Masters trip -now room for just 2 players!!
Algarvian Classic 2 in February -Full
Room for teams in Algarvian Classic 1 in January- filling nicely!

Summer events have gone crazy and are all nearly booked up-thanks so much – There is still room at :
Mottram Hall next week Thurs 5th Feb
Wychwood Thurs 12th Feb
Also
Fleetwood 19th March
Eaton 26th March
Bramall 13th April
Llangollen 10th April
Vale royal 29th April
Hazel Grove 21st May
Helsby 28th May

Maxitours day in a million at Carden Park

Incredible Spring-like weather greeted players at Carden Park. Crystal clear blue skies and barely a breath of wind meant Mediterranean conditions were enjoyed by all.

David Llewellyn is Carden Park Club Professional and he memorably won the World Cup of golf for Wales playing alongside world number one Ian Woosnam in 1988. He gave me a few short game lessons in the 90’s and was excellent. David couldn’t believe it this morning when the starter told him every four ball turned up, especially as our guys are travelling from as far afield as Lancaster in January!
‘You must be proud of your players?’ He asked me.
‘Yes, very.’

‘What a brilliant day!’ Reported Jon Hudson after his round.

‘That was like playing golf in Portugal except without a hangover.’ Recalled Francis Dean.

‘Please, please pass on my thanks to green keeper, those greens were exceptional!’ Demanded Russell Cash.
Andy Sandham was getting romantic ‘That is a Beautiful, Beautiful course’ He gushed.

‘The sun was too bright.’ Complained Nick Lea.

I played in the European Tour school qualifying here in the late ninety’s and was paired with Warren Bladon who was the British Amateur Champion and he had played in the Masters that April. We both had a bad day but he was a bit angrier than me and hurled his wedge over his shoulder into some ferns on the 17th after a poor chip. He couldn’t find it. The other lads caddy’s eyes lit up and he went out after we finished and spent three hours up to his waist in shrubs before he found it.

Scoring was tough on this Championship course and 81 points was good enough for 4th place for Ian Kings Bramhall team of Andy Deme, Warren Newton and Steve Ellis.

3rd place went to Norrie Erwin, Jim Clarke, Graham Jackson and Vernon Hayes with an excellent 82 points. Norrie is delighted to find some form and is really looking forward to playing Hilton Head before heading to the Masters this April.

The Prestbury team of Martin Prescott, Chris Adams, Steve Best and Mark Richardson had 43 points on their back nine to take second. The likeable quartet were pipped by Bolton Old Links stars John Dempsey, Steve Booth, Danny Swarsbricka and Ben Hardman who had an impressive 44 points on the easier back nine. Well played guys 83 points is great golf on a strong course.
Thanks to everyone for your amazing attendance.

Yours in golf, Tim

Nearest the pin 15th Neil Pemberton Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 17th Barry Caldwell Doz AD333

2’s sweep £200 8 pro v1s 9 taylor made tp5 or 18 srixon AD333 per two

Mark Hallum David Harrison Norrie Erwin Barry Caldwell Steve Booth Colin Bryan Neil Pemberton

Mottram Hall Thursday 5th December

1st tee
9.30 Jim Caldwell x4
9.38 Colin Roberts x4
9.48 Neil Evans x2 2 players required
9.57 Andy Taylor x4
10.06
10.15 Dave More O Farrell x4
10.24 Paul Salt x4
10.33 Barry Caldwell x4
10.42 Sam Leach x4
10.51 Dave Blood x4
11.00 Mick Mahon x2 Andie Frazer x1 Simon Poucher x1
11.09 Nigel Ashton x4
11.18 Paul Price x4
11.27

10th tee
9.30 Gareth Bradley x4
9.39 Jon Hudson x4
9.48 Chris Adams x4
9.57 Steve Aspinall x4
10.06 Tony O’Gara x4
10.15 Geoff Bickerton x4
10.24
10.33 Gary Neiles x4
10.42 Neil Davies x4
10.51 Neil Davies x4
11.00 Lee Tilley x4
11.09 Richard Blackwell x4
11.18 Peter Dobson x4
11.27 Kev Hart x 4

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Bookings being taken for next years Algarvian events! Filling fast. Don’t spend another January in the snow.

Maxitours at stunning Vale Royal

Vale Royal in deepest Cheshire was today’s fantastic venue. A lovely fresh January day greeted competitors and once again we were blessed with a very dry day.

The golf course and greens were superb.
‘Those putting surfaces were excellent!’ Reported likeable retired Dave Blood, he is so nice it is hard to believe he was once a copper.

