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Golf: Lichfield's Robert Rock stunned by victory at Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:35:00 GMT

Lichfield golfer Robert Rock will probably have to win the Ryder Cup or land a major to beat the feeling he had on Sunday night.

Matt Morris vows to keep on performing after Wentworth heroics

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MATT Morris is hoping to use his Wentworth heroics as a springboard to completing his most successful year to date.

Search begins for talented young golfers

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

A REGION-wide search is on for talented young golfers following the launch of Golf Factor 2011.

Golfer inspired by Masters winner

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

PATRICK Ruff is within touching distance of becoming a professional golfer and it’s all down to new US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.

Rachel Jennings gains her full Ladies European Tour Card

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

GOLFER Rachel Jennings has teed off the New Year in perfect style by gaining her full Ladies European Tour card.

Staffordshire golf club through to final of UK's biggest amateur competition

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:32:00 GMT

A team of golfers from Staffordshire are out to make history for their club after winning through to the finals of one of the world’s biggest amateur golfing competitions.

Birmingham golfer Felicity Johnson claims first tour title

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

FELICITY Johnson claimed her first title on the Ladies European Tour with a two-shot victory at the Tenerife Ladies Open.

Team spirit aids Warkwickshire golfers to victory

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE golfers are riding high in the Midland League.

McEvoy returns to old Copt Heath haunts

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THERE’S a secluded area right in the middle of Copt Heath golf course that Peter McEvoy is still inclined to regard as his own. It was here that, as a lad, he would practise wedge shots for hours and it honed a skill that helped to take him to the very pinnacle of amateur golf.

Peter Baker on course to rejoin European Tour

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

PETER Baker continues to consolidate his bid to rejoin the European Tour next season and cannot wait to get back among the big boys – and the big money.

Departing Nicholas has American dream\n

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

HARBORNE Golf Club bade farewell to star member Alison Nicholas yesterday as she embarked on her own mission impossible in America.

Elizabeth Mallett wins English girls Under-15 golf championship

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE’S Elizabeth Mallett came from two shots behind to win the English girls’ Under-15 championship at The Wiltshire.

THE Jacklin golfing family is gathering in force at Nailcote Hall next week when the former Open and US Open Champion once again hosts the British Par 3 Championship.

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

As well as Tony himself, he has his wife Astrid and his two sons, Warren and Sean, with him for a rare family get-together, rare because Warren is club professional at the Baden club in Germany while the rest of the clan live in Florida, where 17-year-old Sean is making waves as an amateur.

LICHFIELD’S Robert Rock admits he is going into his third Open Championship in the best form of his career – but the loss of his beloved driver has knocked his confidence.

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The 32-year-old is enjoying his best-ever season and is 13th in the Race to Dubai standings after finishing as a runner-up in three events this year.

LICHFIELD’S Robert Rock admits he is going into his third Open Championship in the best form of his career – but the loss of his beloved driver has knocked his confidence.

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The 32-year-old is enjoying his best-ever season and is 13th in the Race to Dubai standings after finishing as a runner-up in three events this year.

LICHFIELD’S Robert Rock admits he is going into his third Open Championship in the best form of his career – but the loss of his beloved driver has knocked his confidence.

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The 32-year-old is enjoying his best-ever season and is 13th in the Race to Dubai standings after finishing as a runner-up in three events this year.

Warwickshire wizardry helping Open golfer Rory McIlroy

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

VISITS to an old converted barn in the depths of Warwickshire have helped Irish sensation Rory McIlroy in his meteoric rise into the top echelons of world golf.

Peter Baker's new stance for the Open

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

FOR a month or more Peter Baker had been playing first-class golf but his putting “was awful.”

Teen bids

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

for Open

Atherstone’s Steve Webster two shots off French Open lead

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

ATHERSTONE’S Steve Webster moved into contention for the French Open in Paris – one week after spending five hours in hospital because of an eye injury.