Golf North East - April 2010

Storming ahead Mar 29 2010

GRAEME Storm has targeted a return to the winner’s podium as the 2010 European Tour kicks into top gear.Read

Grants for the green Mar 29 2010

A COACHING grant available to golf clubs helped to develop more than 41,000 new and improving players last year.Read

Anna hit by freak injury Mar 29 2010

FOLLOWING a freak accident, Consett’s Anna Scott has had to withdraw from her first professional Futures Tour event in the United States.Read

Check in for sporting life Mar 29 2010

NESTLING on the banks of the North Tyne, the Riverdale Hall Hotel on the outskirts of Bellingham is renowned for its Les Routiers Gold Plate awarded restaurant.Read

Making way for women Mar 29 2010

ALAN Tait, founder of the new Xltec Pro Tour in Scotland, is making room for female professionals in his six 36-hole event schedule which recently teed off at Whitekirk Golf Club near North Berwick.Read

Turkish delight Mar 29 2010

TURKEY is a paradise for golfers, especially the Belek region with courses designed by famous names such as Nick Faldo, David Feherty and Colin Montgomerie.Read

Restoring reputations Mar 29 2010

PETER Ward and Bill Pattison have been charged with breathing new life back into the Teesside Union League side.Read

Champions on and off the course Mar 29 2010

IF Harriet and Margaret Curtis were alive today, the sisters likely would have been among the first responders in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, or quickly jumped on a plane to aid victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.Read

Play Fife in Open Year! Mar 29 2010

SCOTLAND has a worldwide reputation as the home of golf, and St Andrew’s, in the kingdom of Fife, is its golfing capital.Read

Spoilt for choice Mar 29 2010

LOCATED in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, Matfen Hall offers golfers the choice of three nine-hole loops named Douglas, Standing Stone and Dewlaw combining to form three testing 18-hole courses.Read

Network golf Mar 29 2010

THE North East Golf Network (NEGN) is a new membership network aimed at busy North East executives who want to network at business owner/decisionmaker level and indulge in their favourite pastime, golf.Read

Peter is on top of world Mar 29 2010

PETER Smith has just landed one of the North East leisure industry’s most prestigious roles, that of golf and leisure manager at Matfen Hall.Read

Celebrate centenary Mar 29 2010

DINSDALE celebrates its centenary this year ... and they aim to do it in style with a packed competition calendar.Read

Ryder-ing high Mar 29 2010

I CAN’T begin to describe the thrill I got when I heard what Graeme Storm said a few weeks ago about the course I designed. A Hartlepool lad, Graeme is a former French Open and British Amateur champion who has played all over the world, so he knows what he is talking about.Read

Wartime fallen recalled Mar 29 2010

ROMANBY golf and country club was the scene of moving ceremony when a memorial to honour seven Second World War airmen, whose bomber crashed 66 years ago, was unveiled.Read

Big investment at Parklands Mar 29 2010

PARKLANDS Golf Complex, situated in the grounds of High Gosforth Park has committed to more on and off-course improvements this year.Read

Country life for Peter Mar 29 2010

PETER Ritchie, the professional at Percy Wood Golf and Country Retreat, has adjusted to country life and established a thriving business at the north Northumberland club.Read

A second shot at glory Mar 29 2010

ENGLAND international Simon Lee, the amateur star from the City of Newcastle club, has a repeat victory in the ZFL North East Masters on his wishlist before he turns professional in September.Read

Hi-tech aid to teaching Mar 29 2010

GOLFERS in the North East are being offered the chance to experience one of the most innovative teaching aids on their own doorstep at Mount Oswald.Read

Ferrie good of Euro star Mar 29 2010

EUROPEAN Tour star Kenneth Ferrie recently took time out from a busy schedule to be the guest of honour at Tynemouth Golf Club’s annual Junior Presentation Night.Read