JournalLive - Golf - Golf North East Feb 2010

Tournament everyone wants to win

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:30:00 GMT

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

Girls targeted

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:29:00 GMT

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.

New coaching role

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:27:00 GMT

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.

Nurturing excellence

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:26:00 GMT

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.

Diary of a golf club

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:24:00 GMT

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.

Hall of Fame is beckoning

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:23:00 GMT

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.

Park’s drive for success

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:20:00 GMT

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.

A fair way to treat everyone

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:18:00 GMT

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

Club’s effort raises plenty of greens

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:17:00 GMT

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

LGU adopts new structure

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:16:00 GMT

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.

Captains come good

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:14:00 GMT

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

A haunting gem

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:13:00 GMT

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.

Award for rising star

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:12:00 GMT

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

Golf Roots branch out across schools

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:00 GMT

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

Match Play Pairs 2010

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:10:00 GMT

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.

Developing talent for the future

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:00 GMT

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.

Something to sea

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:08:00 GMT

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.

Week’s great value

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:00 GMT

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.

Fore x four

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:04:00 GMT

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.

Hitting the target

JournalLive — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

RUDDING Park is on target to achieve its ambition of becoming the premier golfing academy in the North.