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Storm’s surge subsides on opening holes

GRAEME Storm’s hopes of being in the Open Championship mix at Royal Birkdale all but disappeared when he bogeyed the first two holes. Read

Amateur event is launched at Slaley

SLALEY Hall yesterday announced a new event, The De Vere Collection Amateur Open, which will take place on August 25. Read

Storm happy to stay in the hunt

GRAEME Storm did his level best to stay in the hunt for a first Major success – and knows it has to be ‘Moving Day’ today if his dream is to become reality. Read

Rain-battered Lyle walks off – but gritty Graeme storms on

GRAEME Storm battled his way to a 76 as the wind and rain battered many into submission in the first round of the Open Championship. Read

Dickinson drives on to place in final

WESTERHOPE’S greenkeeping staff were praised by the Bedlingtonshire club’s lady captain Majorie Dickinson yesterday after she won the Northumberland heat of The Journal Trophy, writes TIM TAYLOR. Read

Storm builds on hard-won knowledge for Open test

GRAEME Storm’s major education may prove the key at this week’s Open Championship. Read

Skipper can’t win it on his own, says Lyle

SANDY Lyle, one of only seven Britons to win The Open Championship since the Second World War, has two messages to deliver as this season’s tournament gets under way at Royal Birkdale. Read

Two-for-one ticket offer

ANYBODY under 16 gets in free to watch former Ryder Cup winning captain Sam Torrance and ex-Open champion Bob Charles play at Slaley Hall next month. Read

Time and quality of draw fine for Storm

AUSTRALIAN Craig Parry has the honour of hitting the first ball at the 137th Open Championship on Thursday – but Graeme Storm won’t be far behind him. Read

Chris has eyes set on his first title

SHOULD a former Dr Barnardo boy, Chris McDonnell, triumph in either of two PGA championships sandwiched together later this month and win his first professional title, it will be a triumph over a once troubled family background. Read

Youngsters get their shot

THE Bedlingtonshire club have been presented with the rare Golf Mark award under a national scheme incorporating Sport England’s Club Mark accreditation award. Read

Ecstasy turns to agony for Open hopeful

JONATHAN Lupton agonisingly missed out on next week’s Open Championship at Birkdale after a nerve-wracking six-hole play-off in final qualifying at Southport and Ainsdale. Read

Lupton still in the hunt for Open slot

THE scramble for the 12 remaining places in next week’s Open Championship at Birkdale produced its usual share of mixed emotions yesterday. Read

Durham win after singles wash-out

DURHAM won their first Northern Counties League match for two years at Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday, ending the title hopes of arch rivals Northumberland. Read

Cumbria’s formula could answer Twynholm’s query

CUMBRIA have provided food for thought in view of recent comments by Sandy Twynholm that the winner of the Northumberland strokeplay championship should be regarded as the county champion rather than the matchplay winner. Read

One of the nice guys is in Open running

THE notion that nice guys come last went by the board at the Berwick club yesterday when George Cowan, a former Northumberland champion, moved to within one step of The Open Championship. Read

Hexham’s charm entrances Gary

SO what does a man who has played every other golf course in the country – and won tournaments on all five continents – think of Hexham, the club that has just hosted the Northumberland Championship and The Journal Dream Team challenge match? Read

An expert's guide to the changes

HOME club professional Paul Terras (pictured) is among the field at Berwick tomorrow – and this is his guide to the four holes altered on the Goswick Links: Read

Doing justice to the legend

A GHOSTLY character with a flat cap and an old-fashioned bushy moustache is superimposed on the front of the scorecard used by all golfers who take on the glorious Goswick Links. Read

Win dedicated to mentor Ken

PERHAPS Ken Phillips was looking down on Hexham from a 19th hole somewhere in heaven on Saturday and leading the toasts when Mark Penny added the Northumberland Championship to the strokeplay title he won earlier this season. Read

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