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EDITOR’S NOTE AND CONTENTS
It doesn’t matter what age you are - you’re never too young
or old for golf.
Our cover girl Jessica Hall is proof of that - having achieved
the remarkable feat of becoming the youngest-ever winner of the
Durham County Championship at 15.
Meanwhile, page five features George Bryson who finds himself
on the honours board for the first time at the age of 87 - to name just
two of the many winners highlighted in these pages.
Then we have the equally remarkable tales of holes-in-one, Martin
McCririck acing a par four at South Shields while there were three in
the same day at Kirkbymoorside followed by another the next day.
We love to feature the characters who tee off on our wonderful
courses every week so don’t forget to send us your news.
Speaking of wonderful courses, we have a superb competition to
win full membership at Rockliffe Hall on page 26, and we bring you
the latest on the English Senior Open to be held there on August
Bank Holiday weekend (August 22-24). We also look back on the
EuroPro Tour event at Longhirst, a course which was superbly
prepared despite quite appalling weather during the tournament,
and look forward to the Brabazon Trophy at Seaton Carew in June.
Celebrities were out in force to support the Have a Heart golf day
at Close House, see if you can spot some of them on page 12, and
there is still a chance to enter our first charity golf day at the same
venue. Details can be found in From the Bunker on page 54...go on we
know you want to.
If you’re thinking of travelling up to Gleneagles for the Ryder Cup
then we have some thoughts on where to go. While we’re on tips, if
you’re struggling with the putter turn to page 48 for some help from
Neil Whinham.
Hopefully, next month we’ll be reporting on a great US Open for
Graeme Storm and Matt Fitzpatrick - his last as an amateur - along
with news from golf across the North East and Yorkshire.
And who knows, perhaps there will be a football World Cup final
to celebrate - stranger things
have happened.
Until next month, may your
handicaps get ever lower.
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12-13 HAVE A HEART
Celebrities flock to Close House
for CHUF golf day
27-37 GOLFER NEWS
News from Ramside’s new
Cathedral course, Slaley Hall
to host HowDidIDo final, plus
Graeme Storm’s column
38 MATCHPLAY PAIRS
Round two draw
39 PRO-FILE
Tynedale’s Martin Forster
42-43 EUROPRO TOUR
A look back at a wet week at
Longhirst Golf Club
Travelling to Gleneagles? Here’s
our pick of where to stop on the
way there
54 FROM THE BUNKER
Jessica Hall, the
youngest-ever Durham
county champion
Readers’ news and pictures
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Pages 28-30
18 EYEMOUTH
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The latest amateur and pro
golf news, including the
Northumberland men’s
strokeplay championship and
ladies’ county championship
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Open at
Magdalene
Magdalene Fields Golf Club is
holding the Paul Henry Open on
Saturday August 2.
The competition is held in honour
of second engineer officer Henry,
who lost his life on June 8 1982
while serving aboard the ship Sir
Galahad in the Falklands war. Henry
was presented with a posthumous
George Medal in recognition of his
bravery – having saved the life of
a fellow officer when the ship was
attacked in Port Pleasant, killing 48
soldiers and crewman.
The strokeplay event has a
maximum handicap-limit of 18,
all entrants must have an active
CONGU handicap, and the entry fee
is £9 - £2 of which will be donated
to The Help for Heroes Charity. This
year’s event is sponsored by Alan
Brothers of Berwick.
For more information,
tel 01289 306 130
Date for
county girls
captain
Samantha Malone, this year’s
Northumberland Girls captain will
host her Captain’s Day at Gosforth
Golf Club on Friday July 25.
Teams for the event, a fourperson texas scramble, are £80
(Gosforth GC members £40) and
all money raised will go to the
Northumberland County Girls.
For more information, or to enter a
team contact Bryan Malone,
tel 07846 598 714
04 NORTHERN GOLFER
Laura
Morrison
Laura passes
her test
GCSE student’s brilliant win after swapping the stress of her
exams for a stern examination of her golf
T
eenager Laura Morrison dashed
from the exam room to the golf
course and won her way into
England Golf ’s Grand Medal Final.
Laura sat her GCSE Business Studies exam
before rushing from Leeds to Houghton in
County Durham where she won the North
Region Medal Final with a nett score of 68.
The 16-year-old led 10 qualifiers for the
Grand Medal Final at Peterborough and they
are Laura Morrison of Garforth; Anne Moyle
of Hexham; Louisa Brunt of Ashton-underLyne; Jennifer Langrish of Stocksfield; Roanne
Tomlinson of Haydock Park; Pauline Bramley
of Hallamshire; Sarah Chapman of Wath; Mary
Kay of Thirsk and Northallerton; Natasha
Martin of Beamish Park; and Neeve Fisher of
Hebden Bridge. All of the regional finalists had
returned the best four scores at their club in
the England Golf Medals during 2013.
Laura, who won the event on countback,
said: “It was great, I’m a little bit in shock! My
aim was to qualify, to win it is just amazing.”
The five-handicapper put together a gross
score of level par 73 and added: “I was pretty
steady throughout the round and then holed a
par putt on the last of about eight or nine feet,
which was crucial.”
Laura started playing golf when she was
eight and has represented both the Yorkshire
girls and Yorkshire ladies second team.
Last season she cut her handicap from
eight to five and this year she has set herself a
target to get down to three.
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By George he’s
finally done it
Whitburn’s 87-year-old George Bryson gets his
name on the honours board at long last
G
eorge Bryson is
celebrating his first club
trophy win after 45 years
as a member of
Whitburn Golf Club.
George posted a score less than
his age to win the Neptune Trophy,
one of the club’s oldest competitions,
and after finishing runner-up
around 10 times, he’s finally got his
name on the honours board.
Mind you, 87-year-old George
wasn’t taking anything for granted
when he came in with a score of
81.That meant a nett score of 63 off
his handicap of 18 and come the end
of the day, he’d won by one shot.
“I’d been second something like
nine or 10 times,” said George. “I
always seem to get pipped by one
shot and while I have won a couple
of seniors section events, this is my
first club trophy and it’s great to
have finally won something.
“I just had one of those rounds
every golfer dreams about. I didn’t
actually hit many greens but I
chipped and putted like a demon,
my putter was red-hot.”
George’s reward was the Neptune
Trophy and a place in the England
Golf Gold Medal Qualifier at
Durham City in July and, of course, a
new handicap of 16.
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Bell victory
Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell birdied the last two
holes at Formby Hall to share the
spoils with Jon Bevan on the final
day of the inaugural England’s Golf
Coast Pro-am.
The Eaglescliffe man posted 72
in the first round at Royal Birkdale
then repeated the score in the next
at Formby to trail overnight leader
Gareth Jones by two strokes.
But the Sandiway professional
signed off with an 81 to fall out of
contention as Bevan, from Rhos
on Sea, leapfrogged up the field to
hand in a joint best-of-tournament
three-under-par 69, which featured
five birdies.
He and Bell were the only players
to finish in the red on minus-one
overall, and three ahead of the
chasing group. Windermere’s
Simon Edwards and
Disley assistant Scot
Jackson tied-third.
LEADING SCORES:
215 Jon Bevan (Rhos on
Sea) 75 71 69; Graeme
Bell (Eaglescliffe) 72 72
71; 219 Simon Edwards
(Windermere) 75 72 72
John
Harrison at
the bar
after his
hole-in-one
Martin
McCririck
Aces in the pack
Durham golfer aces par four while York club sees three
holes-in-one on the same day, then another the next
D
ouble Durham County champion
Martin McCririck collected a
spectacular hole-in-one at his
home club South Shields.
The 25-year-old winner of the Durham
County strokeplay and matchplay
championships, holed his tee shot at the
Cleadon club’s 281-yard par four 15th.
It was his third ace, but his first on a par
four which is a pretty rare event.
“It was a very nice feeling,” he said, “and it’s
up there with the best moments I have had in
golf as they are quite rare.
“I knew I could reach the green but you
never expect a hole-in-one and I didn’t
really know until I got there that it had
gone in.”
Martin’s ace came in stormy weather and
in a North Durham League match against
Beamish, setting him on course to victory on
the 18th - helping Shields win the match.
Menawhile, York club Kirkbymoorside had
a spectacular Bank Holiday tournament with
three holes-in-one on the day.
And just for good measure, former club
president John Harrison added a fourth ace
the following day.
Martin Foster got the ball rolling with a hole
-in-one on the 138-yard first hole and he was
followed by Graham Dunn acing the 160-yard
sixth. The day was brought to an end with
Eddie Spittlehouse holing out at 179-yard 15th.
All three win a Hugo Boss watch as part of
the national HowDidIDo competition.
The next day former president John
Harrison repeated Graham’s success by acing
the sixth. Unfortunately, John won’t be getting
a watch as he was playing a friendly game and
not an official club competition.
Clubhouse manager Richard Carr said: “I’ve
been here for about 18 years and have only
ever seen or heard of three holes-in-one on
the same day once before and that was a lot of
years ago.”
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Richard Aisbitt with caddy John Hutchinson
Rich rewards
Aisbitt takes the county title by six shots
A
rguably one of the best
golfers of his generation,
Richard Aisbitt collected
only his second Durham
County Championship crown by an
impressive six-shot margin
at Eaglescliffe Golf Club in May.
Work commitments and a
persistent back problem have
restricted the 40-year-old
Brancepeth golfer’s appearances to
just five over the last 20 years.
It’s been 11 years since he first
won at South Moor and he was at
his best at Eaglescliffe to post a
five-under 283 when no other player
finished below par at the end of
72 holes.
“I realised on the first day’s play
that you just had to keep it on the
fairway,” said Aisbitt. “The rough
was ferocious and I played it more
safely than I would normally and it
paid off.
“It might have looked comfortable
in the end but the first round did not
go quite according plan. I was two
under with three to play but finished
bogey, triple bogey and bogey.
“I played really solidly from there
on in, even when the rain intervened
for a bit on the Sunday and my
caddie, John Hutchinson, who has
been with me for 20 years or so, was
worth two or three shots to me. He
is brilliant and on days like we had
on Sunday, he’s there drying my
clubs, getting out the waterproofs
and he’s invaluable.”
Asibitt’s first round 75 was
followed by 71 before an impressive
68 and 69 on the Sunday.
Whickham’s James Simpson did
finish under par on his 36 holes on
Sunday to finish second and there
was quite an impressive showing
from 14-year-old James Wilson
(Tyneside Golf Club).
Since being re-instated as an
amateur in 2001, after realising
a club pro’s life was not for him,
Aisbitt reckons he has played some
of his best golf over the last three
or four years – he won the Journal
Champion of Champions last year
- and he puts a lot of that down to
work he has been doing with David
Fletcher his club pro.
Richard added “It’s just wear and
tear with my back. I have been to see
a specialist, I’ve had the MRI scan
and the painkillers.
“Apparently when I was younger
my bones didn’t grow properly, so I
just have to put up with it or have
a big operation. It’s not too bad at
the minute, so I’m just getting on
with it.”
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Storey of a
champion
Ami continues her fine form with victory in the
Northumberland Ladies County Championship
C
lose House’s Ami
Storey picked up the
Northumberland Ladies’
County Golf Association
(NLCGA) Championship for the
fourth time at Alnmouth Golf Club,
after beating Gosforth Sarah Philips
in the final in May.
Ami, 25, was the leading qualifier
following rounds of two and
three-under-par in the 36-hole
strokeplay event. She then beat
Tynemouth’s Rebecca Ferguson 2up
in the quarter-final; before beating
Gosforth Park Ladies’ Nicola Haynes
6&4 in the semi-final. In the final
Ami beat Sarah 4&3. Ami, who also
won the championship in 2006, 2007
and 2011 said, “I had quite a good
week considering the fact I hadn’t
really practiced a lot beforehand,
and had just got some new golf clubs
as well. I just went out and played
instead of thinking too much about
it and over-analysing everything.
“I haven’t won the championship
bowl for a little while now, so it was
nice to win again. Everything was
really solid all week, and everything
I’ve worked on with my coach John
Harrison at Matfen seems to have
worked really well under pressure.”
Ami continued her strong start to
the season, having already won the
British Universities Championship
earlier this year. “Winning the British
Ami Storey receives her trophy from county captain Mayrs Howie
Universities meant I qualified to play
in the team at the World Student
Games in Switzerland; I’m really
looking forward to playing in that
event for the first time.
“I get back on the Sunday night
and then County Match Week
starts on the Monday so I’ll be
going straight into that. I’ll not play
much more this summer because
the biggest events are on the South
coast.” Ami is currently in the first
year of a three-year PhD contract
with Northumbria University and
hasn’t made a definite decision on
her future after that.
“I enjoy my golf, but I’ve seen
too many people try and it not
work out. I want to get through my
education first; after that I may give
it a go but I see my career being
in education.”
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NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Thomas Rowland (Prudhoe)
74, 68, 70, 69 – 281
Prudhoe’s Rowland paddles to victory
at Morpeth with remarkable scoring
I
t takes a particular mental approach to
play good golf in tough conditions, but
it takes an incredible effort to record a
three under-par 68 in torrential rain, in
the second round of a two-day 72-hole
county event.
Thomas Rowland, 21, from Prudhoe Golf
Club did just that on his way to a one-shot
victory in the Northumberland County
Strokeplay Championship at Morpeth.
