonderful courses,
among them Tullamore, a true
championship course, designed by James
Braid and upgraded by Paddy Merrigan
in 1996.
It is truly one of the best parkland
courses in Ireland. Tree-lined, water
comes into play on several holes, but
the fairways are generous and while
the rough is punishing, as it should be
on a quality course, there are chances
to score.
The fifth, a strong par four, will stick in
the mind and there’s a great run on the
back nine starting at 13 and 14 with the
signature hole 16th and a terrific par five
to finish.
Green fees are from 20 to 38 euros,
really good value for money on what is
a lovely, scenic course with an excellent
clubhouse, and there are special rates
for societies, plus there is a ridiculously
cheap three-course deal along with
Esker Hills and Castle Barna for 70
euros (about £58-£60). See
www.tullamoregolftriangle.ie.
On the way back, dinner at Giltrap’s
Pub in Kinnitty was a treat and the
following day, it was off to Dunmurry
Springs, a considerably younger course
than Tullamore - it opened in 2005 but it’s surprisingly mature with some
spectacular views and a number of
testing holes.
Water features on several holes but
it’s often not a card-killer and the sixth,
seventh and eighth holes are reckoned
to be their own Amen Corner, whie the
approach to the 18th over water is a
fitting finale. A buggy is a good idea here.
A visit to Tullamore is not complete
without dinner in the Bridge House
Hotel. It seemed most of the town was
there when we were and that’s not
18 Hole parkland course set in
the heart of the Borders beautiful
countryside
Visitors & Societies always
welcome
Winter Golf only £10 round until
31st March 2015
Summer Golf - Midweek £25
round - Weekend £30 round
Excellent rates for visiting parties
Tel: Karen or Dave on 01450 870305
[email protected]
www.crosskeysenholm.co.uk
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Telephone the Secretary on 01573 223009
or email:[email protected]
The Green, Denholm, Scottish Borders, TD9 8NU
www.kelsogolfclub.co.uk
Golf Course Road, Kelso, Borders, TD5 7SL
Irish Ferries:
www.irishferries.com
Tourism Ireland:
discoverireland.com
Tullamore Golf Club
Tullamore, Co Offaly
tullamoregolfclub.ie
Tullamore Court Hotel
tullamorecourthotel.ie
The Maldron Hotel &
Leisure Club, Dublin
themaldron
hotelcardifflane.ie
The Dew Drop
Inn, Kill, Co Kildare
dewdropinn.ie
Giltrap’s Pub, Birr
Co Offaly
+353 (0) 57 913 7076
Bridge House Hotel
Tullamore
househoteltullamore.ie
founded 1905
surprising as the food and drink
is exceptional.
Our third course, Dun Laoghaire
hit the jackpot when their original
course at Eglington Park was sold
for millions of euros. The club upped
sticks and moved a few kilometres
south to Ballyman Glen on the
border between the counties of
Dublin and Wicklow.
They built a superb new 27-hole
course in a glorious valley with
spectacular views and a clubhouse
which compares with Riviera in
the USA.
Cleverly designed by Hawtree to
allow different combinations of the
three loops of nine with multiple
teeing areas, it’s the venue for the
2016 Curtis Cup which gives an idea
of its standard.
Because of the variety of
tees it offers various degrees of
difficulty - and ease - but it might
be wise to take a buggy given the
rolling terrain.
The American-style bunkers
may not suit purists but some of
the water holes are fantastic and
do offer chances to score if you’re
sensible rather than brave!
The magnificent clubhouse on
three levels seems a bit posh but it
exudes the typical Irish hospitality
and is really something. There’s
an academy with practice area,
pro shop and splendid changing
rooms and green fees won’t break
the bank at 70 euros with 240 euros
for a fourball.
Sadly, that was end of our golf
in Ireland for another year but an
overnight in the smart Maldron
Hotel and Leisure Club in Dublin
rounded off the trip before the
return journey to Holyhead on the
Dublin Swift.
The best day out you’ll
have on a golf course
(without breaking the bank)
18 hole parkland course with stunning
views across the Solway Firth,
Cumbrian Fells & even the Isle of Man
Deals always available
Visit Colvend and enjoy golf the way it
should be played
Telephone 01556 630398 or email
[email protected]
Sandyhills, Dalbeattie, DG5 4PY
www.colvendgolfclub.co.uk
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GOLFERTRAVEL
Play Portrush
Here’s your chance to play Ireland’s Open Championship
course Royal Portrush.
Now back on the Open rota, Portrush is the home of
2011 US Open winner Graeme McDowell and also 2011
Open Championship winner Darren Clarke.
