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Duncan digs deep to deliver dramatic double


Matthew wins Ladies Scottish Open


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cotland’s Catriona Matthew earned a10-stroke victory


at the Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open presented by EventScotland last month. The 41-year-old held a four


shot lead heading into the final round after a course record 65 at her home course. She fired a closing six under


par 66 on a fine and breezy final day at Archerfield Links, where she was given honorary membership after winning the 2009 Ricoh Women’s British Open.


Lane retains title in Scotland


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urrey’s Duncan Hamilton- Martin recovered from an opening hole quadruple


bogey eight to win the 2011 Disabled British Open, at East Sussex National. The 54-year-old independent


financial advisor from Esher plays off a three-handicap and fought back to record a remarkable first round gross 74, two over par. And his title-clinching second round one-under-par 71 was enough to give him the


championship by an impressive nine shots from second-placed Robert Paul from Kent. It is the second time Hamilton-


Martin, a member at St George’s Hill, Weybridge, has won the title, following his success at Old Thorns, in Hampshire, in 2009. The inaugural Junior Disabled


British Open, also played over two days, was won by 13-year-old Frankie Jones, from Welshpool, who has cerebral palsy.


Open champ enjoys prize F


ew will remember the recent Open Championship better


than young Dominic Hoskin, after he won a set of PGA Kids range golf clubs in a Golf Foundation competition. The Golf Foundation and


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arry Lane has defended his title at the Cleveland


Golf/Srixon Scottish Seniors Open that was sponsored for the third successive year by Cleveland Golf and Srixon. The event, which took


place at the Fairmont St Andrews, saw Lane holed from distance to post and eagle on the last hole to secure a second victory in typical windswept links conditions. The victory was snatched from NBC television commentator and six times PGA Tour winner, Gary Koch.


Pro Shop Europe September 2011


PGA Collection teamed up to hold the quiz during Open Championship week, setting a series of difficult questions which proved hugely popular. Dominic, aged seven, from


Essex, answered all correctly and


Geoff Pullin, Pro-Shop’s advertising manager, reports on his latest round


and a rematch with Stuart Storrer from Puredrive Batteries. After hitting the wall on


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the 1st and rebounding 50 yards back down the fairway I thought it was going to be a bad day and after finding myself 2 down after 2 this seemed to be the case especially as SS’s short game was looking good. On 3 though I managed


was crowned quiz champion. Dominic’s quiz answers included the correct years of four previous Open winners at Royal St George’s and, perhaps most difficult of all, the average score for all completed rounds at last year’s Open Championship (to one decimal place). His father, Paul said: "The


clubs have been great for Dominic. Last week he scored 49 Stableford points and lowered his handicap by eight strokes."


to secure a good par with a long putt and I then followed this up with a birdie on the par 5 4th to get the match back to all square. However, a great tee shot on the stunning par 3 5th put SS 1 up again. Another great chip from SS on 7 put him 2 up again but after finding the green in 1 on the par 3 8th, I managed to sink a 20ft putt for my 2nd birdie of the day. My putter rescued me


again on the 9th, holing a tricky put for par leaving us level at the turn. The back 9 started well


as I pared 10 and 11 to go 1 up, however, a lost ball on 11 ruined my mood and a string of sloppy holes were punished by SS who was playing some great golf shooting level par through holes 12 to 17 including a great birdie on 14 which meant he quite rightly came in the winner by 3 and 2.


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was looking forward to returning to Broadway GC


Beat the bandit


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