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
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
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