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EDITOR’S NOTE AND CONTENTS
There is so much success to reflect upon in this
issue, featuring male and female golfers of all ages.
It has been a remarkable end to the season for the region with a
series of victories on the national and international stage.
While Graeme Storm kept his European Tour card after coming so
close to winning the European Open in Germany, our columnist Chris
Paisley is hoping to do well enough in October to remain on the Tour
without having to go through the stresses of qualifying school.
But it is the amateur game which has given the region a number of
notable successes. Young Chris Handy is the first golfer from Durham
club South Moor to pick up a national prize - winning the English Boys’
County Champions of Champions event at Woodhall Spa.
Meanwhile, Wynyard duo Briony Bayles and Shannon O’Dwyer
birdied their way to victory in the Ping Fourball Betterball Grand
Final while Northumberland County captain Andy Minnikin
rounded off his remarkable year with two wins - at the British Civil
Service Championship and the Newcastle and District Golf League
Players Championship.
Locally, Andrew Wilson won the Northern Masters at Rockliffe
Hall, Shaun Embleton picked up both the Ryton and Tyneside club
championships, and Tynemouth’s Rebecca Ferguson and Stewart Fell
picked up a remarkable victory.
Our cover this month features Alex Wrigley, who is basking in the
glory of Great Britain and Ireland’s first PGA Cup win on American
soil and we caught up with him at his home club Hartlepool, where he
talked of his ambitions for the future.
There are also plenty of places to play autumn/winter golf - our
special feature starting on page 40 gives you some ideas while adverts
throughout the magazine offer great deals at the region’s best clubs.
Finally, congratulations go to Saltburn’s Anne Gollogly and Katie
Clark - the winners of Northern Golfer’s first Ladies Greensomes
competition while good luck goes to the finalists of our Gents
Matchplay Pairs and to the juniors competing in our Junior Champion
of Champions tournament results will be revealed in our
November edition.
Until then - happy golfing!
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18 CHRIS PAISLEY
Tour Life: Hoping for success
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Team GB success, aces galore,
Ladies Greensomes winners and
Greenwatch
Ryder Cup legend, senior
victories and award hopeful
40-47 AWAY DAYS
Autumn savers close to home
and further afield
ALEX WRIGLEY
Pages 28-30
The Hartlepool pro on his
travels, his game, his job and
his ultimate ambition
16 LONGHIRST DAWSON COURSE
Wilson wins, Wynyard wonders,
Storming performance, Handy
and Andy, plus hole-in-one and
charity round-ups
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Wilson is
the Master
England international underlines his
potential by taking the Northern Masters title
E
ngland A squad member
Andrew Wilson underlined
his international potential
by winning the Northern
Masters at Rockliffe Hall.
The 21-year-old Durham County
player from Darlington, who also
plays at Wynyard, was a comfortable
winner with a two under-par score
of 142.
In second place, five shots back,
was Durham City’s Alex Robinson
while Cameron Wallace from
Hartlepool finished third on 151.
This was the fourth playing of
the Northern Golf Masters and this
time it was part of Durham County’s
Order of Merit.
“It was a fantastic event at
Rockliffe Hall and the course is
amazing,” said Wilson. “It was a great
experience, competing in a top event
on a world class course. I still can’t
believe I won!”
Rockliffe Hall’s golf and estate
director Davy Cuthbertson said:
“This is the first time we’ve made
the competition a 36-hole event
and it was a great success. We
had excellent feedback from the
players with everyone enjoying the
ideal weather conditions and the
presentation of the course.”
The event is expected to remain
part of the county’s Order of Merit.
Jonathan Ward, secretary of the
Durham County Golf Union, added:
“We’re delighted the Masters is now
Andrew Wilson (left) with Jon Stacey, Rockliffe Hall
included in the Durham County
Order of Merit.
“It went very well and we look
forward to building an even stronger
relationship with the Northern
Golf Masters event in the coming
years. It’s a great opportunity for
exceptional golfers to compete in a
top competition on an outstanding
course. I’m also thrilled that one
of our players won the event; he’s
definitely set for great things!”
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Wynners
take it all
Wynyard teenagers win national title
D
urham teenagers Briony
Bayles and Shannon
O’Dwyer birdied their
way to victory in the Ping
Fourball Betterball Grand Final.
The pair, from the Wynyard Club,
birdied the first two holes and the
last two holes on the Karsten Lakes
course at Ping’s Gainsborough
course on their way to a total of 43
points – and a one-point victory.
They completed a clean sweep in
the event when Shannon won the
putting prize and Briony won the
longest drive competition with a
teeshot of 208 yards.
Shannon said: “It’s great to say
you’ve played in something like this
and done well.”
The pair came through an
initial entry of more than 16,000
players from some 850 clubs in
the tournament, which is run by
England Golf.
The top 50 pairs in the country
qualified for the Grand Final while
the next 50 pairs went through to
the Plate Final.
“We played well apart from
three holes where we had a bit of
a struggle to get one point,” said
18-year-old Shannon.
Briony, 15, added: “We were all
over the place on the 16th but we
managed to scrape a point. Then we
thought we needed to birdie the last
two, which we managed to do.”
At the 17th, Shannon hit her tee
shot at the par three to about 4ft
before holing out for a birdie. Then
Shannon O’Dwyer (left) and Briony Bayles with the Ping trophy
(photograph courtesy of Leaderboard Photography)
she rolled in a 20ft putt on the 18th
to clinch the trophy.
At the start of the round it was
Briony who set the pair on the
road to victory with her birdies
on the first two holes. The pair are
regular foursomes partners and are
improving fast; Shannon’s handicap
is down from six to four while Briony
has come down from six to five.
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Club’s junior
success
Chris Handy’s national triumph
(right) is one of many highlights for
the junior section at South Moor.
Cameron Gilray, grandson of
club chairman Bill Littlejohns, won
the Under-10 section of the Srixon
Durham County Junior Tour.
He went on to land the best
individual gross score among
players from three counties in the
regional final at Carus Green in
Kendal, signing for a gross 37 as the
Durham team beat Northumberland
and Cumbria.
Earlier in the season, junior
captain Lee Dobson, a former
Academy of Light footballer, teamed
up with Abbi Wheatley (pictured
below), a 13-year-old playing her
first season of competitive golf, to
win the Inter County Junior Mixed
Foursomes at Ryton.
Lee also won the South Moor
club junior championship with Abbi
winning the nett prize.
Abbi’s debut season has brought
victories in Durham County’s Junior
Spring Meeting, a Billingham Junior
Open and a county bronze award.
One of four members of her
family who are club members,
Abbi goes into the finals day of the
Race to Rockliffe series of junior
tournaments this month leading the
girls’ Order of Merit.
The junior team at South
Moor, sponsored by Charlotte
Street Garage, were runners-up
in the Durham County Junior Golf
Society’s North West League and
have five current players eligible to
play next season. The organisers
of the North of England Under-14
Open have announced that
South Moor is to be the
event’s permanent
home, with the
2016 tournament
taking place
August 10-12.
06 NORTHERN GOLFER
Chris
Handy
receiving
South Moor’s
Performance
of the Month
award
from PGA
professional
Shaun
Cowell (left)
Chris proves he is
Moor than Handy
Teenager does his club proud by becoming the first from
South Moor to win a national championship
C
hris Handy, the first player in the 92year history of Co Durham club South
Moor to hold a national title, knows
who to thank for helping him make the
most of his talent.
Handy finished three strokes clear of the
field in the English Boys’ County Champion
of Champions tournament at Woodhall Spa
in Lincolnshire.
He was watched by parents James and Anne
- on the day Anne celebrated her 52nd birthday
- as he became the first North East winner of a
tournament first staged in 2009.
James is a former Durham County and South
Moor captain, who won The Journal Champion of
Champions in 1998.
Chris, 18, who lives in Tanfield Lea, said: “In
the five years since I started playing national
events, I estimate my parents have driven more
than 35,000 miles taking me to tournaments
round the UK. I am grateful to them as I am
for the Durham County coaching system. This
system has enabled me to be coached by Andrew
Nicholson since I was 10, which has been a major
factor in my development.”
Handy represented his
county in the 36-hole
event on the Hotchkin
Course after capturing
the Durham boys’ title for
the second time, having also
won the Under-16 Championship
twice. Described by Nicholson as
“a great ball striker”, he hit the ball
to within six feet or less of the flag on four of his
first five holes on his way to the lowest score of
the day, a one under-par 72. Two shots ahead at
that stage, he signed for a two over-par 75 after
lunch to finish at one over-par.
Nicholson, based at Wynyard, is the European
director of coaching for the David Leadbetter
Golf Academy. He said: “The Durham County
Bursary Program is the first of its kind in the
UK offering a three-year structured coaching
program for kids aged 10, 11 and 12.
“Chris became the first England international
from that programme when he played for the
Under-16s and Jack Ainscough, from Hartlepool,
was the second. I am very proud of what I have
created in Durham County and Chris is at the
heart of its success. He has a great family who
are very supportive and loving. His strengths lie
in his incredible clubhead speed, especially for
a relatively slight player standing 5ft 8ins and
weighing 10st.”
Handy, who has an average drive of 275 yards
and a swing speed of 110mph, has combined
success on the golf course with impressive A
level results at St Bede’s Sixth Form College in
Lanchester – an A* in maths and Bs in further
mathematics and business.
He first won the South Moor Club
Championship at 14 and this summer captured
the title for the third time in four years.
Handy also triumphed in the Faldo Series
Northern Under-18 Championship at Pleasington
in Blackburn, going on to the Grand Final in
Berlin, finishing in a three-way tie for third.
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Storm blows in late
Pro keeps his card after getting agonisingly close to victory
G
raeme Storm came within a whisker
of his second European Tour victory
for the second season in a row
in September.
The 2007 French Open winner finished runnerup to Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee in the Porsche
European Open at Bad Griesbach Golf Club in
Germany, missing out by one shot after bogeying
the 17th in the final round as both he and Jaidee
shot rounds of 67.
However, Storm was happy with the runnersup spot and €222,220 as he can now start to plan
for another 12 months on the European Tour.
The 37-year-old from Hartlepool jumped from
127th to 66th in the Tour rankings with €382,318
and now has the end-of-season Race to Dubai in
his sights.
The Rockliffe Hall Tour pro said: “I’m
disappointed that I didn’t win. I missed a short
putt at 16 which would have put me one-shot
clear going into the last couple of holes, but it is
also a relief to know that I have got my card again
for next year.”
What it meant to Storm was clear as he
turned to hug his caddie Rodney Wooler. “Mucker
(Wooler) has been with me all year and he
was with me in Switzerland last year when I
finished second.
“It was such a relief for us both. I was telling
him that we both had a job for next year! It has
been a long slog.”
