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Image owned by Ladies European Golf Venture Limited We are very excited to announce that our very own Cara Gainer has claimed her first victory on the Ladies European Tour. Cara, a former Frilford Heath member, Oxfordshire County player and Oxfordshire County Champion, has been on the professional circuit since 2020.  Cara won in a play-off yesterday in Morocco. Here is a link to the LET website with photos, interviews and videos of Cara’s winning putt. LET - Cara Gainer wins LET ev...

The Bamberger Trophy has come to its conclusion for 2024 following the final round which was hosted by Witney Lakes Golf Club on Monday 14th October.29 players representing 15 different clubs started out in this competition in May of this year. After a summer of knockout matches the two finalists, Jackie Topliss of Frilford Heath and Carol Cooke from Feldon Valley, met to contest the Final.Witney Lakes were excellent hosts for this match and, despite considerable rainfall, presented a course ...

Autumn 3-Ball Alliance - 13th September36 players ventured to Hadden Hill Golf Club near Didcot for the Autumn 3-Ball Alliance competition on Friday 13th September. 12 teams representing a number of Oxfordshire clubs enjoyed a lovely course in great condition, just beginning to turn to autumnal colours. The winning team of Mary More, Ruth Mackay & Lynne Tattersall were local, from nearby Drayton Park, coming in with a massive score of 86 points. Ruth and Lynne recently won the n...

Ann Starkey – Finals Day Venue: Witney Lakes Date: 4 September Winners: Frilford Heath GC Runners Up: Studley Wood GC Witney Lakes provided the venue for this year’s Ann Starkey Trophy. On a dry and fair day, it was a superb location for the competition. The Course was well presented, everyone was greeted with a warm and efficient welcome from the Club’s officials and members of the ladies’ section, and we were thoroughly looked after for the whole day. Teams from Frilford He...

OLCGA County Championships Venue: Hadden Hill Date: 29, 31 August and 1 September Winner: Kate Evans, Frilford Heath Runner Up: Lara Murphy, Frilford Heath ................................ This year the competition returned to its more traditional 36-hole stroke play format, with the top 8 players progressing through to the knock-out stages of the event to crown the 2024 County Champion.   The small field was further depleted by unavoidable late withdra...

Studley Wood Golf Club were the hosts for this year’s President’s Trophy Finals Day on Monday 19th August 2024. In contrast to the hot conditions experienced the previous week by the Captain’s Trophy finalists, this was a somewhat cooler and much windier day. This provided more challenging conditions for the semi-finalists from Tadmarton, Henley, Frilford and Huntercombe. The competitive matches were each played out to the final few holes before there were definitive results. Co...

The R&A and the USGA have put together a survey about the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) and you are invited to participate. Your honest feedback and insights are invaluable to the ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and the Course Rating System™, which have accuracy, consistency and equity as core principles – as well as enhancing the enjoyment of the game of golf for everyone. This is a global survey, and all individual responses are confidential and anonymous. ...

On 14th August, Drayton Park's Ruth Mackay and Lynne Tattershall played in the national final of the 2024 Australian Spoons competition at Woodhall Spa.The Australian Spoons, a stableford foursomes competition for women with a Handicap Index® between 15.0 and 54.0, takes place every year with qualifying rounds run by clubs, a regional final and then the national final.Ruth and Lynne blew away the competition, finishing with 37 points. The team in second place had 28, so a handsome victory. We...

OLCGA CAPTAIN’S TROPHY – MONDAY 12TH AUGUST 2024The Captain’s Trophy Finals Day was played at North Oxford Golf Club with teams from Feldon Valley, Hadden Hill, Oxford Ladies and Tadmarton Heath competing.The temperature was high but a welcome breeze provided the semi-finalists a little respite as they played their matches. After some competitive golf, wins for Hadden Hill and Oxford Ladies saw them through to the afternoon’s final.The afternoon session saw the matches evenly poised after n...

On Wednesday 24th July, Kirtlington Golf Club hosted the Midlands South Regional Final of the England Golf Australian Spoons competition for 2024.Full Results The winning pair were Lynne Tattersall & Ruth Mackay from Drayton Park Golf Club in Oxfordshire. The runners up were also from an Oxfordshire club (The Oxfordshire), so well done to everyone representing the county in the regional final.The winners from Drayton Park GC.In total 72 ladies took part – 36 pairs representing 3...