Maxitours at Wonderful Wilmslow
The first Maxitours visit to the fantastic Wilmslow Golf Club was a tremendous success. The Club manager Keith Melia made us all feel very welcome and the Autumn sunshine and stunning scenery ensured a very enjoyable day.
‘This beats a normal Monday morning at work’ said a delighted Paul Dalby as he whistled his way onto the first tee.
Wilmslow Golf Club held the European Tours’ Manchester Open which was won by Nick Faldo in 1982. The superb venue entertained all the top players from Europe and Australia . Thirty years later one of the older Wilmslow members thought he saw Greg Norman on the course today, and I had to reassure him it was only the aggressive swinging and Golden haired Mark Green.
I must admit I got a little excited myself a little later when I spotted Craig Stadler setting up to hit his approach shot into the 18th green. I soon calmed down after recognising David Fellowes’ unique backswing and follow through.
‘I’m really looking forward to playing today’ remarked Andy Sandham ‘I hit everything with a nice little draw and this course suits me.’ Playing partner Dave Collinson nearly fell over ‘I’ve never seen you hit a little draw. You either hit a slinging out of control right to left shape or a snap hook out of bounds.’
The car park at some Maxitours event can sometimes be quite impressive. Today Colin Lynch turned up in his trademark Black Ferrari California . Unfortunately this was overshadowed by his son’s bright orange Lambourghini.
Competitive Steve Best was so keen to play today he was even prepared to be paired up with a partner he had never met ‘Is he any good Maxi?’ he inquired. Steve was hoping for a young, strong, talented, big hitting and athletic partner who looked like he would guarantee plenty of birdies. You could see him trying to conceal his immense disappointment when he was introduced to Tony Ball. The two battled their way to a very average 36 points.
On the golf course Gary Garner (7) and Mark Green (12) were on fire as they scored 25 points on the front nine, unfortunately they couldn’t keep it up as they returned in just 18 to take 4th place. Lee Tilley(11) and Dave Rhodes(12) failed to score any points on the second hole however a strong finish by the charismatic Saddleworth businessmen saw them finish in a career best third position.
Second place went to Moby Rawthore (3) and Pete ‘For gods sake don’t tell the wife I’m playing’ Moores (11). A terrific birdie by Moores on the 1st hole helped them on their way.
Taking todays honours with a magnificent 47 points were the likeable Tytherington duo Martin Firth (7)and Andy Taylor (14). These two big hitters from Mexico(?) are regularly in the prizes however a two shot Maxitours general play reduction should slow them down a little! Great golf chaps, very well played.
9th Hole Nearest the pin Barry Harrison Dozen AD333s
17th Hole Nearest the pin Bernard ‘ I hit a beautifully flighted six iron’ Fee Dozen AD333s.
2’s sweep 4 pro V1s or 8 srixons £82.50 John Bent Paul Dalby Cath Rawthore Dave Ryder Richard Palmer Martin Murray Andy Sandham
| Wilmslow | 05-Nov-2012 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Martin Firth, Andy Taylor | 47 | 12 | Cleveland Wedge each |
| 2 | Moby Rawthore, Pete Moores | 45 | 11 | Titleist carry bag each |
| 3 | Lee Tilley, Dave Rhodes | 43 | 10 | Titleist umbrella each |
| 4 | Gary Garner, Mark Green | 43 | 9 | Dozen AD333s each |
| 5 | Bill Coleman, Dave Jagger | 42 | 8 | Dozen AD333s each |
| 6 | Bob Sinclair, Dave Marchant | 41 | 7 | Cleveland Winter mitts each |
| 7 | Paul Sherlock, John Gregory | 40 | 6 | Titleist Winter hat each |
| 8 | Brian Hopkins, Peter Whitehurst | 40 | 5 | Cleveland winter hat each |
| 9 | Andy Sandham, Dave Blood | 40 | 4 | |
| 10 | Pete Holmes, Mark Breiley | 39 | 3 | |
| 11 | John Bent, Paul Dalby | 39 | 2 | |
| 12 | Alan Pengelly, Andy Stubbens | 39 | 1 | |
| 13= | Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough | 39 | ||
| 13= | Colin Lynch, John Lynch | 39 | ||
| 13= | Keith Coxon, Guy Hall | 39 | ||
| 16= | Jeff Andrews, Colin Roberts | 38 | ||
| 16= | Cath Rawthore, Neil Griffiths | 38 | ||
| 16= | Eddie Stirling, Henry Narraway | 38 | ||
| 19= | John Reilly, Jimmy O’Reilly | 37 | ||
| 19= | Dave Parsons, Ian Johnson | 37 | ||
| 19= | Geoff Sherbern, Dave Moore | 37 | ||
| 19= | Dave Ryder, Dave Henshall | 37 | ||
| 19= | Jeff Wealands, Pete McManus | 37 | ||
| 19= | John Stubbs, John Royle | 37 | ||
| 25= | Tony Wilson, Frank Havard | 36 | ||
| 25= | Steve Best, Tony Ball | 36 | ||
| 25= | Kevin Seaton, Lewis Marland | 36 | ||
| 25= | Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson | 36 | ||
| 25= | David Fellowes, Neil McKinlay | 36 | ||
| 30= | Ian Taylor, Steve Cooke | 35 | ||
| 30= | Malc Wells, Alex Pritchard | 35 | ||
| 30= | Mick Mahon , Richard Palmer | 35 | ||
| 30= | Barry Harrison, Dave Colllinson | 35 | ||
| 30= | Ian Perkins, Berhard Fee | 35 | ||
| 35= | Simon Helmsley, Marcus Green | 34 | ||
| 35= | Colin Byrne, Dave Barrow | 34 | ||
| 35= | Rob Hands, Arthur Holmes | 34 | ||
| 38 | Keith Thompson, Colin Baxendale | 33 | ||
| 39= | Terry Davison, Geoff Haynes | 32 | ||
| 39= | Derek Payne, Bill Ross | 32 | ||
| 39= | Alan Noden, Roy Kirk | 32 | ||
| 39= | Rhoddri Jones, Gethin Morgan | 32 | ||
| 43 | Ray Ward, Jeff Cogswell | 31 | ||
| 44 | Ian King, Darren Whittaker | 30 | ||
| 45 | Martin Murray, John Robinson | 28 | ||
| 46 | Ted Biddlecombe,Alan Collins | 27 |
Prestbury Golf Club AM AM
Thursday 15th November 10.45am Shotgun start
1a Geoff Haynes x4
1b John Bent x4
2a Neville Dennis x4
2b Colin Roberts x4
3 Dave Parsons x4
4a Pete Bedford x4
4b John Stubbs x4
5a Charles Herbert x4
5b Alex Jerman x2
6a Alan Pengelly x4
6b David Blood x4
7 Ian King x4
8a Moby Rawthore x4
8b Mick Mahon x4
9a Gary Garner x4
9b Bob Sutton x4
10 Al Green x4
11a Jim Caldwell x4
11b Sean Kirkby x4
12 John Hignet x4
13 Eddy Sterling x4
14a Malc Wells x4
14b Iain Bartholomew x2 Richard Blackwell x2
15a Robert Rhodes x4
15b Giles Terry x4
16 Pete Holmes x4
17b Sarsfield x4
18a Lewis Marland x4
18b Gav Dixon x4
Reserves: Dave Bentley x4
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