It will also be the centrepiece of the Causeway Coast
Amateur Tournament this June as it has been for more than
45 years.
The format of this unique tournament has never changed
and features Royal Portrush’s Valley course, Castlerock,
Ballyliffin and Ballycastle - four of Ireland’s finest courses.
Entrants play four out of five days Monday-Friday starting
the first Monday in June and it costs just £200, which
gives four practice rounds and four competition rounds on
excellent links courses.
Even allowing for air fares and bed and breakfast
accommodation, this is remarkable value. Entry is limited to
900 and there are no domestic/international quotas. You are
free to enter as an individual or large group and every night
brings various social activities, culminating in a Friday night
prize giving.
The dates for 2015 are Monday June 1-5 and info is
available at www.causewaycoastgolf.com
The 2015 opening ceremony will be held on Sunday
May 31 at 8pm at Castlerock Golf Club and entertainment
includes a golf trick show artist, traditional Irish music,
Bushmills Whiskey, Hog Roast and a few free beers.
ROTHBURY GOLF CLUB
Picturesque 18 hole course in the heart of Northumberland
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Casual and Individual visiting golfers are very welcome
membership
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3 and 5 year membership discounts also available
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COURSEREVIEW
COURSEREVIEW
FACT FILE
CONTACT
Woodham Golf and Country Club
Burnhill Way, Newton Aycliffe
Co Durham, DL5 4PN
Tel 01325 318 454
Pro Shop 01325 319 977
www.woodhamgolfandcountryclub.co.uk
Email [email protected]
Welcome return
of Woodham
Alan Hedley pays a visit to a course which is thriving
again under new owners who have invested wisely
T
he course at Woodham is among the
best tests of golf in the North.
Plenty of water, strong par fives,
good par fours and terrific par threes
including the signature 17th, go to making an
excellent 6,671-yard layout.
No surprise then that it’s up and running again
with new owners investing heavily in both the
course and clubhouse.
Wisely, there have been no major changes
to the course - if it ain’t broke don’t fix it - but a
comprehensive programme of work has been
carried out by Woodham Golf and Leisure Ltd
since they bought it in July.
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Major drainage work plus tidying up of copses,
bushes and shrubs has made a huge difference
while the clubhouse has seen a top-notch
refurbishment with a completely new ladies
locker room and an extensive patio area created.
A special camera was used to supervise work
on nearly 2,000 metres of drainage while the
greens have been sand-injected to revive a course
opened in 1981 and designed by the highlyrespected J Hamilton Stutt.
It has always been a quality layout, as shown
by the opening par five with out of bounds on the
left. It can be reached in two but the green is well
protected by bunkers.
Beware the bunkers and the water at the
second and, if you are a big hitter, the same
applies to the third where a stream runs along
the right side.
The fourth is the first of the short holes and
is possibly the most straightforward, but it still
needs an accurate tee shot. A long par five dog-leg
follows where accuracy is even more essential.
Another dog-leg follows but not as severe
and while it’s not a long hole, it’s nevertheless
challenging and it might not be a driver at what is
lovely hole.
Another shortish dog-leg follows and big hitters
could be really tempted here.
Meanwhile, lots of bunkering has to be
negotiated at the short eighth.
Don’t be fooled by the relative shortness of
the ninth, another dog-leg right with a green
surrounded by bunkers and those at the front
are very deep.
The start of the back nine isn’t a long par
five but it is a challenging one and you must be
straight to have a chance of getting up in two
for birdie or better.
A left to right dog-leg, the long par four 11th
features a very undulating green and the short
12th might look fairly routine but the two-tier
green is well bunkered with out of bounds to
the left and rear.
Then it’s the start of Woodham’s Amen
Corner. The 13th boasts a blind tee shot, water
and trees as does the 14th with the approach
over a lake and the 15th could arguably be the
signature hole with a stream that wends its
way across the fairway plus a pond in front of a
raised green.
Then it’s on to a fine finish. The 16th is just
short of being a 400-yard par for but stay out of
the rough!
The 17th is a superb par three and is the
signature hole (see factfile); if you get out of
there with a par the 18th will seem a doddle...
but it’s not!
You must avoid the water left of the green
and the trees and if you do it will offer you the
chance of a good finish.
GREEN FEES
Weekdays £12.50 (juniors £8.50)
Weekends £17.50 (juniors £11.50)
Buggies available
TOTAL DISTANCE
White tees - 6,671 yards
Yellow tees - 6,113 yards
Red tees - 5,401 yards
FEATURES
18 holes parkland golf
Newly refurbished clubhouse, The Green
lounge bar and Lakeside Suite Restaurant
Sky TV
Disabled access
Refurbished changing rooms
Plenty of car parking
Practice area and practice net
Putting green
PGA Professional tuition
Well-stocked pro shop
Junior academy
The refurbished clubhouse
is very much at the centre of
things at Woodham.
