England’s world number five amateur, Charley Hull, impressively finished in the top 40 in the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California – her first professional tournament and her first Major. The 16-year-old tied 38th with a 72-hole total of one-over par. She was the second-placed English player in the field, behind Yorkshire’s Jodi Ewart, and ahead [...]
Exciting times lie ahead for golfers following the decision by South Bucks District Council to lend The Farnham Park Trust £1.98m to build a new golf clubhouse and green-keepers’ compound. The new state of the art clubhouse has been designed by HLN Architects who also designed the Twenty-Ten clubhouse at the Celtic Manor which played [...]
The Club currently has a unique golf educational programme being delivered at Mill Ride for young, aspiring golfers. The Sports Academy began offering this programme at the start of the current academic year, which aims to give young golfers the opportunity to receive outstanding education along with specialist golfing tuition on a full-time and part-time [...]
Our Lady’s Abingdon (OLA) is celebrating the achievements of some of its young sportsmen and women at national level. Year 11 student Rebecca James was recently named South West Regional Triathlon Champion for the 2011 season. Now ranked 30th in the Great Britain Under-17 category, Rebecca is thoroughly committed to her sport and dedicated to [...]
Heythrop Park is offering some great offers for golfers this winter! Join now at Heythrop Park before 29th February and receive 13 months for the price of 12 and a Joining Pack worth £200. If you are interested in membership, please contact Toby Morgan either by calling 01608 673488 or email tmorgan@heythroppark.co.uk Winter [...]
The Oxfordshire Golf Club hosted a charity golf day in aid of the ‘BBC Children in Need Appeal’, with each of the 92 participant’s green fee donated to support the outstanding work carried out by the charity. Sponsored by VPAR, Leaderboard, and Humphris Oxford Ltd–Mitsubishi, the event proved to be a great success raising funds of [...]
Twelve-year-old Steven Stanhope from Milton under Wychwood in West Oxfordshire won the BB&O Golf Partnership’s Champion of Champions 2011 trophy in style at Studley Wood on Wednesday (October 26). Steven (12 hcp), who qualified for the final by virtue of an unbelievable 49 points in the qualifying competition at Waterstock in July, recorded a birdie [...]
Captain Jack Sparrow was on hand to cut the ribbon and officially open Abbey Hill Golf Centre’s new Pirate Island Adventure Golf Facility last Sunday (October 16). More than 600 buccaneers, both young and old, from Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas attended the launch with many wearing pirate outfits to join in the fun [...]
