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Battling duo have the winning attitude

BOTTLE. You can’t bottle it. But it explains why Ian Woosnam and Sam Torrance have what it takes to gun down the opposition when the stakes are high. Read

Events for youngsters

UNDER-16s get in free for all four days of Slaley Hall's big event, but today will bring a massive flood of youngsters through the gates. Read

Free tuition for Slaley spectators

AN interactive golf zone and free tuition will be available to spectators during the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship at Slaley Hall next week, writes TIM TAYLOR. Read

Shearer can drive Phil to Seniors win

ALAN Shearer’s famous competitive spirit will be driving a golf pro’s attempt to win the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship, which starts at Slaley Hall a week today. Read

Prudhoe secure the title in style

WHEN Prudhoe ended a long wait for the Newcastle and District League title, spectators with a keen sense of golfing history were turning their minds back almost 40 years to an historic scene at Royal Birkdale. Read

Chris back on top form

NORTHUMBERLAND’S Chris Paisley bounced back from his defeat in the English Amateur Championship final to win the Czech Amateur Championship in Austerlitz. Read

Nicky in control at home of golf

NICKY Maddison says farewell to county golf for the season this weekend as the new St Andrews Boys Champion. Read

Matfen proving golf is for all

IF any one day this summer will capture the essence of golf being a sport for all ages, it will be Sunday August 24 when Northumberland plays host to two fascinating events. Read

Family assault on Journal’s prizes

VICKY Parker won the County Durham heat of The Journal Trophy at rain-soaked Consett yesterday to join her son Chris in a family assault on our golf prizes. Read

Rivals in gear for big title decider

THE venues for this season’s major men’s Journal golf events, De Vere Slaley Hall and Hexham, go head-to-head this evening in the fixture which will decide the Hadrian League title. Read

Woosie signs up for Slaley

MAJOR winner Ian Woosnam is to become the second former Ryder Cup-winning captain to play in the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship at Slaley Hall later this month after confirming his entry yesterday. Read

Big occasions fuel Cram’s enthusiasm

WHEN you have played football against Alan Shearer and you have built Graham Wylie’s personal nine-hole golf course, it takes a lot to get you fired up. Read

Harmison seeking golf stars of future

DURHAM fast bowler Steve Harmison may be surplus to requirements as far as the England Test XI are concerned, but he has been doing his bit for golf. Read

I’ve got to do some ironing says Rebecca

REBECCA McGinley drew the short straw after reaching the last 16 of the English Girls Championship – and proved she knew how to handle losing. Read

Seniors can showcase Slaley at its best

WHEN the new face of golf at De Vere Slaley Hall, Keith Pickard, agreed to be pictured on the signature hole of The Hunting Course, he took the opportunity to lay down his marker. Slaley Hall, he said, is a “sleeping giant”. Read

McGinley lifts the region in nationals

REBECCA McGinley flew the flag for the North East yesterday in an effort to upstage the five internationals in the field for the England Girls' Championship at Durham City. Read

Legends team up to take a swing at racism

SCOTLAND manager George Burley, the former Sunderland right-back, was the star turn at a Show Racism the Red Card Golf Challenge at the Tynemouth club. Read

Ferrie to play Rock contest

ASHINGTON’S Kenneth Ferrie is to play in The Rock, the biggest PGA regional tournament in England, which starts its three-day run at Matfen Hall on August 25. Read

Nikegolf get in the swing with Journal

THE Journal Champion of Champions tournament put a tiger in the tank yesterday when Nikegolf, the firm who club up Tiger Woods, announced they will be one of the event partners for the 2008 staging of the region’s premier amateur golf event. Read

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

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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.