by Andrew Griffin | Apr 16, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Order of Merit, South East
DARREN Walkley suffered heartbreak on countback for the second time in a year, as he missed out on the biggest win of his amateur career by a whisker. Liphook GC’s former player on Europe’s mini-pro tours lost out by virtue of a worse score in the Hampshire Hog, as...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 14, 2023 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
DARREN Walkley produced one of the biggest turnarounds of his career to claim the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy at Brokenhurst Manor, on Saturday. The Liphook member was less than a happy camper at lunch having shot five-over par on the course where he claimed the...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 8, 2023 | Hampshire, News
SOME of Hampshire’s most successful golfers have led the tributes to Liphook’s former county golf union secretary and president Keith Maplesden, whose funeral was held last week. Sam Hutsby, who grew up as a junior at Lee-on-the-Solent GC, and two-time county champion...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 27, 2023 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
US OPEN winner and Ryder Cup ace Justin Rose hailed Hampshire’s sterling comeback to snuff out Sussex to the memory of the county’s former president and secretary Keith Maplesden. The one-time teenage Hampshire prodigy dedicted the victory to his long-time friend...
by Andrew Griffin | May 12, 2023 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
DARREN Walkley insists he is not setting himself any targets as the Hampshire Order of Merit heads to Hockley GC, on Saturday – a venue where he was won the Delhi Cup twice already in his career. The best Hampshire amateurs are heading to Twyford Down for the 36-hole...