This season Storm has returned to coaches
Mike Walker and Peter Cowen, and is working
with a sports psychologist - three people he
credits in his change of form.
“We worked on a few things and I’m also now
a lot calmer on the golf course and don’t beat
myself up as much as I used to. I’m enjoying my
golf more and playing as well as I did when I won
the French Open,” added Storm.
This is the second time Storm has finished
runner-up in the European Open - he was second
when Ashington’s Ken Ferrie won in 2005 - and
Ferrie was back this year as a former winner,
making the cut.
Harrogate’s John Parry was ninth and is now
79th in the Tour rankings while Close House’s
Chris Paisley is 99th and Barnard Castle’s Rob
Dinwiddie is 91st. Both could do with another
good week to make certain of their cards.
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What a year
for Minnikin
Two wins finish off a season of personal
triumph for Northumberland captain
N
orthumberland
County captain Andy
Minnikin rounded off
his remarkable year
with two wins - at the British Civil
Service Championship and the
Newcastle and District Golf League
Players Championship.
Minnikin, who won the Fenwick
Smith Trophy, 72-hole Strokeplay,
County Championship qualifying and
North & South Trophy this season in
his home county, collected his ninth
Civil Service Championship in 10 years
in September.
A week later, in the Players
Championship at Ravensworth Golf
Club, he defended the title he won
in 2014 at Tyneside Golf Club. The
Northumberland Golf Club team,
represented by Minnikin, Paul
Caldicott and Andrew Gibson also
picked up the team trophy.
“It was nice to round off an
incredible year by defending the
Players at Ravensworth,” said Minnikin.
“I placed a little bit of expectation
on myself going in as defending
champion, but I also wanted to put in
a strong showing for the team.
“The team had a bit of a
disappointing year in the league –
finishing fourth – so we wanted to go
out there and bring something back for
all the work we’ve put in this term.”
The win at Ravensworth rounded
off a year of personal success for
Minnikin, who also made it through
to final qualifying for the Open
Championship and was second to
Durham’s Richard Aisbitt in the
Mid-Amateur Championship at The
Northumberland Golf Club. “It’s been
an incredible season, with more
success than I could have dreamed
of. To get so much out of the work I
put in over the winter months has
been so satisfying, and his given me
great inspiration to work even harder
through the next few months.”
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Young couple win club’s biggest titles
R
ebecca Ferguson and
Stewart Fell have recorded
a rare hat-trick of victories
at Tynemouth Golf Club
this season.
The couple have picked up
the ladies’, men’s and mixed
championships at the Tyneside
club, completing the treble with
victory in September’s Mixed Club
Championship final.
Rebecca, the niece of John and
Kim McKenna - the club’s professional
and a former England international
respectively - said: “We were over the
moon to complete the treble – it’s
something that’s always been at the
back of our minds.
“There was a little bit of pressure
on us having won both singles titles
this summer and to win by such a big
margin [7&6] was a great feeling.”
Stewart, a plus-1.5 handicapper,
won the Men’s Club Championship
final in June having previously won the
title in 2012 and 2014, while Rebecca
won her first club championship
earlier this year.
Rebecca added: “Stewart and I play
a lot together and we tend to get on
really well on the course – he’s a really
big hitter while my short game is really
sharp. We do argue sometimes though
– mainly when I tell him where not to
hit it!”
As well as her uncle and aunt,
Rebecca’s father works in the pro shop
at the club, while her cousin Freddie is
already playing off a handicap of 17 at
the age of 10.
Rebecca added: “I just love
spending time at the club. We get on
so well and there’s always somebody to
play with.”
Where there’s a Will...
Will Bowe made it ninth time lucky
when he won the English Men’s
County Champion of Champions
title at Woodhall Spa.
“Finally!” he said, after holing a
knee-knocking 3ft putt for par on
the 18th on the Hotchkin course to
win by one shot with scores of 70
and 71.
The 32-year-old from Workington
has won the Cumbria County
Championship nine times and
has played in the Champion of
Champions event on every occasion
– but has had to wait until now for
his first win.
“I am very proud to win it,” said
Bowe, who is the second Cumbrian
to take the title following 1977
champion Mike Walls who also
represented Workington.
Lancashire’s Ian Kenwright
(Haydock Park) was second, beating
Cambridgeshire’s James Reeson
on countback after they finished on
four under-par.
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Golf Day
Alan Shearer
Graeme Swann
Stars back Sir Bobby
S
ome of sport’s biggest names were out
in force at Rockliffe Hall to help the Sir
Bobby Robson Foundation pass the
£9m fundraising mark.
Footballer Alan Shearer, cricketers Graeme
Swann and Steve Harmison were among the
celebrities at the Sir Bobby Robson Golf Day and
Shearer, who is the Foundation’s patron, said: “Sir
Bobby’s sadly left us, but he’s left something very
special behind with this charity.
“The funds that have been raised, and the
work which has been carried out, is absolutely
staggering and it continues to get bigger and
better. We’ve got a fantastic day, it’s a great
venue and great people coming together, many
travelling from all over the country to be here. It’s
competitive, but it is mainly about raising money
and awareness of a great cause.”
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation funds
projects, including the clinical trials of new drugs,
which directly benefit patients from across the
North East and Cumbria and which contribute
significantly to international research into cancer.
Former England cricketer Swann - a Newcastle
United fan - said: “This is about the foundation
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and, for me personally, it’s a great
opportunity to play with some of my
football heroes like Alan Shearer and
Steve Harper. Sir Bobby transcended the
barriers between and football clubs and
supporters. Very, very few people do that and
he was possibly the most popular England
manager ever.
“Cancer doesn’t care who you support or
how many goals you scored last year, it will
affect everybody sooner or later. It’s vital that
organisations like this Foundation exist and the
fact that Sir Bobby’s name is attached to this
one makes it extra special.”
Former Sunderland captain Michael Gray
added: “It’s amazing to see how much the
Foundation has raised. It galvanises everybody
from the North East and brings them together,
and that can only be good for the area. I feel
very proud to be part of it.
“The Foundation’s message is very
important, every little bit of support helps
and it will keep getting stronger, bigger and
better the more people that get involved
in it.”
Newcastle Sports Injury Clinic
enjoyed a day at Matfen Hall for
the annual Sport Newcastle charity
golf day. The charity supports men,
women and children seeking to
realise their sporting dream.
The charity supports community
projects or individuals wishing to
achieve a personal goal and the golf
day raised £2,200 for the Sport
Newcastle charity.
Reflecting the wide array
of services offered at the clinic
including physiotherapy, osteopathy,
massage, podiatry, golf screening
and pilates, prizes were donated to
the event.
Steve Veitch, senior
physiotherapist at the clinic was
delighted to be part of the event. “As
a clinic we are very passionate about
sport and ensuring anyone can fulfil
their personal dreams. Matfen Hall
was such a great location to host
such an inspiring event.”
Mill Masters
The Mill Masters Golf
Tournament, which sees the
winning pairs from qualifying
events at golf clubs across the
region compete for the overall title,
took place at Close House.
Father and son Andrew and
Matthew Fowler from Harrogate
collected the trophy as well as
a fourball at Close House and
overnight accommodation courtesy
of Mill Volvo.
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Northern Golfer Charity Golf Day boosts vital
charity work of Newcastle NGO No Strings
T
he second annual Northern
Golfer Charity Golf Day
in aid of No Strings took
place at Ramside Hall’s
Cathedral course, raising money for the
international development charity.
Fourteen teams took on the region’s
newest course, with the Northumbrian
Water team of M Young, K Robinson,
S Strong and N Soulsby collecting the
trophy with a score of 82 points, pipping
the Howie White team of F Howie,
M Sammons, D Smith and M Kirk by
two points.
Dynamic Indoor Golf ’s Craig
Wayman picked up the prize for the
longest drive with an impressive 277yard shot at the 10th, which was playing
into the wind. Meanwhile, C Loader
was nearest the pin at the 6th and M
Kirk was closest at the tricky 18th.
Jane Pikett, chair of No Strings, said:
“We were delighted to be named the
chosen charity for the Northern Golfer
charity golf day for a second year.
“Our films and workshops take
life-saving messages to the world’s
trouble spots, our projects in areas
including SE Asia, Sub Saharan Africa,
and the Middle East reaching hundreds
of thousands of children and young
people every year. We are a small
NGO and every penny raised by our
supporters is allocated directly to our
projects. We cannot thank Northern
Golfer and the people who supported
the event enough.”
Michael Young, from the
Northumbrian Water team, said: “We
had a fantastic day - topped off by
winning the trophy. The course was in
excellent condition, while the food was
also excellent. A very well organised
event and a credit to all involved.
Tim Stonock from Your Move
added: “A big thank you for putting
on a great day, we all really enjoyed
it. I thought the course and set up
was fantastic - I just wish we played a
bit better!”
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TEEINGOFF
Armi marches into
Desert Springs
Europro success sets Marcus Armitage
up for promotion to the Challenge Tour
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to an end this month
with the Matchroom Sport Tour
Championship at Desert Springs
Resort in Spain, where Howley
Hall’s Marcus Armitage looks
set to seal his promotion to the
Challenge Tour.
Armitage, who won The Tree of
Life Championship at Close House
this summer, set out a 10-year
plan to win on the European Tour,
starting with three seasons on the
UK-based EuroPro Tour, which
offers its top five players each
season gradation to the second-tier
Europe-wide Challenge Tour.
With two wins already in the
bag this season – his first coming
at Cumberwell Park in Wiltshire
– Armitage sits second on the
EuroPro’s Race To Desert Springs
money list, less than £2,000 behind
leader Darren Wright.
The Matchroom Sport Tour
Championship will see the winner
take home £20,000 from a total
prize fund of almost £90,000.
Only an unlikely and specific
set of circumstances would deny
Armitage a place in the EuroPro’s
top five and the 28-year-old has
his sights set on having his name
etched into the Order of Merit
trophy come the end of the season.
“It is massive to be in that
top five because you are always
looking to move up. I am looking
Marcus Armitage
for another win now to secure
it because now I want to win
the Order of Merit,” he said after
winning at Close House in August.
Any one of the 60 players who
have qualified to play in the Tour
Championship through the Race
To Desert Springs standings could
move into the all-important top five
with victory in Spain and a number
of players based in the region are
among the contenders.
Daniel Gavins (Walton Driving
Range) is best placed to join
Armitage on the Challenge Tour
next year. He sits 14th on the
EuroPro rankings and a top-two
finish in Spain could be enough
to see him return to Europe’s
second tier.
