Maxitours Spring festival of golf continues at stunning North Wales on Thursday!

Tee times available!

Maxitours at the best nine hole golf course in the North -Knutsford

Knutsford Golf Club was the place to be today. We were once again blessed with stunning weather and the golf course was presented to the very highest standards by highly respected head green keeper Dave Jones.

‘Those are the best greens I’ve played on in Cheshire this year.’ Admitted well-travelled Moby Rawthore.

‘That golf course is so dry!- There is no mud on my shoes.’ Reported retired Cheshire senior Captain Gareth Bradley.

‘We love it here! Praised Peter Maher.

Thanks to all the green keepers, they were up at 5am preparing the course for us. Brilliant.

The Knutsford Golf Club is flying at the moment. Operations manager Fee and her team are the best in the business. It was also great to see our members coming down and mingling with my players, I am sure you were all made to feel incredibly welcome today.

The course is a great test and the small greens put a premium on accurate iron play. Withington nice guys Andy Taylor and Ted Lacey normally can’t hit a barn door with a banjo but they were superb out there and set the early pace with an excellent 43 points.

Gareth Bradley is nearly 60 and still plays off plus one. He is a class act and together with his three handicap partner Chris Mitchelson he was out in a terrific 25 points. A slightly less impressive 19 points on the closing nine was never going to win a card play off. They had to settle for runners up spot.

Sale’s legendary golfer and another Cheshire senior Moby Rawthore and Jag Bhakar had two solid nines to take the honours today. Moby knows the course well and was always going to be hard to beat. He is an even luckier golfer than me and has never lost a card play off in his life. Well played chaps, great golf.

Thanks to all for your 100% attendance once again today.

Yours in golf,

Tim

Nearest the pin 3rd Paul Yearsley Doz AD333

Nearest the pin 5th Chris Mitcheson Doz Ad333

2 pro v1s

3 taylor made tp5 or 6 srixon AD333 per two

2’s £140 Jag Bhakar x2 Mike Hill Rob Blain Ian Brooks Dave Taylor Jonty Little Martin Keates John Dempsey Marl Hallum Steve Best Denis Buller Nick Coleman Paul Manning Alan Vaughan Paul Yearsley Kev Hart Mark Foley

North Wales Golf Club

Thursday 12th March

9.00 Jim Caldwell x4

9.09 Colin Roberts x4

9.18Jon Hudson x4

9.27 Dave Goodwin x4

9.36 Andy Taylor x4

9.45 Ed Pysden x4

9.54 Chris Adams x4

10.03 Dave Blood x4

10.12 Mick Mahon x4

10.21 Nigel Ashton x4

10.30 Barry Caldwell x4

10.39

10.48 Lewis Marland x4

10.57 Paul Price x4

11.06 Steve Aspinall x4

11.15 Paul Salt x4

11.24 Neil Davies x4

11.33 Neil Davies 2 x4

11.42 Dave More O Farrell x4

11.51 Kev Hart x4

12.00 Lee Tilley x4

12.09 Gary Neiles x4

12.18 Dave Griffiths x4

12.27 Richard Blackwell x4

12.36 Tony O’Gara x4

12.45 John Webb x4

12.54 Peter Maher x4

1.03 Jimmy McEwan x4

1,12 Charles McKinnonx 4

1.21 Chris Ravenscroft x4

1.30 Tom Faulkner x4

1.39

1.48

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Maxitours at Classy Conwy sponsored by Jon Gallagher and Galvin Green

A stunning day greeted over 100 Maxitours golfers who travelled down the A55 today.
Spring was most definitely in the air and the Masters is just over a month away.
It’s my favourite time of the year.

There was a cool breeze for the early starters this morning but by the time the last group finished this evening there was barely a breath of wind and conditions were idyllic.

‘Loved it!’ Beamed Mark Pretty
‘So great to get some run out there!’ Reported Steve Aspinall.

Munro Donald was at it again. In Portugal he lost his mizuno 6 iron head cover among other things. He had a memorable double when he lost the very same headcover today. He also lost his mat.

Shane Lowry showed us last night why golf is the toughest game. We all thought he had nerves of steel when he secured the Ryder Cup last Autumn with a classy 12 foot putt. Last night he finally showed us he was human after blowing a three shot lead on the last three holes.

Scoring really improved with the weather late in the day and John Lee, Paul Woods, Keith White and Paul Barton who teed off at midday were delighted to take the lead with 85 points.
This was bettered with a very strong back nine of 46 points by Norrie Erwin, Roger Percival., Jim Clarke and Graham Jackson.

Paul Price has played nearly every event for the last five years and I think this may be his first ever victory. His Wychwood Park team had a superb 87 points and Paul was the main man picking up five shots on his own. Excellent.
Thank you for your 100% attendance today and support of the caterers. Superb.

