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P
edham Place
Golf Centre
officially opened
The Peter
Mitchell Golf Academy
with an Open Weekend.
The weekend was a great
success, with golfers
of all abilities enjoying
swing checks from former
European Tour star Peter
Mitchell and his team of
PGA Professionals.
The PMGA team offers
coaching for all abilities and
provide innovative junior
programmes and ladies
and seniors clinics on a
weekly basis. Mitchell told
Golf News: "The range at
Pedham is a first-class
facility, and with the
upgrading of new range
balls is now I believe the
premier range in the area. I
only wish I had this facility
all those years ago when I
first started playing."
Pedham Place, situated
in Swanley, is currently
going through a period of
expansion and upgrading
of its facilities, which
includes the building of a
new �1.3 million clubhouse.
The Peter Mitchell Golf
Academies are headed up
by Peter Mitchell, who is
enjoying a superb start to
his European Seniors' Tour
career, with three wins in
his debut season in 2008.
In the last few years
Peter has concentrated on
his coaching career and
has worked with numerous
Ryder Cup players, as well
as amateur golfers. Peter's
wealth of experience in
all aspects of the game
insures that the academies
and their PGA-Qualified
Mitchell is h
the rangea
Essex youngster Oliver Fisher booked
his place in his first ever Open
Championship after grabbing one
of 10 places available on offer at the
international qualifying tournament
held at Sunningdale on June 7. But the
20-year-old from West Essex, had to
battle through a six-man play-off before
booking his place at Turnberry, after
tieing for sixth place with Mark Foster,
Danny Willett, Richie Ramsay, Peter
Lawrie and Taco Remkes.
Fisher and Ramsay were the last men
standing, after Remkes bogeyed the
first hole to drop out and then Lawrie
double-bogeyed the short second and
Willett bogeyed it to leave three fighting
for two places. Ramsay sank a 12-foot
birdie putt on the third hole and Fisher
pitched to within three feet at the next to
knock out Foster. It was just reward for
Fisher, who had failed on three previous
occasions to pre-qualify for The Open.
The 36-hole event was jointly won by
Graeme Storm, who shot a record
eight-under 62 on the New Course, and
Argentine Rafa Echenique, with both
players shooting 10-under par.
Also winning a place at Turnberry
was Scotland's David Drysdle, who
finally succeeded at the ninth time of
asking. The 34-year-old's only previous
experience of The Open was in 1992,
when he played as a marker for John
Daly. Drysdale shot rounds of 65 and
66 over the Old and New Courses at
Sunningdale, the latter of which included
a hole-in-one at the 2010-yard 10th.
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Essex's Dale Whitnell and
Middlesex's Luke Goddard
filled the minor places at the
Scottish Open Strokeplay
Championship, which was
held at Murcar Links on May
30-31. The pair finished third
and fourth behind runaway
winner Tommy Fleetwood
from Lancashire. Fleetwood
fired rounds of 66, 69, 67 and
66 to finish eight shots clear
of second placed Gavin Dear,
with Whitnell and Goddard
finishing a further four and six
shots back respectively.
Fisher on course
for Open debut
Carsonstrolls
tovictory
England U18 Squad member
Adam Carson produced an
impressive display to complete
a spectacular victory in the
Fairhaven Trophy. Rounds
of 70, 67, 70 and 74 gave the
Long Ashton golfer a four
round total of 281, 15 under
par, and an eight shot winning
margin from Patrick Spraggs
(Stowmarket) and Three
Rivers' James Webber.
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