Last year the world of ladies’ golf was shocked and saddened at the loss of GB&I team manager Sue Turner. Her family and friends have done many and varied things to raise money for Sue’s (and the LGU’s) favoured charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT MACHYNYS
The 111th staging of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship takes it to a new Ladies’ Golf Union venue - the Jack Nicklaus-designed Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club, near Llanelli in South Wales.
OLD COURSE PREPARES TO HOST 2013 RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN
England’s Mel Reid launched the countdown to the 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open today when she teed off on the Old Course marking the Championship’s return to St Andrews, Scotland, from 1st to 4th August.
For the first time since the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings was launched in 2006, the official women’s golf rankings system is adding two global tours
A TIME OF CHANGE FOLLOWING THE LGU'S AGM
As the LGU celebrates its 120th anniversary as the voice of women’s golf, the AGM in Dublin saw the announcement of a number of changes, both in key officials and in the arrangements for selecting international teams.
GOLD MEDAL FOR TEAM GB IN AUSTRALIA
The history making continued for Team GB on the Twin Creeks golf course where Flag Bearer Georgia Hall (Bournemouth) became Team GB’s first gold medallist in an Olympic golf event for over a hundred years when she won both the individual women’s competiti
LGU'S INTERNATIONAL TEAM CAPTAINS NAMED
Tegwen Matthews, the Captain of the Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team that scored an historic victory over the USA at Nairn this year, will lead the 2014 team when it defends the trophy on American soil.Matthews will also captain the Great Brita
STEPHANIE MEADOW IS NEW LADIES' BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPION
Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow is the new Ladies' British Open Amateur Champion. She beat Spain's Rocio Sanchez Lobato 4 and 3 in the final
GB AND I WIN CURTIS CUP FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1996
Great Britain and Ireland staged a brilliant last-day surge to win
back the Curtis Cup at The Nairn Golf Club today. They finished
victors by 10 1/2pt to 9 1/2.
QUOTES FROM THE CAPTAINS AT END OF SATURDAY PLAY
"It's been an absolutely fantastic afternoon," said GB and I captain
Tegwen Matthews.
"We're still ahead and that could be very important," said US captain
Pat Cornett.
I AM FEELING REALLY GOOD, SAYS US CAPTAIN
QUICK LUNCHTIME QUOTES FROM PAT CORNETT, THE US TEAM CAPTAIN"
DISAPPOINTING = WE SHOULD HAVE GOT MORE THAN ONE POINT, SAYS TEGWEN
LUNCHTIME DAY 2 "YFROM GB and I CAPTAIN TEGWEN MATTHEWS: "It is a bit disappointing because I think we could nad should have got one more point out of it."
219 Entrants and a record cut of -0.5 for this year's Amateur Championship
The LGU’s flagship amateur tournament – the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship – is to be played at the renowned Carnoustie Championship Links from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 June.