Thomas, who is studying at the University
of North Carolina in the US, returned to the
North East in style, beating Hexham’s Matty
Lamb with a four round total of 281 having put
together rounds of 74, 68, 70, 69.
Thomas said: “I was confident going into the
event. I’d just played in the Brabazon Trophy
qualifier the week before down in Manchester;
I shot a 66 down there so I had a bit of
momentum. I played really solid the first three
rounds. I shot 74 in the first round but a seven
Matty Lamb (Hexham)
69, 75, 69, 69 – 282
Thomas Rowland
on the 16th caused that; I was level par with
four to play and just let that round go late on.
“It was pouring with rain throughout the
second round on Saturday. That was probably
the toughest conditions we played in all
weekend so I was happy to shoot my best score
in the worst conditions.”
Thomas’ second round 68 gave him the
overnight lead but he gave that back early on
Sunday, “I started with a double bogey and lost
my lead,” he explained. “I kept my head and
played the next 17 holes in three under-par.
“In the final round I was three underpar through nine and then it was a bit of a
matchplay situation on the back nine with
Matty. It was close all the way.”
Following his win, Thomas will be
competing in this summer’s biggest
amateur events including the British
Amateur, English Amateur and European
Individual Championship.
Andrew Minnikin (The Northumberland)
73, 73, 69, 68 – 283
Jack Hermeston (City of Newcastle)
71, 75, 67, 74 – 287
Brad Robinson (Westerhope)
71, 73, 74, 71 – 289
Sandy Twynholm (Morpeth)
72, 76, 71, 71 – 290
Neil Graham (Newcastle United)
74, 74, 70, 73 – 291
Sean Heads (Hexham)
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Simon Lee (Newcastle United)
71, 77, 76, 68 – 292
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First Class support
US Open champion Rose’s letter recalls his memories
of Seaton Carew, which hosts the Brabazon Trophy
J
ustin Rose is backing Seaton
Carew to provide the perfect
venue for the Brabazon Trophy
this month.
The US Open Champion has fond
- although not winning - memories of
Seaton which is hosting some of the
world’s best amateur golfers when
the English Strokeplay Championship
returns to the Hartlepool course after a
long absence.
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The club received a letter from
Rose, who finished runner-up there
to Graeme Storm in the 1996 Carris
Trophy, in which he said:
“There is no doubt that competitors
and visitors alike will all receive a warm
welcome to the links as I did in 1996.
I have fond memories of those days
when competing for the English Boys
Championship, the Carris Trophy, on
one of the few remaining classic links
Seaton
Carew
Justin
Rose
courses. It’s great to see it, once again,
playing host to the Brabazon Trophy, which
is one of the top tournaments in amateur
golf and a marvellous showcase for up and
coming talent.
“How fitting to see the Brabazon Trophy
played over the course of the same name. I
am sure it will provide an excellent challenge
- whichever way the wind blows - as well as a
wonderful opportunity for golf fans to watch
some of the top stars of tomorrow in action.”
June 25-28 will be the second time The
Brabazon has come to Seaton Carew. In 1985
Darlington golfer Roger Roper, now playing
in Seniors Tour events and representing
Rockliffe, shared top spot with
Peter Baker, who went on to play
in the Ryder Cup. There is a top
quality field including England’s
Paul Howard; this year’s South
American Open Champion
Joshua Munn; the New Zealand
Amateur Champion Jamie Savage;
the Irish Amateur Open Champion
and defending champion Jordan
Smith (England). The overseas
entry is really strong on quality
and includes Thriston
Lawrence, South African
Amateur champion for
the past two years.
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C
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ANT AND DEC HEADLINE
CLOSE HOUSE CHARITY DAY
TO HELP RAISE £200,000 FOR
CHILDREN’S HEART UNIT FUND
1. Ant,
Amy Lancaster
(secretary of
Richmond GC)
and Dec
2. Dan Walker
3. Alan Shearer
4. Clare Balding
5. Anton Du Beke
6. Lee Westood
and Jeremy Kyle
C
lose House owner and leading North East
businessman and philanthropist Graham
Wylie welcomed celebrities and sports
people from around the country to Close
House for the annual Have a Heart charity golf day
in aid of the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman
Hospital in Newcastle in May.
CHUF patrons Ant and Dec joined Wylie, fresh
from picking up two BAFTAs the night before for
their show Saturday Night Takeaway, and Newcastle
United legend Alan Shearer on Monday May 19.
Dec said: “The children’s heart unit is so
important. We have been down to the unit a couple
of times and they do such brilliant, important work.
They are so inspirational and the doctors and all the
staff do a great job at keeping all the kids’ spirits up.”
Ant added: “It is not just the people from the
North East who use the unit, it is people from all
across Europe. We have got to keep supporting the
unit and keep it here. We are very proud of the work
that it does in the region.”
More than 50 celebrities including Clare Balding,
Jeremy Kyle and Brian Lara attended the golf day,
which included the chance to win $1m for a holein-one at the par three ninth, and was followed by
a fundraising dinner at the Marriot Hotel,
Gosforth Park.
Alan Shearer, who also attended, said: “This
event gets bigger and bigger every year. There are
52 celebrities here today, which tells you how close
people feel to the charity. Just trying to get one
celebrity on one day is hard enough but to
get this many on one day tells you what the
people feel about the charity.”
The golf day has become a landmark
in the North East golf calendar since it
was set up by Wylie, whose daughter
Kiera underwent treatment at the
unit after she was born with a rare
heart defect in December 2009.
Wylie said: “Everyone has
had a great time and they have
enjoyed the day. It is something
I want to do as my daughter’s
life was saved by the unit.” The
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T
he Hobson is set for an
exciting new era with the
arrival of professional
Mark Watkins.
Mark has arrived from Parklands to
link up with Paul Lawson, who runs the
driving range at the Burnopfield club
and Seaham’s Andrew Blunt, whose
Bargain Golf Equipment company is
now stocking the Hobson club shop.
For Mark it’s an opportunity to
expand his coaching and instruction
schedule, based at the driving range
which now boasts a Foresight GC2
Smart Camera system - the same as
what is featured on the Sky Sports Shot
Centre - and he has plans to introduce
ladies and junior golf academies.
It’s a win-win situation for the
trio and the club with a professional
teaching and coaching facility,
specialised custom fitting based at the
Andrew
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(centre)
with Paul
Lawson
(left) and
Mark
Watkins
(right)
range plus a first-class retail operation.
The Hobson opened as a pay and play
municipal course in the 1970s run by
Derwentside District Council and was
taken over by the club itself in 2001. Many
improvements have been made over the
years and facilities added, including the 16bay floodlit driving range, an enterprise by
Paul about two years ago. He said: “It’s going
well. We do a competitive deal with the range
balls and we’re one of the few ranges that
uses full-distance balls as we have a lot of
room - the range extends to something like
330 yards - and we have 16 bays including
two set up for teaching, video instruction
and custom fitting.
“We have the shop fully stocked by
Andrew as well. With Mark on board to
handle the instruction, teaching and custom
fitting, things are looking good and we’re
open pretty much all year round.”
The arrival of Mark is the final piece in
the jigsaw.
It means The Hobson now offers a full
range of options thanks to the link up with
Andrew’s operation at Seaham. He added:
“We set up Bargain Golf Equipment in 2004
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East is the
right direction
Birdie blitz sees Yorkshireman Stephen East
triumph at Matfen Hall
S
tephen East, the new kid
on the senior block, staged
a grandstand finish to win
the English Senior Men’s
Championship as summer fittingly
returned to Matfen Hall.
The Yorkshireman from
Moortown Golf Club carded a fiveunder-par 67 with birdies at the
closing three holes to take the title
by three strokes from Cheshire’s
Alastair Brown and Andrew Stracey
from Denham Golf Club.
As a newcomer to this code
of golf, East was arguably one of
the favourites. He turned 55 last
October, lost a play-off for the Italian
Open in his maiden seniors event,
claimed his first title in the Spanish
Seniors and last week finished joint
second in the Irish event.
It’s been quite a baptism for
East at senior level but little
fazes him, although securing the
English national title brought him
some relief.
“You don’t know how delighted I
am to win this title,” he said. “I feel
I’ve got to keep proving myself but
this win helps no end. It’s nice to
win again after doing well in the
mid-amateur game but becoming a
senior is like starting all over again.
This is a new level where I can
compete and I’m having a nice little
run - long may it continue.”
With the normal 54-hole
championship reduced to a single
round shoot-out after the first day
was cancelled due to heavy rain, it
Stephen East at Matfen Hall
was anyone’s title to win.
Defending champion Richard
Latham - last year’s ‘new boy’
who grabbed the crown in fine
fashion in Bristol was expected to
be in the shake-up this time and
he didn’t disappoint. But his 71
was only good enough for equal
fourth place despite his reaching
the turn in two under-par along
with former champion David Lane.
Few got the better of Matfen Hall’s
homeward stretch, but East bucked
the trend with his spectacular finish.
On the par five 16th, he hit his
approach to three feet and holed out,
then at the 193-yard 17th he fired
a four iron to 12 feet with the same
result. At the last he was left with a
five-footer and in it went. Overall,
East had eight birdies on his card,
good enough to win any title.
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Saltburn’s
family affair
Ryan and Jason Elliot of Saltburn
Golf Club took The Teesside Union
winter foursomes at Eaglescliffe
Golf Club.
With heavy rain and dark skies the
father son combination won on the
17th hole, 2&1.
The match was played in a great
spirit. The pairs exchanged holes
on the back nine but the Elliott’s
managed to retain a lead.
There were no signs of family
arguments and tensions but a
calm acceptance of each alternate
shot played.
Putts were missed as the greens
became wet and delicate chip shots
out of heavy grass were difficult
to control.
The final hole, a par three was
missed by both teams but dad
played an excellent chip to allow his
son to sink the winning putt.
The losing pair, Rob McGhan and
Tony Cooper from Seaton Carew,
were gracious in defeat.
Tynemouth
bluebirds
Noel Dilks, Tynemouth; and
Julie McLellan, Bluebird Care
Tynemouth Golf Club’s team
has a new sponsor for 2014,
Bluebird Care. Julie McLellan,
director (North Tyneside) of
Bluebird Care - the largest private
home care provider in the UK –
said: “We are extremely proud
to be the official sponsors of the
Tynemouth Golf Club team and
wish them luck for the coming
season.” Club captain Noel
Dilks added:
“We are delighted that
Bluebird Care
has agreed to
sponsor our
men’s team.”
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Left to
right: Ian
Watson
(Hadrian
Healthcare
Group owner),
Lena Newton
(Whickham
ladies
captain),
Chris Nunn,
Malcolm
Hessian
(Whickham
men’s
captain) and
Les Frizzell
Sponsors prove
winners all round
Hadrian Healthcare’s backing for Whickham pro-am
rewarded with the trophy
W
hen the Gateshead-based
Hadrian Healthcare Group
sponsored the pro-am golf
tournament at Whickham,
their big day in the limelight could hardly
have turned out any better.
The group’s owner and chairman, Ian
Watson, picked fellow Whickham members
Les Frizzell and Chris Nunn for his team
and their pro was Craig Goodfellow, the only
player to have won both the
national PGA club professional and
assistants’ championships.
Driving rain and blustery wind did
nothing to dampen their spirit or buffet
their style as they romped off with the
team award, six shots clear of the field.
The 38-year-old
Goodfellow, who
teaches at
Penrith
Driving
Range, said:
“The three
Hadrian Healthcare
players were solid and
steady all the way round
and we were hardly ever in any trouble.
“Sometimes in these events the club
players can all shine on some holes and hit
big trouble all together on other holes but the
three of them dovetailed perfectly.
“There was a big finale as well with Les and
Chris landing 40-foot and 30-foot putts on the
last hole.”
Along with Hadrian owner and tournament
sponsor Ian, Les and Chris each won a £100
American Golf voucher.
The Hadrian group run residential homes
for the elderly in Barnard Castle, Blyth,
Bradford, Gosforth, Hull, Leeds, Scunthorpe,
Wetherby and Whickham.
The winning professional in the Whickham
pro-am was David Clark, whose four underpar score of 64 was a tournament record and
put him three shots clear of the joint runnersup, Jonathan Lupton (Close House) and Philip
Waugh (Hexham). It was Clark’s first victory since taking over
as the head professional at Morpeth Golf Club
last year.
Clark dedicated his win to the memory
of the late Martin Jackson, his friend and
predecessor as the Morpeth pro. TEEINGOFF
Fighting cancer,
helping others
Beamish Pro Chris Cole calls on golfers to
support a cause which helped save his life
C
hris Cole is using his own
fight against cancer as
motivation to help others.
Fifty-year-old
Cole, whose father Malcolm
coached Hartlepool’s Graeme
Storm to the British Amateur
Championship in 1999, became one
of the youngest pros in the country
when he took over at Beamish Park
in County Durham as a 23-year-old.
When he was 46 he went into
hospital for a routine hernia
operation to discover he had
testicular cancer.
Just over four months later
he was back at work following
six-successive 21-day spells of
chemotherapy and an operation.
“You have to think positively,” he
said. “I have always kept myself fit, I
have never smoked and hardly ever
have a drink.