Alex Wrigley (Hartlepool Golf
Club), David Booth (Rotherham
Golf Club), Chris Halley (Malton
& Norton Golf Club), Steve Uzzell
(Hornsea Golf Club) and Graeme
Clark (Doncaster Golf Club) are also
in contention for progression to the
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TEEINGOFF
King of
the hill
Greenkeeper wins club championship
at Ryton and Tyneside
A
single club
championship victory
is a great achievement
in every club golfer’s
career, winning two in one year is a
remarkable achievement.
Shaun Embleton, an assistant
greenkeeper at Ryton Golf Club, has
done just that - lifting the trophy
at his home club of 20 years as well
as winning the championship at
Tyneside Golf Club.
Shaun, who plays off a handicap
of one, joined Tyneside for the
2015 season, winning is first club
championship in July with rounds
of 70 and 71. He said: “It was a
brilliant feeling to win the club
championship at my first attempt.
“I’ve played Tyneside a lot over
the years, particularly when I was
a junior, so I wasn’t going into it
totally blind. The course also really
suits my game, but there are a lot of
very strong players there so it was a
real shock to come out on top at the
first attempt.”
Shaun went on to win his
seventh club championship at
Ryton in August, finishing the
36-hole event tied with Chris
Stavers before winning the 18-hole
strokeplay playoff by eight shots.
“There was a little bit of pressure
going into the playoff as I knew the
double hadn’t been done in some 40
years,” added Shaun.
“I’m incredibly proud to hold
both titles and looking forward to
defending them next season.”
Shaun
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ACES
Watch for
Hexham aces
Malcolm Slatcher and Dave
Elliott celebrate after Malcolm’s
hole-in-one
Hexham’s Neil Forsyth and Andy
Penfold both won BOSS watches
when they had holes-in-one within
a matter of days.
Neil, a 43-year-old 10
handicapper aced the 120-yard 16th
with a gap wedge during the club’s
Thursday Stableford. Two days later
49-year-old Andy, who plays off 15,
aced the 140-yard 13th with a nine
iron playing in Andy Paisley’s Beat
The Pro Stableford.
Richard Lee, 22, and a three
handicapper, also picked up a BOSS
watch when he aced the 153-yard
15th at Durham City.
Colin Stead scored his second
hole-in-one at Barnard Castle’s 162yard 13th with a rescue club.
Malcolm Slatcher, who plays off
12 had a hole-in-one on Beamish
Park’s 13th while playing with his
partner Dave Elliott in the club’s
Seniors Open. Both are members of
Dinsdale Spa and it was Malcolm’s
first hole-in-one for which he was
presented with a bottle of whisky.
John Stothert, the club’s seniors
captain, and John Ferris went
on to win the event, but
Malcolm enjoyed the course
and his experience so much he
returned to play in the club’s
Texas Scramble.
Seaton Carew’s Martin
Scarborough recorded a timely
ace in the matchplay playoff
rounds of the Craws Nest Tassie
event at Carnoustie.
The seven-handicapper,
who recorded his only other
ace as a junior 30 years ago,
holed out at the 168-yard
second hole with a six iron on the
Buddon Links.
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Andy
Hutton
Martin
Scarborough
Unlucky for some but not Andy Hutton
Andy Hutton hits his 13th hole-in-one, plus a round up of
other recent aces from around the region
H
ow’s this for a record?
Andy Hutton has just clicked
up his 13th hole-in-one shortly
after returning to the game and
joining new club Stocksfield.
The 45-year-old aced the 130-yard 18th at
Stocksfield with a gap wedge to bag number 13
- some five years after his 12th ace.
He’s been out of the game for a while
through choice but came back this season and
joined Stocksfield.
A single-figure handicap, Andy is from
one of Consett’s best-known golfing families
– his brothers Ian and John both regular
winners locally.
His 12th ace came the day after his 40th
birthday party at Consett in the club’s men’s
open. That ace prompted discussions that it
may be worth a place in the Guinness Book
of Records.
Locally, there have been reports of Dick
Johnson, from Northumberland Golf Club, who
had accumulated 10 holes-in-one and last year
Whitburn’s Gordon Scrowther also achieved his
tenth ace.
The world record is reportedly held by Long
Beach’s Norman Manley who has an amazing
59 holes-in-one.
Andy’s first hole-in-one came in 1992, one of
three that year. Two more came the following
year, and the others followed regularly.
“There can be an element of luck in a holein-one,” said Andy, “but I have to say that this
one was a good shot.”
TEEINGOFF
Chapman wins again
E
ngland elite squad player Adam
Chapman retained his North of
England Open Amateur Strokeplay
Championship crown with a polished
performance at Pannal.
His steady three under-par second round score
was enough to win the Shaw Salver by two shots
from Jack Gaunt of Drayton Park and Lindrick’s
Bailey Gill.
Chapman’s second round followed an
impressive eight under-par 64 which he fired on
the first day giving him a total of 11-under 133.
Victory at the end of the season tasted
particularly sweet for Chapman, who has been
disappointed with his form in 2015.
“I’ve had a poor season which started off
badly and got a little bit better as time went
on. I’ve not putted well for most of the year so
I’m pleased to have ended with a win,” said the
Windermere player.
His form certainly returned at Pannal, where
he has now won three major events in successive
years. He said: “I played nicely, hitting fairways in
the first round and making good positions count.
The putts were dropping too which was a relief.”
His game plan for the second round was to
shoot 70 so he was more than satisfied with his
three under-par 69.
Chapman added: “I played sensibly and felt
comfortable throughout. I hit a few ropey drives,
but recovered well and I felt I left a few putts out
there to be honest.”
Gaunt provided a firm challenge, shooting
under-par rounds of 71 and 64 to put the pressure
on. Lindrick’s Gill also put up an impressive
performance with rounds of 67 and 68 to equal
Gaunt’s total, two strokes behind the winner.
Meanwhile, Yorkshire lifted the County Plate
for securing the best score after 36 holes by two
members of the squad – Bailey Gill and James
Walker (The Oaks) – with the latter finishing
birdie, birdie, eagle.
Bad weather hindered this year’s
championship, scheduled as a three-day 72-hole
event. Organisers had to make changes and
reduced play to 36 holes due to thick fog that
stubbornly refused to lift each morning. The Championship, launched in 2013,
is organised by the Northern Counties Golf
Union made up of the unions of Cheshire,
Cumbria, Durham, Isle of Man, Lancashire,
Northumberland and Yorkshire.
Adam Chapman with the Shaw Salver
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COURSEREVIEW
Longhirst’s in great shape
Dean Bailey enjoys a day out at Longhirst Hall, and finds the
Dawson Course in excellent condition late in the season
Y
ou may expect the life of a golf writer to
consist of playing as many courses you
can throughout the summer. In reality,
there is a lot of golf to cover through the
season, as well as your own competitive streak to
maintain, which makes getting out and about on
our region’s courses tough to fit in.
So, on the rare occasion I am able to visit a
course on a late summer’s day, I’ll jump at the
chance. Having scoured the social media universe
for a recommendation – remembering we were
within a week of October and the start of the
‘winter season’ – the winner was Longhirst Hall,
just outside Morpeth in Northumberland.
Longhirst opened in 1997 with the Old
Course. Eleven and then seven holes were
added in the following five years to create the
Lakes and Dawson courses. With both courses
stretching to more than 7,000 yards from the
very back tees, this is a huge site with views of
the Northumberland countryside stretching for
miles in every direction. A new driving range and
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academy have been added more recently. With
both courses highly recommended, we choose the
Dawson Course – both to tick off the fourth and
final EuroPro Tour host course in the region this
year, and having learned a tough lesson on the
need for sensible club selection and high quality
ball striking on our last visit to the Lakes Course.
Often regarded as the easier of the two layouts,
the Dawson is still a stern test with smaller greens
than its next-door neighbour and water in play on
10 holes – including a couple of daunting drives
which the starter was more than happy to prepare
us for as we stood swishing drivers on the first tee
wondering what all the fuss was about.
Playing the opening stretch it’s hard to
heed the advice. The fairway at the first is very
generous and at 438 yards this par five is a great
opportunity to start well. The second requires
a carry of just 185 yards from the white tee to
another generous fairway, while the third plays
a little longer than its 167 yards on the card. The
only defence here is the smaller greens and most
should expect to get some points on the board
early. The fourth is the first real challenge from the
tee with a carry of 232 yards required should you
take on the pond to the right of the fairway and
out of bounds awaits further right. The green here
has a ridge through its centre – finding the correct
half of the green is a priority.
The fifth is one of a number of candidates for
signature hole with a long drive required should
you wish to not be shaking in your golf shoes
playing to the island green. The green is 27 paces
deep, but it seems far smaller with water lurking
around 97% of the green.
Having taken a second to compose yourself
after the fifth, holes six, seven and eight present
easier prospects with no water in play from the
tee. At 379 yards, the dogleg eighth is the pick of
the bunch with an accurate tee shot required to
reach the corner at 220-240 yards. Find the fairway
and you should be left with little more than a nine
iron to a small, but unprotected green.
A stunning, if challenging par five, the ninth
COURSEREVIEW
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is another contender for signature hole. A big
hitter should contemplate taking a three wood
from the tee with water lurking left of the
fairway at 280 yards. The second shot is played
around a slight dogleg left and should leave a
pitch of 70-100 yards to a large green. The pros
treat this one as a three-shotter with three
lakes waiting around the green.
The 10th and 11th are both strong par fours
with the 10th presenting an opportunity to
drive the green at 317 yards – beware of the
water left of fairway and green from 80 yards
in – the fairway gathers towards it. A big drive
at 11 will leave a mid-long iron to a generous
green. The 152-yard par-three 12th is a good
opportunity to find a two – avoid the bunker
short right if the pin is on the right.
The 13th got our vote for signature hole
(see factfile) while one of the best tee shots on
the course, the 14th welcomes a driver with
a generous fairway at the 412-yard par four.
The second shot plays slightly longer than
its yardage to a raised green which falls away
on all sides. The drive at 15 is a little more
challenging with out of bounds right. It’s 240
yards to carry the bunker, which leaves around
120 yards for the second shot to a generous
green which slopes back to front.
The final stretch is great opportunity to
finish in style. The 200-yard 16th demands a
solid shot but a flat putt awaits should you find
the correct portion of the green. Finding the
fairway is the priority at 17, where two bunkers
await to the left of the fairway and another
front right of the green.
The last is a chance at glory; take the
bunker on (a carry of some 220 yards) and
you’ll be rewarded with a mid-short iron to the
green and a great chance at a birdie to finish.
A Sunday at Longhirst is best finished
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the Lakes Course playing
host for three years before
the Dawson Course hosted
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player to finish under-par
(-2) and is currently third in
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Choose the right tees for you; you’ll enjoy
it more. To find the right length course for
you, multiply your average carry distance
with your driver by 28. Spend a few
minutes on the putting green – the greens
were still very sharp in late September.
