At the third attempt, Rob Steele will play in the British Open this week after rounds of 67 and 69 in the final stage of pre-qualifying when over 380 players tried for just 12 places.

McEvoy is a very busy man. He has an imminent trip to South Africa to go with the finishing touches to his new position as Business Development Director for Playgolf, the company building the new six hole golf courses. Near London it will be a chance for golfers to take on the 12th and 16th from Augusta, as well as the Postage Stamp from Troon and the 12th at Royal Birkdale. There is all this plus concerns about losing three highly rated squad members for the 2005 Walker Cup in this conclusion of this interview..

Peter McEvoy is one of the greats of England Golf - a very respected golf writer responded to an enquiry about McEvoy by saying ‘quite possibly one of the last of the great amateurs’. McEvoy has not played at the highest level for nearly 20 years and with a young family, he now contents himself with a couple of rounds a month at his beloved Copt Heath, venue of the McEvoy Trophy each Spring for very the best juniors. The handicap is still scratch and the quality evident, and Peter happy if play is not slow. Time which was spent on honing a wonderful golf game is now devoted to many business interests but McEvoy took an hour out of his day to talk about the game of golf, for this web site – it’s a feature interview you must read.

With the EGU President Paul Fisher as principle guest, the 2004 WUGC Annual Dinner saw some 200 club members and guests celebrate and very successful season for Warwickshire Golf, as was reflected in the praise given, in speeches from Paul Fisher and WU President Jim Dean, of the three team titles, the individual honours at National and Regional level and of course the Warwickshire Champions themselves. After the more conventional part of the evening, many guests were then reduced to tears of laughter during more than an hour of stories from raconteur Mr Bob Webb

This editorial is not about a pretty model using a buggy. Its about something much more serious, two areas of real concern for golf clubs which members and management might not be fully aware of, if at all. That lack of awareness could cost a club financially. The first part of this feature is about new certification to be able to serve alcohol, and the costs of obtaining this form of licensing which could include ‘consulting’ fees, as is the trait in this climate of regualtion. The second looks at making sure that a club keeps its ability to cater for disabled people, whatever the weather.

Nick Lewis, a partner at law firm Kippax Beaumont Lewis, asks why less than 2% of the clubs representing Britain’s main sports have taken advantage of a Government initiative intended to plough tens of millions of pounds into the engine room of amateur sport – and provides some informed answers.

Chris Evans continued the record of Warwickshire players doing very well at the English Amateur Championship, at the venue for next year’s Walker Cup, the magnificent test of Hollinwell GC in Nottinghamshire. Before Chris, the likes of Rob Steele has been our most recent player to make the end what is a very long week and one of the toughest titles to win – a Championship which is not on the CV of the likes of Gary Wolstenholme.