

Bailey aiming high at Alwoodley
Lindrick’s Bailey Gill is going trophy hunting this summer after setting his sights on capturing one of amateur golf’s big titles. His first opportunity will come on local soil when the English Men’s Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship - better known as The Brabazon - is played at Alwoodley at the end of May. The Leeds course is a favourite of Gill’s and one he is very familiar with thanks to a reciprocal agreement between his home course and Alwoodley. But before he compete


Marsh is in great Nick
Huddersfield’s Nick Marsh secured the second win of his professional career in sensational style. Marsh played the last five holes in five under par at Ghala Golf Club in Muscat, Oman, to hold off Robin Rousell by two shots to win the MENA Tour by Arena. Frenchman Roussel, starting the day four shots behind the champion, shot a course-record nine-under par 63 and had caught up with England’s Marsh with four holes to play. Marsh, playing on a sponsor’s invite, closed with a 65


Danny gets 'homework' aid
Danny Willett’s wedge play should be sharper than ever after installing a short game area in his back garden. It wasn't a great trip back to Augusta for the 2016 Masters champion at the weekend, just missing the cut, but at least he can work on things in the comfort of his back garden! Huxley Golf has built the practise area at his South Yorkshire home to go with the putting green they fitted just before he won the 2016 Masters. Willett came up with a very specific brief that


Grim wait finally over...
Yorkshire seniors team captain John Grimbleby has played thousands of shots during in his golfing life, but one will live with him forever after making his first hole in 55 years of playing the game. His ace came just four days after his 72nd birthday, the day on which he was due to have shoulder surgery but was sent home after Dewsbury hospital staff discovered he had an infection. "Enjoy the rest of your week said the nurse who had just put me on a course of antibiotics. Ho