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Munich, Germany England’s Laura Davies defied tough, cold and windy conditions, to fire a closing four-under-par 68 and claim her 74th career victory at the UniCredit Ladies German Open, presented by Audi, in Munich. photo Tristan Jones

Catriona will be joined by the winner of the year’s first Major, Yani Tseng, and Michelle Wie, who won the Ricoh Women’s British Open Amateur Medal in 2005 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. photo Getty Images

Three England internationals, Hannah Barwood (Pictured right courtesy of leaderboardphotography.com), Holly Clyburn and Rachel Jennings, have been selected for the GB&I team for the 36th Curtis Cup match against the United States at Essex County Club, Massachusetts from June 11 to 13, 2010.

A win this week would add an exclamation point to an accomplished career of 27 wins, including two major championships, four Rolex Player of the Year Awards, four Vare Trophies and three years atop the Rolex Rankings.

Sixteen-year-old Alex Peters and her mother, Ann, (pictured) completed a hat trick of successive wins in the Mothers and Daughters 27-hole scratch foursomes at Royal Mid Surrey.

Martha Lewis, aged only ten, outplayed the large field of 64 couples with her Mother, to win the 27-hole handicap price.

Manchesters Elaine Clark teamed up with a new partner to win the Northern ladies foursomes for the second year in succession.

England international Jodi Ewart (pictured) and Channel Islander Olivia Jordan Higgins have both won their conference championships on the US women’s college circuit – in record-setting style.

Hampshires Chris Quinn (pictured right) aims to continue a fabulous winning run when she defends her title in the English seniors championship at Littlestone, Kent, next week from 20-23 April.

Bedfordshires Bridie Quinn and Sally Shayler (pictured) scored a four-shot victory in the EWGA East Region foursomes at Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk.

Englands Elizabeth Mallett (pictured) and Bronte Law are at the top of a packed leaderboard after scoring two-under par 70 in the first round of the Scottish U16 open strokeplay championship at Strathmore.

England squad players, led by Emily Taylor of Lancashire (pictured) and Georgia Hall of Dorset, swept the board of honours at the Scottish U16 open strokeplay championship at Strathmore.

Dorsets Hayley Davis (pictured) carries England’s hopes into the quarter-finals of the French lady junior championship at St Cloud - where she faces the titleholder, Leona Maguire of Ireland.

After moving up to the Quarter Finals, Englands Hayley Davis (pictured) bowed out of the French lady junior championship at St Cloud when she lost 3/1 in the quarter final to titleholder Leona Maguire.

HSBC is in the middle of a multi-million dollar push to bring world-class tournament golf to Asia, but when Tim Maitland sat down to discuss the brother and sister HSBC Champions tournaments with the men from the worlds local bank, the conversations were not about dollar signs and ROIs but the pure emotion of professional golf.

English champion Charlie Douglass set the pace for the best of Europes U21 golfers when she shot two-under par 69 to take the first round lead in the French lady junior championship at St Cloud.

Almost 2,000 of Europes leading young golfers will follow in the footsteps of Rory McElroy, Nick Dougherty, Marc Warren, Oliver Fisher and Melissa Reid when they tee up in the 2010 Faldo Series Europe

Gloucestershires Peggy Reece, who was a past president of the English Ladies Golf Association, has died just a few weeks before her 90th birthday

Northamptonshire teenager Charley Hull (pictured) gave herself a belated 14th birthday present when she won The Leveret at Formby Ladies with a five-under par total of 137.

China, the first to find a passion for the sport and share it with their offspring, and the first to guide their children along the path towards a career as tournament golfers,” Morgan explains.

The world’s local bank has just announced it is renewing its sponsorship of the HSBC China Junior Program for another three years. Tim Maitland investigates how the first formal structure for the development of China’s future stars is helping the “Middle Kingdom” groom its golfers.

Japans Ai Miyazato shot 69 in the final round of the third-annual HSBC Womens Champions to win the second-consecutive event of the 2010 LPGA season.

Two national girls champions are included in the English Womens Golf Association squad for the Scottish U16 open strokeplay championship at Strathmore from 8-9 April.

England international Hannah Barwood (pictured) has reached the quarter finals of the Spanish women’s international amateur championship at Pals, Girona.

England international Jodi Ewart (pictured right) equalled her career best score on the US college circuit to finish second in a high quality field of 96 players at the Bruin Wave Invitational in California.