by Andrew Griffin | May 8, 2021 | Hampshire, News
HELPING Hampshire’s leading amateurs get back to the levels they performed at – before the pandemic wiped out most of the 2020 season – will be the key challenge for new captain Neil Dawson in the coming weeks. And captain Dawson, who successfully managed the...
by Andrew Griffin | May 8, 2021 | Hampshire, News
NEW Hampshire captain Neil Dawson will finally get to send out his first team representing Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands against Dorset on Sunday – some 18 months after taking over the job from Blackmoor’s Colin Roope. Dawson, a banking manager who...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 16, 2021 | England, Hampshire, News
TWO of the biggest amateur golf tournaments on England’s domestic amateur calendar – the Hampshire Hog and Selborne Salver, both staged in Hampshire – have been cancelled for the second-year running because of the coronavirus pandemic. East Hampshire’s Blackmoor Golf...
by Andrew Griffin | Feb 25, 2021 | England, Hampshire, Seniors
FORMER World No. 1 Justin Rose will be hoping for a major reversal of form as he goes in search of his third World Golf Championship when the WGC-Workday Championship is held at Florida’s Concession Golf Club, this week. The Jack Nicklaus-designed course celebrates...
by Andrew Griffin | Feb 25, 2021 | Hampshire, News
WITH putting and performance around the greens key at The Concession, it is not surprising former Hampshire captain Martin Young expects to see Jordan Spieth and defending champion Patrick Reed in contention for the World Golf Championship crown. The three-time...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 3, 2020 | Hampshire, News
THERE are seven past champions in the field for today’s 36-hole qualifier at the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship. But there are just two players who have won the Sloane-Stanley Challenge Cup over the county’s illustrious links course...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 24, 2020 | Boys, England, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S in-form juniors will attempt to claim the Carris Trophy for the first time since 2006 when Darren Wright won at Sherwood Forest. Stoneham’s James Freeman – fresh from winning last month’s Hampshire Boys’ Championship for the second time in three years at...