The Green lounge bar offers
a relaxing atmosphere and
is the perfect destination
to enjoy a delicious homecooked meal and a drink with
friends. Seating 40, it has Sky
Sports, a bar, disabled access
and friendly staff.
The Lakeside Suite Restaurant
seats 120 and with its
panoramic view of the course
you will be dining in style.
Great changing room facilities
are backed up by a fullystocked pro shop offering
custom fitting and club repair,
buggy hire, excellent practice
facilities and coaching.
The club has a membership
scheme with no joining fee
and no waiting list, while
green fees currently start as
low as £12.50 per round
CADDY’S TIP
Stay out of the trees and the water; it’s not
always a driver off the tee
SIGNATURE HOLE
The 220-yard par three 17th. Boy, is this a
testing par three. Stand on the tee and the
hole seems to get narrower as it gets to
the green...that’s because it does with tall
trees either side. It’s also uphill. Consider
four to be a good score here.
ALAN HEDLEY’S VERDICT
Woodham has always been one of best
looking courses in the North and it’s a
great test
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Y
es , the new season is
only weeks away and
entries into our annual
Gents Match Play
Pairs Tournament are already
flooding in.
This is the chance for golfers
throughout the North of England to
play excellent courses, meet other
regular golf enthusiasts and enjoy
a golf tournament that has been
running since 2002
Throughout the years, as a
result of their victories, all of
our champions have enjoyed a
tournament golfing holiday on the
Algarve in sunny Portugal where
some were successful in winning
further great prizes.
This season, the Match Play
semi finals are to be played at
Wynyard Golf Club and the final is
at Ramside Hall Golf Club - please
visit our website
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the rules
The winners will receive places
in the NE/NW Pro Am to be staged
on the Algarve later this year,
organised by Kevin Batty from
Golfing Holidays.
Last year, Peter Gallagher and
Neil Walmsley from Durham City
Golf Club were our champions.
Peter, a 48 year old painter
and decorator, works for Durham
County Council. He has been
playing golf for approximately 20
years but more seriously recently
since becoming a member at
Durham City Golf Club five
years ago.
“This is a great competition
and obviously to win it was a
great feeling,” said Peter. “It is
well organised and we both have
thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Everybody we played against was
very welcoming and it was great
to get courtesy when playing away,
taking part in the semis at Ramside
and of course the final at Tyneside.
“The prize itself was excellent
and I would recommend to
everyone to enter and have a go
– it was just great.”
For more information on entry go to www.northerngolfer.co.uk
Woodham continues to benefit from the extensive
improvements being undertaken by the owners.
A considerable investment has been made most
noticeable in the course drainage, clubhouse
refurbishment and treatments to the greens.
The owners are delighted with the very positive
feedback received from the golfing community and
look forward to many more golfers enjoying this
fantastic facility.
Winter Green Fees available until 31st March 2015
Weekday £12.50
Weekend £17.50
Weekday Junior £8.50
Weekend £11.50
Weekday with member £8.50
Weekend £11.50
Weekday Day £24.00
Weekend £34.00
Membership: No joining fee - No waiting list
Membership Fees 1st April 2015 - 31st March 2016
Adult
7 Day £450
5 Day £400
Joint £850
Juniors (17-21 years) £200 (14-16 years) £100 (under 14 years) £50
Fully stocked golf shop - Major Brands
Buggy Hire
Visitors £20.00
Member £12.00
Telephone 01325 319977
Coaching available from PGA professional Ernie Wilson telephone 01325 319977 (golf shop)
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WIN GOLF FOR FOUR AT
.WESTERHOPE GOLF CLUB
The 6,392 yard layout at Westerhope Golf Club is a
popular one for the region’s pros as well as top leval
amateur events.
The parkland course is always well presented and
the club has produced a number of county players
since it was established in 1941 - having been
designed by 1902 Open Champion Sandy Herd.
For your chance to win answer this question:
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The picturesque 18-hole parkland layout at Castle
Eden is one of County Durham and Teesside’s finest.
The par 70 course measures just more than 6,000
yards from the back tees and has hosted a number of
Durham county events.
Its undulating greens and tree-lined fairways are
regularly regarded among some of the best in the
county and many of them are tricky to master.