“But where would I have been
without the wonderful people at
the Freeman Hospital, especially my
specialist, Dr Ashraf Azzabi?
“Everything surrounding my
treatment was so slick, precise and
well organised, I will always be
grateful to them. I had one hell of
a battle but in the end things went
well. The Beamish members were
great and they all rallied round.”
Chris Cole (right) with the man who saved his life, Dr Ashraf
Azzabi (left), and Jim Cockburn as they hand over £9,225
When Cole pitched up back in the
pro’s shop it led to a full-scale Charlie
Bear Fund Golf Day being played at
Beamish and this year the event is
on Tuesday July 1, and is followed by
a black tie dinner at Beamish Hall
Hotel on Friday July 18.
Last season brought a proud
moment for Cole, when Beamish
hosted a Charlie Bear event and
raised £9,225 for the Northern
Centre for Cancer at the Freeman.
Cole added: “I have no qualms
begging any golfers who would enjoy
playing our lovely Henry Cotton
course at Beamish to support us.”
For more information about the Charlie Bear Golf Day and Dinner at Beamish, contact Chris Cole, tel 0191 370 1984 or
email [email protected]; or Jim Cockburn, tel 07868 752146 or email [email protected]
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Pleasing on
the Eyemouth
A great experience, superb views and much, much
more as Paul Corney discovered at Eyemouth
E
stablished in 1894, Eyemouth Golf
Club is located on the rugged
Berwickshire coast line and features
some of the most picturesque and
remarkable golf holes in the country.
Nestling on the cliff tops overlooking the
cobbled streets of Eyemouth and the small
fishing village of Burnmouth, this 18-hole course
- designed by local architect Jim Bain - opened for
play on August 23 1997.
Although Eyemouth is a cliff top course,
in many places it has a ‘links feel’ to it with
fast running fairways, deep pot bunkers and a
prevailing wind which has to be mastered.
Off the course, the modern purpose-built
clubhouse is superb. It has been built on a raised
area and provides panoramic views of almost
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all of the layout and beyond. There are excellent
changing facilities and the club’s restaurant has a
reputation in the area for its high quality of food
and value for money, with locally caught fresh fish
and shellfish being a special feature of the menu.
Resident professional, Michael Hackett
provides a well-stocked golf shop selling many of
the top brands at very competitive prices.
As for the course, the opening hole is a pretty
decent par five measuring 518 yards and played
south away from the clubhouse. A good drive is
needed between the fairway bunkers and care
is needed with the second shot to avoid sand 75
yards from the green.
At 432 yards, the strong par four second
requires two very good shots to get home in
regulation. There is out of bounds to the left to
worry about but a good drive aimed at the white
house in the distance should find the fairway. The
approach is played slightly downhill to a large
target with bunkers left and right - the green is
further away than it looks.
Next is a very nice looking par three played over
a pond to a green that slopes back to front and
slightly right to left. Take a note of what direction
the flag is flying next to the clubhouse as the wind
direction can be deceptive at this one.
The sixth, Eyemouth’s signature hole, is then
followed by three relatively straightforward par
fours with no real dangers.
At 499 yards and a dog-leg right, the par five
10th has three fairway bunkers, a stream, out of
bounds to the right and a pond in front of the
green. Good course management will give you a
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birdie chance but there is plenty of trouble for
the wayward hitters and those that attempt to
get home in two.
The par five 13th is a monster and at 607
yards, a true three-shotter. If you fancy a real
test, head up the path behind the medal tee
and have a go from a new tiger tee which
extends the hole to a colossal 656 yards and the
distinction of ‘longest hole in Scotland’. From
the normal tees, a long drive to the right of the
marker post should find the fairway and a steep
down slope. There is a lateral water hazard
along the left, starting about 260 yards from the
green, and a pond to negotiate with the third
shot - a par here is always a good score.
The 15th is stroke index one on the course
and out of range for the average golfer - it
measures 457 yards and the approach is uphill.
Most will play this as a par five and hope for a
single putt but that’s not guaranteed, the green
slopes severely left to right and back to front.
Many good scores have been ruined here.
The 18th is a 541 yard par five and a strong
finishing hole. Aim left of centre from the tee as
the fairway slopes left to right and watch out
for the bunker on the right. A par or better will
leave a smile on your face as you head towards
the car park.
CONTACT
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Gunsgreenhill, Eyemouth
Berwickshire, TD14 5SF
Tel 01890 750 004 (professional)
Tel 01890 750 551 (clubhouse)
www.eyemouthgolfclub.co.uk
[email protected]
GREEN FEES
Mon-Fri (adult) £40 a round, £55 a day
Sat-Sun (adult) £45 a round, £60 a day
Juniors £10 a round, £15 a day
During the early 1990s, the
club was approached by the
local district council and the
opportunity given to build a
new course. At the time, the
council was looking to build
a road through the existing
nine-hole course creating
better access to the harbour
area and the new fish market.
The £1.3m needed to
construct the new course and
clubhouse was subsidised by
grants from various agencies
including the Sports Council,
R&A, Local Authority and
Lottery Funding and the
finished product can only be
described as visually stunning
TOTAL DISTANCE
White tees – 6,404 yards
Yellow tees – 6,182 yards
Red tees – 5,462 yards
Blue tees – 4,482 yards
FEATURES
18 holes of cliff top golf
Superb clubhouse open to the public
Registered wedding venue
All day catering
Practice area
Putting green
Free Wi-Fi
Buggies available (£20 a round)
Well equipped pro shop
Memberships available (all categories)
CADDY’S TIP
The USGA specification sloping greens
are a particular feature of the course
and demand your full attention
SIGNATURE HOLE
Eyemouth’s signature hole, aptly named
‘A-Still-No-Ken’ has been voted as
‘Britain’s Most Extraordinary Golf Hole.”
This fearsome and demanding 167 yard
par three is played across a deep gulley
with the sea waves crashing below
PAUL CORNEY’S VERDICT
A cracking course, wonderful clubhouse
and superb food - what more could a
golfer want!
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Matt Fitzpatrick
Game Fitz for pro ranks
US Open marks the end of Matt Fitzpatrick’s
amateur career
M
att Fitzpatrick turns
professional after this
month’s US Open.
The 19-year-old US
Amateur Champion from Sheffield decided
to move forward his decision to join the
paid ranks joining Morpeth’s Garrick
Porteous, the British Amateur Champion
and fellow Walker Cup player, in a bid to
make it on to the European Tour scene.
Porteous turned pro after the Masters
while Fitzpatrick raised a few eyebrows
when he quit college in the United States
after just one term.
He said he would be playing full-time
amateur golf, possibly until the end of the
year, but he has decided it’s best to have a
crack at the pro ranks now.
It means the Hallamshire player will
miss a return to the Open at Hoylake in
July - unless he qualifies - and on
defending his US Amateur title in
August at Atlanta Athletic Club.
No doubt, he’s been swayed
by his mature performance
at the Masters in April and a
competitive finish at the RBC
Heritage on the PGA Tour the
following week.
Like Porteous, he has also
signed with Chubby Chandler’s
ISM despite being courted
by IMG.
“I chose ISM because I was
impressed with how much they
wanted to manage me,” he said.
“They have a proven track record
of guiding the careers of young
golfers and moulding major
champions. I am in good hands.”
He makes his debut as a
professional at the Irish Open
and, like Porteous, hopes to make
up the rest of his schedule by
playing on sponsors’ invites.
Then it will be off to the
European Tour’s qualifying school
in November unless he earns
enough money from those invites
to secure his card.
JOINING FEE HAS BEEN
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED!
All categories of Membership available
Age18 - 22 - £325* • Age 23 - £350
Age 24 - £375 • Age 25 - £400 • Age 26 - £425
Age 27 - £450 • Age 28 - £475 • Age 29 £500
Subscription starts 1st May
Further 50% discount if full time student
*
OPENS 2014
Seniors No1 - Tuesday 20th May £20 pair
Mixed Greensomes - Bank Holiday Mon 26th May £30 pair (£20 members)
Ladies - Friday 13th June £16 pair
Scramble (Teams of 4) - Sunday 15th June £60 team (£40 members)
Teams (2 from 4) - Wednesday 16th July £60 team (£40 members)
Seniors No2 - Tuesday 5th Aug £20 pair
Ponteland Golf Club
Mixed Greensomes - Bank Holiday Mon 25th Aug £30 pair (£20 members
Host of E.G.U. Northern Counties
Mens Qualifying Championship 2012
Gents 4BBB - Sunday 7 September £30 pair (£20 members)
For further information telephone 01661 822689
email: [email protected]
www.thepontelandgolfclub.co.uk
53 Bell Villas, Ponteland, NE20 9BD
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Juniors - Tuesday 26th August £5
Ladies Team Waltz - Thursday 11 September £21 team
Winter Teams (2/4) - Wednesdays 15th Oct & 19th Nov £40 team
(£25 members)
NEW for 2014
Online Bookings now available for both members & visitors
Richmond (Yorks) Golf Club
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ADULT MEMBERSHIP
Join now for the remainder of the year for as little
as £48 per month
ONLINE BOOKING
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See website for more details
visit www.richmmondyorksgolfclub.co.uk
For more details contact
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Richard Farrelly (left) with the Jubilee Trophy and Mike Fleming.
(Photograph © Richard Hannam)
Senior Citizens
The older generation is enjoying the region’s
great courses
S
eniors golf in the
UK is booming and
Northumberland is
certainly playing its part.
In July last year, it staged the
inaugural Northumberland Seniors
Open at Matfen Hall and attracted
an entry of more than 90 pairs.
“It was a huge success,” said
county seniors secretary Richard
Farrelly. “Our objective was to
provide an opportunity for senior
golfers of any ability to compete in a
county competition. The
large entry has shown there is a
need and support for senior
county competitions.”
Building on that success,
this year’s event takes place at
Ponteland and the entry list is
already full.
The players will compete for
an impressive prize table with
the winners receiving the Jubilee
Trophy, based on the Open’s famous
Claret Jug.
“This year represents a
major step forward as the event
has now been included in the
Northumberland County fixtures,”
added county seniors captain
Mike Fleming.
“We are very encouraged as we
have always desired that all the
county seniors fixtures become fully
embraced by our county union and
we will continue to develop new
ideas for the future.”
The Northumberland county
seniors team compete in a
Northern League with matches
against Durham, Yorkshire,
Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria
and there are also a number of
friendly matches.
Many of the team are past
county champions and players,
and compete in Northern Counties
Championship and national events.
“We are always looking to
strengthen our squad,” added
Mike. “Anyone with a handicap of
six or better is very welcome to
get in touch.”
Contact Richard Farrelly tel 0191 267 7662, [email protected]
and Mike Fleming tel 07443 421 358, [email protected]
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Joining forces
Arcot Hall and Eaglescliffe come together in
their centenary years
T
wo North East clubs have
formed a link to provide
free golf for their members
on a reciprocal basis.
Both clubs have much in common
- Arcot Hall celebrated their
centenary in 2009 and Eaglescliffe
are currently in their centenary year.
Both courses were designed
by the legendary James Braid and
are also members of the Braid
Association, which allows their
members to play up to 150 other
courses at reduced green fee rates.
They both regularly host events
for their respective counties and this
year they even have captains with
the same Christian name.
Eaglescliffe captain Bob Everett
said: “The new link between the
clubs was warmly welcomed by
the committee and members of
Eaglescliffe and is an added bonus
to our centenary celebrations which
are well underway and will continue
until March 2015.”
Arcot captain Bob Dixon was
equally pleased, he said: “We had
been considering the possibility of a
link with another club for some time
as we see it as a great way of adding
extra value to our members who can
now effectively play golf at two clubs
for the price of one.”
Current Arcot Hall secretary
Brian Rumney, who was once a
member at Eaglescliffe, added;
“Knowing Eaglescliffe as well as I
do I thought it would be a perfect
match for Arcot Hall and I am sure
members of both clubs will enjoy
their visits to the other throughout
the season.”
As of May 1, members of each
Bob Dixon (left) and Bob Everett
club have been able to play an
unlimited number of free rounds
on the partner course subject to
availability and both clubs see this
as a way of retaining current
members as well as possibly
attracting new ones.
Rumney added: “With golf
club membership falling across
the country, clubs will be looking
to provide existing and potential
members with more value for their
subscription and we believe that this
deal forms part of a very attractive
membership package at both clubs.”
Eaglescliffe meanwhile, have
successfully hosted the Durham
County Championship this year and
are in the middle of a series of events
which have included a hickory club
competition with members wearing
clothing from that era.
Future events include a NE/NW
PGA pro-am now scheduled for
August 1 and a visit of the David
Edwards Trick Shot Golf Show.
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(Play courses including
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• Six bay chipping area
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• Get the Tour workshop experience
while you wait. Watch our
Master club builder work on
your equipment
Short game £5
GC2
£15
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Opening Times
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Sat
Sun
10.30am - 8.30pm
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11am - 4pm
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Yorkshire
win Men’s
Qualifying
Champs
Yorkshire won the Northern
Counties Golf Union Men’s
County Qualifying Championship
at Ganton Golf Club in June,
beating Lancashire by three shots
in the two round event.
