Let me first take this opportunity to wish all the readers a wonderful Christmas.My present to you this week is a rundown of some of the finest little gems in our area – those par 3 holes that can be…
The Bury St Edmunds junior team kicked off their Suffolk Team Championship campaign with a fine win away at Ipswich Golf Club.Playing individual Stableford with all three team member’s scores to count, every point was vital and the team comprising…
Thetford Ladies’ section had their Ladies’ Captain Away Day at Stowmarket Golf Club this week, which is a reciprocal arrangement.Twenty-four members travelled and played an AmAm format with two scores counting on each hole, and all four on the par…
Club Championship season has continued as both Bury St Edmunds GC and Flempton GC held their most major of competitions this past weekend.Flempton held their Men’s Championship, which is 36 holes played across two days, with the Briggs Cup going…
Julie Burman glided to victory in spectacular fashion in the first Ladies’ section ‘Major’ of the year at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club, The Juby Cup.The traditional season opener, the Juby Cup is a strongly contested Stableford event, and due…
The Suffolk Ladies County Golf Association recently held their AGM and prize giving.The highlight of the occasion from a local west Suffolk point of view was Alice Barlow being named Suffolk vice-captain.The plus-2 handicapped Bury St Edmunds member has represented…
Bury St Edmunds Golf Club is using the winter period to complete course redesign work.The 10th and 11th holes are the final two holes to be remodelled and will complete a plan stretching back over 20 years.Both of these par…
The premise was to have a standardised curriculum of coaching across each venue, so that the juniors who had shown interest and promise at their own clubs could come together to develop their skills.The three hubs were based at Culford…
Thetford Golf Club has always stood out as an outstanding example of a challenging heathland course. Coupled with the large pine trees that frame almost every hole, it has always been a personal favourite of mine.This week we begin a…