by Andrew Griffin | Sep 3, 2022 | Championship, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ON PAPER it is some thing of a mystery in Hampshire golf – why is it nearly 40 years since the Courage Trophy has been held at North Hants GC? It was 1985 when the then Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Golf Union last staged the county strokeplay...
by Andrew Griffin | Apr 29, 2022 | Hampshire, News, South East
STONEHAM’S Ryan Henley is set to make his first league appearance for Hampshire in some six years when Neil Dawson’s team travel to Kent this weekend. The Southampton-based has been a standout amateur having won three county championships in nine years and appeared in...
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 | Aug 10, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE worst of the summer weather could not spoil the 30th anniversary of the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy – as former county champion Stuart Archibald held on for an emotional win at Brokenhurst Manor, on Saturday. The New Forest club renamed the Brokenhurst Bowl in...
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...