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Royal Birkdale golfer Flo Parker is getting ready for her biggest match yet

FLORENTYNA Parker is at the home of golf this week – preparing for the biggest match of her career.Read

Teenage golfer Patrick Bell has shot a new course record at Hesketh

TEENAGE golf king Patrick Bell has shot a new Hesketh course record.Read

Bootle golfer Nick Dougherty is furious following comments made by BBC commentator Peter Alliss

BOOTLE-born golfer Nick Dougherty has led a backlash against BBC commentator Peter Alliss's criticism of players in the BMW PGA Championship.Read

Baldwin wants the hat-trick

MATTHEW BALDWIN from Royal Birkdale will be challenging for his third title when the Lancashire County championship returns to Formby on Friday.Read

Marine to hold charity celeb day

MARINE FC awill hold their eighth annual celebrity golf day at Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa on September 1.Read

Derek Postlethwaite is retiring after 47 years as greenkeeper at Formby Golf Club

FOR a golf club that has been in existence for almost 130 years, it’s quite amazing to think that one man has been at the club for more than a third of that time.Read

Sefton Junior Open is great place to start for aspiring young golfers

IF MERSEYSIDE youngsters perhaps dream of following in the footsteps of Southport’s Lee Slattery or Tommy Fleetwood, an ideal place to start is the Sefton Junior Open.Read

Formby Ladies GC’s mixed team event attracted a good turnout

FORMBY LADIES’ mixed team event attracted players from across the north west.Read

Liverpool golfer Nick Dougherty is still dreaming of making the Ryder Cup team

NICK DOUGHERTY remains on course to fulfil the family dream of making the Ryder Cup team.Read

Royal Birkdale’s Flo Parker will face one of her Curtis Cup team mates in the English Women’s Championship

FLORENTYNA PARKER will have to overcome one of her Curtis Cup teammates if she is to succeed in the English Women’s Close Amateur Championship.Read

Ted finally realises his hole-in-one ambition

Ted finally realises his hole-in-one ambition

PLAYING in a ‘Four Ball Better Ball Medal’ round, Park Golf Club’s Ted Moule achieved a lifelong ambition of a hole-in-one on the 141 yard, eight hole at Southport Golf Links on Saturday, May 3.Read

Parker at the Palace

FLORENTYNA PARKER has a special date this week – at Buckingham Palace.Read

Hesketh to host Open

HESKETH will host the 2008 Junior Open Championship, which brings together young players from around the world.Read

Put Trust in event

NEWLY refurbished Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa will host the Prince’s Trust 4th Annual Golf Day on Thursday, June 5. Previously held at Mere Golf and Country Club, this will be the event’s ‘first tee’ at Formby Hall and is primed to be bigger and better than ever.Read

Mark Rams home point

MARK RAMSDALE conjured up a dramatic finish to launch his Europro Tour campaign with an encouraging result in the opening event of the new season.Read

Crowded house for the Open

OPEN organisers are bracing themselves for record crowds at Royal Birkdale this summer.Read

Sharp Martin has the Edge

HESKETH Golf Club’s Assistant Professional Martin Edge has enjoyed a highly successful campaign in the Liverpool Alliance.Read

Open surgery for Birkdale

DESCRIBED by five times Open Champion Peter Thomson as “man sized but not a monster,” the course at Royal Birkdale Golf Club has undergone a radical facelift.Read

Rogers goes for hat-trick

FORMBY Ladies’ Jane Rogers, winner of the Lancashire Ladies’ Veterans Championship in 2005 and again last year, will be challenging for her third win when the three-day 2008 championship opens at West Lancashire next Wednesday (May 7).Read

Southport lose out to Lancashire

THE Rest of Lancashire won both the foursomes and the singles against the Southport and District Golf Association in the traditional early season match at Ormskirk.Read

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