Kingswood School in Bath has a reputation for nurturing individual talent and one perfect example of support and encouragement over a number of years which has certainly paid off is golfer Chris Lloyd. Chris joined Kingswood School at the age of 11. He was already a keen young golfer and had starting playing at the [...]
Thornbury Golf Centre has reinforced its pledge to greener golf by signing up to the Golf Environment Organization’s (GEO) internationally acclaimed OnCourse Programme The OnCourse Programme will provide Thornbury with a practical sustainability programme to help it save money, set its courses apart in the locality and help protect the planet, while creating a first [...]
Brickhampton Court Golf Complex’s Presentation Night for the 2011 season was held on Friday February 3rd 2012. Following the usual high standard of supper served by the Complex, three local charities were each presented with cheques for £1,627 from collections raised by the club members throughout the year. The Pied Piper Appeal (represented by Nick [...]
Gloucestershire Golf pro Mendip’s Kevin Pitts made the perfect start to the new Gloucester and Somerset PGA medal season as he claimed his first solo win. He has shared top place before but this time his four-under-par round of 67 at Brean, a course he had never seen before, was enough for an outright success. [...]
Windmill Golf Academy blew away the opposition at a special charity golf day held in aid of Cancer Research UK at Thornbury Golf Centre. Windmill saw off 14 other teams to claim the top honours at Thornbury – part of Burhill Golf and Leisure, the UK’s leading golf course owner and operator – as more [...]
The legacy of late golf great Seve Ballesteros lived on in a special charity competition hosted by Thornbury Golf Centre (www.thornburygc.co.uk). Some £1,179 was raised for the Seve Ballesteros Foundation, which is supporting Cancer Research UK, in men’s and ladies’ events at the public pay-and-play facility, part of Burhill Golf and Leisure, the UK’s leading [...]
In 1962 Hugh Campbell managed to reduce his handicap from 18 to 15. For the first time, since then, it returned to 15 in July 2011, a gap of 49 years. However only one week later he played in the Ross on Wye Seniors Open for 55 + Men and astounded not only himself, but [...]
Jenny Dennis and Prue Taylour utilised home advantage as the Thornbury Golf Centre members pipped 31 other pairs from around the region to win the venue’s Lady Veterans Open. Competing on the Marlwood Course at the public pay-and-play centre – part of Burhill Golf & Leisure, the UK’s leading golf course owner and operator – [...]