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Stanley, County Durham, DH9 ORH
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GOLFERTIPS
PRE SEASON
CHECKPOINTS
It is important to start the season the right way. Here
are some checkpoints that every golfer should go over
before the first competition of the spring arrives...
START ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Start the season with a few
lessons - even if you are
completely happy with your
game at this point in the year.
It is really important to get some
good advice from your coach,
even if it is just to cover all the
basics; remember there is always
something you can improve on.
GET THOSE MUSCLES
.MOVING
Now is the time to work on your
fitness and think carefully about
your diet. Don’t ignore your
fitness - it is crucial to adding
distance and building some
consistency in your game.
GET YOUR EQUIPMENT
.IN ORDER
Prepare your golf equipment
and get everything you need
now rather than panicking 10
minutes before you tee off. Now
is the time to get your equipment
checked, altered and changed
if necessary.
PRACTICE
Get out there and hit some balls on the range and on the practice
green. 100 swings a day will
groove the muscle memory and
help stimulate the muscles.
Neil
Whinham
North
ern Golfer Pro
tel 0191 529 2144
for private lessons
and advice
AT:
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NOR THERN
Pick up a copy of Northern Golfer at any of these venues
COUNTY DURHAM
Barnard Castle Golf Club
Harmire Rd, Barnard Castle, DL12 8QN
01833 638 355
Birtley Golf Club
Portobello Road, Birtley,
Chester-le-Street, DH3 2LR
0191 410 2207
Bishop Auckland Golf Club
High Plains, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8DL
01388 661 618
Blackwell Grange Golf Club
Snipe Lane, Darlington, DL2 2SA
01325 464 458
Brancepeth Castle Golf Club
Brancepeth Castle, DH7 8EA
0191 378 0075
Castle Eden Golf Club
Castle Eden, TS27 4SS
01429 836 510
Chester le Street Golf Club
Lumley Pk, Chester le Street, DH3 4NS
0191 388 3218
Cocken Lodge Golf
Cocken Lodge Farm, Leamside, DH4 6QP
0191 584 1053
Consett & District Golf Club
Elmfield Road, Consett, DH8 5NN
01207 505 060
Crook Golf Club
Low Jobs Hill, Crook DL15 9AA
01388 762 429
Darlington Golf Club
Haughton Road, Darlington, DL1 3JD
01325 355 324
Dinsdale Spa Golf Club
Middleton St George, Darlington, DL2 1DW
01325 332 297
Durham City Golf Club
Littleburn, Langley Moor, DH7 8HL
0191 378 0029
Hallgarth Hotel Golf & Country Club
Coatham Munderville, Darlington,
DL1 3LU 01325 300 400
Hobson Golf Club
Hobson, Near Burnopfield, NE16 6BZ
01207 270 941
Ineos Golf Club
School Aycliffe Lane, Newton Aycliffe,
DL5 6EA.
Sec: Patrick Montgomery,
07974 742 679
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Ramside Hall Golf Club
Ramside Hall Hotel, Carville,
Durham, DH1 1TD
0191 386 9514
Rockliffe Hall Golf Club
Hurworth-on-Tees,Darlington, DL2 2DU
01325 729 980
Saltburn by the Sea Golf Club
Hob Hill, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 1NJ
01287 622 812
Ravensworth Golf Club
Angel View, Longbank, Gateshead, NE9 7UU
0191 487 6014
Catterick Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3QE
01748 833 268
Bedlingtonshire Golf Club
Acorn Bank, Bedlington, NE22 6AA
01670 822 457
Slaley Hall
Slaley, Hexham, NE47 0BX
01434 673 350
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Tees Road, Seaton Carew, TS25 1DE
01429 266 249
Ryton Golf Club
Clara Vale, Ryton, NE40 3TD
0191 413 3253
Easingwold Golf Club
Stillington Road, Easingwold, YO61 3ET
01347 822 474
Belford Golf Club
South Road, Belford, NE70 7DP
01668 213 232
Stocksfield Golf Club
New Ridley Rd,Stocksfield, NE43 7RE
