Your local golf magazine for grass roots golfers Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Devon South West May/June National News County News Wedding Showcase Ladies News Golfing Great Senior Moments www.golfsouth.co.uk Use your smart phone to scan the code or go to our website. THE PGA CENTENARY COURSE - RORY MCILROY LIFESTYLE & PRODUCTS Your local golf magazine for grass roots golfers Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Devon Welcome WELCOME South West May/June It’s only a few weeks into the summer season and there is already a sense that this will be a big year for gender equality in the game. With the R&A appointing its first female members and now the course which controversially once had a sign banning National News County News Wedding Showcase Ladies News Golfi ng Great Senior Moments dogs and females, has now opened its doors to the www.golfsouth.co.uk Use your smart phone to scan the code or go to our website. GLENEAGLES - HOST VENUE OF fairer sex. There are now only a handful of clubs THE 2014 RYDER CUP www.golfsouth.co.uk which still insist on banning female members. The fact that any exist seems a strange thing! Come and play the Jack Nicklaus designed PGA Centenary Course However, there are still quite a few inequalities in the where the European team won The Ryder Cup by 16.5 points to 11.5. Golf South sport. For a start, a player on the female tour can’t Combine an overnight stay with a round of golf or play it as a visitor. Fyne Associates Ltd expect to take home the same in their pay-packet as 4 Ram Court Alternatively, play the magnificent King's or picturesque Queen's. Wicklesham Farm a male. And as pro-golfer Paula Cremer pointed out Faringdon on her twitter account, there are only 5 Masters on The hardest choice you will have to make is which course to play. SN7 7NP the female tour and none of them compare in size Stay and play from only £330 based on two sharing Tel: 01235 856300 Fax: 01235 468427 and prestige to the six on the male tour. Visitor greenfee from £70 (winter) £180 (summer) email: [email protected] Golf legend Peter Alliss weighed in on the debate Society Days from £120 per person based on 8 golfers by saying that the new drive for equality was Call the Resort Sales team on 0800 169 2984 and quote ‘buggering up the game for a lot of people’. He cited “Golf South Society” or visit www.gleneagles.com/golf conversations with a few female player at Muirfield who claimed they were put-out that as full members, for further information and full Ts&Cs. © Golf South Any reproduction of any article or they would have to pay a full membership fee. 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Among the many attractive features of [email protected] the course are the six strategically placed www.chobhamgolfclub.co.uk HOW TO PLAY THE RULES NEWS NATIONAL Measure out 30ft Golf course – not needed. Either putt to a hole on a golf course Play anywhere and open to everyone. Or place your A4 sheet of paper or cup Play in pairs, groups or teams. anywhere you fancy makes an extreme Open to all – non golfers putt and play until the ball rests over the to professional tour players. hole – cup in golfing jargon! Register your putts online. NATIONAL NEWS NATIONAL It’s a test of fun and some skill – Load your Video Selfies on FB or Twitter. it’s not how many putts you make that wins the prize. Competition ends 31st May 2015. It’s the participation – as the winner The decision of the judges is drawn on the 31st May 2015. on the winning putts will be final. After taking the Challenge register your Golfers warm up for the 30ft Putt name & putts taken online at or similar. Challenge, part of National Golf Month So the idea is simple. To raise awareness for National Golf Month, brand new, experienced or complete novices are being encouraged to have a go at taking a putt from 30 feet! The plan is to IT’S A CHARITY EVENT make the 30ft Putt Challenge as newsworthy as Ice Bucket Challenge. It gets the nation trying golf in a fun way. The 30ftPC will help get non golfers trying golf as everyone can become involved Charity Donations to – Dementia UK as little skill is needed. It breaks down barriers and perceptions of playing golf and can be played anywhere and only requires a putter and one ball to participate. As well as raising awareness How to Play the for National Golf Month, 30ft Putt Challenge you can also use your 30ft Putt Challenge MAKING THE HOLE to raise money for A4 Sheet of paper is required if not playing on a golf Dementia UK. course. The charity is Draw a hole – 4 ¼ in diameter (10.8cm). or use a cup/mug fully behind the Then cut out the hole. Colour the area around the hole in green. 30ft Putt and Name your course – could be any name – your company, you can easily pub, favourite place etc. set up a page on JustGiving to raise WHERE TO PLAY money at the same Yes!!!! time as raising Play on a golf course awareness. Extreme location You can play Office So get putting! 6 High Street anywhere 7 Sir Nick Faldo Contents to play in his National News . 6 last Open at Lincolnshire Pair Hog the Limelight page 40 Ladies News . 14 St Andrews NATIONAL NEWS NATIONAL Junior News . 18 Great Britain’s greatest golfer Welsh Golf . 20 of the modern era, Sir Nick Faldo MBE, will play in his last Open at St Andrews this summer County News . 24 on the 25th anniversary of his victory at the home of golf. Golfing Great – Bobby Jones page 80 Weddings . 74 The six-time Major Champion plans Walnut Tour . 82 to make a farewell on the famous Swilcan Bridge after a long and hugely successful career Golf Travel . 88 which saw him become Champion Golfer of the Year Products . 106 at St Andrews in 1990 and at Muirfield in 1987 and 1992. The Walnut Tour page 84 Senior Moments . 113 He also achieved ten top ten finishes in The Open between 1978 and 2003.