Golf

The ladies of Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club and their invited guests took to the course for their annual Ladies’ Invitation competition last Tuesday (12th September). In a closely fought Am-Am, Club members Jackie Stephen and Vicki Guildford, together with...

Every Friday, throughout the Summer months, Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club ran a 9-hole multi-tee stableford competition to raise money for the Captains’ charity, SSAFA (the armed forces charity). The competition, which was open to all, not only produced weekly...

WRS Systems has announced they have signed a 2-year sponsorship deal with Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club, a club steeped in history on the Isle of Wight. The club was originally opened as a 9-hole course in 1900 before a...

Club Captain Sean Millward with Club Champion Joseph Green Competition was fierce at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club's Championship over the weekend of 26th and 27th August with 84 members participating.  After day 1, Joseph Green had a significant lead...

12 past captains and the incumbent Ladies’ Captain, Chrissy Gould, took part in a 9-hole Greensomes Stableford Past Captain's Competition last Monday (14th August). The event was organised by Chrissy’s predecessor, Connie Huntington. The ladies were joined by Yvonne Wood,...

72 members of Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club took part in their annual Cross-Country Competition on Sunday 13th August. The cross-country competition required extensive preparation by the greens staff. This was no competition for the faint-hearted. Playing a Texas Scramble...

Brandon Robinson-Thompson The Isle of Wight’s Brandon Robinson-Thompson won his 5th professional golf tournament of the year with his first victory on the Challenge Tour on Sunday (30th July). Continuing his great run of form that brought back to back wins...

The husband-and-wife team of Bea and Neil Janes took the silverware in Shanklin and Sandown’s Tetlow Salvers competition last Sunday (23rd July). 12 teams took to the course vying to win this mixed greensomes stableford competition but, Bea and Neil...

Island golf star Brandon Robinson-Thompson finished 59th in his major debut at the 151st Open Championship in Hoylake. Making his debut at Royal Liverpool, 30-year-old Brandon from Totland - finished +6 after battling wet and windy conditions throughout the 4-day...

Lucy Burke emerged victorious as Ladies’ Champion and winner of the Scratch Salver at the Shanklin and Sandown Ladies’ Championship held on 17th and 18th July. Lucy achieved a gross score of 158.  The runner-up was Dawn Hodge with 161...