01661 843 041
South Shields Golf Club
Cleadon Hills, South Shields, NE34 8EG
0191 456 8942
Filey Golf Club
West Avenue, Filey, YO14 9BQ
01723 513 293
Bellingham Golf Club
Boggle Hole, Bellingham, NE48 2DT
01434 220 152
Tynedale Golf Club
Tyne Green, Hexham, NE46 3HQ
01434 608 154
Teesside Golf Club
Acklam Road, Thornaby
Stockton on Tees TS17 7JS
01642 616 516
Tynemouth Golf Club
Spital Dene, Tynemouth, NE30 2ER
0191 257 4578
Flaxby Park Golf Club
Flaxby, Knaresborough, HG5 0RR
01423 863 444
Blyth Golf Club
New Delaval, Blyth, NE24 4DB
01670 540 110
Warkworth Golf Club
The Links, Warkworth, NE65 OSW
01665 711 596
Tyneside Golf Club
Westfield Lane, Ryton, NE40 3QE
0191 413 2742
Forest Park Golf Club
Stockton-on-Forest, York, YO32 9HF
01904 400 425
Scarthingwell Golf Club
The Scarthingwell Centre, Scarthingwell,
Tadcaster, LS24 9PF
01937 557 878
Burgham Park Golf Club
Near Felton, Morpeth, NE65 8QP
01670 787 898
Wooler Golf Club
Dod Law, Doddington, Wooler, NE71 6AN
01668 282 135
Wearside Golf Club
Cox Green, Sunderland, SR4 9JT
0191 534 2518
Fulford Golf Club
Heslington Lane, York, YO10 5DY
01904 413 579
Selby Golf Club
Mill Lane, Brayton, YO8 9LD
01757 228 622
Westerhope Golf Club
Whorlton Grange, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE5 1PP
0191 286 9125
Ganton Golf Club
Station Road, Ganton, Scarborough,
YO12 4PA
01944 710 329
Skipton Golf Club
Short Lee Lane, Skipton, BD23 3LF
01756 795 657
Close House
Heddon-on-the-Wall, NE15 0HT
01661 852 953
Dunstanburgh Golf Club
Embleton, NE66 3XQ
01665 576 562
Roseberry Grange Community
Golf Club
Grange Villa, Chester le Street, DH2 3NF
0191 370 0660
Goswick Golf Club
Goswick Beal, TD15 2RW
01289 387 256
Seaham Golf Club
Shrewsbury Street, Seaham, SR7 7RD
0191 581 1268
Gubeon Golf Centre
Walton Road, Morpeth, NE61 3YJ
01670 519 090
Sharpley Golf
Seaton, Seaham, Co Durham, SR7 0NP
0191 513 1100
Haltwhistle Golf Club
Banktop, Greenhead, NE49 9JR
01697 747367
South Moor Golf Cub
The Middles, Craghead, Stanley, DH9 6AG
01207 232 848
Hexham Golf Club
Spital Lane, Hexham, NE46 3RZ
01434 603 072
Woodham Golf & Country Club
Burnhill Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4PN
01325 319977
CUMBRIA
Brampton Golf Club
Talkin Tarn, Brampton, CA8 1HN
01697 72255
Seascale Golf Club
The Banks, Seascale, CA20 1QL
019467 28202
NORTHUMBERLAND
Allendale Golf Club
High Studden, Allenheads Road
Allendale, NE47 9QL
01434 683 926
Alnmouth Golf Club
Foxton Hall, Alnmouth,
NE66 3BE
01665 830 231
Alnmouth Village Golf Club
Marine Road,
Alnmouth, NE66 2RZ
01665 830 370
Alnwick Castle Golf Club
Swansfield Park,
Alnwick,
NE66 2AB
01665 602 632
Arcot Hall Golf Club
Dudley, Cramlington NE23 7QP
0191 236 2794
Longhirst Hall Golf Club
Longhirst Hall, Morpeth, NE61 3LL
01670 791 562
Macdonald Linden Hall Golf
and Country Club
Longhorsley, Morpeth, NE65 8XF
01670 500 011
Matfen Hall Golf Club
Matfen, NE20 0RH
01661 886 400
Magdalene Fields Golf Club
Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1NE
01289 306 130
Morpeth Golf club
Loansdean, Morpeth,
NE61 2BT
01670 504 942
Newbiggin Golf Club
Newbiggin NE64 3DW
01670 817 344
Percy Wood Golf Club
Coast View, Swarland, Felton,
NE65 9JG
01670 787 010
Ponteland Golf Club
53 Bell Villas, Ponteland, NE20 9BD
01661 822 689
Prudhoe Golf Club
Eastwood Park, Prudhoe, NE42 5DX
01661 832 466
Rothbury Golf Club
Whitton Bank Rd, Rothbury, NE65 7RX
01669 621 271
Wilton Golf Club
Wilton,Near Redcar, TS10 4QY
01642 465 265
Wynyard Hall Golf Club
Wellington Drive, Wynyard Park
Billingham, TS22 5NQ
01740 644 399
TYNE AND WEAR
SCOTTISH BORDERS
Eyemouth Golf Club
Gunsgreenhill, Eyemouth, D14 5SF
01890 750 004
Hirsel Golf Club
