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Clark defies blisters to sit in pole position

FORMER Journal Champion of Champions David Clark is keeping his fingers crossed his intermittent back trouble does not strike again until after today’s final round in the Automatic Retailing PGA North Region Championship at Burgham Park. Read

Seniors ‘baptism of fire’ for Brand Jnr

RYDER Cup stalwart Gordon Brand Junior, who never tasted defeat in the event against the Americans, will hook up with former team-mates Sam Torrance and Jose Rivero when he makes his European Seniors Tour debut at Slaley Hall next month. Read

Guest sets blistering pace - literally

VINCE Guest was relieved he only had to negotiate 18 holes in the first round of the Automatic Retailing PGA North Region Championship at Burgham Park yesterday. Read

Amateur event is launched at Slaley

SLALEY Hall yesterday announced a new event, The De Vere Collection Amateur Open, which will take place on August 25. Read

Dickinson drives on to place in final

WESTERHOPE’S greenkeeping staff were praised by the Bedlingtonshire club’s lady captain Majorie Dickinson yesterday after she won the Northumberland heat of The Journal Trophy, writes TIM TAYLOR. Read

Skipper can’t win it on his own, says Lyle

SANDY Lyle, one of only seven Britons to win The Open Championship since the Second World War, has two messages to deliver as this season’s tournament gets under way at Royal Birkdale. Read

Two-for-one ticket offer

ANYBODY under 16 gets in free to watch former Ryder Cup winning captain Sam Torrance and ex-Open champion Bob Charles play at Slaley Hall next month. Read

Chris has eyes set on his first title

SHOULD a former Dr Barnardo boy, Chris McDonnell, triumph in either of two PGA championships sandwiched together later this month and win his first professional title, it will be a triumph over a once troubled family background. Read

Youngsters get their shot

THE Bedlingtonshire club have been presented with the rare Golf Mark award under a national scheme incorporating Sport England’s Club Mark accreditation award. Read

Durham win after singles wash-out

DURHAM won their first Northern Counties League match for two years at Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday, ending the title hopes of arch rivals Northumberland. Read

One of the nice guys is in Open running

THE notion that nice guys come last went by the board at the Berwick club yesterday when George Cowan, a former Northumberland champion, moved to within one step of The Open Championship. Read

Cumbria’s formula could answer Twynholm’s query

CUMBRIA have provided food for thought in view of recent comments by Sandy Twynholm that the winner of the Northumberland strokeplay championship should be regarded as the county champion rather than the matchplay winner. Read

Hexham’s charm entrances Gary

SO what does a man who has played every other golf course in the country – and won tournaments on all five continents – think of Hexham, the club that has just hosted the Northumberland Championship and The Journal Dream Team challenge match? Read

An expert's guide to the changes

HOME club professional Paul Terras (pictured) is among the field at Berwick tomorrow – and this is his guide to the four holes altered on the Goswick Links: Read

Doing justice to the legend

A GHOSTLY character with a flat cap and an old-fashioned bushy moustache is superimposed on the front of the scorecard used by all golfers who take on the glorious Goswick Links. Read

Win dedicated to mentor Ken

PERHAPS Ken Phillips was looking down on Hexham from a 19th hole somewhere in heaven on Saturday and leading the toasts when Mark Penny added the Northumberland Championship to the strokeplay title he won earlier this season. Read

Champion Twynholm to defend Slaley title

A MUCH anticipated letter will soon be dropping through the doors of golf club secretaries – an invitation for their men’s club champions to enter The Journal Champion of Champions tournament. Read

Changes at Open qualifying course

ANOTHER big occasion for golfers arrives on Wednesday when regional qualifying for The Open Championship will be played over the Berwick club's much admired and lengthened Goswick Links. Read

Curry too hot as title-holder crashes out

TITLE holder Chris Paisley crashed out of the Northumberland Championship in last night’s semi-finals – gunned down by a chip off the old block. Read

Torrance aims for a birthday bonus

FORMER Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance will hope to make it a Sunday birthday to remember when he chases his third De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship in four years at Slaley Hall from August 21-24. Read

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Journal golf writer Tim Taylor has a wealth of experience in sports journalism on both regional and national newspapers. A keen golfer himself, his Teeing off golf column appears in The Journal every Thursday.