Ferrie: Getting US Tour card was tough Dec 9 2007
MISSION accomplished! Winning my card for next year’s US Tour was tough but to say I’m happy with how I did at the qualifying school in Florida would be an understatement more

Dyson and Storm in Ryder Cup mission Sep 23 2007
SIMON DYSON and Graeme Storm can both lay down a Ryder Cup marker next weekend. more

Gosforth ladies day Sep 20 2007
FREE taster sessions for beginners of any age or gender, grant aided by the golf authorities, are part of the fabric of the sport these days, at least at the more progressive clubs. more

£40,000 for NSPCC Sep 20 2007
BY the time the last raffle ticket is sold at the Burgham Park Pro-Am on Wednesday, the NSPCC, whose team will include Alan Shearer, will be around £40,000 better off from a series of events the club has put on this season. The Pro-Am will be followed by the PGA North Region Championship, which has a Saturday finish for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. Terry Minett , Burgham’s operations director, said: “The Pro-Am was full two months before the event and around half of the 35 teams were taken by the sponsors, Automatic Retailing, who are great supporters of the club, especially the juniors. Apart from The Rock Pro-Am, this is the best professional field to play in the North-East.” more

A Rock for the region’s golfers gets new backing Sep 20 2007
JOHN HARRISON, the No 1 golf coach in the North-East, has opened an account with Northern Rock this week in response to The Journal’s “support the Rock” campaign. more

Juniors land title at Burgham Sep 15 2007
BURGHAM Park’s growing reputation has been enhanced by the success of their youngsters, who are the new champions of the Brett Fuels North Northumberland Junior League. more

Look out for a Burgham masterclass Sep 13 2007
IS there any such thing in golf as a simple masterclass for club golfers? Former Ryder Cup captain and current BBC TV pundit Mark James reckons there will be when the PGA North Region Championship is staged at Burgham Park later this month. more

Robson edged out by Twynholm Sep 10 2007
THE return of The Journal Champion of Champions produced a dream pairing for the sudden-death shoot-out at De Vere Slaley Hall yesterday. more

Neil plays through pain to finish fifth Sep 10 2007
THE lure of The Journal Champion of Champions inspired heroics yesterday from the South Moor club’s champion, Neil Harker-Bell. more

Our Champions are in paradise Sep 8 2007
THREE Ryder Cup captains have marched down the same lush fairways and firm greens that await the 91 competitors in The Journal Champion of Champions on the Priestman Course at De Vere Slaley Hall tomorrow – Sam Torrance, Mark James and Bernard Gallacher. more

Lay-off hasn’t quelled hunger Sep 1 2007
THREE months ago, Richard Aisbitt’s love of football had led to him becoming the last golfer you would rate as the favourite to win The Journal Champion of Champions tournament at De Vere Slaley Hall. more

Bryan refusing to make a play-off excuse Aug 30 2007
WHAT seemed like a good idea after five pints down the pub around 10.30pm on Saturday night was rebounding on Durham county golfer Bryan Ross by lunchtime on Bank Holiday Monday, when he had completed the first round of the 36-hole Westerhope Open. more

Elite golfers rush to join Aug 30 2007
MARK Stancer, tournament director of The Journal Champion of Champions, yesterday announced the initial list of the golfers who have so far accepted invitations to play in the event on September 9. more

Tyneside woe in Irish fling Aug 29 2007
HOME advantage proved the deciding factor in the biennial Mark Ryder Cup as hosts Castlerock of Northern Ireland defeated their Tyneside Golf Club opponents 18-10. more

Hexham star triumphs Aug 28 2007
THE Hadrian League’s Player of the Year, Hexham’s Sean Heads, took the George Howarth Trophy for winning the Westerhope Open after a play-off yesterday. more

Slaley put faith in new talent Aug 25 2007
NOBODY will begrudge De Vere Slaley Hall their three wild card entries as the host club for The Journal Champions of Champions tournament. more

It’s all downhill when you try to cut corners Aug 25 2007
EVERY Saturday morning during the golf season, Open Championship referee Desmond Duffy is posing two questions. But would you know the answer should either situation crop up in your club’s competition? more

Gifted Wilkinson breaks new ground Aug 23 2007
FIERCELY competitive and caring are not words that usually appear in the same sentence, unless you touch on the subject of the Whitburn club and their entry in The Journal Champion of Champions tournament. more

Dr John's Golf clinic Aug 23 2007
LIKE everybody else, I have a lot of admiration for Geoff Wilkinson from the Whitburn club, who is a serial winner of his club championship despite having had his right toe amputated. more

Dinwiddie seals Tour spot Aug 21 2007
FORMER Walker Cup golfer Robert Dinwiddie has completed a rare double by winning his second Challenge Tour event in a row to confirm his card for next season’s European Tour. more

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