by Andrew Griffin | Sep 5, 2025 | Courage Trophy, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ONE of Hampshire Golf’s most popular and well-known figures will be honoured on Sunday when the County Strokeplay Championship is renamed the Keith Maplesden Bowl. The former Hampshire Golf secretary and president passed away two years ago after a short illness. HIs...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 2, 2025 | Hampshire, International, News, Walker Cup
LONG Beach State golf coach Rob Murray has been delighted by the progress of Hampshire’s latest Walker Cup star Charlie Forster, following two outstanding seasons playing for the university on the south side of Los Angeles. Forster has helped lift Long Beach towards a...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 29, 2025 | Hampshire, International, News, Uncategorized, Walker Cup
IF you could choose any venue to make your Walker Cup debut – excluding Augusta – any serious student of the game would pick Cypress Point, on the Monterrey peninsula just south of San Francisco, where the US Amateur was played at the city’s famous Olympic Club last...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 29, 2025 | Walker Cup
AFTER being named as just the eighth player from Hampshire to have been selected for amateur golf’s equivalent to the Ryder Cup, Basingstoke’s Charlie Forster has spent the last few days getting grounded back in his comfort zone on the other side of the Atlantic. With...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 21, 2025 | Hampshire, International, Walker Cup
BASINGSTOKE Golf Club’s Charlie Forster was “over the moon” to learn that he will become just the eighth player from Hampshire to appear in the Walker Cup, when Great Britain and Ireland face the USA at California’s stunning Cypress Point, next month. The 22-year-old,...