‘A lovely day and the greens were rolling well, even Neil Davies made two 2’s!’ Announced his team mate Jonty Little.

The beautiful Abbey was built in the 16th Century. Henry VIII was in power and William Shakespeare was busy writing his plays. Luckily for the medieval folk of England, America and Donald Trump hadn’t been discovered yet.

It is the most impressive Clubhouse we visit all year and I never stop admiring the building.
Owner Steve Graham must be very proud of what he has achieved.

It was nice to see Steve Jenkinson on his return after spending six weeks in Tenerife. He looked more orange than a Liverpool Airport Easyjet stewardess. His healthy glow helped his team to a solid 82 points.

Jim Caldwell and his team receive another shot reduction after a string of great performances. They were pipped for 2nd place by the legend that is Colin Roberts(20) alongside Dave Marchant(17), Andie Frazer(14) and Andy Hamlett(10) on 86 points.

Winning their first Maxitours event for over five years were Pete Dobson(8), Dave Shuttleworth(5), Pete Moss(11) and Michael Slater(10). They had the bum draw starting in the far corner of this wonderful course on the toughest hole. Dave was the only player to score. The team dug deep and rolled in some great putts. Shuttleworths eagle on the 15th set up an eight point haul. Mike made a vital closing birdie on the tricky 6th to seal the win in style.

Well played chaps.

Carden Park next week.
Yours in golf,
Tim.

2’s sweep £210 3 pro v1 4 tp5 or 8 srixon AD333 per two
Norrie Erwin Ted Lacey Simon Wilkinson John Hilton Nigel Edwards Dave Madely Tony O Gara Neil Davies x2 Jonty Little Roger Percival Stuart Smith x2 Dave Rhodes Chris Adams Andy Ince Michael Slater

Nearest the pin 10th hole George Kerr Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 16th hole Neil Davies Doz AD333

Maxitours players will be very saddened indeed to hear that we lost Steve Blakeway this week- a brilliant golfer and lovely man. Our thoughts are with his beautiful family.

Carden Park Wednesday 28th January
Winter mats required from fairways or move to side – please bring your own – some available in the pro shop.
Currently Full greens and very positive.
1st tee.
9.30 Jon Hudson x4
9.39 Dave Goodwin x4
9.48 Andy Taylor x4
9.57 Chris Adams x4
10.06 Ian King x4
10.15 Neil Davies x4
10.24 Neil Davies 2 x4
10.33 Neale Laurent x4
10.42 Barry Caldwell x4
10.51 Mick Mahon x4
11.00 Dave More O Farrell x4
11.09 Nigel Ashton x4
11.18 Steve Aspinall x4
11.27 Paul Salt x4
10th tee
9.30 Jim Caldwell x4
9.39 Colin Roberts x4
9.48 Dave Blood x4
9.57 Sam Leach x4
10.06 Paul Price x4
10.15 Lewis Marland x4
10.24 Tony O’Gara x4
10.33 Jim Clarke x4
10.42 Peter Dobson x4
10.51 Gary Neiles x4
11.00 Geoff Bickerton x4
11.09 Ed Pysden x4
11.18 Richard Blackwell x4
11.27 Chris Ravenscroft x4 tbc

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Hi guys

Wednesdays event is at Vale Royal of course 11.30am shotgun – not Carden Park as I put in my report which is the following Wednesday 28th January.
Apologies.
Busy few weeks for me.

Tim

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Maxitours at fantastic Mottram Hall

What a glorious day! Hardly a breath of wind and an incredibly dry Mottram Hall golf course meant a great day was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Hats off to Mottram Head Greenkeeper Alistair. He has full confidence in his abilities and golfers are rarely off the excellent greens here despite being a busy course. Great green keeping.

‘Those fairways and greens are incredible for January.’ Announced well-travelled Peter Dobson.

Someone else who is well travelled is Russell Keighley. For some bizarre reason he went to Bredbury Hall in Stockport rather than Mottram Hall today so was five minutes late for his start time.

Bredbury Hall has apparently been knocked down. There was never a golf course there and the dodgy hotel/nightclub there is most famous for its ‘grab a granny’ Thursday night disco. He still claims he has no idea why he put it in his Sat Nav and is keen to point out that he has never grabbed a granny in his life….

I told one of my players about Keith heading to Bredbury Hall. He said his mate was a taxi driver and picked up a Japanese tourist from Manchester Airport who had some golf clubs and asked to go to the Belfry. He drove him 2 hours down to Sutton Coldfield before he realised that his client wanted the Belfry Hotel in nearby Handforth.