Kelso Road, Coldstream TD12 4NJ
01890 882 678
Roxburghe Golf Club
Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 8JZ
01573 450 333
TEESSIDE
Billingham Golf Club
Sandy Lane, Billingham, TS22 5NA
01642 533 816
Cleveland Golf Club
Majuba Road, Redcar, Cleveland
TS10 5BJ
01642 471 798
Eaglescliffe & District Golf Club
Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, TS16 0DQ
01642 780 238
Hartlepool Golf Club
Hart Warren, Hartlepool, TS24 9QF
01429 274 398
High Throston Golf Club
Hart Lane, Hartlepool,
TS26 0UG
01429 268 071
Hunley Hotel & Golf Club
Brotton, By Saltburn, TS12 2QN
01287 677 444
Ingleby Barwick Golf Club
Lullingstone Crescent, Ingleby Barwick,
Stockton on Tees, TS17 5GJ
01642 765 000
Knotty Hill Golf Centre
Sedgefield, Stockton on Tees, TS21 2BB
01740 620 320
Middlesbrough Golf Club
Brass Castle Lane, Middlesbrough
TS8 9EE
01642 311 515
Backworth Golf Club
The Hall, Backworth, NE27 0AH
0191 268 4247
Beamish Park Hotel
Golf & Driving Range, Marley Hill,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE16 5EG
01207 230666
Whickham Golf Club
Hollinside Park, Fellside Road
Whickham, NE16 5BA
0191 488 1576
Harrogate Golf Club
Forest Lane Head, Harrogate, HG2 7TF
01423 862 999
Boldon Golf Club
Dipe Lane, East Boldon, NE36 0PQ
0191 536 5360
Whitburn Golf Club
Lizard Lane, South Shields, NE34 7AF
0191 529 4210
Heworth Golf Club
Muncaster House, Muncastergate,
YO31 9JY
01904 426 156
Centurion Park Golf Club
Rheydt Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 8SU
0191 263 0041
Whitley Bay Golf Club
Claremont Rd, Whitley Bay, NE26 3UF
0191 252 0180
Kirkbymoorside Golf Club
Manor Vale, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6EG
01751 431 525
City of Newcastle Golf Club
Three Mile Bridge, Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2DR
0191 285 1775
Chopwell, NE17 7AP
01207 561 309
George Washington Golf Club
Stone Cellars Road, Concorde
Washington, NE37 1PH
0191 417 8346
Gosforth Golf Club
Broadway East, Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5ER
0191 285 3495
Heworth Golf Club
Gingling Gate, Heworth, Gateshead,
NE10 8XY
0191 469 9832
Hetton le Hill Golf Club
Elemore Vale, Easington Lane, DH5 0QR
0191 517 3061
Houghton le Spring Golf Club
Copt Hill, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8LU
0191 584 7421
60 Ponteland Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE5 3JW
0191 286 9998
YORKSHIRE (EAST)
Beverley and East Riding Golf Club
Anti Mill, Westwood, Beverley, HU17 8RG
01482 868757
Bridlington Golf Club
Belvedere Road, Bridlington, YO15 3NA
01262 606 367
Bridlington Links Golf Club
Flamborough Road, Marton, Bridlington,
YO15 1DW
01262 401 584
Driffield Golf Club
Sunderlandwick, Driffield, YO25 9AD
01377 253 116
Far Grange Park & Golf Club
Skipsea, Driffield, YO25 8SY
0800 197 2074
Flamborough Head Golf Club
Lighthouse Road, Flamborough,
Bridlington, YO15 1AR
01262 850 333
Hornsea Golf Club
Rolston Rd, Hornsea, HU18 1XG
01964 534989
The KP Golf Club
Pocklington, York, YO42 1UF
01759 303 090
Northumberland Golf Club
High Gosforth Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE3 5HT
0191 236 2009
YORKSHIRE (NORTH)
Middlesbrough Municipal Golf Club
Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough,
TS5 7YZ
01642 315 533
Norton Golf Club
Blakestone Lane, Norton
Stockton on Tees, TS20 3LQ
01642 676 385
Parklands Golf Club
High Gosforth Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5HQ
0191 236 4480
Bedale Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Bedale,
DL8 1EZ
01677 422 451
Aldwark Manor Golf Club
Aldwark Alne,YO61 1UF
01347 838 146
Knaresborough Golf Club
Boroughbridge Road,
Knaresborough, HG5 0QQ
01423 862 690
