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Foursomes key in Colts title showdown — Cherry
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...
Solent Salver weekend sees race for Qullen Quaich hot up
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...
Atkins wants diet made up of more Hampshire golf
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...
Hampshire soundly beaten at Coombe Hill
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...
Elliot Groves back in amateur groove
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...
Buenfeld and Forster set for English Amateur showdown
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...
Poulter junior delivers Saunders’ cruel blow
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...
Cherry keeps calm as Colts close out Kent win
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...
English Amateur hopefuls inspired by Ellis, Richardson, Weeks and Hayward
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...
Chalk and Maxwell lead Hampshire charge for Carris Trophy
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...
Benka target for George Saunders seeking finals place
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...
Young ready for 22nd South East Qualifer in a row
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...
Archibald limps to Logan Trophy win at Liphook
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...
Archibald defies back pain to lead Logan at Liphook
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...
Hampshire hope to be Young at heart for Logan Trophy
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...
Moody misses out on 150th Open dream at Prince’s
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...
Can past inspire Hampshire at South East Boys Qualifier?
HAMPSHIRE will send a relatively inexperienced team to Wednesday’s South East Boys Qualifier at London’s Hendon GC. It is six years since Hampshire qualified for the English Boys Finals – having contested them three times in four years from 2012-2015, with the likes...
Moody dreams of qualifying for 150th Open at St Andrews
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...
Forster finishes fifth at Berkshire Trophy
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...
Hampshire young guns aiming for Berkshire Trophy win
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...
Cherry’s picks minus top talents for Essex clash
HAMPSHIRE Colts have the chance to gain some revenge for two final defeats in a row when they entertain Essex – the reigning South East Champions – at Barton-on-Sea GC, on Sunday. But they will have to do it without the two players who starred in last month’s county...
Stoneham – all four semi-finalists for Sloane-Stanley showdown
STONEHAM Golf Club provided all four semi-finalists in the 117th Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship, after their members dominated Saturday’s quarter-finals. Harrison Pake – the least well-known of the quartet – ended Hayling’s Toby...
Moody made up by Pechell Salver win
RYAN Moody has only one reason to be playing in this weekend’s 117th Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship – it is his last chance to claim the Sloane-Stanley Challenge Cup. The county crown will be awarded to the winner of Sunday’s final...
Stoneham changes challenging county championship field
STONEHAM, which will host the county championship for the first time in more than a decade from May 27-29, has undergone a multi-million pound investment programme over the last decade, which was completed last year. Ryan Henley, who has won the club championship...
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