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Captain’s Day results

FORMBY Hall Captain’s Day - Individual Stableford Competition.Read

ALTHOUGH he only finished in 61st place in the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio, last weekend, Nick Dougherty found some form over the last two days to take into the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills in Michigan.Read

Slattery chases tour card

FORMBY Hall’s Lee Slattery and Bromborough’s Paul Waring gave their hopes of retaining their European Tour cards a boost in Moscow.Read

The new manager of Hurlston Hall Golf Club is urging more women to get involved in the game

HURLSTON Hall Golf Club is urging women to swap shopping trolleys for golf trolleys.Read

Birkdale Open Golf 2008: A sports photographer's diary

ADVERTISER photographer Gareth Jones was in cracking form at The Open at Royal Birkdale.Read

Nick: I really need a break

NICK DOUGHERTY will take a week off before heading to America to try and revive his Ryder Cup dream.Read

Birkdale bonanza can offer boost to tourism

ROYAL BIRKDALE’S record-breaking Open Championship could provide the springboard for a new drive to attract golfing visitors to the region.Read

Shacklady throws off Open woe

HAVING come within an ace of qualifying for The Open for the second successive year, Mossock Hall’s David Shacklady now turns his mind to the next golfing challenge on his horizon – the flagship event for Britain & Ireland's club pros, the Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship.Read

Padraig Harrington beat the odds to lift the Claret Jug and become the Open Golf Champion for the second year running

AT the start of the week it was easy to forget that Padraig Harrington was a real contender to lift the Claret Jug.Read

World’s best golfers meet just ‘down the road’

THE world’s top golfers tee off this morning for the start of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.Read

‘I want to win the Open for Mum’

NICK Dougherty is hoping a large home support will help propel him to Open success this week.Read

A date with Jacklin

CHILDREN from Southport’s local sport partnership have been enjoying a taste of The Open Championship’s magic with the staging of the ‘Road to the Open’.Read

Open dream over for Shack

ORMSKIRK’S David Shacklady just missed out on a place in the Open Championship for the second successive year when he lost in a four-man play-off for two places at West Lancashire on Tuesday.Read

Hesketh first off the Mark

HESKETH Golf Club has become the first along the Southport coast to be awarded GolfMark recognition after successfully completing the national scheme.Read

Open dream is over for Tommy

TOMMY Fleetwood’s dream of playing in the Open at Royal Birkdale are over.Read

I owe Tiger so much

Phil Kirkbride talks exclusively to 1998 Open winner Mark O’Meara...Read

O’Meara’s class of ’98

AS Mark O’Meara returned to the scene of his finest hour, he revealed his passion for the course and the game of golf are still as alive as ever, writes Phil Kirkbride.Read