SIGNATURE HOLE
The 13th is one of those holes which fills
you with fear on the tee, and leaves those
who play it in four strokes delighted. The
fairway runs out at 218 yards with water
lurking right, left and long. Big hitters
can take the stream on – though it isn’t
recommended. Laying up leaves a shot
of around 200 yards to a green which
sits above the fairway and is protected
by a large bunker left. Play it well and
you’ll enjoy the view from the 14th tee a
lot more.
DEAN BAILEY’S VERDICT
One of our region’s best layouts, it’s
obvious why the EuroPro players love
coming back here
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As I write, I am sitting in the Fairmont hotel in St
Andrews feeling slightly dejected. It is the first day of
the Dunhill Links Championship and I am first reserve.
I got the call late and my wife and I quickly packed our
things. Although the odds of me getting in were slim,
it was well worth the short trip just incase one of my
fellow pros needed to withdraw. As I watched the final
group tee off, I knew my chance of playing was gone.
My mind then switches to preparing for my final
events, the Portugal Masters and Hong Kong Open. I
have had a few days off since my last run of events
so I am raring to go again. I have had two missed
cuts followed by a 51st place finish in my last three
tournaments having played them in a combined score of
seven under-par, which shows that my game is in decent
shape, but also that the depth of this tour is extremely
strong and any slight dip in form is punished.
Having thought about things, and looking at my
statistics, it is pretty clear my driving has been letting me
down. I usually hit around 70% of fairways, but recently
I’ve only been hitting around 50%. This isn’t an alarming
dip, but enough to make a difference at this level. It is
merely some small tendencies creeping into my swing,
which I can easily iron out in the next two weeks.
Fitness has become vital for me too. Your strength,
flexibility, and stability are inevitably linked to how you
swing the club. Due to the demands of the European
Tour schedule and the availability of free dessert every
lunchtime, my fitness has dipped slightly over the last
few months. During these two weeks off I will have a
gruelling gym schedule to get my body back into top
shape. I will be spending around 2.5 hours a day on
strength, flexibility, and stability work. Thankfully, I really
enjoy it now; there’s nothing like five sets of dead lifts to
get your day started!
My next column will be after the end of this season.
Hopefully, I will be talking about my year ahead with a
full tour card. As long as I practice and train well over
the coming two weeks, I am confident that will be the
case. Wish me luck!
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GOLFERNEWS
Tony Boyd cracks the champagne as Team GB celebrate their Simpson Cup win
Boyd by great
victory
Team GB clinch title with Northern army veteran
playing a key role
A
rmy veteran Tony Boyd was part of
the triumphant Team GB clinching
a thrilling 9.5-8.5 victory over the
USA to regain the Simpson Cup at
Royal St George’s.
The annual competition runs along similar lines
to the Ryder and Solheim Cups, pitting 13 injured
British Servicemen and veterans against a team of
American counterparts.
Now in its fourth edition since the inaugural
event at TPC Sawgrass in 2012, the tournament
aims to raise funds and awareness for the On Course
Foundation, a charitable organisation which is
registered in both the UK and the USA.
All competitors involved are members
of the Foundation, which helps men
and women who were injured,
sick or wounded in the line of
duty rebuild their lives both
through the opportunity
to play the game
and attaining
employment in the
golf industry.
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Tony, 54, who was a member of
the Parachute Regiment and also
the Royal Army Physical Training
Corps, had his right leg amputated
in 2012 following a climbing
accident in Kenya 16 years earlier.
“I had a broken back and two
broken legs from the initial injury
when I had a climbing accident
in Kenya,” he said. “I was teaching
adventure training; it was a
pure accident.
“Something you do every day
just went totally wrong so I had a
fall of 180ft and I was hospitalised
for 14 days and then flown back to
the UK.”
Tony, who plays off 21, admits
he was as excited as a child
as he awaited the start of the
Simpson Cup.
“I have played sport at a high
level before, I’m an ex-member of
the British bobsleigh team, but
there was real excitement standing
on the tee – I still get the buzz. If
you enjoy it and get the buzz it is
well worth doing.”
Tony qualified for the match
after an event at the London
Club’s Heritage Course.
Originally from Peterlee,
he and his family settled in
Catterick 14 years ago.
He left the
forces for a while to
become a teacher,
working in a prison at
Northallerton, but subsequently
returned to the army in an
educational role.
In the match, a late rally from
Team USA had left matters
evenly poised at 3-3 after the
fourball matches, but a sea of
blue engulfed the visitors and
the home side continued to
edge their way to victory.
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GOLFERNEWS
Suppliers to Northern Golfer
Phil Ridden
City miss out
Disappointment for Tyneside club
C
ity of Newcastle came
within touching distance
of the England Champion
Club crown - and a chance
of a European title tilt.
The trophy seemed to be in their
grasp when they led by nine shots
at the halfway stage of the England
final at Brancepeth Castle.
But they lost out cruelly on
countback to Birstall who came back
from the dead to clinch victory with
their team of Chris Webb, Jack Merry
and Steve Sansome.
City’s Phil Ridden, who went
round in one over-par 71 in the
final round having opened with a
65 - had the consolation of topping
the individual leaderboard on four
under-par, one ahead of Merry.
Ridden’s team-mates Mark
McCarthy and Alex Dixon shot 147
and 148 respectively.
Both teams finished on 11
over-par, but Birstall’s second
round total was just four-over,
while City were 13-over. That
means it will be Birstall rather
than City representing England
in the European Champion Club
tournament in Cyprus.
City had to settle for second
spot, just as they did in 2009.
Durham’s champions Durham City
finished tied 19th. Ridden said:
“I played steady all day, didn’t hit
many bad shots and holed some
nice putts.”
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LADIESGREENSOMES
NORTHERN
GOLFER LADIES
GREENSOMES
2015
Route to the
Championship
Round 1
Setchill & Glendenning (25)
LOST to
Clark & Gollogly (6&5)
Walby & Golightly
BEAT
Johnstone & Steerman 1 up
Round 2
Brady & Brady
LOST to
Clark & Gollogly 5 & 4
Liddle & Wilson
LOST to
Walby & Golightly 2 & 1
Round 3
Clark & Gollogly
BEAT
Taylor & Parry 2 & 1
Gradwell & Pesara
LOST to
Walby & Golightly 1 down
Round 4
1. Gerry Longstaff &
Lis Stevenson
(Eaglescliffe)
LOST to
Christine Walby (15)
& Lynda Golightly (18)
(Slaley Hall) 3&2
2. Ami Storey &
Claire Brown (Close House)
LOST to
Katie Clark & Anne Gollogly
Final
Katie Clark & Anne Gollogly
(Saltburn)
BEAT
Christine Walby & Lynda
Golightly (Slaley Hall) 4 & 3
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Katie
Clark and
Anne
Gollogly
Saltburn Ladies take
Greensomes crown
S
altburn’s Anne Gollogly and Katie Clark
produced a great performance to win
Northern Golfer’s inaugural Ladies
Greensomes competition.
The Teessiders shook hands on the 15th to
secure victory at Northumberland’s Matfen Hall,
which hosted the semi-finals and final, and they
will now get the chance to sample the resort’s
facilities in more relaxing circumstances.
Anne said: “This has been a great tournament
to play in and we have thoroughly enjoyed playing
our matches. Thanks to Northern Golfer for
introducing the competition and hopefully it will
go from strength to strength.”
In the semi-finals Gerry Longstaff and Lis
Stevenson, representing Eaglescliffe Golf Club,
lost to Christine Walby and Lynda Golightly from
Slaley Hall Golf Club 3&2 while the eventual
winners beat Ami Storey and Claire Brown
from Close House.
Christine and Lynda did not get off to a good
start in the final, conceding the first two holes
to go 2dn and although they halved the next five
and won the 8th, they lost the next three leaving
too much to do.
Northern Golfer’s Tournament Organiser,
Paul Corney said: “All the ladies taking part have
entered into the spirit of the game and made a
lot of new friends throughout the 2015 season.
Congratulations to Katie and Anne who will now
be enjoying a stay at Matfen Hall.”
Located in the heart of the Northumberland
countryside, Matfen Hall offers golfers the
choice of three nine-hole loops named Douglas,
Standing Stone and Dewlaw, combining into
three testing 18-hole course. There is also a high
quality nine-hole par-three course and Golf
Academy, luxury hotel and spa.
GOLFERNEWS
Webb’s a
winner
Mathew Webb
Bedlington’s Mathew Webb made
the most of a last-minute entry into
the Yorkshire Masters by winning it.
He shot a seven under-par 65
at Owston Hall to win by one shot
from Wheatley’s David Cowell
and maintain a winning season
which has seen pro-am victories at
Westerhope, Warwickshire, Ramside,
Rockliffe, Bamburgh and most
recently Blyth where he was also a
winner with a seven under-par 65.
Following the Yorkshire Masters,
Webb was in the top 20 in the
James Brearley Lancashire Open
with rounds of 67 and 72, and also
finished in the top 25 in the pro-am.
New pro at George
Washington
Darlington
proposal
eorge Washington Golf Club
has appointed Ryan Ingram as a
PGA Professional alongside PGA
Professional Gary Shipley.
Ingram, who qualified as a PGA pro in 2014
having worked as an assistant professional at
Darlington Golf Club is to hold a
members’ vote on proposals from a
developer to buy their club.
The Haughton Grange club has
been offered a "substantial sum
of money" to quit the site and has
called an extraordinary general
meeting of its members to discuss
the proposal.
Members have been invited to
attend a presentation of the proposal
and a ballot will take place on
the evening.
The club was recently awarded
a £57,000 Sport England grant to
invest in an all-weather practice and
coaching area, including an eightbay driving range.
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Cocken Lodge, and spent a year at Sunderland
Golf Centre.
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George Washington, as well as delivering junior
development and Junior Golf Passport sessions as
well as a Junior Golf Camp this autumn.
For more information, and to book a place in the junior programmes contact Ryan Ingram,
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Matfen Hall is adding a Kick Golf course to
its facilities and golfers and non-golfers are
being encouraged to try the growing sport.
Played on short courses, the game combines
football and golf with families invited to
taster sessions on October 24 and 25 at the
Northumberland resort. Adults £10, under16s £5, no booking required. For more
information contact Peter Smith, tel 01661
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Durham wins
fifth title
Juniors win Northern league for fifth time
T
he Durham County Junior
Golf Society under-18
team won the Northern
Federation League for
the fifth consecutive year, beating
Northumberland, Cumbria and the
South of Scotland to the title.
Durham clinched the trophy with
an 8.5-3.5 win over Nothumberland
at Rothbury Golf Club, beating the
South of Scotland on match points.
The win marks the final event for
both team manager Jim Howe and
secretary Christine Howe, who both
retire this season.
