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Birkdale bonanza can offer boost to tourism

ROYAL BIRKDALE’S record-breaking Open Championship could provide the springboard for a new drive to attract golfing visitors to the region.Read

Shacklady throws off Open woe

HAVING come within an ace of qualifying for The Open for the second successive year, Mossock Hall’s David Shacklady now turns his mind to the next golfing challenge on his horizon – the flagship event for Britain & Ireland's club pros, the Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship.Read

Padraig Harrington

Padraig Harrington beat the odds to lift the Claret Jug and become the Open Golf Champion for the second year running

AT the start of the week it was easy to forget that Padraig Harrington was a real contender to lift the Claret Jug.Read

World’s best golfers meet just ‘down the road’

THE world’s top golfers tee off this morning for the start of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.Read

‘I want to win the Open for Mum’

NICK Dougherty is hoping a large home support will help propel him to Open success this week.Read

A date with Jacklin

CHILDREN from Southport’s local sport partnership have been enjoying a taste of The Open Championship’s magic with the staging of the ‘Road to the Open’.Read

Open dream over for Shack

ORMSKIRK’S David Shacklady just missed out on a place in the Open Championship for the second successive year when he lost in a four-man play-off for two places at West Lancashire on Tuesday.Read

Hesketh first off the Mark

HESKETH Golf Club has become the first along the Southport coast to be awarded GolfMark recognition after successfully completing the national scheme.Read

Open dream is over for Tommy

TOMMY Fleetwood’s dream of playing in the Open at Royal Birkdale are over.Read

I owe Tiger so much

Phil Kirkbride talks exclusively to 1998 Open winner Mark O’Meara...Read

O’Meara’s class of ’98

AS Mark O’Meara returned to the scene of his finest hour, he revealed his passion for the course and the game of golf are still as alive as ever, writes Phil Kirkbride.Read

Tommy keen to be blooded at Bled

TOMMY Fleetwood will line up for England in the European Boys Team Championships at Bled Golf Club in Slovenia on July 8-12.Read

Joy new captain

JOY BURY is the 2008 Lady captain at Hesketh.Read

Sean gives Peace a chance

SOUTHPORT and Ainsdale junior, Sean Towndrow, had a hat-trick of wins at the Club last week.Read

Drive on for club upgrade

LIVERPOOL-based Nobles Construction has been appointed by West Lancashire Golf Club to refurbish its club-house in a deal worth £1.2 million.Read

Formby Hall hosts par-fect day

A ‘PAR-FECT’ time was had by all at the Prince’s Trust Annual Golf day held at Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa on Thursday, June 5.Read

Shacks attacks

A CONSERVATIVE game plan to combat the card-wrecking rough at West Lancashire golf course paid dividends for David Shacklady.Read

Alliss can’t see past the Woods

THE voice of golf, Peter Alliss, admits he can’t see past Tiger Woods winning the 2008 British Open.Read

S&A win Shield

HILLSIDE Golf Club was this year’s venue for the 55th Reigning Captain’s Shield and 30th Ex-Captain’s Shield.Read

£500 bet on Tommy to be Open winner

A £500 bet for Tommy Fleetwood to win an Open championship by the year 2017 has been placed by two members at the Park Golf Club, based at the municipal links at Southport where the teenager hit his first golf balls as a young boy.Read

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