Home Sport Golf News

Open invitation for youngsters

OPEN organisers have pledged to carry on giving youngsters the chance to watch the world’s greatest players for free.Read

BEN PARKER has launched his new career as a professional golfer – in Argentina.

The gamble paid immediate dividends when the Royal Birkdale-attached player was the leading Englishman at the Abierto del Litoral Personal 2007.Read

Third time lucky for Astin & Co?

HESKETH pro Scott Astin is looking to draw on his previous Grand Final experiences as he attempts to land Europe’s biggest pro-am title for the third time.Read

All going okay in Roque for duo

MERSEYSIDE pair Lee Slattery and Paul Waring are on the brink of winning a place on the 2008 European Tour.Read

BEST IN THE NORTH WEST

DAVID SHACKLADY is the people’s favourite.Read

Four star Formby opens its doors

THE UK’s only PGA national residential golf academy has opened its doors to the public for the first time with the launch of its stunning four star hotel.Read

I’d rather play golf than be a postman!

NEW professional Danny Belch will put aside the disappointments of the season as he renews his bid for a European Tour card, now with his game in top form and a supreme sense of confidence.Read

Nick is at his best

NICK Dougherty and Phillip Archer failed to trouble the leaders at the season-closing Volvo Masters – but that did not prevent both players enjoying their best seasons on the European Tour.Read

Ben starts out

BEN PARKER embarks on his new career as a professional golfer this week – and the stakes could not be higher in his first event.Read

GLENN’S IN FULL SWING

GLENN TURNER, the golfer who played more than 380 18-hole golf courses for charity, has put the finishing touches to Rainford’s new golf course, the North West National Golf & Country Club, which he helped design.Read

Shack attack earns fifth

MOSSOCK Hall pro David Shacklady has secured himself starts at a handful of Challenge Tour events next year after finishing fifth at the PGA Play-Offs at Notts Golf Club.Read

Links is driving force

SOUTHPORT Old Links reinforced their reputation as the emerging force within local inter-club golf with a four point victory in the SDGA Handicap Team Tournament played over their home course.Read

Still time to tee off in golf day to support Hettinga House

THEY are teeing off again at Ormskirk Golf Club to raise funds for Jospice.Read

Harwood hits hole in one

PETER Harwood is busy celebrating after sinking a hole-in-one at Hurlston Hall Golf Club last Wednesday.Read

LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS

Autumn Meeting (at Manchester GC): Doug Botterill (Bolton Old Links) 38pts; David Tetley (Blackpool NS) 37; Derek Stott (Rochdale) 35; George Brown (Rossendale) 34; David Landy (West Lancashire) 34; . Eric Williams (Childwall) 34 }Read

ROYAL Birkdale’s Florentyna Parker enjoyed a clean sweep at the Junior Solheim Cup to help Europe to a 14-10 success.

The teenager, who is based in Germany where her family live, had a 100 per cent record from the match against the best young players from America.Read

TOMMY FLEETWOOD was part of the Great Britain & Ireland team that won the Jacques Leglise Trophy.

The home side had to withstand a late fightback from the Continent of Europe, who took five of the eight singles on day two.Read

DAVID SHACKLADY owed a double debt of gratitude to his pal Simon Edwards after capturing the Lancashire PGA Championship for the second time in four years at Morecambe.

The 40-year-old Mossoch Hall attached professional, who qualified for the Open at Carnoustie earlier this year, said: “He gave me a lesson before the last round of the Lakes Classic and I went on to win that and his advice stuck with me. But I should have won more comfortably because I putted atrociously.”Read

LAURA BOWMAN (Formby Ladies) won the gross prize in the 18-hole competition when the Lancashire Ladies County Golf Association held a card-marking day at Royal Lytham Short Course. She shot 93 and won after a card play-off with Katie Joyce and Isabel Lockwood.

Read

DAVID Shacklady, with more than 200 assorted professional victories to his name, added another when he won the Hydro Hotels Lakes Classic at Windermere.

The 40-year-old, attached to Bickerstaffe club Mossock Hall, competed in the Open Championship at Carnoustie in July after qualifying with a course record nine-under-par 62 at Montrose.Read

Explore Sport

Sport

Forums

Sport

Have Your Say

Get in the game... discuss the latest Skelmersdale sports news, and results in our Sports Forum. Read

Get Involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.