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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

Top class academy tees off in Formby

THE FIRST residential PGA golf academy in the UK - the 62-room hotel at the Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa, has opened its doors.Read

Good Deal for Links

JOHN DEAL, a keen sports fan with almost half a century in football as a player and in administration, is the 2008 captain at Southport Old Links.Read

Nick Faldo gets call from Merseyside’s Nick Dougherty about his Masters debut at Augusta National

NICK DOUGHERTY has turned to three-time champion Nick Faldo for an expert opinion in the countdown to his Masters debut at Augusta National this week.Read

Formby Hall golfer Lee Slattery suffers late lapse at the Portuguese Open

LEE SLATTERY suffered a late lapse to rule himself out of a top 10 finish at the Portuguese Open.Read

Nick Dougherty lends his support to charity golf day

NICK Dougherty is backing Merseyside golfers Martin Stoker, Kevin Rowe, Phil Gadd and Neil Brough as they prepare to swing into action for charity this summer, and take part in Macmillan‘s Longest Day Golf Challenge to help people living with cancer.Read

Tom tees off as captain

SIXTEEN-year-old Tom Smith drove off as the new junior captain at Hurlston Hall on Sunday.Read

West Lancashire Golf Club’s history is told in a new book all about the famous course

AFTER four years in preparation and now neatly-timed as a contribution to Capital of Culture Year, the untold story has been revealed of one of the country’s greatest golf courses.Read

Forrest’s role

NORMAN FORREST, a long-serving member of the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs, has been nominated as president-elect of the English Golf Union for 2008-2009.Read

Liverpool’s Nick Dougherty finishes joint 51st in World Golf Championships CA tournament in Florida

NICK DOUGHERTY finished in a share of 51st place in the World Golf Championship’s CA tournament at Doral in Florida at the weekend with a one- under-par total of 287.Read

Hesketh Golf Club’s Martin Edge wins Liverpool Alliance’s John Burton Trophy

HESKETH’S young professional Martin Edge continued his run of fine form to win the Liverpool Alliance’s John Burton Trophy on a day of strong, cold winds at Hillside.Read

Royal Birkdale and England international Florentyna Parker to defend title at the French Lady Junior Championship

ENGLAND international Florentyna Parker will defend her title at the French Lady Junior Championship at St Cloud, from March 20-24.Read

West Lancs Golf Club to host first event in Players Tour later this month

PROFESSIONAL golf’s newest tour swings into action on Merseyside later this month.Read

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