MOST of the attention ahead of yesterday’s US Open first round was trained on the returning Tiger Woods and playing partners Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott, but Lee Westwood quietly outshone them all.
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LEEDS dominated the singles, winning seven of the 12 matches, to score a big 23-13 win over the Halifax, Huddersfield Union, who had battled back to share the foursomes in their Yorkshire Inter-Union League match at Howley Hall.
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DEWSBURY’S Edward Battye ensured there would be no repeat win for last year’s Examiner Matchplay champion Andrew Mear after clinching a five and three victory at The Pinnacle.
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CHRIS MEAR leads his Halifax, Huddersfield side into a key Yorkshire Inter-Union League match with Leeds at Howley Hall tomorrow – a match neither can afford to lose.
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CHRIS HANSON will challenge for The Rock, the PGA North Region’s flagship tournament carrying a £30,000 prize-fund, at Matfen Hall on August 25-27 after progressing through the east qualifying round at Matfen Hall on one under par 71.
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SOME followers of local golf have been left in the dark by a delay in the printing of the Halifax, Huddersfield Union handbook and the production of fixtures, so to help solve that problem here are the remaining dates and venues of events.
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BRADLEY Hall scored arunaway win by an impressive 13-stroke margin in the Halifax, Huddersfield Union Scratch Team championship at Willow Valley a year ago and are determined to turn in another winning display over at Dewsbury tomorrow.
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LONGLEY Park’s John Ambler will return to Moortown for the Glenmuir PGA Championship on July 29-August 1 after winning through the North East qualifier at the Leeds course.
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EDWARD ODDY has been elected captain of the Oxford University golf team – and on his long summer vacation he will be available for the already strong Fixby squad.
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IT went to a thrilling last hole of the last match but Halifax, Huddersfield, who went down 19-17 to Bradford at Ogden in their opening Yorkshire Inter Union League match.
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LONGLEY PARK have chance to bid for the English Champion Junior Club title later this season after Matthew Colcombe led them to their first Halifax, Huddersfield Junior League Championship in 13 years at Todmorden.
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TREVOR WILLIAMS won a close contest in the Wednesday Golf Society, when the home member took first place in the 30-strong field with 34 points in Division I at Bradley Park.
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FIXBY progressed through the first round of the Yorkshire Inter-club Foursomes with Richard Broadley and Brad Tupman scoring a 2&1 win over Hessle at Moor Allerton.
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HELEN SEARLE, at the age of just 15, made an indelible mark on the county golf scene this week by reaching the final of the Yorkshire Ladies championship and laying claim to being the youngest player to be selected for the Yorkshire team that next month defends the Northern Counties title.
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HELEN SEARLE’S brave and gallant bid for the Yorkshire Ladies championship came to an end after she gave English champion Naomi Edwards a few scares by taking the Curtis Cup player to the penultimate green in a fascinating final at Alwoodley yesterday.
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