U.S.A. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RING 2008 

 SOLID GOLD 

Daniel And Marcello Santi, PGA European Tour 2001 at Slaley Hall, Northumberland.  Daniel lives only 8 mile from Slaley Hall and managed to get a job caddying for Italian Marcello Santi, Marcello played well and finished =8th, An experience of a lifetime for  Daniel.

REPORT FROM GOLF.UK.NET 2003 

One player, Daniel Shevill (Stocksfield) has already claimed a national title. He won the Scottish Boys Under-14 Open Stroke Play Championship by a stroke at Helensburgh last month with a 70. In last year's Championship at Catterick, Daniel finished third in the under-13 category and 13th overall.

He also did well in the Northumberland under-21 matchplay at Whitley Bay, losing at the second extra hole in the quarter finals, and finished third in the Northumberland Stroke Play Championship for under-18s at Wallsend.

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Newcastle Journal   16/06/09

Danny Shevill has become the first Northumberland golfer to win a Green Jacket event since the ranking series for North East amateurs returned this season after 10 years..

Earlier this summer, the 21-year-old from the Prudhoe club won the Northumberland Junior Matchplay Championship at Wallsend, which qualifies him for The Journal Champion of Champions tournament at De Vere Slaley Hall on September 6.

This time, Shevill, pictured, triumphed in the Mammoet Newbiggin Silver Tankard against a quality field of experienced county players in the latest ZFL Golf Order of Merit event.

His six-under total of 138 left him two shots clear of the second placed man, the reigning Champion of Champions, City of Newcastle's England international Simon Lee.

In his days as a Prudhoe High School pupil, Shevill captured the Scottish Under-14s strokeplay title and he has returned to the North East after a brief spell as a student golfer in the US.

At Newbiggin, Shevill collected 10 birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in shooting 68 70 while enjoying a fresh mental approach to the game.

"I have been working with Jimmy Latta at Carlisle Driving Range on not getting so technical about things and keeping my head clear and it paid off. I've got my confidence back," he said.

Shevill has yet to decide whether to play in the next Green Jacket event, the Camerons Scratch Open at Ponteland on July 12, or defend the Prudhoe club championship the same day.

Shevill in hunt with back to back wins    

DANIEL Shevill has become Northumberland’s answer to Martin Kaymer by landing back-to-back victories in the Green Jacket series with a triumph in the Camerons Scratch Open at Ponteland.

Just as he did in the Mammoet Newbiggin Silver Tankard, the 20-year-old from the Prudhoe club beat England international Simon Lee, The Journal Champion of Champions, into second place.

Both players harbour ambitions of playing on the European Tour, a stage Kaymer is currently dominating after successive wins at Loch Lomond and Versailles. For the time being, Shevill will have to settle for becoming the first Northumberland golfer to lead the ZFL Golf Order of Merit after equalling the Ponteland course record with a five-under 67 in his second round.

There was a sense of anti-climax after Northumberland Under-21 Matchplay Champion Shevill (71 67) tied on 138 with Lee (70 68).

The 36-hole scratch event was decided on a countback over the closing nine holes rather than a play-off, and it would have added to the sense of occasion had the rivals gone out for an evening duel.

Shevill was in the same group as Jason Jones, a Dixon Cup winner from the Saltburn club. Jones got the closest view possible of the winner and said: “Danny is a very powerful player and exciting to watch because he goes for it all the time.

“On a course like Ponteland, there is margin for error because there is room between the trees to launch those big drives of his. He putted very well and his all-round game was good. He looked to me as if he is definitely good enough to get a shot in the Northumberland county team. He is perfect for matchplay. He is always going to make birdies, he’s an excellent player.”

Shevill, from Stocksfield, says he has toned down a “partying lifestyle” to place more focus on his golf and this season’s results suggest it is a logical decision.

Another decision also paid off regarding a clash of dates. Shevill has already qualified for this season’s Champions at De Vere Slaley Hall on September 6 by winning the county junior title.

So he decided to play in the rankings event at Ponteland rather than defend his club title the same day, county player James Curry, who tied for third place in the Newbiggin Green Jacket event, winning the Prudhoe club championship.

Shevill’s decisive moment arrived at his last hole of the day. With the wind in excess of 20mph, he put a 30-yard draw on a 230-yard approach shot out of the rough.

He used his three-iron to skillfully bend the ball around a tree – and over a bunker guarding the front of the green – leaving him with a comfortable two-putt for the birdie which was to bring him victory over Lee.