It's not often that one of the Society's single figure handicappers hits a great shot to a Par 3 and then, taking his putt, sees his ball slip past the pin and run off the green before dropping into the stream alongside! That is what happened in this year's Match Play knockout final at The Grove for nine-handicapper Ian McGowan, who then, frustratingly, watched opponent Mike [...]
The end of season fixture at West Hill was in doubt right up to the last minute after torrential rain closed the course the day before, but the rain relented overnight and the green staff were out in force to make play possible. Conditions were so good that you would hardly have known there had [...]
It was by the narrowest possible margin that Nick Stevens won the main trophy of the day at the Royal Cinque Ports fixture. On the second day of the "Double Header" weekend with North Foreland, the final result for the main trophy, The Northcliffe Cup, had to be settled on countback over the last few holes. Both Nick and David Crump had [...]
There were celebrations late into the night for the Society team that played in this year's annual match against North Foreland Golf Club. The Club had a commanding lead of 13 to 9 victories since the start of the yearly matches, but in one of the closest results so far, Society Captain, Lee Terry, was able to hold the Northcliffe Challenge Cup [...]
It was like “Ladies Day” at the Northwood Fixture with former Captain Lisa Heywood maintaining her recent great form and Jayne Burden who was recently made an Honorary member of the Society, both featuring in the top finishers. Lisa carried on where she left off at The Berkshire fixture where she was cut two shots [...]
It was the dream round for former Captain, Lisa Heywood, at The Berkshire fixture with long straight drives bounding down the bone-hard fairways and putts that kept dropping on the challenging Blue Course. With clear, cloudless skies and the hot sun of recent weeks making the course more like a links course, there were great [...]
Metro had a last putt win in this year's Inter-Company golf tournament but it was the Irish eyes that were smiling. Not only did Ireland join in the fun, laughter and camaraderie of the tournament but they showed their golfing prowess on the mighty West Cliffs golf course just North of Lisbon to claim a share of one [...]
On a very windy day at the Walton Heath fixture it was the man in form who blew away the opposition. There was brilliant sunshine and blue skies but players had to cope with some very strong and blustery winds that made both the New and the Old courses play more like a seaside links. It may be called [...]
For the second time running and showing that form does count, Daily Mail photographer David Crump was on the wrong end of a camera as he posed again for the winner's picture at the first golf day of the new season held at The Grove. He beat off a strong field in testing conditions, winning the Burton Challenge Cup by three [...]
The Northcliffe had a dramatic last gasp win against the Press Golfing Society in this year’s annual match. Trailing 5 – 3 overnight after a very strong start by the PGS at the championship Ferndown course in Dorset, Match Captain Vyvyan Harmsworth and his son, Rupert, had a crucial half in their match to share [...]