Malton & Norton Golf Club
Welham Park, Welham Road,
Norton,Malton, YO17 9QE
01653 697 912
Masham Golf Club
Burnholme, Swinton Road,
Masham, Ripon, HG4 4NS
01765 688 054
Scalm Park Golf Club
Bishop Wood, Wistow Common, Selby,
YO8 3RD
01757 210 846
Leeds Golf Centre
Wike Ridge Lane, Shadwell, Leeds
LS17 9JW
0113 288 6000
Scarborough North Cliff Golf Club
North Cliff Avenue, Scarborough,
YO12 6PP
01723 355 397
Mid Yorkshire Golf Club
Havercroft Lane,
Pontefract, Darrington,
WF8 3BP
01977 704522
Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club
Deepdale Avenue, off Filey Road,
YO11 2UE
01723 360 522
Thirsk & Northallerton Golf Club
Thornton le Street, Thirsk, YO7 4AB
01845 525 115
Pontefact & District Golf Club
Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QS
01977 792241
Whitby Golf Club
Low Straggleton, Whitby, YO21 3SR
01947 600 660
Rawdon Golf and Lawn Tennis Club
Buckstone Drive,
Rawdon, Leeds,
LS19 6BB
0113 2506040
York Golf Club
Lords Moor Lane, Strensall, YO32 5XF
01904 491 840
YORKSHIRE (WEST)
Bradford Golf Club
Hawksworth Lane, Guiseley, LS20 8NP
01943 875570
Cookridge Golf Club
Cookridge Lane, Cookridge, Leeds,
LS16 7NL
0113 230 0641
Pannal Golf CLub
Follifoot Road, Pannal, HG3 1ES
01423 872 628
Garforth Driving Range
Barwick Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2DN
0113 287 1111
Pike Hills Golf Club
Tadcaster Road, Askham Bryan,
YO23 3UW
01904 700 797
Garforth Golf Club
Long Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2DS
0113 286 2021
Romanby Golf Club
Yafforth Road, Northallerton, DL7 0PE
01609 778 855
Otley Golf Club
West Busk Lane, Otley,
Leeds, LS21 3NG
01943 465 329
The Oaks Golf Club
Aughton Common, Aughton, YO42 4PW
01757 288 577
Oakdale Golf Club
Oakdale, Harrogate, HG1 2LN
01423 567 162
Ripon Golf Club
Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HH
01765 603 640
Moortown Golf Club
Harrogate Road,
Leeds, LS17 7DB
0113 268 6521
Oulton Hall
Rothwell Lane, Oulton,
Leeds, Yorkshire,
LS26 8HN
0871 222 4690
Dewsbury District Golf Club
The Pinnacle, Sands Lane, Mirfield,
WF14 8HJ
01924 492399
Richmond Golf Club
Bend Hagg, Richmond, DL10 5EX
01748 823 231
Moor Allerton Golf Club
Coal Road, Wike,
Leeds, LS17 9NH
0113 266 1154
Headlingly Golf Club
Back Church Lane, Adel, Leeds, LS16 8DW
0113 267 9573
Hollins Hall
Hollins Hill, Baildon, Shipley, Bradford,
BD17 7QW
01274 530 053
Horsforth Golf Club
Layton Rise, Horsforth, Leeds,
LS18 5EX
0113 258 6819
Rudding Park Golf Club
Rudding Park, Harrogate,
HG3 1JH
01423 872 100
Huddersfield Golf Club
Fixby Hall, Lightridge Rd, HD2 2EP
01484 426203
Sandburn Hall Golf Club
Flaxton, York, YO60 7RB
01904 469 929
Leeds Golf Club
Elmete Lane, Leeds, LS8 2LJ
0113 265 9203
Sand Moor Golf Club
Alwoodley Lane, Leeds, LS17 7DJ
0113 268 5180
Scarcroft Golf Club
Syke Lane, Leeds, LS14 3BQ
0113 289 2263
Wakefield Golf Club
28 Woodthorpe Lane, WF2 6JH
01924 258778
Woodhall Hills Golf Club
Woodhall Road, Calverley, Pudsey, LS28 5UN
0113 255 4594
Wetherby Golf Club
Linton Lane, Linton, Wetherby, LS22 4JF
01937 580 089
OTHER GOLF OUTLETS
AB Golf
Andy Blythe P.G.A Golf Professional
Middlesbrough Driving Range,
Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7YZ
01642 300 720
Andy Paisley Golf Centre,
Hexham Golf Club, Spittal Lane,
Hexham, NE46 3RZ
01434 603 072
Aslan Golf
Lizard Lane, Whitburn, NE34 7AF
0191 5294210
Bargain Golf
Seaham Golf Club, Shrewsbury Street,
Seaham, SR7 7RD
0191 5130837
also at: Wearside Golf Club,
Cox Green, Sunderland, SR4 9GT
0191 534 2518
& Hobson Golf Club
Burnopfield, Newcastle, NE16 6BZ
01207 271605
Custom Fit Golf
South Moor Golf Club Superstore
Craghead, Stanley
DH9 6AG
01207 283 525
Direct Golf
