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GolfernewsBackworth Golf ClubA MUST PLAY HIDDEN GEM IN NORTH TYNESIDEThe Hall, Backworth, NE27 0AHVisitors & Societies WelcomeSummer Green feesMon-Fri - Adult £18 - Junior £10Sundays after 12.30pm- Adults £20 - Juniors £10Telephone 0191 2689131 for courseavailability, information and eventsEmail:backworthminers@virgin.netwww.backworthminers.co.uk/golfGordon Sinclair, Bill Hogg and Gordon NicolLolly for ladiesHoteliers provide welcome support forthe new Scottish Ladies Open TourThe new Scottish LadiesOpen Tour has beenhanded a £20,000 boost.Three sporting hoteliersare to put up two £10,000 prizes forholes-in- one on the new circuitwhich will be known as the PaulLawrie Golf Centre Scottish LadiesOpen Tour.Bill Hogg, Gordon Nicol andGordon Sinclair are partners inownership of the Atholl Hotel on theAberdeen’s Kings Gate while Gordonalso owns the Dutch Mill Hotel inAberdeen’s Queens Road.Bill, a member of Royal AberdeenGolf Club, was a Great Britain andIreland boy international in theJacques Leglise Trophy match againstthe Continent of Europe when he wasa teenager. He was also playing teamcaptain for Scotland against Englandin the 1962 boys’ international match.Gordon, a Deeside Golf Clubmember, was also capped forScotland at boy international levelin 1971. Between the three of them,however, the sum total of personalholes in one is one!“Gordon has had our only holein-onewhile on a golf holidaysome time ago in Florida. I havenever accomplished the feat evenonce despite plenty of near-misses”said Bill.“I still live in hope that it willhappen one day but time is runningout! Gordon is a very occasionalplayer and, less surprisingly, has alsonever had a hole-in-one.”Paul Lawrie, who has had fourholes in one in competition, certainlyknows what it feels like to hit thejackpot. “I got one of my aces in the2009 Irish Open and it won me 40,000Euros. Not bad for just one stroke!”said Paul.The odds against a hole in onebeing achieved are not as highas one might think. Actuaries atinsurance companies who offerprize indemnification services havecalculated the chances of an “averagegolfer” holing his or her tee shot ata par-3 is 12,500 to one. For a tourprofessional golfer, the odds comedown to 2,500 to one.The Paul Lawrie Golf CentreScottish Ladies Open Tour - PLGCSLOT for short - is the brainchildof veteran golf writer ColinFarquharson. His co-organiser isNicola Melville is the only PGA ladyteaching professional at St Andrews.Courses on the tour includeTrump International Links, Deeside,Downfield, Carnoustie Burnside,Blairgowrie Rosemount, FairmontSt Andrews Torrance Course,The Duke’s, St Andrews, HaggsCastle, Drumpellier, Craigielaw,Dalmahoy East.SEAHAM GOLF CLUBExcellent 18 Hole Heathland CourseSuperb Greens - Great test of golfMonday Madness ONLY £12.00 • Weekends after 2.00pm ONLY £15.00Great deals for groups of 4 or moreContact Andrew on 0191 5130837email: seahamgolfclub@btconnect.comwww.seahamgolfclub.co.ukShrewsbury Street, Seaham, Co. Durham SR7 7RDPonteland Golf ClubHost of E.G.U. Northern CountiesMens Qualifying Championship 2012All categories of membership available includingSPECIAL OFFER!New category of membership.5 day, no voting rights, no joining fee!£650 Per annum + Affiliation feesPLUSNEW Intermediate with NO JOINING FEEAge18 - 22 - £325* • Age 23 - £350Age 24 - £375 • Age 25 - £400 • Age 26 - £425Age 27 - £450 • Age 28 - £475 • Age 29 £500Subscription starts 1st May* Further 50% discount if full time studentFor further information telephone 01661 822689email: secretary@thepontelandgolfclub.co.ukwww.thepontelandgolfclub.co.uk53 Bell Villas, Ponteland, NE20 9BDNorthern Golfer 41