by Andrew Griffin | Jun 3, 2021 | Hampshire, News
TOBY Burden’s 100 per cent record in this season’s South East League has been a sure sign that a new family routine – and a second lockdown in a year, which closed the county’s golf courses – has not dulled his appetite. Burden revealed this week: “I put the clubs...
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 | Jun 3, 2021 | Channel Islands, Hampshire, News
FOUR Jersey players – including two-time Jersey junior champion Jo Hacker – will fly the flag for the Channel Islands at this weekend’s county championship. Last year was the 115th Hampshire Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship – and one of a small...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 2, 2021 | Channel Islands, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, News
PICTURED: North Hants Charlie Forster, the new South West Schools Champion who makes his county championship debut at his home club North Hants on Friday. THE one big title that eluded Justin Rose’s meteoric rise to the top was the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel...
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...