Lullingstone Crescent
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland,
TS17 5GJ
01642 765 000
Dynamic Indoor Golf
Wideopen, Newcastle,
NE13 7BA
0191 481 3590
Eureka
Copt Hill, Houghton le Spring,
DH5 8LU
0191 584 1198
George Paylor 5th Tee
5th Tee,Garesfield Golf Club
Chopwell, NE17 7AP
07737 963881
Jeffrey Musgrove Golf Shop
Chopwell, NE17 7AP
01207 563082
Leda Discount Golf Centre
Grange Villa, Chester le Street,
DH2 3NF
0191 370 1757
Marshalls Golf
Heworth Golf Club,
Gingling Gate, Heworth,
NE10 8HY
0191 4384223
Philips Golf Discount
Unit 3 Strand Business Centre
Locomotion Way,
Camperdown Ind Est
Killingworth,
NE12 5UJ
0191 268 0008
Riverdale Hotel
Bellingham NE48 2JT
01434 220 254
Snainton Golf Direct
Coast View, Swarland, Felton,
NE65 9JG
01670 787 010
Stokesley Driving Range
Broughton Road, Stokesley, TS9 5JJ
The Hobson Golf Range
Hobson Golf Club, Burnopfield,
NE16 6BZ
Tim Jenkins Golf
Cleveland Golf Club, Majuba Road,
Redcar,
TS10 5BJ
01642 471 798
also at Castle Eden Golf Club, Castle
Eden, TS27 4SS
01429 836689
ZFL Golf
Unit 8d,
North Tyne Ind. Estate,
NE12 9SZ
0191 270 2362
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Beamish Park Golf Club
Beamish Park, Stanley, DH9 0RH
0191 370 1382
Oak Leaf Golf Club
School Aycliffe Lane, Newton Aycliffe,
DL5 4EF
01325 310 820
Seahouses Golf Club
Beadnell Road, Seahouses, NE68 7XT
01665 720 794
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Bamburgh Castle Golf Club
The Wynding, Bamburgh, NE69 7DE
01668 214 321
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northerngolferuk
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TaylorMade normal
price £12.99
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Pro-Quip, Stuburt,
Cross, Sunice, Galvin
Green, Adidas
Prudhoe Golf Club member, Richard Hannam,
reckons the ‘Home of Champions’ course looks
fantastic any time of the year so he set out to
prove it with this unusual ‘Four Seasons’ photo
compilation. “Makes our latest member & visitor
offers even more attractive,” says Richard.
NG: Thanks to Richard, who often supplies
us with fantastic photos. If you see anything
unusal or simply want to shout about
something unusual going on in golf
please let us know.
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BIG BERTHA
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AND PATTERNED
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sweaters
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DRIVERS
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WOODS
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NEW WINTER GOLF
BOOTS IN STOCK
FOOTJOY/STUBURT,
SAVE £££’S
GREAT DEALS ON
GOLF SHIRTS
1/2 price or less
were £29.99
NOW £14.99
OR 2 FOR
£25.00
WINTER GOLF MOT
MANY DRIVERS
& FAIRWAYS TO
CLEAR IE
MD GOLF ICON
DRIVERS £99 NOW
£49.99 RESCUES
£79.99 NOW £39.99
WITH OUR P.G.A.PROFESSIONALS
NORMALLY £30, SPECIAL PRICE £9.99
PRICE INC: 1 X 40 MIN GOLF LESSON,
LOFT & LIE IRONS CHECK, IRONS,
DRIVER & FAIRWAYS SHAFT CHECK,
GRIP CHECK, SWING & CLUB ANALYSIS
USING OUR INDOOR FLIGHTSCOPE
GOLF SIMULATOR, BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY(LIMITED PERIOD)
How to find our
superstore
Leave A1 (m) at junction 63
Chester-le-Street and follow
B693 to Stanley, turn left onto
B6532 (Asda roundabout), follow
road to to end and turn right, pass
Blomfomtein School and follow
sign to South Moor Golf Club
Discount Golf Equipment
Shaun Cowell PGA Golf Professional - Tel: 01207 283 525
South Moor Golf Club Superstore, Craghead, Stanley, DH9 6AG
Open Mon - Sun
9am - 5pm
Early opening
at weekends
All major credit
cards accepted

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