The Durham team for the final
game (pictured above from left to
right): Scott Lyons (Hartlepool),
Adam Laidler (Houghton-LeSpring), David Bingham (Boldon),
James Wilson (Tyneside), Will
Marshall (Heworth), Ryan Dixon
(Castle Eden), Joe Langdon (Boldon)
and Jack Trewitt (Castle Eden).
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As we enter October, we can
already see signs of autumn setting
in. Daylight hours are reducing
rapidly, temperatures have
plummeted and there have already
been slight frosts reported in the
North East.
For many golf courses it is time
to start autumn renovation to
prepare the various playing surfaces
for the winter ahead. At Rockliffe
Hall we have already hollow cored
our greens using micro tines to
the depth of the thatch layer, this
was followed up with a verti-cut to
open the surface and make a seed
bed for an overseed application.
By doing this it helps to thicken up
the sward going through the winter
months, meaning we have no need
for winter greens to sustain growth.
This is then covered with top
dressing to fill any holes and cover
the seed, thus helping germination.
With this operation completed we
then raised the mowing height
to reduce stress within the plant,
aiding recovery.
We then moved onto doing
the same process to the tees
and approaches and all this
was completed within a week.
Approximately 45tonnes of sand
were used on the greens and
approximately 55tonnes on the tees
and approaches.
These operations are always
set within the calendar year and
planned around golf to maximise
recovery while causing minimal
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GOLFERPROFILE
Wrigley’s
winning
formula
Dean Bailey catches up with PGA Cup winner and
Hartlepool pro Alex Wrigley
T
here are many paths to the top of the
game. From jumping into the deep water
of the professional tours, to the route
Hartlepool’s Alex Wrigley has taken –
taking his time to train as a PGA professional and
slowly progressing towards the ultimate goal of
every playing professional – earning a living on the
European Tour.
That route led Alex to one of the top events in the
PGA calendar, the PGA Cup, in September - where
GB&I recorded its first win on US soil in the biennial
match which pits a team of GB&I pros against their
American counterparts in a Ryder Cup-style contest.
“It feels like a lifetime ago,” says Alex, who in
the two weeks since the match has spent four days
practising in the US, competed in the first stage
of European Tour Qualifying School, and has just
finished a full day of teaching at Hartlepool.
Alex, who won two points for GB&I from his four
matches, felt the weight of GB&I’s record in the US,
but was also aware of what he needed to do.
“Jon [Bevan, GB&I captain] talked about making
history throughout the week. But when we got out on
the golf course it was all about focusing on the task in
each game then getting down to each shot.
“The emotional highlight was watching Mike
Watson, who was the oldest guy on the team and
who’d spent years trying to make it into the event, hit
the opening tee shot - he ripped it down the middle.”
Alex and his nine teammates were tied with the
US going into Sunday’s singles, before winning the
final day of matches 5.5-4.5 – Alex beating Grant
Sanderson 3&1.
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“Sunday was the highlight of my week on the
course. The match was close but really could have
gone either way at the 12th when Grant holed a 30ft
putt for birdie which sent the Americans crazy.
“I followed that in with my own birdie from 20ft
to keep the momentum with me. Staying two up was
huge, and some solid shots coming in, including a
six iron to a couple of inches at 14, closed out a really
close match.”
Following his win in the second last match,
which levelled the score at 12.5-12.5, Alex watched
teammate Niall Kearney play the final hole with the
match on the line.
“Everyone was around the 18th green watching
Niall come in. When he made his up-and-down
from the back of the green we all went crazy – it was
one of the greatest feeling you could ever have on a
golf course.”
Alex wound down from the cup win in California
before returning to Heathrow and driving to France
for qualifying school.
“It was a long build up to PGA Cup, with a week
of practising before the event, so to go straight into Q
school was tough. I managed to get the job and that’s
what you need to do at that stage.”
An unfashionable approach to many, with the lure
of £10,000 top prizes on the EuroPro Tour, Alex has
split his time this season between the EuroPro and
working at Hartlepool.
“It’s a difficult balance to get right,” Alex explains
late on Sunday evening having visited the gym and
his physio on the way home.
“It’s a busy life and there’s very little downtime.
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GOLFERPROFILE
This year I’ve been travelling to the
EuroPro events on Monday nights and
coming back on the Friday. I’ll then
teach and work in the shop Saturday,
Sunday and Monday before going back
on the road.”
With the number of players on
the EuroPro Tour increasing, most of
them full-time, it may seem that Alex is
placing himself at a disadvantage.
“It’s a different challenge to what
most of the guys on the EuroPro are
facing, but if I felt it was hindering
my performance I would change the
balance. It’s busy but it seems to work
for me.
“It’s good to have an escape from
tournament golf and mine is working
in the shop and teaching.”
When we catch up, Alex is
preparing for the final event of
the EuroPro Tour schedule – The
Matchroom Sport Tour Championship
at Desert Springs in Almeria. From
there he’ll be driving to the second
stage of Q school and is already looking
forward to another busy month on
the course.
This season may seem a pinnacle in
25-year-old Alex’s career, but he’s not
ready to get carried away.
“I’ve been a fully qualified pro for
four years now and I’m very happy
with the way things are going.
“When I was 18 I would have
loved to have gone out and played
full-time. Unfortunately, I just wasn’t
good enough.
“I went down PGA route and
got a solid base before focusing on
playing. I think it’s a really good avenue
for people who are 18 to get a good
qualification and learn a lot about
their trade. You can compete way into
your 50s.
“Looking back, it was definitely the
right decision for me – it’s worked out
really nicely.”
Alex Wrigley
in action
With all his success, Alex credits the time he
spends at the club where he learned the game
with his grandfather and brother, with keeping
him grounded.
“My grandfather was a keen golfer and
brought me and Martin down to the club when
we were younger.”
Alex progressed through the junior ranks,
spending all of his summer holidays at the
club, before winning the Durham County
Championship at 16.
“From there everything seemed to happen
really quickly. I turned pro at 18 when a lot of
guys were making waves in the top amateur
events.” Says Alex, who caught up with England
schoolboys teammate Paul Howard, a winner on
the EuroPro Tour this season, recently.
“It’s funny to see how two very different routes
can cross back over so many years down the line.”
For now, Alex is happy with the balance
between time in the shop and on the golf course.
“It can be really easy to look too far ahead in this
game. It’s about playing the shot in front of you
and making the best of each situation.
“I’m very happy with this year and we’ll see
how the next few weeks go.”
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South Moor - a class act
Andrew Mair, a celebrated course designer and a keen student of Dr Alister MacKenzie’s
creations, samples a taste of Augusta in County Durham
D
r Alister MacKenzie is best known
for creating Augusta National and
his courses include Royal Melbourne
and Cypress Point, dramatically
overlooking the Pacific on the Monterey
Peninsula in California.
But how many golfers know that South Moor
in Stanley, County Durham – founded as a
National Coal Board “miners only” club in 1923 –
flies the MacKenzie flag in the North East?
Nowhere on this fascinating heathland
course is his influence more evident than in the
free-flowing greens which were to become his
trademark on future courses, including Augusta.
Fast and mainly vast, the speed adds to the
challenge of negotiating the contours, swales,
crowns, tiers and terraces with which MacKenzie
has endowed the beautifully shaped greens of
South Moor.
Elsewhere, amid stunning natural terrain
punctuated by gorse, heather and bracken, the
sloping and undulating rig and furrow fairways
encourage a sense of adventure.
As MacKenzie, a Yorkshireman born in Leeds,
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put it in his 1920 book Golf Architecture: “There
are few things more monotonous than always
playing from a dead flat fairway.”
At the par-three first, joy or sorrow mainly
depends on avoiding the greenside bunkers,
especially if the pin position is at the back.
The second, a par-five, is a double dog-leg
where you need to land the ball far enough right
of the bunkerless green to avoid rolling off down a
severe slope.
The par-three third brings another
outstanding example of a MacKenzie green, two
tiers split 50-50 and surrounded by trees.
The first of six par fours in a row arrives at the
fourth. When the going is hard and running, you
need to carefully judge bringing your approach
shot in from the right to hit the left-to-right
sloping green.
At the fifth there is a huge drop from right to
left around a towering green up high and hewn
out of the side of a hill, with massive trouble down
to the left. Talk about the wow factor!
On the sixth, it is the tee which is high up. My
playing partner, Guy Carr, pointed out that you
can see seven golf clubs from this vantage point:
Boldon, Birtley, Hobson, Houghton-le-Spring,
Ravensworth, Roseberry Grange Community
and Wearside.
You need to be accurate with your approach to
clear the horseshoe of four brilliantly positioned
bunkers guarding the front and sides of the green.
The seventh, also downhill, is a clear birdie
chance although the fairway narrows into
the green.
At the eighth it is best to fade your tee shot to
the right side of the fairway given your approach
shot will be at a green sloping left to right.
At the ninth, failing to clear the mounding at
the front of a green hidden above you (MacKenzie
was the British Army’s camouflage expert in
World War I) means the ball will run back down
towards you.
The back nine starts with a thrilling downhill
par-five which turns into an amphitheatre around
the green.
Strategically, you need to know that since a
ditch was put in across the fairway in front of the
green and its bunkers during 2008, the hole has
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FACT FILE
never yielded more birdies. The par-three 11th
has bunkers front left and right of the green
with a stream right and the stroke index one
12th is a par-five, a fine uphill hole where your
blind second shot needs to be aimed along the
left of the fairway.
The par four 13th has a 70-yard green,
the longest in County Durham. This means a
three-club difference for your approach shot
depending on the pin position.
The long 14th is one of the finest par threes
in the county. At 186 yards off the white tees
there are all sorts of problems, especially for
some players having to use their driver.
The 15th is the signature hole (see fact file)
and the 16th is the last par-five, a tight dog-leg
right which turns sharply almost at right angles
around the trees. The ideal landing area for your drive is a
mere 15-square-yards and then your target is
the smallest green on the course.
South Moor closes with two par fours. The
17th tee proves an expansive view disguising
a tight driving hole and you’ve got the flattest
green to look forward to once you have you
carried the bunker.
The 18th is a right to left dog-leg downhill
with the second shot crucial to reaching
a green where you can bounce the ball in
because it slopes front to back and left to right.
To sum up, members here clearly revel in a
risk and reward experience as against a mean
spirited slog with scorecard and pencil the only
motivating factor.
First time visitors will benefit from a holeby-hole guide by the club’s PGA professionals,
Shaun Cowell and Mark Ridley, on the club’s
impressive new website at
www.southmoorgc.co.uk
*Andrew Mair, a member of the
Northumberland Club, is a partner with
former Ryder Cup captain Mark James in the
Cramlington-based course design business
Andrew Mair Golf.
