Home Sport Golf News

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

LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS

Lancashire County Foursomes (at Preston GC): 1st, John Carroll /Matt Denton (Huyton & Prescot) 71+67=138; Michael Hunt/Jack Brooks (Pleasington) 73+71=144; Simon McNab/David Marsh (Chorley) 68+79=147; Gavin Brown/Mark Horton (Grange Park) 74+74= 48Read

LANCASHIRE Boys swept aside the Cheshire challenge in the Mixed Age meeting at Ellesmere, collecting a big interval lead, enough to withstand a partial recovery by Cheshire in the afternoon.

Sean Towndrow (S&A) with Reece Cranfield (Haigh Hall) won their match 2&1, while James Bolton (Harwood) and Andrew Marsh (Hesketh) won on the 18th.Read

HESKETH Golf Club this week plays host to some of the country’s leading club golfers.

The Southport links is the setting for the finale of the English Champion Club Tournament.Read

Parker in full Flo for glory in Cup

The Royal Birkdale teenager, who is based in Germany, gained an automatic place in the European team despite playing in only two of the five qualifying competitions.Read

Slattery on a tightrope

FORMBY Hall’s Lee Slattery continues his tightrope walk over keeping his Tour card.Read

Glory for Fleetwood

For the first time, both teams were composed of boys and girls and the morning foursomes proved extremely close, England edging it 2-1 with one match halved.Read

Claeys is new capt at Formby

He used to play football for Maghull and says: “I started to play golf when I became too old for football, when I could not run as much.”Read

Connor crowned at Royal Birkdale

Connor returned 72+77=149 to win by one stroke from county colleague Kelly Tidy (75+75), also a member at Manchester and Royal Birkdale.Read

Shacklady ready to rock again

The Ormskirk player, who made it through from regional qualifying to play in the Open at Carnoustie, closed with a 69 at the PGA North event in the north east to go with rounds of 70,73.Read

TOMMY FLEETWOOD will be helping the R&A break new ground this week.

The Southport golfer is part of the England team for the Boys Home Internationals, starting at Machynys Peninsula, a venue that has only been open for two years.Read

FORMBY Hall is staging a Junior Open on Tuesday, August 14, which includes the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship.

The entrance fee is £8. Contact Frank Oates, junior co-ordinator, on 0151- 928 1258 for further details.Read

JAMES Robinson enjoyed a stunning run to the semi-finals of the English Amateur Championship.

The Southport and Ainsdale player’s hopes of a dramatic success were ended by eventual champion Daniel Willett, 19, who is on a golf scholarship at Jacksonville in Florida.Read

Open and shut case for David

BY his own admission: “I was struggling and unfortunately could not find out what it was,” David Shacklady delivered the verdict on his Open Championship experience at Carnoustie.Read

Shack the scally opens up

RECORD-breaking Open Championship qualifier David Shacklady has spoken of his scallywag days in Ormskirk when he first dabbled in golf.Read

Shacklady ready to shine at Open

“PROBABLY my best round ever, in relation to what it meant,” David Shacklady said of his record 62 at Montrose which rocketed him into the 136th Open Championship starting at Carnoustie today.Read

Hot on heels of success

SOUTHPORT and District Golf Association’s executive secretary, Keith Hick, has enjoyed a red hot set of recent results.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.