The team of Martin Brown
(+2), Joe Dean (+2), Ben
Brewster (+1), Dan Brown (+3),
Jamie Bower (+3) and William
Whiteoak (+3) finished with a
36-hole total of 897.
The Lancashire team, which
had a combined handicap of
+21 including +5 handicapper
Paul Howard, finished nine shots
ahead of Northumberland (909).
Cumbria finished fourth on 921,
with Durham fifth (297). Cheshire
were a further four shots back
on 931 and Isle of Man finished
seventh on 970.
Durham’s Andrew Wilson tied
for the low individual score over
two rounds, recording a score of
144 (72-72). Lancashire’s Paul
Kinnear also put together two
rounds of 72 at the Yorkshire club.
William Whiteoak
(Yorkshire), Thomas Rowland
(Northumberland), Adam
Chapman (Cumbria), and James
Newton (Cheshire) finished one
shot back on 145. The Northern
County Qualifying Championship
sees seven teams of six players
compete over two rounds, with the
leading three scores counting in
each round. www.ncgu.co.uk
Matty
Lamb
Lamb’s strong start
Hexham’s Matty begins the season in style
H
exham Golf Club’s Matty Lamb
has made an impressive start
to his 2014 season; picking
up second place finishes in
Northumberland and Yorkshire already
this year.
Lamb, 16, who is part of the England
system, teamed up with Johnny
Richardson to represent Hexham in the
Northumberland-Durham Inter-County
Foursomes event – losing to Graeme Willis
and Jeff Willey from Houghton-le-Spring
Golf Club in the final. Matty also finished
second in the Northumberland Strokeplay
Champiosnhip. “I didn’t play great to be
honest,” Matty said following the strokeplay
championship at Morpeth. “I actually had
a putt on the last to go into a play-off but
couldn’t make it. I hit it really good off the tee
but didn’t hit it close enough – I suppose I felt
like I was playing poorly but was still scoring
pretty well. If I can play badly and shoot
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scores like that it’s ok.
“The strokeplay was my first really
competitive weekend in a while, with having
my exams at the minute. I probably won’t play
a lot of competition golf until all of my exams
are out of the way but I’ll be playing a lot of
golf this summer.”
Lamb also finished second in the Faldo
Series England North Championship event
at Moortown Golf Club in April, losing in a
playoff to Ben Brewster.
“I just had one bad round in the middle,”
Matty explained. “Again, I was happy with
the way I played, it’s a really tough course.
I’m looking forward to playing the final at
The Greenbrier in October. It will be a good
experience to play in the US.”
This summer Matty will be competing in
some of the UK’s top amateur events, as well
as being likely for England selection. “It’s my
last year of playing in the McGregor Trophy, I
really hope I can win that.”
Check out our website www.westerhopegolfclub.com
Telephone the Secretary on 0191 2867636 or 0191 2860594
Email: [email protected]
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More celebrities and sportspeople
have been added to the list of big
names taking part in this year’s
Grosvenor Casino Steve Cram
Celebrity Golf Day in aid of COCO
at Slaley Hall.
Cram will be joined by Newcastle
Falcons and Scotland scrum half
Mike Blair, former javelin world
record holder Steve Backley,
Newcastle United legend Steve
Harper and curler Annie Laird.
They join the list of players already
confirmed for June 25, including
Olympic medalist Eve Muirhead,
Daley Thompson, Willie Thorne and
Ally Hogg. For more information
email [email protected]. for
more information on the work of
COCO visit www.coco.org.uk
Durham’s derby triumph
Durham gained bragging rights
for the rest of the year after
they got the better of arch rivals
Northumberland 12-6 in the
Northern Counties League derby
at Washington Golf Club.
Durham had a healthy 4-2 lead
after the foursomes and Castle
Eden’s Stuart Brown won the top
singles against Northumberland
captain Andrew Minnikin 3&2, but
Northumberland took heart when
Matty Lamb, Jack Hermeston and
Brian Robinson all won, to effectively
level the match.
However, Durham were careering
through the next seven matches
with Joe Cowper, Martin McCririck,
Imran Aziz, Jason McGuire, Sam
Donald, Tom Smith and Kris Rae
all winning - leaving only Will
Robson in the anchor match to pick
up Northumberland’s last win for
a 12-6 scoreline, which pleased
Durham captain Bryan Ross no end.
Yorkshire president John Shaw
was a happy man when his side
turned over Roses rivals Lancashire
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Bryan Ross
11-7 at his home club Selby.
Yorkshire led 4.5-1.5 after
the foursomes, but Lancashire
rallied against a side missing Matt
Fitzpatrick, Nick Marsh and Dan
Brown before the home side came
through to take victory.
Cumbria also won their clash
with Cheshire at Prenton 11-7.
Marsh has been named in the
Great Britain and Ireland squad for
the St Andrews Trophy in August.
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ROCKLIFFECOMPETITION
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can enter via email [email protected] (mark
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to Competitions, Northern Golfer, Unit One, Bearl Farm,
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ROCKLIFFE HALL RESORT MEMBERSHIP
Rockliffe Hall in Hurworth, County Durham has
been singled out by some of golf’s greats as one
of the best courses in Europe, if not the world.
The 5* resort has won numerous accolades
since opening in 2009 and now we’ve teamed
up with Rockliffe Hall to offer you the chance
to win an exclusive membership package, not
only giving you the chance to play the course
that’s home to champions, but also experience
Rockliffe Hall’s outstanding spa, gym and
resort facilities.
Last year’s European Tour English Senior
Open attracted crowds of over 5,000 gathering
to see major names play the championship
course. The English Senior Open will return
this August Bank Holiday weekend with greats
such as Carl Mason, former Ryder Cup captains
Ian Woosnam and Mark James and Senior
Tour favourites such as Constantino Rocca,
Barry Lane, Des Smyth, Peter Fowler and Paul
Wesselingh, who won last year’s Order of Merit,
expected to play, as well as 2013’s winner
Steen Tinning.
Your prize of Rockliffe Hall Resort membership
will include full access to the award-winning
golf, spa and leisure facilities at the 5* resort
and provides full seven day playing rights on the
championship golf course.
Thanks to the huge success of the European
Tour English Senior Open, Rockliffe Hall recently
introduced a new membership category in
response to growing demand. As well as being
able to enjoy full Resort membership, Rockliffe
Hall now also offers a ‘Golf Only’ option.
The new membership structure offers more
options and benefits and gives golfers the
chance to play the highest standards of golf all
year round, with no winter greens thanks to the
course’s exceptional drainage and grounds’ team.
Benefits of membership include full seven-day
play with priority tee-time bookings, unlimited
complimentary practice range balls, 20%
discount across all restaurants and bars at
Rockliffe Hall, up to 10% discount at the golf
and spa shops and an annual club fit or swing
check with a PGA professional.
Managing director of Rockliffe Hall, Nick
Holmes, explained: “Following the European Tour
event success last year we’ve experienced a real
upsurge in membership enquiries. That’s why
we have added a new category of membership
which will suit either players new to golf or those
at the top of their game. The Resort membership
remains our most popular category thanks to
its value offering full spa use. However, we
recognise some people do just want to come and
play golf on a great course.”
Golf Membership at Rockliffe Hall starts from £1,500 per year.
For more details tel 01325 729 987, email [email protected]
or visit www.rockliffehall.com/golf
For your chance to win simply
answer the following question:
What tournament is Rockliffe Hall
hosting over August bank holiday?
To enter and for full terms and
conditions see www.northerngolfer.co.uk
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Norton Golf Course
18 hole excellent
parkland course
Visitors welcome 7 days Just turn up and pay!
Green fees:
Mon to Fri (18 holes) £15 pp
Weekends £16 pp
Norton
2 Ball Special, Mon - Thurs £25
Blakestone Lane, Norton, Stockton on Tees
Telephone 01642 676385
www.nortongolfcourse.co.uk
Golf Course
Coatham Mundeville,
Darlington, DL1 3LU
Tel: 01325 379710
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Rockliffe Hall and pro Jon Stacey
Ready
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New practice facilities and course layout.
12 Months membership only £240
Northern Masters returns to Rockliffe Hall as
Senior Open tickets go on sale
T
he Northern Golf Masters
returns to Rockliffe Hall
next month for the third
year in a row.
The region’s top amateurs will
get the chance to experience the
Hurworth course ahead of the
European Tour’s English Senior
Open in August with entries now
open to category one golfers from
across the North East, North
Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Entries can be filed at
www.rockliffehall.com/golf and the
Masters tournament will be held on
Sunday July 27 and the competition
has been oversubscribed for the last
two years. It’s expected to be even
more popular this year as golfers
can take to the same course as the
golfing greats who played at last
year’s English Senior Open and the
course will be set up the same as it is
for the Seniors Tour player.
The tournament will also adopt
the format of a professional tour
event with first tee announcements,
ball spotters and up-to-the-minute
live scoring.
Prizes are awarded for first,
second and third place and around
100 golfers are expected to enter.
The perfect place to enjoy your golf !
Places are limited and registration
is £30 per person, which includes a
NGM gift pack with concessionary
rates for practice rounds
available for anyone confirmed as
participating.
Rockliffe head pro Jon Stacey
said: “Since we launched the NGM
three years ago, it has gained an
increased following as it now has
a lot of kudos among golfers in the
North of England. This year is even
more exciting as participants will
be playing the same course as the
English Senior Open which is a
real experience.”
Meanwhile, tickets for the
English Seniors Open are now on
general sale.
This year’s three-day event takes
place on the bank holiday weekend
(August 22-24) with a pro-am
tournament on Thursday August 21.
Some big names are expected
such as Carl Mason, former Ryder
Cup captains Ian Woosnam and
Mark James and Senior Tour
favourites such as Constantino
Rocca, Barry Lane, Des Smyth, Peter
Fowler and Paul Wesselingh, who
won last year’s Order of Merit, as well
as 2013’s winner Steen Tinning.
Tickets cost just £10 (under 16s free) and can be obtained by visiting
www.englishsenioropen.com or tel 01325 729 999
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JESSICAHALL
Hall to play for
Alan Hedley talks to Durham’s youngest-ever county
champion Jessica Hall and her family about their hopes
for her future
F
ollowing in the footsteps of Jodi Ewart
Shadoff is very much on the mind of
Durham’s young golfing sensation
Jessica Hall.
Middleham’s Jodi blazed a trail when she
qualified for both the Ladies European Tour and
American LPGA Tour in the same year and capped
that by being a member of the victorious European
team in the Solheim Cup against the USA just 12
months later.
Launching a successful career on the back of a
golfing scholarship in the USA is not always a given
but Jodi’s experience of studying at New Mexico
and joining the women’s pro golf ranks is clearly an
inspiration to many Northern youngsters.
And it’s a path Jessica, the youngest winner of
the Durham County Ladies Championship at the
age of 15, is keen to follow. She’s made the right start
by winning at club and county level and making her
way into the England coaching set-up.
“I’m definitely interested in a golfing career and
I’m thinking about America but that depends very
much on what I do at school and, possibly, sixthform college.
“I’ve not really thought about which university
in the USA yet as I’m only 15 and I’ve got to do my
GCSEs, but the plan would be a golfing scholarship
and then try to play on the Ladies European Tour or
the LPGA tour - if I’m good enough - and follow in
the footsteps of Jodi.”
There’s obviously a long way to go and juggling
the demands of school and a burgeoning golfing
career isn’t easy for Jessica and her mum and dad,
Carolynne and Graham and brother George.
While her dad and brother play golf, her mum
doesn’t but she clearly takes a keen interest in her
daughter’s progress on and off the course while
Graham also fulfils the role of many golfing fathers that of caddy and transport manager.
“The first time she went away was two years ago
when she played in the English Girls and finished
eighth in the Under 13s,” said Graham. “I think that
was when we started to realise how good she could
be and the potential she has.
“It is time consuming. I’ve not really had a
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chance to play any golf myself this year because I’m
having to caddy or tending to walk the courses.”
It’s a labour of love many parents carry out
when youngsters have a talent and Carolynne
added: “We’re self-employed which helps but when
you have another child as well you have to try and
not spend so much time on one.
“It’s nice that George plays golf as well and he
understands, but it is difficult. Jessica does want to
get on and we want her to as well.
“The thinking may be for her to look at Durham
Sixth Form College instead of staying on at Barnard
Castle as they do a Golf BTEC or something along
those lines - then we can look at America.”
Barnard Castle School has been very supportive
of Jessica’s golf allowing her to opt out of PE lessons
to practice her golf and time off for tournaments,
although she always makes sure to catch up on her
school work.
“Rebecca Horner who won the county
championship a couple of years ago is now in her
first year at college in the US. We’re thinking of all
the plus factors and the scholarship angle is key.”
added Carolynne.
“University in this country can leave you quite a
lot in debt while a golf scholarship leads to a degree
and no debt. All we can do is support Jessica, that’s
our mission, if that’s what she wants to do then
we’ll be right behind her all the way.
“There’s every chance of a career for her,
whether it be at the top playing professional golf
or somewhere else in the game if that is
what she wants.”
Jessica took up the game and started to play
because of her father and brother George, who is a
year older and plays off 13.
“I caddied for my dad and I liked it and I just
started hitting a few shots,” said Jessica. “I think I
was seven and then I went to lessons with Kevin
Jackson at Ramside because George was
going there.
