Bournemouth Echo

Golf: Challenge Tour star James back on the British beat

7:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

FORMER British amateur champion Lee James has shelved his full-time department store job to concentrate on his European Tour ambitions. Six-time Challenge Tour champion James, who won his last event four years ago in France, is competing on the British-based tours this summer. James has played in 14 events since March, retaining the Dorset Open for a fourth successive year at Dudsbury, and winning three Players Tour tournaments. The 40-year-old Poole-born star’s prize money for success has ranged from £850 to £1,200. “I have retained my store job on a part-time basis after working full-time over the winter months,” explained James, who partnered Jack Nicklaus in the first round of the 1995 US Masters after winning the British amateur title at Nairn the previous year. Since playing at Augusta, James has topped the Challenge Tour rankings in 2002 with wins in Kenya, Luxembourg and Finland, and made two unsuccessful ventures onto the main European Tour. “I have never given up hope of making a return, but need to win enough money or attract a sponsor to make it possible,” added James. “It may be too costly, however, to play all the stages of the European Tour School this year.”

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Golf: Kyra wins epic final to lift Dorset silverware

12:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

BROADSTONE’S Kyra Horlock beat close friend and last year’s champion Sophie Keech to land the Dorset Ladies’ County Championship at Lyme Regis.

Golf: Georgia keeps her Hampshire Rose trophy

7:00am Friday 19th April 2013

EUROPEAN number one Georgia Hall retained the Hampshire Rose with an eight-under par score for 36 holes – and a five-shot winning margin.

Golf: Hall misses cut in California

1:58pm Sunday 7th April 2013

DORSET golf ace Georgia Hall finished on 10-over-par as she missed the cut on her debut major appearance in California.

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Golf: Hall unable to build on bright start

12:08pm Friday 5th April 2013

DORSET golfing sensation Georgia Hall insisted she had learned her lesson after failing to capitalise on a stunning start to her debut major.

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Bolt named TGI Partnership first-year assistant of the year

7:00am Saturday 9th March 2013

PLAYGOLF Bournemouth’s Michael Bolt has been named TGI Partnership first-year assistant of the year.

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Golf: Georgia's Silver Tee award for a winning combination

7:00am Friday 22nd February 2013

DORSET teenager Georgia Hall has won the England Golf Silver Tee award for the way she combines her education with her top class golf career.

Golf: Spurgeon steals limelight from Ryder Cup captain Lehman

5:40pm Monday 10th December 2012

FERNDOWN’S Kevin Spurgeon upstaged former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman to secure a top-six place in Mauritius.

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