by Andrew Griffin | Apr 16, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE amateur career of Connor Bell has largely been played in the shadow of his older brother Jonathan, who was an England Boys international as a teenager, having been crowned a Wee Wonders Champion several times before he was even 11. But now it is the turn of the...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 14, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
NORTH Hants Golf Club’s big weekend gets under way with the Hampshire Hog dinner on Friday night, when DP World Tour Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings is the guest at the event’s annual dinner. Kinnings spent many years working for IMG, the worldwide sports management...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 14, 2023 | England, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE story of how Justin Rose announced his great talents by winning the Hampshire Hog as a 14-year-old nearly 30 years ago has been inspiring junior golfers across the county ever since. Within three years, the North Hants GC member, from Hook, became the...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 8, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
THE Hampshire Hog will forever be remembered as the event at which a 14-year-old Justin Rose first announced his prodigious talents to the world of golf. The Hog was first played for back in 1957 and Rose became the youngest-ever winner in 1995 – and within two years...
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...
