Golf North East - Feb 2010

Tournament everyone wants to win Jan 25 2010

GOLF North East’s competitions are proving to be the tournaments our region’s golfers would most like to win.Read

Girls targeted Jan 25 2010

SUPPORTERS of county golf will be able to take advantage of a more streamlined English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) grant system in 2010 to encourage more girls and women into the sport.Read

New coaching role Jan 25 2010

AFTER 16 years working at Parklands Golf Club, Craig Fetherston has moved to Centurion Park – the home of Wallsend Golf Club – and has been appointed as their head teaching professional.Read

Nurturing excellence Jan 25 2010

A TYNESIDE college is teeing up another sporting first with a new apprenticeship to equip talented teenagers with the skills required to become professional golfers.Read

Diary of a golf club Jan 25 2010

WE have now changed our name to Val de Close House and cancelled our flights to the Alps, and also exchanged our buggies for skidoos.Read

Hall of Fame is beckoning Jan 25 2010

A CHARITY competition is offering North East golfers the chance to play at some of the country’s finest courses for just a £2 entry fee.Read

Park’s drive for success Jan 25 2010

GOLF clubs have been having a tough time in the recession, but one North East club is bucking the depressing trend and honing its game both on and off the course.Read

A fair way to treat everyone Jan 25 2010

PRUDHOE Golf Club, the self-styled “Home of Champions”, has reversed the usual trend of increasing annual subscriptions, instead reducing its fees for 2010.Read

Club’s effort raises plenty of greens Jan 25 2010

THE members of Morpeth Golf Club raised money throughout last year for their chosen charity, St Oswald’s Hospice.Read

LGU adopts new structure Jan 25 2010

A UNANIMOUS vote in favour of restructuring the Ladies’ Golf Union and adopting new operational rules has paved the way for a more modern and effective approach to managing the organisation.Read

Captains come good Jan 25 2010

IT is an established tradition for golf club captains to raise money for a chosen charity during their year of office.Read

FOUNDED in 1900, the links at Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club, with its unrivalled views of Embleton Bay and Dunstanburgh Castle’s ghostly ruins is still a gem which continues to taunt golfers as it has for over a century.Read

Award for rising star Jan 25 2010

PARKLANDS Golf Club’s Samantha Taylor has been given a unique award from professional Mark Watkins for her fantastic achievements in 2009.Read

Golf Roots branch out across schools Jan 25 2010

FROM the beginning of this year, the Golf Foundation is delivering all of its activity, under the banner of “Golf Roots”.Read

Match Play Pairs 2010 Jan 25 2010

THE 2010 season is upon us and yes, it’s time to get your entries sent in for the Golf North East Match Play Pairs Classic tournaments.Read

Developing talent for the future Jan 25 2010

THE Durham County Golf Partnership (CGP) has created the post of county development officer and appointed Jonathan Ward, the former head of golf development at the North East Sports Academy (NESA) at Tyne Metropolitan College, Wallsend.Read

Something to sea Jan 25 2010

THE North East has a good number of true links courses as well as several seaside venues but very few can match the setting and views of Hartlepool Golf Club.Read

Week’s great value Jan 25 2010

THE Tullamore Dew golf tournament is 40 years old. It has always been sponsored by a drinks company and has been variously known as the Remy Martin and the Black Bush (as in Bushmills Whiskey) and is now sponsored by Tullamore Dew.Read

Fore x four Jan 25 2010

A 60-MINUTE drive north from Newcastle you will discover Berwick-upon-Tweed – England’s most dramatic walled market town, along with a quartet of excellent golf courses, all worth playing.Read