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Our first team played a warm up match against Yorkshire at Ganton on Sunday.  Playing off the yellow tees was an extra challenge, but Lincolnshire were two and a half vs one and a half up after the morning foursomes, with wins from Elise and India and Meg and Sophie.  Izzy and Nel battled to a terrific half. 

In the afternoon singles we saw the strength and depth of the Yorkshire team.  There were wins at the top from Elise, and the bottom from Nel, but nothing else to show for all our effort and good play.  Overall a 7.5 vs 4.5 loss for Lincolnshire.   But an excellent warm up match and great to see some support out there for the imps.  Thank you.

The Helen Dobson Trophy is a new scratch trophy competition introduced by LWGA this year to recognise the incredible contribution that Helen has made to Lincolnshire over her glittering golf career. 

Helen Hewlett (nee Dobson) is the most successful golfer that Lincolnshire has ever produced.  In 1989 she won both the British amateur Strokeplay and match play titles, along with the English national title, something that is unlikely to be achieved again. She represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup and the Vagliano Trophy and played for England in several home international matches and European championships.

Read Golf World article about Helen from 1989 here

As a professional, Helen won on the European Tour and played for 9 years on the LPGA, winning once and finishing runner up in the Nabisco Dinah Shore major championship - more recently known as the ANA Inspiration and now Chevron championship.  She also achieved a top 10 finish in the US women’s Open.

We are delighted that we will be able to celebrate her name every year with a scratch competition.   The event is an 18-hole medal, held this year at Belton Park golf club, Saturday afternoon, the 19th August.   There is a handicap index limit of 15.4, and we can accept up to 40 entries'.  Players will be drawn in groups of 3 with the first tee time at 12:30. 

First prize for the best gross score for 18 holes is £100 voucher and the Helen Dobson Trophy. Second prize for the next best gross score is £50 voucher. Third gross prize is £25 voucher. The best gross for a junior prize is £25 voucher

Best net score overall £25 voucher. Click here to enter the Competition if you are already registered with Golf Genius, or click here to Register with Golf Genius prior to entry if you are not already registered. 

The LLPCGS will be held at Cleethorpes Golf Club on 22nd June 2023.  The entry form and poster are on the website, under "About Us"