Munro Donald lost his Dodo headcover but was relieved when it was handed in.

‘These particular headcovers are extinct’ Reported the retired Doctor.

In today’s event scoring was excellent with a shortened course and idyllic conditions.

Third place went to Sandiways Gary Neiles and his team with 87 points.

Second went to the Saddleworth quartet of Lee Tilley, Pete Norbury who had a day out also winning nearest the pin on the 11th, Dave Rhodes and Ian Hogg. They scored a best of the season 92.

Winning was the Wilmslow quartet of Jim Caldwell, John Roome, Steve Perrett and Lee Charnley. They started slowly on the back nine but finished strongly picking up 7 shots on their closing three holes. Excellent. A handicap reduction is now in place for this very competitive and likeable group.

Thanks to everyone for playing today,

Yours in golf,

Tim

Nearest the pin 7th Gareth Bradley Doz AD333

Nearest the pin 11th Peter Norbury Doz AD333

2’s sweep £147.50 9 pro v1s 12 Tp 5s or 22 srixon AD333 per two

John Jones Pete Norbury Steve Perrett AAndrew Snook

Carden Park start sheet Weds 21st Jan

PLEASE NOTE :11.30AM Shotgun start

1a Andy Taylor x4

1b Neale Laurent x4

2a Dave More O Farrell x4

2b Barry Caldwell x4

3 Dave Blood x4

4a Mick Mahon x4

4b Paul Price x4

5a Nigel Ashton x4

5b Sam Leach x4

6 Gary Lasham x4

7a Peter Dobson x4

7b Jim Clarke x4

10a David Wilkinson x4

10b Jim Caldwell x4

9b Colin Roberts x4

9a Jon Hudson x4

8 Dave Goodwin x4

11a Lewis Marland x4

12a John Webb x4

12b Steve Aspinall x4

13a Paul Salt x4

13b Gary Neiles x4

14 Chris Adams x4

15a Nigel Davies x4

15b Nigel Davies 2 x4

16 Geoff Bickerton x4

17 Tony O’Gara x4

17b Ian King x4

18a Lee Tilley x4

18b Richard Blackwell x4

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Bookings being taken for next years event! Don’t spend another January in the snow.

Results from The Algarvian Classic final day at the very sunny South Course

Wow! Another incredible days golf in January on The Algarve.
Scoring was excellent on the historic Qunita do Lago South course. The Portuguese Open has been played here on several occasions but this was possibly the biggest event they have hosted in recent times.

Mick Mahons team set the Clubhouse lead with their best of the week performance with an excellent 79 point haul. This was eventually good enough for 3rd place overall.

The Mere team thought a score of 80 or above could be good enough to take the trophy back to their mansions by the lake. As it was Alan Baxter, Gary Corbett, Tony Baldwin and Dave Mulligan had a tremendous start -7 under through six – but stalled a little and did indeed score 80- but it could have been much better.

Retaining their title of Algarvian Champions were the fearless Prestbury team of Chris Adams, Martin Prescott, Gary Titchen and Mark Richardson. They dropped shots on the first two holes as their lead was cut to one before Prescott birdied the tough 3rd to settle any nerves. They scored 83 points to take the title in style.
Congratulations, four lovely blokes and very popular winners.

Thanks to everyone for a great week.
Thirty six brilliant competitors playing in the true spirit of the game.
I am blessed.

There was not a single issue all week apart from a frantic Tony Baldwin messaging me as he lost his nine iron on day 2 on the North course. I was back in my room trying to have a hard-earned sleep but decided to go to the course to help him try and find his club. I was driving past the 6th green when he then messaged me to say he found it – in his bag.

Hope you enjoyed the week as much as I did. Thanks for your support as ever.
Yours in golf,

Tim

Ove

Day 1 winners not in top 3
Nigel Jenkins, Phil Chadwick, Trish Cross, John Cross
Dozen Srixon AD333 each

Day 2 winners not in top 3
Mark Stevens, Dawn Stevens, Moby Rawthore, Austin McBride
Dozen AD333 each

Day 3 winners not in top 3
Kev Hart, Paul Yearsley, Ian Fensom, Dave Haycock
Dozen AD333 each

Overall winners

1st Mark Richardson, Chris Adams, Gary Titchen, Martin Prescott
Oscar Jacobsen quilted top each

2nd Alan Baxter, Gary Corbett, Tony Baldwin, Dave Mulligan
Oscar Jacobsen mid layer each

3rd Mick Mahon, Andy Faulkner, Richard Palmer, Munro Donald
Oscar Jacobsen shirt each

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636