by Andrew Griffin | Sep 4, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
TOBY Burden can point to his fair share of bad luck since the COVID pandemic hit golf nearly 18 months ago. He has been beaten by a birdie on the 18th in the last two finals of the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship. But in 2020, defeat...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 3, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ONLY three players have won the Courage Trophy back-to-back in its 59-year history. But Stoneham’s Ryan Moody knows if he can retain the Hampshire strokeplay title he won 12 months ago on his home course, greater glory probably awaits. For the 30-year-old Southampton...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 10, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
DESPITE a lowly finish by his standards in the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy, where he had to settle for ninth, Martin Young went on to claim the Stoneham Trophy 24 hours later. Young blew away most of the field with a first round 67, having got to the turn in six-under...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 6, 2021 | Channel Islands, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, News
THE race to be crowned Hampshire Golf’s Order of Merit winner moves up a gear with three events being played in three days – including today’s Portsmouth Open. The latter is being held at Crookhorn GC, but most of Hampshire’s big guns will be heading to Brokenhurst...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 21, 2021 | Hampshire, News
IT TOOK a former county first-team player in the shape of Ben Wall to deny the amateurs a third win in a row against the professionals at the Hampshire Open. Wall, who played in the South East League Final against Essex in 2014, knows the links at Hayling well as a...