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...
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 6, 2024 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
JAMES Knight – the one member of the Hampshire side that claimed the county’s first English County Championship still playing elite amateur golf 28 years later – has spoken for the first time about Essex “stealing” the South East League title from them in 1996....
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 5, 2024 | Hampshire, News, South East
THERE is one thing on Justin Rose’s glorious CV covering his days as an amateur and tour pro that might still rankle nearly 30 years on… the 16-year-old was in the team that lost to Essex in the 1996 South East League Final (SELF) three weeks after Hampshire had been...
