Golf
Golf: Dispatch big two in reshuffle
HOLDERS Silverknowes and big rivals Carrickvale have both made significant team changes for the 113th Evening News Dispatch Trophy starting tomorrow at The Braids.
1 commentGolf: Jambo David thriving at Wentworth
HEARTS fan David Drysdale set out in today’s second round of the BMW PGA Championship determined not to copy his team’s Hampden heroes – by taking his foot off the pedal.
Golf: Deer diary
JULY’S Deer Park Masters, one of the top events on the Tartan Tour, has attracted some welcome new backing.
Golf: Ball challenge
YOUNG Capital golfers are being given the chance to create a Scottish-themed giant golf ball which will be displayed in Chicago during the Ryder Cup 2012.
Golf: The Bel tolls
CAPITAL clubs are being encouraged to give their members a chance to become national champions by taking part in this year’s Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship.
Golf: Wright time
WEST LINTON’S Gareth Wright spearheads the Lothians contingent in Tuesday’s qualifier for the Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship.
Golf: Sport is still Jane’s addiction
SCOTTISH Championship runner-up Jane Turner has rubbished reports that she doesn’t have ambitions to take a crack at professional golf.
It may not be on her radar at the moment, especially after she’s just landed her first job with an Edinburgh-based design company.
Golf: Liberton youngsters making their mark in Summer League
LIBERTON’S mix of youth and experience got them off to a winning start in this season’s Pollock (Scotrans) Ltd Edinburgh Summer League.
Golf: Patrick gets helping hand from Scots at Wentworth
WENTWORTH debutant David Patrick had Stephen Gallacher for company today as he got his first look at the Surrey course ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship.
Lothians begin bid for Area Team Championship title
LOTHIANS, the record 13-times winners, are looking for a first victory under the new two-day format in this weekend’s Scottish Area Team Championship at Blairgowrie.
Golf: Drake finds it’s not all plain sailing in clinching Lothians
NEW Lothians champion Paul Drake feared he’d blown his title chance after putting himself under too much pressure to emulate a Pumpherston legend.
Golf: Hi-ho Silver
SILVERKNOWES is to host one of the qualifiers for this year’s Highland Spring Junior Masters, a free-to-enter tournament aimed at the future of Scottish Golf.
1 commentGolf: Murray fielded
DALMAHOY 14-year-old Murray Naysmith has been picked in the Lothians team to defend the Scottish Boys’ Area Team title at Cowglen next month.
Golf: Humble win
BOB HUMBLE was the overall winner in Duddingston’s first open event of the season, the Cecil Nimmo Seniors sponsored by Murray Volvo.
Golf: Call for golfers
THE Scottish Disability Golf Partnership wants more golfers from the Capital to join up.
Golf: Deerness can sense nearness to glory
CRAIG DEERNESS is one win away from completing a dream debut in the Lothians Championship after soaring to a semi-final success on the back of an eagle at Dalmahoy.
Royal Musselburgh beaten but unbowed after Mortonhall lesson
NEWCOMERS Royal Musselburgh were beaten but certainly not disgraced as they made their debut in the Pollock (Scotrans) Ltd Edinburgh Summer League at Mortonhall.
Scots ace Laird shares lead in golf’s most lucrative event
SCOTLAND’S Martin Laird began the second round of the richest golf tournament in the world level with England’s Ian Poulter at the top of the leaderboard.
Golf: Veterans set to step down
TWO of the Lothians Golf Association’s longest-serving officials are stepping down at the end of the season.
Golf: Slowly but surely, Gallagher finding feet on EuroPro Tour
JOHN GALLAGHER admits he’s taken longer than he’d have liked to find his feet in the professional ranks, but the Swanston New star is hopeful his career is ready to take off again this season.
Golf: Drake never gets a plain sailing in title journey
PUMPHERSTON’S Paul Drake doesn’t mind doing it the hard way in his bid to win the Lothians Championship, admitting at Dalmahoy last night: “I like playing the big guns.”
Golf: Stricken star to dig deep
SCOTT McINTYRE, who has terminal cancer, is playing four rounds in one day at Dalmahoy later this month to raise money for the Beatson Cancer Care Unit in Glasgow.
Golf: Rushford in PGA training
BOBBY RUSHFORD, who knocked title favourite Michael Stewart out of last year’s Scottish Amateur Championship, is doing his PGA training at a Capital club.
Golf: Play like Bubba . . aim for Dennis
YOUNG golfers in the Capital are being encouraged to play the ‘Bubba Way’ in a bid to both enjoy the game and also make the most of natural talent.