“I became a member at Bishop Auckland when
I was nine and won a junior trophy when I was
off a handicap of 54, but I’m now down to 3.3 and
the target is scratch this year and then into plus
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JESSICAHALL
figures as soon as possible. I’ve won a
few tournaments at Bishop Auckland
and the Durham County May Lowry
at South Moor two years ago but
winning the Durham County Ladies
Championships is the biggest thing so
far for me.”
Jessica defeated Natasha Martin
4&2 in the final at Darlington after a
remarkable comeback in the semi-finals
where she was was five down after
nine holes to leading qualifier Rebecca
McGinley but was somehow all square
by the 18th and won a sudden death
play-off at the 19th.
The previous youngest winners in
the 92 years of the competition were
Rebecca Horner and before that Lesley
Jennings, but at just 15 years and two
months, Jessica is the new holder of
the record.
Reducing her handicap from nine
to five last year led to her selection for
England Golf North winter coaching at
Matfen Hall.
She was also in the top 30
at last year’s England Under 15
Championship, at Tiverton in Devon
and was part of the Durham County
Under 18 girls team against Yorkshire,
Northumberland and Lancashire.
Jessica with dad Graham and mum Carolynne
The team won all of their matches
for the first time ever with Jessica
winning against both Yorkshire and
Northumberland and halving her match
in the Lancashire clash.
She also finished in the top 10 in the
National Ladies Grand Medal Final at
Northampton after finishing fourth in
the Northern Regional Finals and she
qualified for the knock-out stages of the
Durham Ladies County Championships
last year.
Jessica has also won a couple events
in Portugal at Vilamoura where she and
George are members and in the winter
they both play in the Four Seasons
Fairways Tournament around Quinta
do Lago - Jessica having won the ladies
tournament twice and George also
winning the men’s event twice.
Jessica is also lucky enough to be
able to use the practice facilities over
there which means three weeks of
warm weather practice which is just
not available in England.
“I’m in the England Under 16
training squad and I’d like to progress
from there,” added Jessica. “It would be
nice to go further along that route and
hopefully play for the full England side.
“Brian Ridley at Beamish Park is my
main coach but I also go to J J Vallely
and Bryan Ross for England junior
squad coaching.
“We also have a personal trainer based at Gosforth Park - who is part
of the England set-up and she does
sessions and gives us stuff to do at
home and we’re also given a programme
to follow.”
That involves quite a lot of work for
a 15-year-old - and also for her parents
as she was invited to play in a WPGA
event through England Golf a week or
so after her county championship win.
“The England set-up that she is
involved with through J J and Bryan is
great,” said Graham, “but there is a lot of
work involved for Jessica and she does
stick at it. We have things like a net in
our basement where she can practice
and go through drills and she also has
to fill out a weekly report on her golf for
the coaches to analyse and work out
what needs to be worked on.”
To find the willingness to work and
the dedication to improve in one so
young is a tribute to Jessica and the
backing of her family. I think we’ll be
hearing a lot more about this young
lady in the future.
Castle Eden Golf Club
Opens 2014
7th June - Mixed Greensome Stableford
- £16 per couple
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Bed & Breakfast
‘The Friendliest Club on the Coast…..’
Bigga is better
The British and International Golf
Greenkeepers’ Association (BIGGA)
North East Section is continuing
to grow, as the picture above from
the recent Monsoon Medal at Close
House proves.
BIGGA arranges a number of
events for green staff including
golf days and course walks and
counts some of the country’s
best greenkeepers among its
membership, including Northern
Golfer Greenwatch column Simon
Olver. Future events include an
autumn seminar day, the content for
which will be driven by the members
using survey results.
The BIGGA North East Section
website will be launched soon,
including education, machinery
sales, local forum and
‘Ask the Agronomist’.
For more information contact Simon Olver, [email protected]
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A Great Deal for Great Golf in a Great Place
WHICKHAM GOLF CLUB
Summer of Affordable Golf
Hobson choose Changing
Lives as this year’s charity
Hobson Golf Club has chosen
Changing Lives as its charity of the
year for the next two years.
The charity’s chief executive
Stephen Bell OBE, a member of
Hobson, helped secure the twoyear adoption. He said: “Corporate
support is a big part of what we
do, everything from fundraising to
corporate volunteer opportunities.
As a charity we need to raise £3m
from charitable giving each year
and adoptions like this are really
important to us.”
Hobson’s captain Bill Johnson
added: “Myself and vice captain
Mick Hoy feel privileged and
honoured to be associated with this
wonderful and worthy charity.”
Changing Lives provides
specialist support for thousands of
vulnerable people and their families
every month. The charity works with
people experiencing homelessness,
addiction and a range of other
problems by reaching out in to
communities. They offer specialist
support services for women and
families and provide employment
opportunities.
The club hopes to raise
around £5,000 with the support
of club members and other
promotions; including hosting an
open tournament on Wednesday
September 3. Teams of four are £60.
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SEPT Tuesday 2nd SENIOR (Over 60’s) OPEN 4BBB Stableford £16
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For more information contact Terry Maguire, tel 01207 270941
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What a
shot
Living the dream
Paul Wesselingh has his sights on Rockliffe after North East
win set him on his way
T
wo years ago Paul Wesselingh
was known as a good club pro
with a better than average
regional tournament record and
the ability to occasionally cause a stir in
bigger events.
Now he’s proof positive of how the
gap between being a winner of European
Seniors tournaments and selling golf balls,
tees and giving lessons can be bridged by
hard work and grabbing your chance when
it comes along.
And it all started with a victory in the
North East. Wesselingh himself points
to his 2012 ISPS Handa PGA Seniors
Championship victory at Slaley Hall as the
start of the realisation of a dream.
He doesn’t regret his decision not to
try his luck on the European Tour, but it
does fuel his determination to make the
best of the opportunity that has now come
his way on the Seniors Tour. He said: “I
reckon I could have another 10 years of
tournament golf in me if I stay fit and free
from injury and I intend to make the best
job of it I can.”
That win at Slaley was the 52-year-old’s
maiden victory on the European Seniors
Tour, but the signs were there when he
was joint runner-up on his debut in the
Mallorca Senior Open. Six more top 10
finishes, fifth place in the order of merit
and the Rookie of the Year accolade
followed. Could it get any better in 2013?
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Yes, it could. He retained the title he won
at Slaley when it moved to Mottram Hall
and won another three times to win the
Tour order of merit.
Recently, he was at Rockliffe Hall in
the build up to this year’s English Seniors
Open at the Durham course in August and
it’s a tournament he would love to add to
his winning portfolio.
“It really was a wonderful tournament
last year and all of my fellow players were
incredibly impressed with the standard
of the course,” he said. “There were some
phenomenal scores which is testament to
the condition of the course and Rockliffe
Hall’s greenkeeping team. I have a feeling
this year the standard of play will be even
higher. “I think they may make it a little
tougher for us this time around, but the
public do like to see us making birdies and
eagles and doing well.
“Can I win it and can I defend the
Order of Merit trophy this year? I’ll be
giving it my best shot. I’ll just keep on
living the dream.
“Getting on the Senior Tour is
something I worked towards for four or
five years. The main thing was the fitness
and getting the body in shape.
“Slaley was special because it was my
first win but Mottram felt even better. It
was slightly surreal beating the likes of Ian
Woosnam and Mark James, because these
guys were heroes of mine.”
Isps
Handa PGA
Seniors
champion
Paul
Wesselingh
with Midori
Miyazaki,
executive
director of
International
Affairs at
Isps after his
victory at
Slaley Hall
Paul
Wesselingh
Paul Wesselingh’s sublime
approach to the final hole of
the MCB Tour Championship
has been voted by fans as
the inaugural European
Senior Tour Shot of the Year
for 2013.
His stunning rescue club
to the 18th green on the final
day of the 2013 season at
Constance Bell Mare Plage,
in Mauritius, garnered 25 per
cent of the public vote cast
through europeantour.com
He said: “It’s not
something I ever would have
expected, but I have to say
it was one of the best shots
I have ever played, made
even more special as it was
the final hole of what was an
incredible year for me.
“I had 225 yards to the pin
and just went for it. I know I
was a few shots clear at the
time, which obviously takes
the pressure off to a certain
extent, but it was still a tricky
shot and I managed to hit it
well and it ended up just a
couple of feet from the pin. It
was a great feeling.”
GOLFERNEWS
Out of Africa
Slaley to host top tournament where the
winners can earn a place in Morocco
T
he Northern regional final
of the HowDidiDo Morocco
Matchplay Championship is
heading for Slaley Hall later
this year.
The 1,000-acre resort near Hexham
in Northumberland will play host to
the two-day event on October 7-8 with
golfers from Scotland and the North of
England competing in four categories
- singles, pairs, mixed pairs and senior
pairs - to earn the right to play in the
grand final next February in Morocco.
The stunning Dave Thomasdesigned Hunting course is a regular
stopping-off point for the European
Seniors Tour and has also staged
major European Tour events and
it will provide a stern challenge for
golfers who will have already battled
their way through local contests to
reach the Northern final.
The 7,000-yard, par-72 course is
laid out across rolling moorland, and
features streams, lakes, towering trees
and banks of rhododendrons.
Slaley Hall’s golf sales manager
Jeff Mills, said: “We are proud to be
able to host the northern regional
final of the Morocco Matchplay,
powered by HowDidiDo. It is one
of the premier amateur matchplay
events in country and is renowned for
the quality of its golf.
“We believe that in the Hunting
course they will find a stern, yet fair,
challenge and they can rest assured
that, if they win through to the grand
final in Morocco, they will have
earned their trip.”
CHESTER-LE-STREET
GOLF CLUB
Bellingham Golf Club
Membership available - all categories
Parties welcome seven days a week
Online Special Green Fees for June
Mon - Fri £20 round per player
Sat & Sun £25 round per player
Discounts for bookings of 8 or more
Buggies and catering available
2014 Opens - enter now!
Follow the link on our website to our Open Competitions
and choose from Seniors 4 Ball (3rd Sept),
Mixed Foursomes (14th Sept), Ladies three Player Team (8th Aug),
Men’s 4 Ball (10th Aug). CONGU Handicaps required.
Telephone 01434 220530 or email [email protected]
Bellingham Golf Club, Boggle Hole, Bellingham, NE48 2DT
www.bellinghamgolfclub.com
Please ring the Secretary Colin Henderson for further details
Visitors welcome
Prices from £18 per round Mon to Fri - £20 weekends
Special offer
£12.50 pp Mon to Thurs between 2pm and 4pm
Buggies available £20 round
Opens 2014 - places still available
Sunday 15th June – 4 Man Team Open
Thursday 7th August – Junior Open
Wednesday 27th August – Ladies AM-AM Open
Chester le Street Golf Club, Lumley Park, County Durham, DH3 4NS
tel: 0191 388 3218 email:clsgcoffi[email protected]
www.clsgolfclub.co.uk
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George Washington
Hotel Golf & Spa
GREENWATCH
GREEN
WATCH
With SIMON OLVER,
course manager at Percy Wood
GEORGE WASHINGTON
OPENS 2014
Ladies 4BBB - 15th July - £15.00 pair
Monday 14th July - £50 per team of 4
The Sunderland Plate - 36 hole scratch Sunday 6th July
- £25 per person
Seniors Open - Thursday 7th August - £16 pair
Bank Holiday Monday 4BBB - 25th August
- £10 per person
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Early Bird rate from 7.00am & Twilight rate from 4pm
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WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
Golf courses around the country
are beginning to reach their full
potential, with swarms of golfers
covering every possible inch.
Greens speeds are continuing to
increase and ground conditions are
firming up (despite the odd spell
of heavy rain). Every greenkeeper
loves to see the results of their hard
work and works hard to maintain the
results during these periods.
Water management is a key
factor, which is often not seen by
golfers, in ensuring playing surfaces
perform to golfers’ expectations.
Every course requires different levels
of water input depending on a range
of factors such as grass species,
geographical position and soil type.
Automated watering systems
now make application more efficient
and effective, but can be highly
destructive when in the wrong
hands. As well as applying water,
green staff will use wetting agents
to ensure the water can be held in
the soil. These agents break down
microbial waste, which coats soil
particles in the form of wax, which
then repels water.
This disorder is known as dry
patch and appears as isolated
stressed areas on a healthy looking
putting surface. These areas will not
take a golf ball the same as the rest
of the putting surface; when you
think you have hit the perfect shot
and the ball goes bouncing over the
green there is a good chance you
have hit a good putt and it’s the
condition beneath the surface that
are the problem.
NEXT MONTH
Mowing practices
Sunderland’s Supermac
Stephen McNally finished tied-third
behind Scotland’s Kenny Hutton
in the Senior PGA Professional
Championship at Foxhills Resort
in Surrey.
Representing Sunderland Golf
Centre for the first time after switching
from Slaley Hall, the former Scotland
Golf coach shot 74 73 72 to tie
with Glyn Davies, Bernard White
(Sutton Green) and Gary Emerson
(Remedy Oak) and also qualify for
the PGA Seniors Championship
at Stoke by Nayland. McNally
recovered from a poor end to his
first round to secure third place.
