by Andrew Griffin | Feb 28, 2023 | Hampshire, News
STONEHAM Golf Club’s Lawrence Cherry has become the youngest Hampshire captain in more than 70 years – at the tender age of 26. Having led Hampshire Colts to the South East League title as a playing captain in 2022, the former Hampshire Boys captain was voted in at...
by Andrew Griffin | Feb 11, 2023 | Hampshire, News
FIVE former county captains who have led Hampshire over the last 50 years are taking part in the anniversary fixture against Alresford GC, on Sunday. While David Harrison, a former Hampshire captain and president, will be on the home side’s team, Brokenhurst’s Martin...
by Andrew Griffin | Feb 11, 2023 | Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE Golf will kick-off the new season by taking on Alresford GC in a special match to mark 50 years of the annual club v county fixture. The 50th anniversary fell back in 2020 but the match had to be shelved – firstly because of bad weather, and then when the...
by Andrew Griffin | Nov 17, 2022 | Boys, Hampshire, News
SAM Hutsby has enjoyed the high lows of golf at both professional and amatuer level and can now look forward to another shot at the big time after his 13th place finish at the DP World Tour Qualifying School, in Spain, this week. ANDREW GRIFFIN looks backs at Sam...
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 | Nov 1, 2022 | Boys, Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S crop of elite junior players have just returned from their first overseas training trip, having enjoyed three days‘ intense competition in Portugal. At the end of his first season in charge of the U18 and U16 squads Hampshire Golf junior manager Dave...
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 31, 2022 | Boys, Championship, Hampshire, News
ROWLANDS Castle’s James Plater followed in the footsteps of Justin Rose by claiming silverware at both the Hampshire Junior Championship and the county schools tournament in the same season. The 16-year-old – who is now off scratch – shot one of the lowest rounds in...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 26, 2022 | Championship, Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
BRAMSHOTT Hill proved it’s quality not quantity that counts as one of the minnows of Hampshire Golf came out on top with their first County Sevens title since 1981. And the club based at the Dibden Golf Centre on the edge of the New Forest, survived a tense day to see...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 24, 2022 | Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
HAMPSHIRE’S County Sevens trophy has only headed across the English Channel back to Jersey five times in its 56-year history. And predictably, those victories have been shared between Jersey’s giants when it comes to golf clubs – Royal Jersey with three wins to La...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 3, 2022 | Championship, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ON PAPER it is some thing of a mystery in Hampshire golf – why is it nearly 40 years since the Courage Trophy has been held at North Hants GC? It was 1985 when the then Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Golf Union last staged the county strokeplay...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 2, 2022 | Championship, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
HAYLING’S Toby Burden has the chance to create some Hampshire Golf history on Sunday, when he defends his Courage Trophy and the county’s Order of Merit crowns. The 2019 Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Champion became the 11th player in the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 1, 2022 | Boys, Championship, Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
ROWLANDS Castle’s James Plater became just the third player to land the Hampshire U16s crown back-to-back – matching the feat first achieved by European Tour ace Jack Singh-Brar. But only a badly plugged ball in a greenside bunker on the 17th hole prevented the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 1, 2022 | Boys, Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
ROYAL Guernsey’s Ollie Chedhomme became just the third Channel Islander to win the Hampshire Junior Championship in 72 years at Lee-on-the-Solent GC. And 44 years after Peter Wilcox became the first Guernsey junior to win the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 13, 2022 | Colts, Hampshire, League, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE Colts manager Lawrence Cherry believes getting his foursomes pairings right will be the key to winning the South East U26 League for the first time since 2016, when they face Bedfordshire on Sunday. Cherry, who was on the losing team against Essex in last...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 5, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE race to be crowned the 2022 Hampshire Order of Merit winner gathers pace when the Stoneham and Mike Smith Memorial trophies – which make up the Solent Salver – are held at Stoneham and Brokenhurst Manor respectively this weekend. The two 36-hole club opens...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 5, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
AFTER making his unexpected county debut in the heavy defeat against Surrey last weekend, James Atkins is convinced it has only made him more determined to play with the county’s top amateurs more often. The North Hants GC member answered an SOS from Hampshire captain...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 1, 2022 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE suffered one of the heaviest defeats in their South East League history as Surrey claimed a 101/2-11/2 win at Coombe Hill, on Sunday, to leave the visitors with just one win in their four South Division games in 2022. The final match in the South Division...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 30, 2022 | Hampshire, News, South East
STONEHAM’S Elliot Groves spends most of the summer travelling the length and breadth of the UK watching players he has helped – or is helping – find golf scholarships in the States. Having played professional golf on the PGA South and Hampshire PGA circuit having...
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 26, 2022 | Colts, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE Colts manager Lawrence Cherry steered his side home to beat Kent after winning the final game left out on the course at Sittingborne and Milton Regis GC, on Sunday. And the last-gasp win over Kent’s Callum Abbott in the last of the eight singles game meant...
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 8, 2022 | Hampshire, News, South East
LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT GC’s George Saunders will chase individual glory in a bid to propel Hampshire to the English County Finals for the first time since 2017 when they play in the South East Qualifier (SEQ) in Suffolk, on Saturday. The former England U16 international...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 8, 2022 | Hampshire, News, South East
MARTIN Young is about to extend his lead with the most appearances in the South East Qualifier for the English County Finals, when Hampshire tee it up at Bury St Edmunds, on Saturday. The Brokenhurst Manor veteran, who is 52, has played in every six-man qualifier...
