Westwood and Donald win at Hesketh!

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Great Maxitours Summer events

Fixby Pairs- next Thursday 16th – 2 spaces
Worsley Team AM AM 23rd June- last few teams
Conwy Team AM AM 27th June- currently full

Hesketh Golf Club Pairs – Donald and Westwood win a major at last!

Ideal golfing conditions greeted Maxitours competitors at terrific Hesketh today. There was hardly a breath of wind, the fairways were running fast and the immaculate greens were receptive and rolling true.

Thanks to Club Manager Paul Corker and his staff for their excellent hospitality, the catering was also exceptional.

Big hitting John Royle gets through plenty of golf balls on the course. His game hit a new low at Hesketh when he even managed to lose two scorecards before he went out to play.

Likeable scouser Billy Rawsthore is known as Skippy the bush kangaroo to his golfing mates. He was tut tutting again as his partner Andy Jackson missed a couple of short putts as they struggled to 39 points.

Jeff Andrews came in with a solid score but he told me that their playing opponent and good snooker player ‘Ten ball Tony’ Adams had struggled .
‘Why is he called ten ball Tony? I enquired rather naively. ‘Is that his best break?’
‘No, he’s just lost ten balls during his round.’

The US Open starts next week and it should be a great event. The US Open is run by the USGA and they are famous for their mischievous pairings for the opening two days. Seve and Azinger were paired a few years ago after their Ryder Cup fall out, Garcia and Tiger were also paired after they had a spat with each other. Tour player Kevin Stadler (nickname baby walrus) took great offence when he was paired alongside Brendan de Jong and Shane Lowry in ‘the fat group’ two years ago. The USGA also run the Ladies US Open and a couple of seasons ago story has it that they took great delight in pairing up three women who were all going through therapy.

Also needing therapy were rich estate agents John Pratt and John Hilditch. They LET standards subside today. Both needed a new mortgage as they lost a few quid to their playing partners . Things started badly when Hilditch forgot his trolley and was seen scratching his head outside the pro shop – he was in two minds whether to rent or buy. On the course they were terrible and finished last by an impressive 6 points.
‘We can’t complain too much – we’ve sold 15 million pounds worth of houses between us last month- I think we were both a bit tired’ Said the ever positive Hilditch. ‘I also think my partners swing needs a full structural survey.’ he added.

In today’s event the scoring was always going to be excellent and in the ideal conditions things were incredibly tight at the top of the leader board.
There were four teams with 44 points and four teams with 45 points. North Manchester’s Gary Hornby(11) and Paul Wrigley(5) finished 4th with 45 points. Ben Chambers(2) and Maxitours legend Jimmy O’Reilly(12) finished third and a solid back nine saw Martyn Harris(15) and Steve Rayer(12) take 2nd place.
Dave Westwood(23) and Munro Donald(14) paid their own special tribute to the late, great, Mohammed Ali. They were on the ropes for the first nine holes as they scrapped their way to an average 18 points. On the back nine they came alive with a knockout 27 points and Westwood’s day was topped off with his first ever hole in one on the 16th! Congratulations- great performance!

Nearest the Pin 2nd Rob Harris – Dozen Srixons
Nearest the Pin 16th Dave Westwood -Hole in one -2 dozen Srixons!!
2’s £100 3 pro v1s or 8 srixons Martin France Aiden Hoosen Paul Wrigley Munro Donald Dave Westwood x2 Ray Tennant Richard Waterfield Dave Aden John Royle Nigel Davenport Ed Wilkinson

Hesketh 10-Jun-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Munro Donald, Dave Westwood 45 12 FJ Shoes casual shoes each
2 Martin Harris, Steve Rayer 45 11 Ashworth windsweater each
3 Paul Wrigley, Gary Hornby 45 10 Dozen AD Tour each
4 Jimmy O’Reilly, Ben Chambers 45 9 Maxitours shirt each
5 John Dickenson, Paul Lord 44 8 Maxitours shirt each
6 Graham Mitton, David Wilcock 44 7 Titleist Cap each
7 Simon Walton, Henry Walton 44 6 Titleist Cap each
8 Jeff Andrews, John Rigby 44 5 FJ Socks each
9 Simon Poucher, Neil Simpson 43 4
10 Paul Salt, John Taylor 43 3
11 Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth 43 2
12 Leigh Smart, RayTennant 42 1
13= Dave Stanhope, Phil Wise 42
13= Aiden Hoosen, Ian Fairbrother 42
13= Steve Merricks, Simon Burgess 42
16= Roger Percival , Martin France 41
16= Bernard Hessian, Richard Waterfield 41
16= John Wallace, Graham Bailey 41
19= Josh Brand, Dan Percival 40
19= Rob Kenyon, Steve Rosier 40
21= Billy Rawsthore, Andy Jackson 39
21= Rob Harris, Ged Keery 39
21= Jonathon Hudson, Mike Hill 39
24= John Anderton, Steve Mattison 38
24= Nigel Oakes, Andy Thompson 38
24= Dave Aden, Chris Buckley 38
24= Brendan Leighton, Greg Brown 38
24= Phil Gow, Dave Randles 38
29= Tony Adams, Ken Mchin 37
29= Nigel Davenport, Neil Gowans 37
31= John Stubbs, John Royle 36
31= Ed Wilkinson, Chris Carter 36
33 Guy Hall, Keith Coxon 35
34= Neville Dennis, Frank Massey 34
34= Brent Deboeck, Gary Deboeck 34
36 John Hilditch, J P 28

Fixby Pairs Thursday 16th June

10.00 Ian King x4
10.09 Jim Caldwell x4
10.18 Paul Browne x4
10.27 Jeff Andrews x2/4
10.36 Roger Percival x4
10.45 Chris Adams x4
10.54 Mick Mahon x4
11.03 Allan Brown x4
11.12 Paul Wrigley x4
11.21 Steve Hall x4
11.30 Dave Stanhope x4
11.39 Liegh Smart x4
11.48 Lewis Marland x2 Les Corner x2
11.57
12.06 Nigel Oakes x4
12.15 Dale Beaghan x4
12.24 Dave Blood x4
12.33 Steve Johnson x4
12.42 Rob Weston x4
12.51 Nigel Davenport x4
1.00 David Kelly x4
1.09 Colin Baxendale x2
1.18 John Stubbs x4
1.27 Les Russon
1.36 Archie Tahir x4
1.45 Ray Jones x4
1.54 Steve Parle x4
2.03 Richard Blackwell x4
2.12 Steve Aspinall x4
2.21 Paul Mitchell x4
2.30 Gary Christian x4
2.39Simon Ashton x4
2.48 Gary Whittaker x4

2.57 Brian Hopkins x4