GOLFERNEWS
Chloe is in clover
Work continues on Durham’s newest course as
the greenkeping team grows too
W
ork on Durham’s newest
golf course, the Cathedral
course at Ramside Hall is
continuing at pace, with nine
holes set to be open this summer.
As part of increasing the number of holes
he has to look after, course manager Roger
Shaw has appointed four new members to
his green staff, including Chloe Gallagher,
one of the few female greenkeepers in
the UK.
Roger said, “We’ve got four new
members of staff, two experienced guys
and two apprentices. There aren’t a lot of
young women getting into the profession;
particularly here in the North East so it’s
fantastic to see a girl like Chloe keen to give
the job a go.
“It doesn’t matter who the person is,
whether they’re male, female, young or
old – until you’ve seen someone work you
don’t have any idea what they’ll be like as
a member of your team. Greenkeeping’s a
fantastic profession, but everyone thinks
they can do it when it’s sunny and warm
– you find out how committed people are
Chloe
Gallagher
when it’s pouring with rain or the
temperature is below zero and you’re
outside for eight hours. The novelty
can wear off very quick.”
Chloe, 20, has been a member of
Ramside for four years and plays off
11. “I play a lot of golf at Ramside. I
helped out on the driving range over
the winter and got talking to some
of the green staff about what they
did and I thought it would be a good
way to get a job in golf.
“It’s going really well. On my first
day I went out and changed the
holes and then I was cutting the
tee boxes in the afternoon. I didn’t
think I was going to be allowed to
do anything but rake the bunkers for
the first few months!
“Working on the new course is
an incredible experience; getting to
shape bunkers and work on the way
they look is fantastic. I’ve been able
to get straight into it and do a lot
of important jobs already, which is
fantastic,” Chloe explained.
Ramside’s multi-million pound
development, which includes the
construction of the Cathedral
Course is well underway with nine
holes due to open by the end of July.
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Stockton
Golf Week 2014
Tues 29 July - Fri 1 August
Stockton Golf Week tees off
for the fifth time bringing
together four top-class
parkland golf venues across
Stockton-on-Tees at exclusive
discounted rates.
Tues 29 July
Teesside - £15
Wed 30 July
Eaglescliffe - £15
Thurs 31 July
Billingham - £15
Fri 1 August
Wynyard - £20
In the swing
For further information,
including booking details, visit
www.stockton.gov.uk/golfweek
or call (01642) 528130
Bellingham among 10 clubs to support an
initiative to get more ladies playing golf
Arts, Culture and Leisure
Big plans for great experiences
INVITATION
PORTUGAL MASTERS WEEK
DEPARTURE DATE IS THURSDAY 9 OCT
JOIN US FOR THIS FANTASTIC GOLF WEEK
AND VISIT TO THE FINAL DAYTHE PORTUGAL MASTERS
7 Nights B & B staying at Alvor, Western Algarve.
4 Games of golf at Morgado and Alamos Courses.
All transfers included.
Visit Oceanico Victoria Course,Vilamoura, for the
final day of the Portugal Masters entry fee and
private transfers included.
£499
per person,
excludes flights
FLIGHTS AVAILABLE FROM NEWCASTLE, FROM £275
PLACES ARE LIMITED AND EARLY BOOKING IS REQUIRED
Committed to giving the best service and prices
for North East Golfers - Call Kevin Batty 01661 828021
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B
ellingham have come
up with an innovative
approach to welcome
new members.
The North Tyne Valley
club has been supporting the
Northumberland County Golf
Partnership’s drive to encourage
more women to take up golf and
now they have created a Café Golf
Club membership category for the
ladies who have taken advantage
of the free lessons on offer from the
club’s PGA professional
Martin Forster.
As well as further coaching, the
ladies will be taken out on the course
with existing members, as well as
enjoying competitions of their own
during the summer months.
Ladies captain Di Hutchinson
said: “We have a small ladies section
and have welcomed the opportunity
provided by the Northumberland
CGP to offer free coaching to
ladies interested in taking up
the game of golf.
“Along with Martin’s coaching
and the support of existing lady
members we have had 12 ladies
enrol in the lessons.”
Ian Harvey, development officer
for the Northumberland CGP added:
“Bellingham is one of a number of
clubs in the county who have taken
advantage of the support available
through the CGP to offer a way into
the sport for those interested in
giving golf a try.”
To find your nearest centre visit
getintogolf.org and look at the
activity map or tel 0800 118 2766.
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Webb marks 25 years
Not many pros can claim to have
served their club for 25 years.
But Marcus Webb, now a Fellow
of the PGA, has done just that at
Bedlingtonshire Golf Club.
And to celebrate Marcus ran a
competition at the Northumberland
club, sponsored by Newcastle
Honda, which raised £300 for the
Golf Foundation and £250 towards
the club buying a defibrillator. All
the various sections in the club
contributed, and Marcus said: “This
is one of the reasons I have been at
Bedlingtonshire so long, this club
really is the heart of the community.”
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DUNSTANBURGH CASTLE
GOLF CLUB
US OPEN BOUND!
STRANGE FRUSTRATING SEASON
At this half way point in the season, I have managed
to make only four cuts out of 15 events with some
very below par performances. Hopefully, the second
part will be much more rewarding - the main goal
being to retain my card at the end of the year.
I have the chance to play in a major championship
again after qualifying for the US Open for the second
time in my career. I decided to enter to give myself
a boost in confidence and prove to myself that I still
have what it takes to compete at a top level.
After shooting 68 in the morning and getting
the most part of the job done, I had to go out in the
second round in the same frame of mind and that was
to make as many birdie chances as possible and give
myself the best chance to qualify.
I managed to shoot 71 and cruise through without
any real trouble. I also couldn’t have been given a
better draw for the qualifier, getting to play with three
time major winner, Padraig Harrington, and he was a
really good guy to play with.
Sometimes when your playing partner has a bad
round in the morning, they can withdraw after the
first round in a 36 hole qualifier all in one day, but
Padraig, being the true professional that he is and
after shooting 75 and needing a very low score in the
afternoon, was back on the first tee ready and raring
to go.
A trip to Pinehurst could be just what I need at
this very moment in my career to give me that buzz of
playing in a major championship again and hopefully
put in a good performance for me to build on.
This is vitally important to me as I have a massive
run of events coming up with lots to play for. I have
taken a week off from the tour to prepare the best I
possibly can for America, so will be spending lots of
time on the range at Rockliffe Hall working on my
wedge game which I think will be vitally important
to passing the examination that the USGA will put in
front of us on what I have heard is a world class golf
course. I hope to take my A game with me.
Scenic 18 hole seaside links course designed by the famous
James Braid, adjacent to spectacular Embleton Bay
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NORTHERN GOLFER 37
Northern Golfer Match Play Pairs
This year’s Northern
Golfer Match Play Pairs
is well underway, with
18 teams making their
way through round one in
May and June.
Round two sees 64
teams compete across the
region. The deadline for
results is Sunday July 6
and the third round draw
will be in July’s edition of
the magazine.
A total of 82 teams are
competing for the Match
Play Pairs trophy this year
and a trip to Portugal with
the NE/NW PGA.
This year’s semi-finals
(Ramside GC) and final
(Tyneside GC) will take
place in September.
1. Chris Burgess (9) &
Steve Whelton (6)
(Ramside Hall)
V
Steve Slater (2) & Andy
O’Neil (18) (City of
Newcastle)
2. Michael Davison (9)
& Eddy Hogg (15)
(Burgham Park/
Longhirst)
V
Darren Smith (9) & Nigel
Swanson (14) (Matfen
Hall/Bedlingtonshire)
3. Robert Hughes (23) &
S. White (14) (Chester le
Street)
V
Colin Marshall (16)
& Paul Tindale (11)
(Durham City)
4. Paul Crawford (14)
& Neil Harrison (13)
(Wearside/Hetton le Hill)
V
Peter Gallagher (11)
& Neil Walmsley (18)
(Durham City)
5. Jamie Self (14) & Chris
Wright (9) (Bellingham)
V
Mustafa Gun (12) &
Kevin Binney (George
Washington)
38 NORTHERN GOLFER
6. Howard Wooton (11)
& Colin Grieve (8)
(Goswick)
V
John McCabe (14)
& Simon Lister (7)
(Burgham Park)
14.George Longthorne (15) &
John Bowes (18)
(Crook)
V
Johnathan Heslop (20) &
Michael Karczewski (15)
(Ramside Hall)
7. Michael Beverley (12)
& Karl Dyllaghan (15)
(Warkworth)
V
Len Eyre (6) &
Alan Scambler (9)
(Magdalene Fields)
15.Tony Rudd (6) &
Hugh Thompson (10)
(Durham City)
V
Robert Ellison (16) & J.
Jamfrey (14) (Roseberry
Grange)
8. Billy Bennett (4) &
Steven Harmison (5)
(Newbiggin)
V
Steve Gordon (4) & Liam
Nevens (7) (Morpeth)
16.Steve Heron (9) & Kevin
Hill (12) (Ryton)
V
Alan Brady (15) & Matt
Harper (6) (Durham City)
9. Bobby Patterson (15) &
Jimmy Patterson (16)
(Garesfield)
V
John Barnes (19)
& David Wailes (4)
(Bedlingtonshire)
10.Paul McVittie (12)
& Phillip Ward (12)
(Brampton)
V
Alan Day (22) & Bryan
Gibson (17) (Ryton)
11.Stewart Jones (8) & Alec
Jones (5) (Bellingham)
V
Brendan Murphy (12)
& Adam Murphy (17)
(Tynedale)
12.Craig Fryer (14) &
Michael McSkelly (8)
(South Moor)
V
Alan Slater (13) &
Anthony McKeown (10)
(Ramside Hall)
13.David Hornsey (5) &
Barry Cranston (10)
(Slaley Hall/Consett)
V
Gary Stoker (8) &
Paul Jones (11)
(Close House)
17.Bryan Davison (5) &
Michael Johnson (3)
(Consett)
V
Stephen Fawcus (17)
& Darren McCaig (4)
(Whickham)
18.Shaun Stokoe (15)
& Thomas Turner (9)
(Consett)
V
Andy Elvin (6) & Lee
Parker (8) (Ryton)
19.Stephen Dix (6) &
Graham Smith (12)
(Ryton)
V
Rory O’Connor (2) &
Sam Oliver (4)
(Close House/
Bedlingtonshire)
Second Round
22.Alan Saunders (14)
& Steve Weldon (11)
(Westerhope)
V
Michael Rutter (7) & Paul
Stocks (20) (Ryton)
30.David Gray (15) & Mark
Parry (13) (Saltburn/
Cleveland)
V
Jake Scutt (3) & Martyn
Scutt (15) (Scarborough/
Bridlington)
23.Anthony Lawlor (8) & Stu
Vickery (16) (Chester le
Street)
V
Colin Bentham (13) &
Terry Forth (13) (Seaham)
31.Andrew Lincoln (6) &
Ryan Wooton (Catterick)
V
Brent Morfoot (13) & Ian
Fawcett (8) (Oak Leaf)
24.Jeff Shield (17) & Steve
Devon (10) (Durham
City)
V
Peter Mapp (9) &
Chris Hart (12)
(Bishop Auckland)
32.Douglas Ellison (9) &
Richard Mellor (9) (Slaley
Halll )
V
Andrew Askew (9) &
Andrew Hastings (4)
(Consett)
25.John Harvey (15)
& Andrew Bell (9)
(Hartlepool)
V
Gary Bell (9) &
John Johnstone
(4) (Middlesbrough
Municiple)
26.Mark Lawther (10)
& Adam Lawther (7)
(Cleveland)
V
Darren Lamb (5) &
Peter Taylor (8) (Bishop
Auckland)
27.Jason Budd (10) & Lee
Forber (18) (Bishop
Auckland/Crook)
V
Graeme Bailey (16)
& Adam Carter (15)
(Darlington)
20.Ray McCarthy (17) & M.
