by Andrew Griffin | Aug 31, 2024 | Courage Trophy, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE 2024 Hampshire Golf season and the race for the Cullen Quaich is turning into a shoot-out between North Hants’ Robert Wheeler and James Atkins, starting at Aldershot’s Army Golf Club. The pair are playing in the Courage Trophy on Sunday, at Army GC, with less than...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 3, 2021 | Hampshire, News
THEY call it the nappy factor in professional golf… fatherhood turns struggling journeymen into first-time winners, and accelerates players who find it less difficult to get over the winning line. Fatherhood among the younger element in the crème of the country – let...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 20, 2019 | News
The Army team that claimed the County Sevens title after beating Ryde in the Hampshire Inter-Club Knockout Finals at Bramshaw Manor, in 2017. Picture by ANDREW GRIFFIN / AMG PICTURES LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT will bid for just their second County Sevens title when they travel...
by griffinongolf_pz6m3p | Jun 13, 2019 | News
Toby Burden lost in his first two Hampshire Isle of Wight and Channel Islands final appearances – including one at Hayling in 2006. Back then he was working as a greenkeeping assistant – he and fellow member Mark Thistleton had to get up before dawn and help prepare...
by griffinongolf_pz6m3p | Jun 13, 2019 | News
NEWLY-crowned county champion Toby Burden has revealed the secret behind his success in beating Hampshire captain Colin Roope 6&5 in the final at Army Golf Club, on Sunday. His best friend in golf – Elliot Groves, who caddied for him in the 2009 final, gave him a...