CONTACT
South Moor Golf Club, The Middles
Craghead, Stanley, Co Durham, DH9 6AG
Pro’s shop (Shaun Cowell and Mark Ridley)
tel 01207 283525
(9am-6pm including weekends)
Secretary (David Kitto) tel 01207 232 848
(10am-2pm, Mon-Fri)
Email [email protected]
Website www.southmoorgc.co.uk
Where else could you eat
a sumptuous homemade
pie baked in the clubhouse
kitchen by a record nine
times Durham County Ladies
Champion, South Moor’s
very own Pauline Dobson?
Pauline and mine host
Malcolm Kay have been
members of South Moor for
a combined total of more
than 70 years and care
passionately about serving
excellent wholesome food to
members and visitors
GREEN FEES
Weekday £23
Weekends £28
Weekend afternoons (after noon):
£15 inc free drink in clubhouse
Visitors’ loyalty cards:
Pay five green fees and get one free
(includes weekend afternoon rate)
TOTAL DISTANCE
White tees: 6,293 yards (par 72)
Yellow tees: 6,076 yards (par 72)
Red tees 5,502 (par 73)
FEATURES
18-hole heathland course
Five-hole par-three course
Driving practice area
Short game practice area
Putting green
CustomFitGolf discount store
Flightscope Xi & simulator
Well stocked bars
Top-class changing rooms and showers
CADDY’S TIP
Don’t miss a warm-up on the short game
area. Covering 1,668sqm, it’s the biggest
Astroturf area of its kind in Europe
SIGNATURE HOLE
The par-four 15th becomes absolutely
stunning when the heather is in full bloom
but its beauty can be skin deep. There
is trouble everywhere including streams,
down the left and in front of the green.
You need to be on the right of the fairway
to have a chance of taking the bunkers out
of play and hitting the raised green.
ANDREW MAIR’S VERDICT
South Moor is a thinking golfers’
paradise. For connoisseurs of the
sport, the course should not be missed
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GOLFERNEWS
Yorkshire
pip Durham
Durham County seniors team
with the Northern Counties
Championship nett trophy (left to
right): Alan Sanders, Ian Davison,
John Naisby (Capt), David
Foreman, John Napier, Mike
Baker, Geoff Wilkinson
Durham had to settle for runnersup spot and the nett trophy
as Yorkshire won the Northern
Counties Seniors Championship at
Castle Eden.
Durham had to go into the
tournament without captain Gilbert
Golightly when the date of the
championship was changed after
he’d booked a holiday.
Stand-in captain John Naisby
led the side of Alan Sanders, Ian
Davison, David Foreman, John
Napier, Mike Baker and Geoff
Wilkinson well and they finished just
seven shots adrift of Yorkshire with a
total of 747. In the nett competition
they were 12 shots clear of Yorkshire
with a total of 708.
Durham also had Chester-leStreet’s Mike Baker win the best
gross in the first round with 71
which Whitburn’s Geoff Wilkinson
repeated to win the second round
best gross.
Yorkshire’s Peter Ward had the
best individual gross with 72-71.
The boys
Don good
Doncaster’s teenage trio delivered
national taking England’s Junior
Champion Club title by five points
at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire.
The team of junior captain
Connor Longworth, Jack Ciullo
and Cameron Newman, supported
by their reserve Declan Stoppard,
amassed 162 points over 36 holes.
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Bernard Gallacher, second left, meets golfers on a previous visit to the region
Ryder legend
comes ‘home’
Gallacher returns to support Blackwell Grange
R
yder Cup-winning captain Bernard
Gallacher will do the honours when
Blackwell Grange unveils a host of
improvements this month.
Gallacher, who led Europe to victory over the
USA in 1995, is an honorary member of Blackwell
Grange where he often played a few holes with
members. When he visited his wife’s grandparents
in the early 1970s - they lived nearby as his wife’s
mother and family come from Darlington and her
father came from Shildon.
Blackwell has been undergoing some major
refurbishment and development including a
new state-of-the-art pro’s shop, a refurbished
15-bay driving range, new changing rooms plus a
redesigned bar and lounge area.
The club is holding an official opening event
and invited Gallacher a guest of honour.
General manager Ian Knight said: “When
people visit us for the first time after the
refurbishment, they will certainly be impressed.
“There has been some disruption for our
members and visitors over the past few weeks,
but I’m sure it’ll be well worth it and having
Bernard here to officially open everything is the
icing on the cake.”
Blackwell hasn’t looked back since it took
over the Stressholme course and vacated
the original layout which is the subject of
development plans.
Blackwell relocated in July 2013 and the
team has worked hard to maintain the 18-hole
parkland golf course with floodlit driving range
and excellent practice facilities.
With the river Skerne looping through
the course, it’s an excellent test and the
improvements and changes can only add to
its reputation.
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GOLFERNEWS
Clark cup
for Heworth
The winning Heworth team
and officials
Heworth won the Durham County
Clark Cup for only the second
time when they got the better of
defending champions Seaton Carew
3-2 in the final at Wynyard.
Heworth, who first won the
trophy in 2004, also knocked out
2013 champions Bishop Auckland
4-1 in the semi-finals at Washington
which they reached with wins over
Houghton 3-2, Whickham 5-0 and
South Shields 3.5-1.5.
David Moralee, Jason McGuire,
Will Marshall, Mark McAllister and
Nigel Ralph did the business to
prevent the Teessiders from clinching
the trophy for the second year in
a row.
Seaton Carew’s group of Hugh
Hamilton, Phil Nicholson, Ian
Hendry, Guy Webster and Rob
McGahan were a formidable team
as they proved by reaching the final
again but Heworth triumphed 3-2 in
an entertaining contest.
Thomson
date
Yorkshire youngster Jonathan
Thomson is part of England’s
team of four for the biennial
Spirit International amateur
championship in the USA.
He joins Hayley Davis, Bronte Law
and Scott Gregory for the 54-hole
championship at Whispering Pines
Golf Club, Texas this month when
the players compete for a range of
team and individual titles. Thomson, 19, from Lindrick tied
fourth in the European amateur
championship. He was also sixth
in the Brabazon Trophy and shared
third place in the Duncan Putter.
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Marianne Moore and James Glenn with the Durham County Mixed
Foursomes Trophy
Moore the
merrier
Mixed Foursomes title caps great season for Brancepeth
M
arianne Moore turned back
the clock 25 years when she
partnered James Glenn to the
Durham County Mixed Foursomes
Championship title.
Way back in 1990, Marianne and Bob Marley
won the title for Brancepeth for the first time
and now 25 years later, she was instrumental in
bringing the trophy back to the club for only the
second time.
The Brancepeth duo triumphed 3&2 in a tight
final against Beamish Park at Hartlepool after
overcoming the host club in the morning semifinal on the 19th.
Beamish’s young duo of Natasha Martin and
Adam Mottershead, who defeated Dinsdale Spa
4&3 in the other semi-final, gave as good as they
got in the final on the front nine until Brancepeth
turned the screw on the back nine and won on the
16th hole.
Playing off four, Marianne, and James, who
is off two, found themselves one down with one
to play in the semis, but won the 18th taking the
match into sudden death where they won on the
first extra hole.
It’s been a good season for Brancepeth with
Richard Aisbitt winning the Durham County
Championship and the English Mid-Amateur
title as well as the cub’s own scratch event, the
Leonard Crewley Medal.
And in the words of captain Steve Rose, the
county mixed foursomes victory coincided with
the club hosting the English Champion Club
Tournament in what was a “superb weekend
of golf.”
Aisbitt’s Leonard Crawley Medal win came
as a result of scores of 68 and 67 for a three-shot
margin over Crook’s from John Howarth.
Other successes this year include Norma
Hardy winning the Bronze Division in the
Durham County Ladies’ Golf Association Autumn
Singles and Ian and Lyn Davison winning the Sir
Arthur Wood Mixed Open with 44 points.
That victory means Ian and Lyn scooped both
of Brancepeth’s Open Mixed Opens following
their win in the Derek Carver Trophy in May.
GOLFERNEWS
Freeman’s
dream win
Yorkshireman takes the spoils in Harrogate
Y
orkshire’s John Freeman
pulled off a dream win in
the England Golf senior
men’s and women’s North
tournament at Harrogate.
He was six points ahead of the
field in the men’s handicap event,
while Norfolk’s Alex Mournian won
the women’s handicap prize by five
points – helped by an eagle.
There was also success for
Durham County Seniors Champion
Mike Baker, from Chester-le-Street,
as he won the scratch title.
Freeman, a 13-handicapper from
Willow Valley in West Yorkshire,
confessed he put his heart and soul
into winning the tournament - and
did so emphatically with a total of
74 points (39 and 35).
He was motivated by his
experience on the previous
occasion he entered at Pannal and
was thwarted by the weather.
“I had told myself you can’t win
it in the first round, but you can
lose it, so play nice and steady. I
got 37 points and was two or three
back, nicely placed – but the second
round was totally washed out. It
proved to me you can win it in the
first round!
“So this time I set my heart on
winning it and tried to get a good
score in the first round.”
Freeman took up golf when he
was in his 30s but had to give up
the game for 14 years because of
arthritis. A new hip and a new knee
meant he was able to take up golf
John Freeman and Alex Mournian
again when he retired and his aim is
a single figure handicap.
Royal Cromer’s Alex Mournian
was taking part for the first time,
having discovered England Golf
events when she, her husband and
another couple played in the new
mixed Club Team championship
and reached the national final in
Golf Week at Frilford Heath.
Mournian, who is in the RAF,
said: “I noticed the poster in the
locker room, realised I qualified and
thought I’d enter as I come from
Yorkshire and could also see family.
It’s been thoroughly enjoyable and
the club were fantastic.
“To play all these different
courses has been brilliant. I will
definitely come back.”
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The Middles, Craghead, Stanley, Co Durham DH9 6AG (Only ten miles from the A1)
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GOLFERNEWS
Classic
finale
Former Curtis Cup star Emma
Brown won on the final hole to
take Malton and Norton into the
finals of the Mail on Sunday Classic
in Spain.
Having missed out three time
in the past, Malton are now
on their way to El Rompido in
November after seeing off Scottish
champions Muckhart.
Emma was giving 21 shots to
Anita Collins but was two up with
two to play when her par putt lipped
out at 17.
However, she found the green in
three at the last and had two putts
for the win to see Malton off to Spain
after beating Ganton, Easingwold,
York, Scarborough SC, Whitby,
Oakdale, Bishop Auckland and
Minto and finally Muckhart.
“At last we’ve made it,” said
Emma. “We’ve got close a few times.
It came down to the last hole but we
did it.”
More than 760 clubs entered
the competition.
Garry Leeds
the way
Leeds Cup winner Garry Houston
is aiming to resurrect his European
Tour career after his second victory
in the event in four years.
"I was ill at the start of the
season and I did not want to travel
too far but I still wanted to keep
my game sharp,” said the Chesterbased Welshman.