McCarthy (15) (South
Moor)
V
Alec McCoy (18) &
Derek Hicks (16)
(Consett)
28.Bob Fawbert(11) &
Graeme Ogilvie (8)
(Rudding Park)
V
Stuart McIntosh (19) &
Craig Watts (7) (Wilton)
21.John Mordue (8) & Tom
Watt (17) (Ryton)
V
Fred Voase (13) &
Michael Huggin (18)
(Ryton)
29.Fred Lewis-Bynoe (8) &
Terry Dady (11) (Dinsdale
Spa)
V
David Smith (15) & Steve
Buxton (10) (Romanby)
NORTHERN GOLFER
GENTS MATCH
PLAY PAIRS
1. Steward & Philipson lost to
Shield & Devon 1 down
2. Barnes & Wailes beat
Wilkinson & Colton 3 & 2
3. Crawford & Harrison beat
Jenkinson & Kelly 1 up
4. Lamb & Taylor beat
McDonnell & Bowmaker 3 & 2
5. Rudd & Thompson beat
Swann & Robson 2 & 1
6. Lawlor & Vickery beat
Lumsden & White 3 & 2
7. McCabe & Lister beat Graham &
Hird 2 up
8. Bentham & Forth beat
Stephenson & Robson 19th hole
9. Timbey & Hilland lost to
Gallagher & Wamsley 3 & 2
10.McCoy & Hicks beat
Menzies & Walker match
conceded
11.Burgess & Whelton beat
Mould & Mould 3 & 2
12.Ord & Bovill lost to Bell &
Johnstone 2 & 1
13.Telford & Wigham lost to
Askew & Hastings 2 down
14.Ellison & Mellor beat
Robinson & Ethrington 3 & 2
15.Bennett & Harmison beat
Wright & MacKay 5 & 4
16.Robson & Sher lost to
McCarthy & McCarthy 7 & 5
17.Coulson & Dobson lost to
Saunders & Weldon 2 up
18.Rutter & Stocks beat Lowe &
Medhurst 1 up
MATCHES TO BE PLAYED BY SUNDAY JULY 6 2014
PROFILE
Backworth Golf Club
A MUST PLAY HIDDEN GEM IN NORTH TYNESIDE
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PRO -FILE
MARTIN
FORSTER
We catch up with the Tynedale
and Philips Golf Discount pro
AGE: 48
TURNED PRO: 22 H/CAP: 2.5
HOME CLUB: Tynedale Golf Club,
previously Hexham Golf Club
BIGGEST WIN TO DATE:
1999 winner, Northumberland and Durham Open
(PGA North); 1998 runner-up, Volvo Pro/Captain
Challenge National Final at Wentworth; 1992 winner,
Woodham Classic (PGA North); 1988 runner-up, North
Region Assistants’ Championship; more than 30 wins as
a professional
Telephone the Manager
John Robinson on 0191 2684274
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THIS SEASON: We haven’t played a lot of events so far
this year, but I had a second place in a pro series event at
Rockliffe Hall early in the season. There was a big field,
57 players in total, and I finished one shot behind John
Harrison. I’ve also had two third place finishes in May, in
one week. The first was at Slaley in the WaterAid Pro-Am,
and then in Maryport. This year Tom Flowers has done a
great job with the NE/NW PGA schedule, so there are a lot
of pro-ams and tournaments to play in, which is great.
GETTING INTO THE GAME: I grew up on a farm in the
middle of the countryside and my dad played a little bit.
I’ve got two brothers and a sister (including fellow PGA
professional David) and we were always outside playing
sports, I just used to hit golf balls around the field. I joined
Hexham when I was 12, got my first handicap (13) at
14-years-old and I turned pro in 1988.
AIMS/FUTURE: I’ve always set out to win at least one
event in every year of my career. I’ve only failed to do
that once and that year I finished second three times.
Having been a club pro in the past, now I concentrate on
the aspects of the job I enjoy the most – my coaching,
some custom fitting and obviously playing. I love to play
golf; I don’t practice a lot, I just tend to go out and play. I
love coaching as well; I love the challenge of working out
a problem, finding the easiest solution, and making my
corrections easy to understand.
INTERESTING FACT: I’ve held six course record scores,
including on The Hunting Course at Slaley Hall, 65 (-7).
I’ve also been lucky enough to be chosen as captain of
both the NE/NW PGA (2003) and the PGA in England
and Wales (North) 2010.
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COURSEREVIEW
Romanby
marching on
Alan Hedley’s trip to North Yorkshire finds a course
which is a joy to play
F
ew courses have come as far as
Romanby Golf and Country Club have
in such a relatively short space of time.
Officially opened in 1993 with Ryder
Cup captain Colin Montgomerie unveiling the
newly-built Country Club in 2000, improvements
and changes have taken place on a regular basis.
Investment in new drainage, bunkers and
greenkeeping equipment plus improvements to
the 12-bay covered driving range and the six-hole
par three academy course means, not surprisingly,
the practice facilities and quality of coaching
at Romanby are second to none and three PGA
professionals are on hand, led by Richard Wood
who also runs a well-stocked shop.
The course itself is a joy, following the natural
40 NORTHERN GOLFER
contours of the North Yorkshire landscape.
There’s plenty of water including some
attractive lakes and the River Wiske and it is
long enough at 6,663 yards off the back tees to
provide a real challenge.
Don’t be fooled by what seems a fairly
comfortable start as the first of the water holes
arrives as early as the second and by the third – a
long par four - you know you have a game on
your hands.
The first of the par threes is not short at 186
yards and the fifth is a terrific par five. From the
elevated tee, it snakes past a lake and up to a
well-guarded green with a narrow approach. It is
a birdie chance if you can get two big hits away
and get on in two, but if you’re wayward you can
be wet. The seventh at 251 yards is a classic risk or
reward par four. Played downhill, there’s a severe
slope and out of bounds, but there are no bunkers
on the hole.
There’s another great par five to finish the front
nine, a real three-shotter with out of bounds as
well as water with the drive needing to find an
island fairway, while the second has to carry a
narrowing alley formed by the river and the road.
Do the necessary and the third is to a
slightly elevated undulating green set in a
natural amphitheatre.
The second nine also starts with a shortish
par four but it’s just setting you up for Romanby’s
own Amen Corner - a trio of challenging holes
consisting of the knee-trembling par three 11th
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over the lake; the 12th, a monster par five; and
the par four 13th is ranked stroke index one
and clearly Romanby’s signature hole
(see fact file).
Get through that lot with a score and you’re
doing very well. The finish is pretty good as
well with a long par five and then a testing
par four with a short but spectacular finishing
hole with options. Either drive across the river,
which is about 230 yards from an elevated back
tee, leaving a pitch to the angled green avoiding
the large bunker or lay-up and face a slightly
longer second shot.
Romanby has a vibrant, healthy
membership with strong ladies, juniors
and seniors section and its lounge bar,
which overlooks the ninth and 18th greens,
and excellent brasserie restaurant are
popular venues. The club is also licensed for
every kind of event with a function room which
can hold up to 200 people.
Romanby was initially the vision of Les
Craven, whose family had farmed the land for
more than 50 years and his son Brian took over
the reins and played a key role in developing
the club and course which was designed by
Will Adamson. It’s a development and vision
that is ongoing today.
CONTACT
Romanby Golf and Country Club
Yafforth Road, Northallerton, DL7 0PE
Tel 01609 778 855
Head of Golf Services: Richard Cooper
Professional: Rob Lilley
Website: www.romanby.com
Twitter @romanby
facebook.com/romanby
GREEN FEES
Mon-Thurs before 2pm £20, after 2pm.
£15, after 5pm £10; Fri-Sun £25, £15
and £10; Also check out the club’s new
golf party package calculator
Romanby has always kept
pace with innovation and
new ideas. Not surprising
then they have launched
a new Book Your Own Golf
Day service on their website.
Designed for parties of nine
or more, you can book your
day, time, number in party,
meals and anything else you
require. It gives you a price
and confirmation, subject
to availability, follows in
24 hours. Romanby is also
very much a club as well
as a propriety course with
the club members having
just celebrated their 20th
anniversary with a special
Texas scramble competition
and barbecue
TOTAL DISTANCE
White tees - 6,663
Yellow tees - 6,405
Red tees - 5,635
FEATURES
18 holes championship standard golf
12-bay floodlit driving range
Six-hole par three academy course
Nine-hole putting green
Golf shop stocked by Snainton Golf
Buggy, trolley and club hire
PGA qualified instructor
Top class country club facilities with
brasserie restaurant and bar
Meeting room and function room
CADDY’S TIP
Stay away from the water!
SIGNATURE HOLE
The dogleg 404-yard 13th is the most
difficult hole on the course with a tight
drive - out of bounds on the left. It then
doglegs left to the bottom of a valley.
The river cuts in front of the elevated
green. Terrific hole.
ALAN HEDLEY’S VERDICT
It’s a great course with plenty of variety
and some very testing holes and it’s
always in excellent shape.
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EUROPROTOUR
Drama on
the Dawson
EuroPro Tour clash at Longhirst ends
in a play-off for the £10,000 prize
T
here was a dramatic finish
to the EuroPro Tour Dawson
and Sanderson Travel
Classic at Longhirst.
The trophy and the £10,000 top prize
went to Sheringham’s William Harrold
after he beat former Tour winner
Bradley Dredge in a play-off.
It was Harrold’s second HotelPlanner.
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season, but Dredge, a two-time winner
on the European Tour and a three-time
Challenge Tour winner, will be bitterly
disappointed after he managed to
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Dredge began the final round three
behind Harrold but was four ahead of
his playing partner by the time they
reached the par-three 16th. However,
the Welshman’s lead had evaporated 200
yards later.
While Harrold made birdie, Dredge
made bogey, but in the process of
carding his four he’d played from a
temporary green marked GUR (ground
under repair), for which he was
penalised two strokes.
He was told of his error on the 17th
fairway, but promptly birdied to reclaim
the lead, only to smack his tee shot into
the trees on 18. He was able to get a free
drop because of staked trees but couldn’t
find the green with his second shot and
faced a difficult pitch to the two-tier
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Valid until 30th Sept 2014
4 Ball for £80.00 (please quote NG when contacting)
Telephone Gordon Cattrell, Club Professional,
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Web: www.middlesbroughgolfclub.co.uk
42 NORTHERN GOLFER
THE PGA EUROPRO TOUR RETURNS
TO MOOR ALLERTON GC, LEEDS
AUGUST 6-8
FREE ENTRY FOR ALL SPECTATORS
EUROPROTOUR
green and left himself a 25-footer
for par and had to settle for a
bogey five while Harrold twoputted for par.
That left the pair tied on three
under-par, Harrold signing for a
76 and Dredge 73, and meant a
sudden death play-off on the 18th.
Harrold again made the green in
two but Dredge found a fairway
bunker and could only come out
short, then his approach bounced
off the green.
While his fourth shot was close
to the pin, Harrold had two putts to
win and needed just one birdieing the play-off hole to win
the £10,000 top prize, a brand new
Motocaddy trolley, and a Shotsaver
range finder.
“I gritted it out and did the
best I could. Suddenly a few things
happened and there is a play-off,”
said Harrold, whose win moved
him to the top of the Order of Merit
and nearer a Challenge Tour card,
which is awarded to the top five
earners at the end of the season.
“It is a battle of the mind
sometimes. When you aren’t
playing great it is so easy to think
William Harrold
you aren’t good enough. You have
to fight those thoughts and keep
taking it a shot at a time.
“The play-off was the same, one
shot at a time. I hit a good drive
and a similar approach as I had five
minutes earlier and got a bit closer
and was able to make the putt.
“I have had a good start but you
never know what can happen. I
can smile a bit more now and think
about the top five, which was one
of the goals for the season.”
Doncaster’s Graeme Clark
finished tied fifth on 217 with
Howley Hall’s Marcus Armitage a
shot further back and Rockcliffe
Hall’s James Maw finished in the
top 20 on 220.
Heavy rain made for difficult
conditions at Longhirst Hall
over all three days and Graham
Chambers and his staff deserve
praise for getting the course into
such good shape.
The EuroPro Tour returns to
the region on August 6-8 with a
tree-day event at Moor Allerton
Golf Club in Leeds. For more
information visit
www.europrotour.com
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Alnmouth Golf Club
Clubs mourn
stalwarts
Neville Dunn, 80 and Deryck Walton,
103, remembered
B
oth Prudhoe and Tyneside
clubs are mourning the
loss of Neville Dunn at the
age of 80.
A member of Tyneside for more
than 50 year, Neville was a member
of Prudhoe when he won the British
Boys Championship at Prestwick
in 1951. He did it using using a set
of second-hand clubs and took the
title 6&5 defeating future British
Amateur Champion and Walker Cup
player Michael Lunt.
He went on to play for
Northumberland County many
times and also won the Prudhoe
Club Championship 15 times and
the Tyneside title eight times – the
first in 1958 and the last in 1973.
He won the Northumberland and
Durham Inter-County Foursomes
with Prudhoe in 1957 and the
1960 Northumberland County
Championship; plus many club
events at Tyneside and Prudhoe.
Alnmouth have also lost a
stalwart with the death of
Deryck Walton.
A mainstay of Alnmouth for 80
years and Northumberland County
for 60 years, he was 103.
A former chairman and captain of
Alnmouth (in their centenary year)
he was president of Northumberland
in 1965 and 1966.
His introduction to Alnmouth
came when he and his wife Nancy
won an open competition there and
Colonel Brims presenting the prize
told him it was not the done thing to
win and not be a member so for the
sum of five guineas (£5.25) he joined
on the spot.
Deryck retained his faculties to
the end and was still interested in
golf throughout Northumberland. At
the age of 100 he would still turn out
to support the county if anything
was played at Alnmouth as he lived
adjacent to the 11th tee.
Copt Hill, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8LU
Tyneside
Golf Club
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hallmarks of a vintage
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RYDERCUP
Ryder Cup at
Gleneagles
Paul
Mcginley,
Ryder Cup
captain
A short guide and some ideas if you are
travelling to the greatest golf show on earth
A
little over 90 years ago,
20 men assembled
at Gleneagles in the
heartland of Scotland for
an international challenge match
between Great Britain and the
United States of America.
Among them were golfing legends
Harry Vardon, J. H. Taylor and
Walter Hagen. This 1921 match had
no name, no fanfare and no trophy
to play for – but it whetted the
appetite and eventually gave rise to
the phenomenon of the Ryder Cup,
officially played for six years later.
This year it will be the first time
in more than 40 years and only
the second time in its history, that
the tournament will be staged in
Scotland, the ‘Home of Golf.’