Yours in golf, Tim

Nearest the pin 2nd David Conville Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 15th Ted Lacey Doz A333

2’s £175 3 pro V1s each 4tp 5 or 8 srixon AD333 per two
Roger Percival John Lee Andy Parrington Ted Lacey Steve Best x2 Lee Charnley Steve Aspinall Ken Booth Paul Calnan x2 John Simpson x2 Richard Blackwell Simon Ashton

Knutsford Start sheet
Thursday 5th March

8.25 Colin Roberts x4
8.35 Jon Hudson x4
8.45 Andy Taylor x4
8.55 Chris Adams x4
9.05 Tony O’Gara x4
9.15 Gareth Bradley x4
9.21 Steve Austin x2 2 players req
9.30 Dave More O Farrell x4
9.39 Colin Baxendale x2 Steve Saunders x2
9.48 Barry Caldwell x4
9.57 Dave Blood x4
10.06 Paul Price
10.15 Mick Mahon x4

12.30 Nigel Ashton x4
12.39 Lewis Marland x4
12.48 Geoff Bickerton x4
12.57 Sam Leach x4
1.06 Neil Davies x4
1.15 Paul Salt x4
1.24
1.33 Kev Hart x4
1.44 Peter Maher x
1.50

North Wales Thursday 13th March

9.00 Jim Caldwell x4
9.08 Colin Roberts x4
9.16Jon Hudson x4
9.25 Dave Goodwin x4
9.34 Andy Taylor x4
9.43 Ed Pysden x4
9.52 Chris Adams x4
10.00 Dave Blood x4
10.09 Mick Mahon x4
10.18 Nigel Ashton x4
10.27 Barry Caldwell x4
10.36 Martin Humphries x4
10.45 Lewis Marland x4
10.54 Paul Price x4
11.03 Ian King x4
11.12 Steve Aspinall x4
11.21 Paul Salt x4
11.30 Neil Davies x4
11.39 Neil Davies 2 x4
11.47 Dave More O Farrell x4
11.55 Geoff Bickerton x4
Kev Hart x4
12.03 Lee Tilley x4
12.11 Gary Neiles x4
12.20 Dave Griffiths x4
12.32 Richard Blackwell x4
12.41 Tony O’Gara x4
12.50 John Webb x4
12.58 Peter Maher x4
1.06 Jimmy McEwan x4
1,13 Charles McKinnonx 4
1.21 Chris Ravenscroft x4
1.30 Tom Faulkner x4

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Dear Maxitours players,

Fleetwood have 2 holes closed due to the heavy rain. The forecast is mixed and it is a long way to travel so we think it is fairer to cancel Thursdays event.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Yours in golf

Tim

Maxitours at “Marvellous” Mottram Hall

A calm and mild day was a welcome relief for today’s Maxitours players after the bitterly cold winds of the last few days.
The course was in “great condition” and “surprisingly dry” were some of the comments which is a testament to all the hard work that Mottram’s green keeping staff do.
Andy Taylor’s Team were hoping for a repeat of their last visit a few weeks ago when Andy Parrington scored one of only two 2’s that day but this time it was Andy Taylor himself who produced the goods with two 2’s along with Andy Myers and Richard Blackwell.
The benign conditions made for good scoring opportunities with many excellent scores today.
Just edged out at the top on a card count back were the team of Steve Williams, Archie Higgins, James and Gavin Connor with a fantastic 89 points (43 back 9) to the eventual winners Steve Austin, Gary Smith, Richard Blackwell and Andy Hamlett (44 back 9).

Thanks to everyone who was able to make the last minute switch to Mottram Hall who are always great hosts and to my good friend and PGA Pro Matt Turnock who ran today’s event and produced tghe report. Top man..

Today’s results were:

2’s – £155 pot = 4 x Pro V1’s or 5 x Taylor Made TP5’s or 9 Srixon AD333’s
Andy Taylor x 2, David Arthur, Steve Best, Mick Mahon, Richard Blackwell x 2, Mark Tighe and Andy Myers x 2

NP 7th – Richard Palmer 1 x Doz AD333’s
NP 11th – Iain Cole 1 x Doz AD333’s

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Please note: Bramhall event on 13th April has been moved to Crosland Heath on Tuesday 14th April (Bramhall have 3 new holes which look incredible but are not due to open for a few weeks more)
Room for 2 teams at Fleetwood links next Thursday!

Dear Maxitours player,

Due to recent rain Crosland Heath golfers are currently playing on temporary greens.

The event this Thursday 19th February has been moved to Mottram Hall. The forecast is good for Thursday with no rain forecast in Cheshire.

Please confirm that you can still play. Apologies for any inconvenience.

There are plenty of Tee times at Mottram below and these will be given on a first come first served basis. :
8.30-9.50am
10.20am
11.10am- 12.20pm
1pm -1.20pm

Many thanks
Tim

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636