Rough Cuts - August 2026 newsletter
09 August, 2026Click here to read the August 2026 edition of Rough Cuts, the county’s newsletter.
Click here to read the August 2026 edition of Rough Cuts, the county’s newsletter.
Wednesday 5 August Badgemore Park GC Badgemore Park hosted this year’s Captain’s Trophy Finals Day on Wednesday 5 August, with Oxford Ladies facing Frilford Heath and Feldon Valley taking on Huntercombe in the morning semi-finals. Conditions were ideal in temperature, if breezy at times, and the hard, firm fairways seen across the county made for an excellent test of matchplay golf. Throughout the morning matches, the scores swung one way and then the other. There was good golf from all...
OLCGA County Shield Competition July 29th 2026, Frilford Heath Golf Club A record number of 52 golfers (26 pairs) participated in this year’s County Shield Competition at Frilford Heath Golf Course on a very hot July day. This Foursomes Stableford competition ran over 18 holes of the Red Course in the morning, before a welcome buffet lunch in the air-conditioned Taylor Room at the Club before tackling the front 9 holes again in the heat of the afternoon, for a total of 27 holes. The ...
Our final Midlands South 2nd Team league fixture was played at a sunny Harleyford Golf Club in Buckinghamshire. It had been a little while since the squad was last together, so it was fantastic to see all the hard work put in with Head Coach Deana Rushworth still firmly at the forefront of everyone's minds. Mental resilience, teamwork, and a refusal to give up were present in abundance throughout the day. In the morning foursomes, our opening pair of Vicky Turner (Oxford) and Tracy Roberts (...
At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 6th October 2025, Member Clubs unanimously agreed that the Association should engage Emily Green (Sports Governance Solutions) to guide us through the process of incorporation. Since then, the Sub Committee has been working closely with Emily to review our governance arrangements and develop a modern legal and constitutional framework that will support the Association well into the future. This work has included a thorough review of our curre...
This year’s event was hosted by Oxfordshire at Tadmarton Heath Golf Club. An immaculately turned-out course experienced the full gamut of weather with sunshine, heavy rain, hail, strong winds, thunderstorms, and one weather delay making an appearance during the three-and-a-half-day event. Whatever the conditions, the constant was the phenomenal women’s golf from all counties.Aside from the runaway winners, Buckinghamshire, who won all their matches, it was a closely fought event this year wi...
OLCGA County, Mid-Silver, Bronze and Junior ChampionshipsMay 29-31st 2026 at the Wychwood Golf Club 49 golfers participated in this year’s County Championships at the The Wychwood Golf Course over a gloriously sunny weekend. 17 women participated in the County Championship category (HC:< 20.4), 12 in the mid-silver (HC: 12.5-20.4) and 20 in the bronze category (HC; 20.5-35.6). 5 participants were in the Junior Category and 7 in the Senior Category. The Course was immaculate, the mana...
Congratulations to the following players who have been chosen to represent Oxfordshire in this year’s Midland South County Match Week event being hosted by Oxfordshire at Tadmarton Heath Golf Club:Sue Barker, Tadmarton Heath GCMegan Bishop, The WychwoodAmy Boote, Tadmarton Heath GCSarah Clarke, Henley GCKate Evans, Frilford Heath GCCaroline Johnson, Tadmarton Heath GCLara Murphy, Frilford Heath GCTracy Roberts, Frilford Heath GCPhoebe Simons, Tadmarton Heath GCVicky Turner, Oxford Ladies GCFr...
The Spring 3-Ball Alliance at Drayton Park on May 11th was very well attended with 15 teams of 3 ladies representing 11 Oxfordshire Clubs. Although we couldn’t control the weather which was unseasonally chilly for May, the teams very much enjoyed the challenging hazards of the course at Drayton Park and meeting fellow golfers over food in the bar afterwards. The winners were: Mary Phipps, Claire Mottershead and Kate Paton (above) from Tadmarton Heath Golf Club with 74 points. T...
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