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Eri Crum’s victory in the World SpeedGolf Championship, held at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort last weekend, got me thinking about all the golf derivatives that seem to have sprung up in recent years. On 8th December 2022 WAGR announced several changes to its methodology that would be introduced from the start of 2023: – The R&A Men’s Home Internationals will be played at Hankley Common Golf Club on the North Downs in Surrey, England between 15th and 17th September 2021. Former winners who have gone on to enjoy very successful professional careers include Stephen GALLACHER (1994), Sergio GARCIA (1995), Gregory HAVRET (1999), Carl PETTERSSON (2000), Rory MCILROY (2006), Victor DUBUISSON (2009) and Nicolai HØJGÅRD (2018).
The NCAA supports 31 regional Conferences for college’s that play men’s golf – 28 of them support women’s golf. These are: – American Athletic; America Sky; Atlantic Coast; Atlantic Sun; Atlantic 10; Big East; Big South; Big Ten; Big 12; Big West, Colonial Athletic Association; Conference USA; Horizon League; Ivy League; Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-American; Mid-Eastern Athletic; Missouri Valley; Mountain West; Northeast; Ohio Valley; Pacific-12; Patriot League; Southeastern; Southern; Southland; Southwestern Athletic; Summit League; Sun Belt; Western Athletic; and West Coast. The underlined ones have provided the better teams in recent years. Louise Duncan winning the Smyth Salver at the AIG Women’s British Open at Carnoustie with Lauren Walsh and Annabell Fuller also making the cut, along with 15 year old Frank Kennedy making the cut at the European Tour’s Hero Open also in Scotland, were 2021 highlights. Europe’s Mario GALIANO, Ivan CANTERO GUTIERREZ, Robin PETERSSON and Matthias SCHWAB will all take 100% unbeaten records into Day 2. First Stage consisted of nine 72 hole stroke play qualifying events split into six Sections, A, B, C, D, E and F.
Improved performances and results from our junior international teams are needed. GB&I were thrashed in both the Jacques Léglise Trophy (16.5-8.5) and Junior Vagliano Trophy (14-4) matches against Continent of Europe in 2021. This year will see both matches played together at Blairgowrie G.C. in August. In 2007 Macdonald was inducted as a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, in the Lifetime Achievement category. The NCAA Championship National Finals – the premier event in US College golf – is played annually at the end of May. 30 teams of five players plus six individual qualifiers take part, making a total field of 156 players. Since 2015 the Women’s event has preceded the Men’s on the same course. The men’s now consists of 54-holes of stroke play from Friday to Sunday before a cut is made. Thereafter the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will play a final 18 holes on the Monday. The results from these 72-holes will determine both the Individual Champion and the top eight teams that will advance to the Team match play stage. The Team Champions, which is the primary focus of the NCAA, will then be finalised on the Tuesday and Wednesday. Scotland are the most experienced team with George Burns, Matthew Clark, Stuart Easton, Darren Howie, Lewis Irvine and James Wilson all having played in 2019. Indeed Clark will be playing in his ninth consecutive Home Internationals. Spikemark Golf LLC was a new California-based company established by former collegiate player and coach, and perhaps more importantly NCAA Golf Committee member, Derek Freeman (CEO).
The release of the golf film The Phantom of the Open in April. Sir Mark Rylance playing Maurice Flitcroft has got to be worth watching as no doubt will be the over the top portrayal of harassed R&A officials. You will find below an Introduction to this year’s Open Championship, followed by a discussion on Final Qualifying, which was played on 4th July 2023, then a report on the fifteen Regional Qualifying events, which were played on 26th June 2023. The first was England Golf’s announcement that they had appointed Lauren Spray as their new ‘Women and Girls’ Participation Manager’. This is clearly a positive step which should help to attract more females to play the game. A targeted programme and advisory group to support Clubs and Lauren will also be launched in 2015. Golf is a male dominated sport in the UK with over 85% of players being men. This is very different to all other establish golfing countries where woman and girls are much more strongly represented.A further 19 spaces have also been given over to Regional and Final Qualifying. Regional Qualifying was played on Monday 26th June 2023 and Final Qualifying on Tuesday 4th July 2023. Players competing in Regional Qualifying were playing for the opportunity to play in Final Qualifying while the latter presents the actual gateway to The Open. Formby Hall (Q 34 / F 67 ) – Ben Chamberlain (WAL), James Erskine-Low (ENG), William Walker (ENG), Hamish McColm (SCO), Tom Dowdall (IRL), Kieran Quinn (SCO), Jacob Davies (WAL), Kristian Towers (ENG) The UK population – and therefore golfers (and sadly myself too) – are generally getting fatter and more unhealthy. Without anyone realising this has been impacting on golf for a while now. 30 years ago most people seemed to carry their clubs. Some players pulled a trolley. Nowadays the majority have an electric trolley. The trend is clear – more people need help getting around and we all prefer the easy option if offered it. If Club’s provide more buggies then it is inevitable that members will seek to use them in my opinion. Any modest injury or mild discomfort will soon see golfers clambering for the keys as they seek assistance in covering the 4 or 5 miles they need to play a round. Kris has played a lot of golf in Quarter 3, winning two Championships and contributing strongly to recent team performances by England, Great Britain & Ireland and Europe.
David BOOTE bravely pared the 18th hole at Prince’s Golf Club this evening to secure the point which enabled Great Britain & Ireland to half the match 12.5-12.5. The 31st St. Andrews Trophy is being contested on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st July at Prince’s Golf Club in Kent, England. The competition was first contested in 1986 at Eindhoven G.C. Initially it was held biennially before moving to an annual fixture from 1990. Based on past experiences an Open Championship at St. Andrews also bodes well for the amateurs in July. James ASHFIELD (WAL) and Luis MASAVEU (ESP) finished tied 2nd on 280 (Ev) and Hugh FOLEY (IRL) and Sam EASTERBROOK (ENG) tied 4th on 282 (+2).Male amateur golfers with a handicap below 0.4 (i.e. scratch) and who have appeared in positions 1-2,000 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) in 2023 can enter. More recently it has been used as a Local Final Qualifying course for the 2011 Open Championship. It co-hosted The Amateur Championship in 2006 and 2013 and will do so again in 2017. Later this year it will also host the Jacques Leglise Trophy match between the U18 Boy’s of GB&I and Europe.
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