THE team talk delivered by honorary Yorkshire skipper John Daly in the second running of the War of the Roses couldn’t stop the trophy heading back over the Pennines. Addressing his troops from the balcony of the Moor Allerton clubhouse the two-time major winner told them in true tongue in cheek Wild Thing fashion: “Let’s get drunk, play fast and if you can cheat and not get caught, do it. We can win this thing!” All this while Lancashire captain Paul Scholes was nonchalantly

New US Open champion Gary Woodland revealed how a message on the eve of his final round from his coach Pete Cowen helped him to win his first major championship. Woodland, who held off Brooks Koepka to win by three shots at Pebble Beach said: “He sent me an unbelievable text this morning that had nothing to do with my golf swing or technique. He said: Every man dies, but not every man lives, and you live for this moment. “So that - I thought about that a lot today. He's been

Rochelle with legend Annika Sorenstam Life on the road is never dull for a professional golfer as Woodsome Hall’s Rochelle Morris is quickly finding out. Spain, France and Switzerland are just three of the countries she has visited in recent weeks before spending a week at home to celebrate her 24th birthday. Annika Sorenstam won 93 professional events during a spectacular career and was the host for the La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational in Spain on the Ladies European

Some putting practice in the heat Two weeks in the Czech Republic culminated in my best Challenge Tour finish so far this year with a tie for 15th in D+D Real Challenge at Kaskado Golf Resort. But I left with mixed feelings. Yes, it was my best result in a while, and may even have sneaked me a few world ranking points back after plummeting down to 1000 in the world from a career high this time last year of 258. I also feel I have made some progress with some of the changes I’

Former European Tour player David Brunton won the Leeds Senior Masters by two shots after holding off fellow Lancastrian Mark Ashworth. Clitheroe’s Ashworth posted a clubhouse score of seven under after setting a new course record of 64, but Brunton, who plays out of Manchester’s Ringway Golf Club, added a 68 to his first day 67 for a nine under par tally that was good enough by two shots Brunton has been what he describes as a “full-time player” for most of his life and like

Rotherham teenager Ben Schmidt continues to carry all before him this year and his latest success came in the Henry Cooper Junior Masters. Schmidt opened with a 66 at Nizels Golf Club in Essex and followed up with rounds of 71, 71 and 70 for a ten under par total of 278 which handed him a five shot win over nearest rival Max Hopkins, from Bishop Stortford. He later admitted that his best golf of the week had come in the rounds where he shot in the 70’s, but on day one the put