"I played a bit on the Challenge
and EuroPro tours and in the region
where there are more people round
about my age.
"It’s certainly more fun but I’ll
be going back to qualifying school
at the end of the year to try to win
my card.”
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Shipley’s
winning
team (left
to right):
Charles
and Sharon
Howroyd,
with Penny
and Neil
Hartley.
Courtesy
Leaderboard
Photography
Ship shape
Yorkshire team is the best in England
S
hipley are the first winners of England
Golf ’s new Club Team Championship.
The Yorkshire side had to change
their line-up from the regional qualifier,
but still managed to score 81 points in the final on
the Blue course at Frilford Heath and finished two
clear of the field. The winning team was former Yorkshire
cricketer Neil Hartley and his wife Penny, together
with Charles and Sharon Howroyd.
“I can’t tell you what a wonderful honour it is
to win this, for the club and for the members,” said
Charles. “It was very much a team effort and we
slotted in very well.”
He and Sharon stepped into the team to replace
Liz and Mark Waddington, who helped Shipley
through the regional qualifier at Fulford, but were
unable to play in the final. Sharon went on to
provide one of the highlights of the round when
she birdied the third for four points. Shipley has around 120 lady members and a
very active mixed section with around 90 players
turning out for the regular events.
Neil said: “As a club, we seem to have embraced
mixed golf in the last few years and it’s been great
for England Golf to give us the opportunity to go to
Fulford and to Frilfold Heath and this marvellous
three-course setup.”
Much of the final was played in a downpour
but the players dealt with it cheerfully.
“Before we started we knew it would be a
long round and that we mustn’t get frustrated,”
said Neil. The runners-up were another Yorkshire club,
Waterton Park, who beat Leicestershire’s Hinckley
on countback after they both scored 79 points. Luck on Tottley’s side
Welshman Matthew Tottey won the PGA
North Region Championship at Kendal club
Carus Green thanks to an incredible stroke
of luck.
He misjudged his tee shot to the short 18th
and it was not until he reached the green that
he learned that his ball had struck a sponsor’s
banner, preventing it from going out of bounds.
Tottey safely made his par to post a seven
under-par round total, comprising five birdies
in a flawless first round and three in the next,
which contained his lone bogey.
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Allison Malham
Allison does
a top job
Seaton Carew boss shortlisted for award
S
eaton Carew’s Allison
Malham is in the running
to be named Golf Manager
of the Year.
She is in the final four named by
the Golf Club Managers Association
for the prestigious award and the
judges will visit Seaton Carew this
month to interview Allison before
announcing the two finalists
at Fulford.
The winner will be named at the
GCMA’s National Conference in
November in Burton-upon-Trent.
“It’s really nice to receive some
positive recognition for my work
as club secretary,” said Allison,
who has held the post for the last
four years.
“I don’t feel like I have done
anything special. When I received
news of the nomination I was so
stunned and couldn’t stop smiling
all week.”
Allison was nominated
for the award by the club’s
former treasurer Jim Cockburn and
several other members. Pay and play rewards
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts,
which manages Linden Hall in
Northumberland, is rewarding
golfers across the UK with the
launch of the group’s first pay and
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The new loyalty card scheme
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Players will receive increased
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AWAYDAYS
A grand
day out
We take a trip around the region to find some
of the best venues for an autumn outing
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40 NORTHERN GOLFER
AWAYDAYS
CASTLE EDEN GOLF CLUB
Just off the A19 in County Durham you will find one of the region’s best
parkland tracks, Castle Eden. Set between the Castle Eden Dene and the
castle, the golf course is regarded as one of the best kept in the North
East, with top quality greens all season long.
The clubhouse facilities are top notch too with great views of the
seventh, eighth and 18th from the conservatory - a great place to watch
the last few groups come in.
We would recommend the eighth as a great nearest the pin test – many
a good score has been sent down into the ravine short of the green at this
190-yard par three.
Castle Eden Golf Club, Stockton Road, Castle Eden, Hartlepool
TS27 4SS, tel 01429 836 510, www.castleedengolfclub.co.uk
CASTLE EDEN GOLF CLUB
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD GOLF CLUB
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD GOLF CLUB
Flamborough Head offers a year-round treat with a classic English links
course rolling over the clifftops on the North Yorkshire coast.
Measuring just 6,198 yards, Flamborough is not the longest links
course, but it is a demanding test never-the-less.
Avoid the rough at all costs, it is deep and will take a great shot to
escape from, while the greens are large and undulating – finding the right
portion of them is important if you want avoid three putting.
The mix of short and long holes, played in different directions, means
you are lucky if you face two similar shots in a full round here making it a
tough test but one you’ll enjoy a great deal.
The clubhouse at Flamborough Head offers stunning views of the golf
course and out to the North Sea. It’s a great place to relax after your
round and enjoy some traditional, home cooking.
Flamborough Head Golf Club, Lighthouse Road, Flamborough
East Riding, YO15 1AR, tel 01262 850 333
www.flamboroughheadgolfclub.co.uk
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AWAYDAYS
FULFORD GOLF CLUB
Fulford, the Yorkshire course made famous by Bernhard Langer in 1981,
remains a great test for golfers of all abilities – as we found out on a
recent trip.
Widely regarded as one of the best courses in the North of England,
Fulford staged 23 consecutive European Tour events between the 1970s
and 1990s and saw major champion Langer climb an ash tree on the
17th during the Benson and Hedges tournament in 1981, a shot which
is cemented in any list of golf’s strangest escapes or any montage of shots
from the German’s career. The 6,900-yard course is now considered too
short to host a tour event but it remains tough enough for any handicap
golfer with its mix of three par fours of more than 400 yards in the first
five holes, three superb par fives and a couple of brilliant short holes –
although one of them is not so short at 205 yards.
Fulford Golf Club, Heslington Lane, York Yorkshire, YO10 5DY
tel 01904 413 579, www.fulfordgolfclub.co.uk
GARESFIELD GOLF CLUB
On the border between Northumberland and Durham, Garesfield is often
ranked among our region’s most picturesque courses with views across
both counties. Designed by Harry Fernie in 1922, the parkland course
offers a great test for the low handicappers with trouble waiting for those
who are too bold, while those who choose to plot their way around will
find the course a pleasure to play. The mature layout measures nearly
6,500 yards with a par of 72 from the medal tees and is beautifully
presented throughout the year with the greens regularly winning praise
from visiting parties. The modern two-storey clubhouse offers superb
views over the course and surrounding countryside - a great place to
watch the sunset after an afternoon on the course.
Garesfield Golf Club, Clayton Terrace Road, Chopwell, NE17 7AP
tel 01207 561 278, www.garesfieldgolfclub.co.uk
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Castle Eden Golf Club
Visiting Party bookings
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Winter 4 ball offer from £80 (Nov-Mar)
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GEORGE WASHINGTON HOTEL, GOLF & SPA
GEORGE WASHINGTON HOTEL, GOLF & SPA
George Washington is everything you want in a golf resort. A top notch
championship course is complemented by a 16-bay driving range
with teaching suites. There’s also a five-hole Academy course, and the
103-bedroom hotel offers great stay and play rates and dining throughout
the day.
At the heart of the resort is the par 73, 18-hole layout measuring 6,625
yards from the back tees. The fairways here are generous, however trees
await should you fail to find the short grass. The opening back-to-back
par fives offer a great opportunity to get off to a flying start, while George
Washington’s version of Amen corner - a stretch of three tricky par fours will test players of all levels with tough drives leading to tricky undulating
greens. Play this stretch in level par and you’re on for a great score.
George Washington Hotel, Golf and Spa, Stone Cellar Road
High Usworth, Washington, NE37 1PH, tel 0191 417 8346
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THE HOBSON GOLF CLUB
The meadowland course at The Hobson is guaranteed to test every facet
of your game, whatever your handicap.
Measuring 6,403-yards from the back tees, the course is relatively flat,
which makes for easy walking while the layout, with its mix of strong par
fours and risk and reward par fives, requires your full concentration to
make a winning score.
The course has come a long way since members purchased it from
Derwentside District Council in 2002 thanks to drainage work and
continuous investment. The club has also added a 16-bay driving range
to its facilities and Mark Watkins’ professional’s shop is worth a visit
before you tee off.
The Hobson Golf Club, Burnopfield, Co. Durham, NE16 6BZ
tel 01207 270 941, www.thehobsongolfclub.co.uk
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LINDEN HALL GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
LINDEN HALL GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
A short drive from Newcastle, the impressive country house setting of
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and accommodation.
An 18th Century manor house, Linden Hall is at the heart of the resort
with the golf course laid out in mature woodland with views out to the
North Sea. The 6,846 yard course is well defended by bunkers and the
highlight of many rounds is the risk and reward par-five 13th.
Away from the golf course, the facilities at Linden Hall include a
dedicated golfers lounge, The Linden Tree Pub, conference facilities, quad
biking, the two AA Rosette Dobson restaurant, as well as a spa, gym
and pool.
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RAMSIDE HALL HOTEL & GOLF CLUB
Home of one of the UK’s newest golf courses, as well as an awardwinning hotel and spa, Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club is an ideal
venue for golfers travelling to the North East, or those looking for good
golf and world-class facilities close to home.
Its two 18-hole championship courses - The Prince Bishops Course
and the new Cathedral Course are fine examples of risk and reward golf,
set in countryside near Durham City.
The Cathedral Course, opened in September 2014 as part of a £15m
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across the city and to the cathedral the course is named after.
Meanwhile, The Prince Bishops Course is a classic English track with
tree-lined fairways and well-protected greens. Although very different
layouts, both courses present an excellent test of golf where tree-lined
fairways, water hazards, intelligent bunkering and doglegs challenge
your game.
Away from the golf courses, the resort has everything golfers and nongolfers need from the clubhouse and driving range for before and after
your round, to the new Rib Room, Steakhouse and Grill.
The resort’s spa offers full day experiences as well as one-off
treatments, and the hotel offers 80 rooms including a number of suites
and the five-bedroom Farmhouse. There is also a health club, gym and
pool on-site.
Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, Carville Durham, DH1 5TD
tel 0191 386 5282, www.ramsidehallhotel.co.uk
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CARDRONA HOTEL, GOLF & SPA
For those travelling north, Cardrona in the Scottish Borders is well worth
a visit. The resort, which features a Dave Thomas-designed parkland and
woodland layout, is skirted by the River Tweed and offers stunning views
across the dramatic borders landscape.
Designed by former Ryder Cup player Thomas, the 7,010-yard par
72 course has hosted EuroPro and European Challenge Tour events and
opened for play in 2001.
Bearing all the hallmarks of a Thomas design - large bunkering and
huge, subtly contoured greens - Cardrona is a must-play course for those
within a couple of hours’ drive.
Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Cardrona, Peebles
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THE RED LION INN
If you’re heading north to the Borders, or playing in North
Northumberland, a stay at The Red Lion Inn, Milfield is highly
recommended. With two guest rooms and four en-suite chalets, The
Red Lion is perfect for small groups looking for a base to venture out
from, while the homecooked breakfast is sure to set you up for a day on
the golf course. Food at the Red Lion is hearty with pork belly, duck leg
confit and steak and ale pie all highly recommended from the bar menu.
The Red Lion Inn, Main Road, Milfield, Wooler, NE71 6JD
tel 01668 216 224, www.redlionmilfield.co.uk
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01665 830 370
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01661 822 689
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01429 274 398
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01287 677 444
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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 4274
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
Filey Golf Club
West Avenue, Filey, YO14 9BQ
01723 513293
South Shields Golf Club
Cleadon Hills, South Shields, NE34 8EG
0191 456 8942
Forest of Galtres Golf Club
Flaxby, Knaresborough, HG5 0RR
01423 863 444
Tynemouth Golf Club
Spital Dene, Tynemouth, NE30 2ER
0191 257 4578
Forest Park Golf Club
Stockton-on-Forest, York, YO32 9HF
01904 400 425
Tyneside Golf Club
Westfield Lane, Ryton, NE40 3QE
0191 413 2742
Fulford Golf Club
Heslington Lane, York, YO10 5DY
01904 413 579
Wearside Golf Club
Cox Green, Sunderland, SR4 9JT
0191 534 2518
Ganton Golf Club
Station Road, Ganton, Scarborough,
YO12 4PA
01944 710 329
Harrogate Golf Club
Forest Lane Head, Harrogate, HG2 7TF
01423 862 999
Whickham Golf Club
Hollinside Park, Fellside Road
Whickham, NE16 5BA
0191 488 1576
Heworth Golf Club
Muncaster House, Muncastergate,
YO31 9JY
01904 426 156
Whitburn Golf Club
Lizard Lane, South Shields, NE34 7AF
0191 529 4210
Kirkbymoorside Golf Club
Manor Vale, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6EG
01751 431 525
Whitley Bay Golf Club
Claremont Rd, Whitley Bay, NE26 3UF
0191 252 0180
Knaresborough Golf Club
Boroughbridge Road,
Knaresborough, HG5 0QQ
01423 862 690
YORKSHIRE (EAST)
Malton & Norton Golf Club
Welham Park, Welham Road,
Norton,Malton, YO17 9QE
01653 697 912
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
Flamborough Head Golf Club
Lighthouse Road, Flamborough,
Bridlington, YO15 1AR
01262 850 333
Hornsea Golf Club
Rolston Rd, Hornsea, HU18 1XG
01964 534989
Masham Golf Club
Burnholme, Swinton Road,
Masham, Ripon, HG4 4NS
01765 688 054
Oakdale Golf Club
Oakdale, Harrogate, HG1 2LN
01423 567 162
Pannal Golf CLub
Follifoot Road, Pannal, HG3 1ES
01423 872 628
Pike Hills Golf Club
Tadcaster Road, Askham Bryan,
YO23 3UW
01904 700 797
Richmond Golf Club
Bend Hagg, Richmond, DL10 5EX
01748 823 231
Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club
Deepdale Avenue, off Filey Road,
YO11 2UE
01723 360 522
Mid Yorkshire Golf Club
Havercroft Lane,
Pontefract, Darrington,
WF8 3BP
01977 704522
Moor Allerton Golf Club
Coal Road, Wike,
Leeds, LS17 9NH
0113 266 1154
Scarthingwell Golf Club
The Scarthingwell Centre, Scarthingwell,
Tadcaster, LS24 9PF
01937 557 878
Moortown Golf Club
Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 7DB
0113 268 6521
Selby Golf Club
Mill Lane, Brayton, YO8 9LD
01757 228 622
Otley Golf Club
West Busk Lane, Otley, Leeds, LS21 3NG
01943 465 329
Skipton Golf Club
Short Lee Lane, Skipton, BD23 3LF
01756 795 657
Oulton Hall
Rothwell Lane, Oulton,
Leeds, Yorkshire,
LS26 8HN
0871 222 4690
The Oaks Golf Club
Aughton Common, Aughton, YO42 4PW
01757 288 577
Thirsk & Northallerton Golf Club
Thornton le Street, Thirsk, YO7 4AB
01845 525 115
Pontefact & District Golf Club
Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QS
01977 792241
Whitby Golf Club
Low Straggleton, Whitby, YO21 3SR
01947 600 660
Rawdon Golf and Lawn Tennis Club
Buckstone Drive,
Rawdon, Leeds,
LS19 6BB
0113 2506040
York Golf Club
Lords Moor Lane, Strensall, YO32 5XF
01904 491 840
Sand Moor Golf Club
Alwoodley Lane, Leeds, LS17 7DJ
0113 268 5180
YORKSHIRE (WEST)
Scarcroft Golf Club
Syke Lane, Leeds, LS14 3BQ
0113 289 2263
Bradford Golf Club
Hawksworth Lane, Guiseley, LS20 8NP
01943 875570
Cookridge Golf Club
Cookridge Lane, Cookridge, Leeds,
LS16 7NL
0113 230 0641
Wakefield Golf Club
28 Woodthorpe Lane, WF2 6JH
01924 258778
Woodhall Hills Golf Club
Woodhall Road, Calverley, Pudsey, LS28 5UN
0113 255 4594
Dewsbury District Golf Club
The Pinnacle, Sands Lane, Mirfield,
WF14 8HJ
01924 492399
Wetherby Golf Club
Linton Lane, Linton, Wetherby, LS22 4JF
01937 580 089
Garforth Driving Range
Barwick Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2DN
0113 287 1111
OTHER GOLF OUTLETS
Garforth Golf Club
Long Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2DS
0113 286 2021
Headlingly Golf Club
Back Church Lane, Adel, Leeds, LS16 8DW
0113 267 9573
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
& Hobson Golf Club
Burnopfield, Newcastle, NE16 6BZ
01207 271605
Ripon Golf Club
Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HH
01765 603 640
Hollins Hall
Hollins Hill, Baildon,
Shipley, Bradford,
BD17 7QW
01274 530 053
YORKSHIRE (NORTH)
Romanby Golf Club
Yafforth Road, Northallerton, DL7 0PE
01609 778 855
Horsforth Golf Club
Layton Rise, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5EX
0113 258 6819
Aldwark Manor Golf Club
Aldwark Alne,YO61 1UF
01347 838 146
Rudding Park Golf Club
Rudding Park, Harrogate, HG3 1JH
01423 872 100
Huddersfield Golf Club
Fixby Hall, Lightridge Rd, HD2 2EP
01484 426203
Bedale Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Bedale,
DL8 1EZ
01677 422 451
Sandburn Hall Golf Club
Flaxton, York, YO60 7RB
01904 469 929
Leeds Golf Club
Elmete Lane, Leeds, LS8 2LJ
0113 265 9203
Direct Golf
Lullingstone Crescent
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland,
TS17 5GJ
01642 765 000
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
Dynamic Indoor Golf
Wideopen, Newcastle,
NE13 7BA
0191 481 3590
The KP Golf Club
Pocklington, York, YO42 1UF
01759 303 090
Catterick Golf Club
Leyburn Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3QE
01748 833 268
Custom Fit Golf
South Moor Golf Club Superstore
Craghead, Stanley DH9 6AG
01207 283 525
Eureka
Copt Hill, Houghton le Spring,
DH5 8LU
0191 584 1198
George Paylor 5th Tee
5th Tee,Garesfield Golf Club
Chopwell, NE17 7AP
07737 963881
Jeffrey Musgrove Golf Shop
Garesfield Golf Club
Chopwell, NE17 7AP
01207 563082
Leda Discount Golf Centre
Grange Villa, Chester le Street,
DH2 3NF
0191 370 1757
Marshalls Golf
Heworth Golf Club,
Gingling Gate, Heworth,
NE10 8HY
0191 4384223
Gordon Catterill Golf Shop
Middlesbrough Golf Club,
Brass Castle Lane,
TS8 9EE
01642 311766
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
Tim Jenkins Golf
Cleveland Golf Club, Majuba Road,
Redcar,
TS10 5BJ
01642 471 798
also at Castle Eden Golf Club, Castle Eden,
TS27 4SS
01429 836689
Tour Performance Golf
California Road, Carlisle, Cumbria,
CA3 0BY
01228 545 665
The Hobson Golf Range
Hobson Golf Club, Burnopfield,
NE16 6BZ
ZFL Golf
Unit 8d,
North Tyne Ind. Estate,
NE12 9SZ
0191 270 2362
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Whorlton Grange, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE5 1PP
0191 286 9125
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North Cliff Avenue, Scarborough,
YO12 6PP
01723 355 397
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Stillington Road, Easingwold, YO61 3ET
01347 822 474
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Ravensworth Golf Club
Angel View, Longbank, Gateshead, NE9 7UU
0191 487 6014
from the
bunker
Percy Wood captain Trevor
Dodds wrote to say:
We held a charity golf day on
September 26 in aid of the Sir
Bobby Robson Foundation with
Andrew Robson joining us for the
day. With 15 four-person teams
taking part, and a generous
donation of £1,000 from Barclays,
we surpassed our £5,000 target. I’d
like to thank all of those who took
part and those who donated, and
raised money for a fantastic charity.
Well done Trevor, best of luck
for your last couple of months
in office.
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if you’d like to make suggestions about Northern Golfer,
let us know. We want to hear from you!
It’s always special when
a golfer shoots a score
lower than their age.
And Moortown’s Roger
Calvert has now gained
membership of that special
club - and also matched the
achievement of his wife!
Roger had a remarkable
round of 86 - he’s now
92 - on his home course in
the Lawrence Batley Over80s event.
He ended up with 42 points
and, not surprisingly, won the title. While the retired
chartered accountant admits that he went into the
competition feeling confident, he says his sights were
set on emulating his feat of last year when he won
the prize awarded to the player with the best Over90s score.
His wife Margaret lifted the trophy back in 2008 and
she’s reminded him several times of that but now they
are the first husband and wife to achieve the feat since
the competition’s inception in 1992.
Good luck to Parklands Golf Club’s Kath Morpeth
and Denise Swindlehurst who have made it
through to the National final of the Daily Mail
Foursomes competition. The final takes place
at Forest of Arden on October 19 with 16 teams
from around the UK taking part.
Seaham Gollf club has sent us
this photo of duo Steve Sowerby
(right) and William Lawson who did
the double for the Durham club
54 NORTHERN GOLFER
when they won the Durham County
Spring and Autumn Salvers final.
Well done chaps. You did your club
proud.
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