by Andrew Griffin | Sep 5, 2025 | Courage Trophy, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ONE of Hampshire Golf’s most popular and well-known figures will be honoured on Sunday when the County Strokeplay Championship is renamed the Keith Maplesden Bowl. The former Hampshire Golf secretary and president passed away two years ago after a short illness. HIs...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARTLEY Wintney’s Charlie Preston believes he can play his way into next year’s Open Championship after being put through the wringer in his first crack at Open Qualifying last week. The former junior member at the two clubs where Justin Rose played golf before...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
THERE was no repeat of the Justin Rose Open fairytale for four of Hampshire’s top amateurs when Final Open Qualifying was played on Tuesday. Walker Cup prospect Charlie Forster, fresh from playing in last week’s European Amateur Championship, where he finished tied...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 10, 2025 | England, Hampshire, National, News
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...
by Andrew Griffin | Jan 7, 2025 | England, Hampshire, International, News
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...
