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California dreaming: Cypress Point perfect place
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...
Forster’s familiar faces and places
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...
Walker Cup dream now Forster’s reality
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,...
Sam’s the Nappy Favourite again
IF Sam Parsons needed any further proof of how he has become a better golfer since the birth of his first son Milo, the results of the last fortnight have proven that last year’s win in the final of the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship...
Markwick makes Mike Smith memory
JAMIE Markwick sent out yet another reminder of his talents as the former South East Junior Champion became the first player from Corhampton to claim the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy. Markwick held off a strong challenge in the second round from last year’s Hampshire,...
Four reach knockout at Hoylake
FOUR Hampshire players are through to the knockout stage of the English Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool’s Hoylake after another low-scoring day on Merseyside. Corhampton’s Jamie Markwick and Liphook’s Sam West headed the list of players from the South Coast...
Hampshire trio’s fast start in English Am
THREE of Hampshire’s top talents have made a fast start in qualifying for this week’s English Amateur Championship, at Hoylake, on Tuesday. With none of the country’s leading players who are in with a chance of selection for the Walker Cup clash against America at...
England star Forster ruled out of Six-Man
IF Hampshire are to win the Six-Man for the eighth time since 2002 and qualify for September’s England County Finals they will have to do it without New Forest veteran Martin Young and the county’s Walker Cup prospect Charlie Forster. Hampshire captain Toby Burden...
Archibald wins Logan Trophy by five shots
HAMPSHIRE’S Stuart Archibald secured his second Logan Trophy title in four years cruising to a five-shot win at Rockliffe Hall, as he finished as the only player under-par at the North East course. The Test Valley member – who has been a regular in the county’s South...
Toby resigned to losing key stars
HAMPSHIRE captain Toby Burden is facing up to losing one of his most experienced campaigners for the rest of the season as he prepares for Sunday’s do-or-die clash with Sussex in the South East League. Burden’s boys know they must win their match away at Cowdray Park...
Toby’s sleepless Knight over Kent line-up
HAMPSHIRE captain Toby Burden has admitted picking a team for the county’s opening match against Kent as they bid for a third Daily Telegraph Salver in a row has been causing him some sleepless nights. Having lost two of the eight-man team that claimed the South East...
Rowlands’ Mr Wright gets Brab invite
ROWLANDS Castle’s former GB&I international Darren Wright will tee it up as the only past champion in the Brabazon Trophy, which begins today (Thursday), on a Surrey course he rates as one of the best in the South. Wright, who beat a field including a trio of...
Fire still burns in Knight’s Delhi belly
JAMES Knight turned back the clock to the days when he stood toe-to-toe with the likes Luke Donald and Justin Rose as England’s two finest amateur talents, to claim his first Hampshire Order of Merit victory, in the Delhi Cup at Hockley. The Sandford Springs club...
Knight’s eagle finish to claim first Delhi Cup
DELHI Cup winner James Knight sent out a stark reminder that there is another mid-amateur capable of stepping into the Hampshire first-team, after county captain Toby Burden lost two of his rising college graduates to the pro ranks. Having been recalled to the...
Forster earns Arnold Palmer Cup call-up
BASINGSTOKE’S Charlie Forster has been selected for the international team that will face America in next month’s Arnold Palmer Cup, the biggest team event in US college golf. The in-form Long Beach State student is bidding to become the first Hampshire player to...
Can Sam reign in Blackmoor Salvers?
SAM Parsons will bid to become just the second Blackmoor player to win the East Hampshire club’s Selborne Salver in 50 years, when the county’s domestic golf season gets under way on Friday. It is 30 years since Justin Rose staked his claim as a golf star of the...
Selborne organiser joins McEvoy tributes
SELBORNE Salver organiser Mike Cave has paid tribute to Peter McEvoy, the first ever winner of the Hampshire Salver, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 72. McEvoy is also the only player to have won the Selborne Salver twice in its 50-year history and...
Dad Lance: Charlie on track to achieve dream
CHARLIE Forster’s father Lance is convinced his son is on the right track to reach the pinnacle of amateur golf – an appearance in the Walker Cup. Having been a late-starter comparatively – only taking up golf seriously in his last two years at Perrins School, in...
It’s Viva Las Vegas for Forster
HAMPSHIRE’S Walker Cup prospect Charlie Forster got his 2025 season off to a flying start with victory in Vegas as his Long Beach State team took the team title in last month’s Lake Las Vegas Invitational. It was Forster’s second win in the States since first heading...
Forster awarded the Nettell Trophy
BASINGSTOKE GC’s Charlie Forster’s spectacular rise through the international ranks last year was recognised by Hampshire Golf as he picked up the Nettell Trophy for the most “outstanding contribution” to the county in 2024. The Long Beach State student, who is in his...
Forster joins Rose as Bonallack Trophy pick
CHARLIE Forster will become just the second Hampshire player to appear in the Bonallack Trophy when Europe’s top amateurs tee it up against the best Asian amateurs at Dubai’s Al Hamra GC, on Wednesday. The Basingstoke GC member, who made his debut for Great Britain...
Pake trusts prep for Challenge Final
HAMPSHIRE will bid to complete the South East double for only the second time in their history when they face Essex in the second-ever Channel League Final. The two teams meet for a second-year running but Hampshire captain Harrison Pake will be hoping to go one...
Knight recalls Rose’s day against Essex to forget
JAMES Knight – the one member of the Hampshire side that claimed the county’s first English County Championship still playing elite amateur golf 28 years later – has spoken for the first time about Essex “stealing” the South East League title from them in 1996....
How Essex spoiled Rose’s SELF party
THERE is one thing on Justin Rose’s glorious CV covering his days as an amateur and tour pro that might still rankle nearly 30 years on… the 16-year-old was in the team that lost to Essex in the 1996 South East League Final (SELF) three weeks after Hampshire had been...
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