And with Glasgow playing host
to the 2014 Commonwealth Games
next month, where over 6,500
athletes will take part in 17 different
sports over 11 days of competition,
this is the year when Scotland
welcomes the world – the Games
are expected to attract a worldwide
audience of over one billion viewers.
As for the 2014 Ryder Cup,
the tournament is being staged
at Gleneagles and will be played
over the PGA Centenary Course
designed by Jack Nicklaus. Even
for a champion and renowned golf
architect like Nicklaus, the PGA
Garrick
Porteous,
with the
British and
Scottish
Amateur
trophies
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RYDERCUP
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venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup
Centenary Course was a challenge.
It had to be a great golf course and
set as it is, in the heart of Scotland,
Nicklaus described the course as
‘the finest parcel of land in the world
I have ever been given to work with.’
It had to be unique in its challenge,
a golf course with a modern design
that at its fullest stretch, tests the
greatest players in the world.
Many golfing enthusiasts will be
making the long journey north to
watch the matches at Gleneagles.
So why not break your
trip and play golf either
en-route or on your
return.
East Lothian is
one of the best regions for golf
in Scotland, with 22 courses
offering a choice to golfers of
all abilities. You may recognise
many of the courses located in
Scotland’s golf coast – Dunbar,
North Berwick, Gullane, the
2013 Open Championship
Course at Muirfield and
Musselburgh, one of the
world’s oldest, where golf
has been played since
1672. The county
Rory
offers traditional
Mcilroy
links and classic
inland golf courses, many steeped
in history and complimented by
challenging courses, all coupled with
friendly clubhouses and affordable
green fees.
Scotland’s golf coast road
provides easy access for visitors and
short journeys between courses.
And of course there are many
other golf clubs as you travel north
depending on what route you
take. Eyemouth is the first club in
Scotland, travelling on the A1 and
well worth playing. The lovely, well
manicured Hirsel golf course
at Coldstream is another,
if you take one of the
inland routes, and
having crossed
the Forth Road
Bridge, there are
many courses
featured in
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Fife’ portfolio.
Scotland is a
great place to
stay and play, and
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visit to Gleneagles,
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a fantastic
experience.
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GOLFERTIPS
SQUARE UP
Golf is a reaction game. We react to our
misses, and we react to our address position. A
lot of bad shots are directly related to mistakes
made in the setup, particularly on the greens.
A lot of players think putting alignment is all
about getting your feet parallel to the target line.
Neil
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North
That’s a good start, but isn’t enough. Your feet,
hips, shoulders, eyes and arms should all be
aligned with the target.
If you were aiming at a full-length mirror,
when you look up, your left side should be
blocking any view of your right side.
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GET EVERYTHING SQUARE
EYES OVER THE BALL
AT ADDRESS
It’s a great idea to
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address to provide a more
stable and consistent swing
path for the putter
The most common mistake I see
players make is squaring their feet
but leaving their arms and shoulders
open. This causes you to have to hold
the putter face open through impact to
compensate for pulling across the ball
from an open position. At best, it’s a
really inconsistent way to putt.
ONCE YOU’RE SQUARE...
CONSISTENCY
EQUALS SUCCESS
Remember consistency
and repeatability provide
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Beamish Park Golf Club
Beamish Park, Stanley, DH9 0RH
0191 370 1382
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.
01325 303 561
Sec John Haykin 07792 610521
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Oak Leaf Golf Club
School Aycliffe Lane, Newton Aycliffe,
DL5 4EF
01325 310 820
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
Roseberry Grange Community
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Grange Villa, Chester le Street, DH2 3NF
0191 370 0660
Seaham Golf Club
Shrewsbury Street,
Seaham, SR7 7RD
0191 581 1268
Sharpley Golf
Seaton, Seaham,
Co Durham, SR7 0NP
0191 513 1100
South Moor Golf Cub
The Middles, Craghead, Stanley,
DH9 6AG
01207 232 848
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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
Bamburgh Castle Golf Club
The Wynding, Bamburgh, NE69 7DE
01668 214 321
Rothbury Golf Club
Whitton Bank Rd, Rothbury, NE65 7RX
01669 621 271
Saltburn by the Sea Golf Club
Hob Hill, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 1NJ
01287 622 812
Bedlingtonshire Golf Club
Acorn Bank, Bedlington, NE22 6AA
01670 822 457
Seahouses Golf Club
Beadnell Road, Seahouses, NE68 7XT
01665 720 794
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Tees Road, Seaton Carew, TS25 1DE
01429 266 249
Belford Golf Club
South Road, Belford, NE70 7DP
01668 213 232
Stocksfield Golf Club
New Ridley Rd,Stocksfield, NE43 7RE
01661 843 041
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
Blyth Golf Club
New Delaval, Blyth, NE24 4DB
01670 540 110
Warkworth Golf Club
The Links, Warkworth, NE65 OSW
01665 711 596
Burgham Park Golf Club
Near Felton, Morpeth, NE65 8QP
01670 787 898
Wooler Golf Club
Dod Law, Doddington, Wooler, NE71 6AN
01668 282 135
Close House
Heddon-on-the-Wall, NE15 0HT
01661 852 953
De Vere Slaley Hall
Slaley, Hexham, NE47 0BX
01434 673 350
Dunstanburgh Golf Club
Embleton, NE66 3XQ
01665 576 562
Goswick Golf Club
Goswick Beal, TD15 2RW
01289 387 256
Gubeon Golf Centre
Walton Road, Morpeth, NE61 3YJ
01670 519 090
Haltwhistle Golf Club
Banktop, Greenhead, NE49 9JR
01434 320 708
Hexham Golf Club
Spital Lane, Hexham, NE46 3RZ
01434 603 072
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
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
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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
Boldon Golf Club
Dipe Lane, East Boldon, NE36 0PQ
0191 536 5360
Centurion Park Golf Club
Rheydt Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 8SU
0191 263 0041
City of Newcastle Golf Club
Three Mile Bridge, Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2DR
0191 285 1775
Garesfield Golf Club
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
Newcastle United Golf Club
60 Ponteland Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE5 3JW
0191 286 9998
Middlesbrough Municipal Golf Club
Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough,
TS5 7YZ
01642 315 533
Northumberland Golf Club
High Gosforth Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE3 5HT
0191 236 2009
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
Ryton Golf Club
Clara Vale, Ryton, NE40 3TD
0191 413 3253
Easingwold Golf Club
Stillington Road, Easingwold, YO61 3ET
01347 822 474
South Shields Golf Club
Cleadon Hills, South Shields, NE34 8EG
0191 456 8942
Filey Golf Club
West Avenue, Filey, YO14 9BQ
01723 513 293
Tynemouth Golf Club
Spital Dene, Tynemouth, NE30 2ER
0191 257 4578
Flaxby Park Golf Club
Flaxby, Knaresborough, HG5 0RR
01423 863 444
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
Moor Allerton Golf Club
Coal Road, Wike, Leeds, LS17 9NH
0113 266 1154
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
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
Harrogate Golf Club
Forest Lane Head, Harrogate, HG2 7TF
01423 862 999
Whitburn Golf Club
Lizard Lane, South Shields, NE34 7AF
0191 529 4210
Heworth Golf Club
Muncaster House, Muncastergate,
YO31 9JY
01904 426 156
Whitley Bay Golf Club
Claremont Rd, Whitley Bay, NE26 3UF
0191 252 0180
Kirkbymoorside Golf Club
Manor Vale, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6EG
01751 431 525
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
YORKSHIRE (NORTH)
Aldwark Manor Golf Club
Aldwark Alne,YO61 1UF
01347 838 146
Bedale Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Bedale,
DL8 1EZ
01677 422 451
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
Pontefact & District Golf Club
Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QS
01977 792241
Marshalls Golf
Heworth Golf Club,
Gingling Gate, Heworth,
NE10 8HY
0191 4384223
York Golf Club
Lords Moor Lane, Strensall, YO32 5XF
01904 491 840
Scarcroft Golf Club
Syke Lane, Leeds, LS14 3BQ
0113 289 2263
YORKSHIRE (WEST)
Wakefield Golf Club
28 Woodthorpe Lane, WF2 6JH
01924 258778
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
Leda Discount Golf Centre
Grange Villa, Chester le Street,
DH2 3NF
0191 370 1757
Sand Moor Golf Club
Alwoodley Lane, Leeds, LS17 7DJ
0113 268 5180
Dewsbury District Golf Club
The Pinnacle, Sands Lane, Mirfield,
WF14 8HJ
01924 492399
Ripon Golf Club
Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HH
01765 603 640
Oulton Hall De Vere
Rothwell Lane, Oulton, Leeds, Yorkshire,
LS26 8HN
0871 222 4690
Whitby Golf Club
Low Straggleton, Whitby, YO21 3SR
01947 600 660
Oakdale Golf Club
Oakdale, Harrogate, HG1 2LN
01423 567 162
Richmond Golf Club
Bend Hagg, Richmond, DL10 5EX
01748 823 231
Otley Golf Club
West Busk Lane, Otley, Leeds, LS21 3NG
01943 465 329
Rawdon Golf and Lawn Tennis Club
Buckstone Drive, Rawdon, Leeds,
LS19 6BB
0113 2506040
Cookridge Golf Club
Cookridge Lane, Cookridge, Leeds,
LS16 7NL
0113 230 0641
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
Eureka
Copt Hill, Houghton le Spring,
DH5 8LU
0191 584 1198
George Paylor Golf
5th Tee,Garesfield Golf Club
Chopwell,
NE17 7AP
07737 963881
Thirsk & Northallerton Golf Club
Thornton le Street, Thirsk, YO7 4AB
01845 525 115
Bradford Golf Club
Hawksworth Lane, Guiseley, LS20 8NP
01943 875570
Dynamic Indoor Golf
Wideopen, Newcastle,
NE13 7BA
0191 481 3590
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
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 Golf Bunker
Royal Quays Outlet,
North Shields,
NE29 6DW
0191 258 1598
The Golf Dome
The Sport Domes, Tees Road,
Seaton Carew,
TS25 1DE
01429 800581
The Hobson Golf Range
Hobson Golf Club, Burnopfield,
NE16 6BZ
Tim Jenkins Golf
Cleveland Golf Club,
Majuba Road, Redcar,
TS10 5BJ
01642 471 798
ZFL Golf
Unit 8d,
North Tyne Ind. Estate,
NE12 9SZ
0191 270 2362
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Whickham Golf Club
Hollinside Park, Fellside Road
Whickham, NE16 5BA
0191 488 1576
The Oaks Golf Club
Aughton Common, Aughton, YO42 4PW
01757 288 577
Moortown Golf Club
Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 7DB
0113 268 6521
Direct Golf
Lullingstone Crescent
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland,
TS17 5GJ
01642 765 000
directory
Catterick Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3QE
01748 833 268
NOR THERN
Ravensworth Golf Club
Angel View, Longbank, Gateshead, NE9 7UU
0191 487 6014
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This month on Twitter we’ve found more
competition winners, new clubs from Dynamic
Indoor Golf and found out whether Chris
Paisley can keep up with long drive champion
Joe Miller:
Blyth Golf Club (‫@‏‬blyth_golf):
Not a bad little shot of our 13th by our
member @Newshamboy
Northern Golfer is holding its first charity golf day on July 9 at Close House
in aid of No Strings. Please support us. No Strings is a Newcastle‑based charity
working with children in the world’s trouble spots. It uses puppetry and films made by
members of the original Muppets team to reach children in conflicts, disasters and
poverty in four continents. No Strings has recently made two new films and workshops
for children affected by the Syrian conflict, and its founder Johnie McGlade has just
returned from Beirut, where he has been working with local charities. Teams of four are
£350 and include a round on the Lee Westwood Filly course plus evening barbecue,
prize giving and charity auction.
Contact Gary Ramsay, tel 01661 844 115, email [email protected]
Easingwold Golf Club celebrate Mr David Moretons 40th
Aniversary Visiting Party
It all started back in 1975. After a quiet pint in a pub David
Moreton, then a member of EGC, said to some friends that
EGC greens were better than those at his friend’s club. What
then started out as a day’s outing to test his comments
has now reached their 40th year of visiting Easingwold. On
Thursday, May 29 2014 captain Derek Smith welcomed
David and his party of 24. Afterwards David was presented
with a cake decorated as a golf green.
Ponteland RFC‫@(‏‬PontelandRFC): Some of
the boys enjoyed a rest day at the golf range
yesterday with the #PontelandRFCGolfClassic
only four weeks away
Chris Conway ‫@(‏‬ChrisConway): Delighted
for my mum who is now officially a winner
after lifting the Mary Percy Salver today for
@Parklands_Golf!
DynamicIndoorGolf (@DynIndoorGolf):
Nice set of VEGA VM02 built this morning
with Project X 6.5 @VegaGolf @VegaGolf
@truetempergolf
Chris Paisley (@ChrisPaisley86):
CHUF day @CloseHouseHotel Unfortunately
@JoeMillerLDC snuck it past me on the 7th.
My jaw is still stuck to the floor
Thanks to all for your pictures, tweets and
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Bedlingtonshire Golf Club
Passionate about golf
Golf Societies Still time to make your Society booking for 2014
Memberships All categories available - pro rata rates
Visitors Welcome Green fees from £20.00 per person
For further details telephone the Secretary 01670 822457
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