Gavin Dear wins Dixie title by
two shots
Perth international golfer Gavin Dear has become the first Scottish winner of the Dixie men’s amateur championship in the 78 years of the prestigious Florida festive period tournament at Heron Bay Golf Club, Coral Springs.
Dear (pictured right by Tom Ward Photography), who won the Eisenhower Trophy men’s world [...]

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Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion, has been awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour in recognition of his outstanding achievement in capturing his first Major title at Augusta National in April.
The 29 year old South African was presented with his membership card as the 32nd honorary member by Keith Waters, Director of International [...]

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DUBAI – Sunday 14th December 2008) — England’s Melissa Reid, the top newcomer on the Ladies European Tour all season, has sealed the Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year Award, in association with the Bill Johnson Trophy.
Reid was presented with the award by her childhood idol Annika Sorenstam at the season-ending Dubai Ladies Masters [...]

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Dubai:  Ten years is long enough to change the course of one’s life, as Maria Verchenova found out after visiting a golf course in the Czech Republic.
Within a decade, the Russian’s chance encounter with the game – she was at the golf course having coffee with her father – developed from mere fascination into a [...]

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Luke Goddard in Argentina

BIRDIE BURST EARNS GODDARD ARGENTINE TITLE
Luke Goddard helped himself to an early Christmas present when he won the Argentine Amateur Open Championship in Buenos Aires.
The young England international came from 2-down after lunch to beat Leandro Marelli of Argentina 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Golf Club Nordelta.
The pair were [...]

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