Golf: It’s Turner’s prize to lose
CRAIGIELAW’S Jane Turner is the top seed for the Midlothian Women’s Championship starting tomorrow at Broomieknowe after firing a pair of 73s to win the qaulifier at the Bonnyrigg course.
Golf: Lesley in no mood to go back on Tour
LESLEY NICHOLSON bridged a 12-year gap to regain the East Lothian Women’s Championship but isn’t tempted by a return to the Scottish scene.
Golf: 18-year-old takes prominent scalp at Dalmahoy
ALLYN DICK became the latest victim of the Stuart Cup curse as the leading qualifier lost to teenager Sean Walter in the first round of the Lothians Championship at Dalmahoy last night.
Golf: Lothians turn to new blood
LOTHIANS, the 13-time winners, have named three newcomers in their six-strong side for the Scottish Area Team Championship at Blairgowrie next weekend.
Golf: Wood’s 20ft putt knocks out Carson at Dalmahoy
CHRIS WOOD holed a shot in the dark to claim the scalp of host club hope Robert Carson in the first round of the Lothians Championship at Dalmahoy last night.
Golf: Dick completes grand slam with Stuart Cup victory
ALLYN DICK completed Edinburgh’s golfing grand slam by romping to victory in the Stuart Cup but knows he’s now landed a poisoned chalice.
1 commentGolf: Praise for Scots Open
SOLHEIM CUP star Trish Johnson has heaped praise on both the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open and Archerfield Links, its home for the last three years.
Golf: Matthew putt in her place by daughter Katie
CATRIONA MATTHEW may be a major champion but that doesn’t matter a jot to oldest daughter Katie.
Golf: Off-the-pace Catriona struggles with greens
LOCAL heroine Catriona Matthew found herself off the pace after the opening round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open in East Lothian.
Golf: Dick gears up to complete full set of Edinburgh titles
ALLYN DICK is out to complete the set of Edinburgh’s golfing crown jewels before he hopes to ‘defend’ his Lothians Championship crown at Dalmahoy next week.
Golf: Kings of clubs
HOLDERS Kingsknowe were among the big winners in the first round of the Edinburgh Ladies Inter-Club tournament at Ratho Park, beating Newbattle 10 and 9 across the double foursome.
Golf: Turner ready to do the job
AMATEUR ace Jane Turner is confident a new job won’t stop her trying to secure a Scotland spot later this season.
Golf: Open change is slammed
A DECISION to change Open final qualifying after next year has been described as “a crying shame” for courses in East Lothian.
Golf: Yankee visit is just dandy
THREE American college teams are heading to East Lothian to play and practise at The Renaissance Club later this year.
Golf: Craigielaw reveal secrets behind Junior success
CRAIGIELAW continues to prove a shining example of how juniors respond positively to being treated on the same level as their elders at golf clubs.
Golf: Players risking thousands
PLENTY of Capital golfers are still uninsured despite a recent high-profile incident in the Lothians setting off alarm bells in the game.
3 commentsGolf: Kingsknowe set for Inter Club title defence
HOLDERS Kingsknowe tee off their defence of the Edinburgh Ladies Inter Club title at Ratho Park tomorrow against Prestonfield.
Golf: Home is a big Asset for Catriona Matthew and Vikki Laing
CATRIONA MATTHEW and Vikki Laing are both hoping some home comfort will bring them success in this week’s Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies’ Scottish Open in East Lothian.
Golf: Lothians do away double for first time
LOTHIANS completed a unique double in their annual friendly with Northumberland thanks to a strong singles showing at City of Newcastle.
Golf: Dispatch Trophy veterans on tough journey to final
SILVERKNOWES and Carrickvale, the two most recent winners, have the chance to set up a mouth-watering final showdown after finding themselves in opposite sides of the draw for the Dispatch Trophy at the Braids.
Golf: Musselburgh set for debut
ROYAL MUSSELBURGH are gearing up for their debut in the Edinburgh Summer League, which swings into action at the beginning of next month.
Golf: Original Dispatch Trophy unearthed at cricket club
THE two trophies for one of golf’s most historic events have sat side-by-side for the first time – after one of them was discovered gathering dust in a Capital cricket club.
Golf: PGA honour for Patrick
EDINBURGH man David Patrick was the leading Scottish-based PGA professional in the Titleist PGA Assistant of the Year awards.
Golf: Lesley’s joy
LESLEY ATKINS is this year’s East Lothian Girls’ champion after claiming the title in the Spring Meeting with a splendid 75 over the West Links at North Berwick.
Golf: Freshman honours for burgeoning Lothians duo Rachael and Grant
LOTHIANS duo Rachael Watton and Grant Forrest have chalked up a notable double after both winning freshman honours on the American college circuit.
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