by Andrew Griffin | Apr 16, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Order of Merit, South East
DARREN Walkley suffered heartbreak on countback for the second time in a year, as he missed out on the biggest win of his amateur career by a whisker. Liphook GC’s former player on Europe’s mini-pro tours lost out by virtue of a worse score in the Hampshire Hog, as...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 16, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE amateur career of Connor Bell has largely been played in the shadow of his older brother Jonathan, who was an England Boys international as a teenager, having been crowned a Wee Wonders Champion several times before he was even 11. But now it is the turn of the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 29, 2023 | England, National, News
MEMBERS at Fleet’s North Hants Golf Club are cheering a European Ryder Cup victory to the rafters in support of clubmate Justin Rose this weekend. Dozens of the 560-strong membership watched with baited breath before European captain Luke Donald paired Rose with...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 5, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE will be able to call upon their at least one of their top US college stars when they face Surrey, on Sunday, in a showdown for a place in October’s South East League Final. County captain Lawrence Cherry, the youngest at 26 since the position was created in...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 3, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S two Joe’s found themselves with two of the toughest draws in the first round at Ferndown Golf Club – and both were unceremoniously dumped out of the English Amateur Championship this afternoon. Bramshaw Golf Club’s Texas-based college player Joe Buenfeld...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 1, 2023 | England, News
BASINGSTOKE Golf Club’s Charlie Forster will be bidding to go at least one better when it comes to the English Amateur at Ferndown this week. Twelve months ago, the Southeastern Louisiana University student was riding high after his first season playing NCAA golf,...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 17, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE produced their best performance at the South East Qualifier in six years – missing out on a place in the English County Finals by 11 shots, at Farleigh GC, on Saturday. Their second-place finish behind newly-crowned champions Kent was their best since their...
by Andrew Griffin | May 26, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S former England U16 international George Saunders spoke about his desire to play in this week’s Brabazon Trophy – after missing out in last week’s South Qualifier held at Golf at Goodwood, a course where he is a member. Saunders was desperate to qualify for...
by Andrew Griffin | May 25, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News
LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT GC’s George Saunders was left sweating overnight on his chances of playing in the Brabazon Trophy at Sunningdale’s prestigious New Course. But his prayers were answered when Estonia’s Carl Hellat pulled out on Thursday morning, giving Hampshire’s...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 14, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
NORTH Hants Golf Club’s big weekend gets under way with the Hampshire Hog dinner on Friday night, when DP World Tour Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings is the guest at the event’s annual dinner. Kinnings spent many years working for IMG, the worldwide sports management...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 14, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE story of how Justin Rose announced his great talents by winning the Hampshire Hog as a 14-year-old nearly 30 years ago has been inspiring junior golfers across the county ever since. Within three years, the North Hants GC member, from Hook, became the...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 12, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE Selborne Salver honours board is peppered with some of the great names in amateur golf, who have gone on to have big successes in the pro ranks. Ross Fisher and Andy Sullivan have played Ryder Cups in the last 13 years while last year’s US Open winner Matt...
by Andrew Griffin | Nov 16, 2022 | Boys, England, Hampshire, News
FORMER Hampshire U14s champion Sam Hutsby earned another shot at the big time after safely negotiating the DP World Tour‘s Qualifying School this afternoon, The Portsmouth-born golfer – who lost to Rickie Fowler in the singles at the 2009 Walker Cup – made it a...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 28, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE are guaranteed to have one player in the third round of the English Amateur Championship on Friday afternoon. But the disappointing news for Hampshire supporters is that it is because two of their rising stars – Charlie Forster and Joe Buenfeld are drawn...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 27, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
THE son of Ryder Cup legend Ian Poulter – dubbed the Postman – delivered a hammer blow to George Saunders’ hopes of making the top 64 at the English Amateur Championship. The Lee-on-the-Solent GC member suffered the agony of missing out on a place in knockout stages...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 25, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
AS the 92nd English Amateur Championship gets under way at Lindrick and Worksop on Tuesday, Hampshire’s players can be inspired by the county’s good record in the event this century. That is largely thanks to the likes of Harry Ellis and Scott Gregory, who followed...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 19, 2022 | Boys, England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S hopes of claiming the Carris Trophy for the first time in more than 15 years looks set to be dashed for another 12 months after the first round of the English Boys Amateur Strokeplay Championship. Hampshire Boys captain Tom Chalk led a small Hampshire...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 4, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
TEST Valley’s new Logan Trophy winner Stuart Archibald admitted he was set to throw in the towel and walk-in with five holes to play – after a horror slip on the tee left him in agonising back pain. The 38-year-old former EuroPro Tour winner lost his footing hitting...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 1, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East, Uncategorized
FORMER EuroPro and MENA Tour winner Stuart Archibald topped the leaderboard after the first round of the Logan Trophy, at Liphook GC. Archibald is the reigning Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Mid-Amateur Champion after his win at Brokenhurst Manor, in...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 30, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE will field a very strong line-up when Liphook hosts the Logan Trophy, starting on Friday – including former county captain Martin Young, who won the English Mid-Amateur 16 years ago. Young, who qualified for the British Senior Open at Sunningdale last...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 29, 2022 | England, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, News, South East
STONEHAM’S Ryan Moody’s bid to become the first amateur from Hampshire to come through Final Qualifying since Justin Rose in 1998 – and earn a spot in the 150th Open at St Andrews – ended in disappointment. The former mini-tour pro, who is taking up a PGA position at...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 21, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
STONEHAM’S Ryan Moody is through to Final Open Qualifying after finishing tied in fourth place at The Buckinghamshire in Regional Qualifying on Monday. The runner-up in last year’s Hampshire Order of Merit who reached the semi-finals of the county championship for a...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 20, 2022 | England, News, South East
NORTH Hants GC’s Charlie Forster finished fifth in The Berkshire Trophy – one of England’s most historic and important amateur strokeplay championships – on Sunday. The 19-year-old, who is the reigning Hampshire Junior Champion after his victory last summer just days...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 17, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE’S young guns are bidding for glory at the Berkshire Trophy – one of the country’s most famous and historic amateur competitions – which gets under way at The Berkshire Golf Club on Saturday morning. Rowlands Castle’s Billy McKenzie became just the third...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 8, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
MARK Burgess will be hoping the hard work put in so far this year by the Hampshire first-team squad will boost his chances of becoming just the second player ever to win the Selborne Salver twice. Burgess, who delighted scores of Blackmoor members at the East...
