Not only did Mike Lowe lose five balls today he also lost his Scotty Cameron headcover – let me know if you found it please.
Maxitours at Cool but classy Cavendish
What a golf course this is!
We are blessed to have Cavendish Golf Club on our doorstep with its quality and unrivalled history but the tough conditions saw this course get the better of most of my players today.
Pete Newey is very positive. ‘I don’t like it when it is too hot. It was quite pleasant in the cold rain today and when it stopped raining the breeze turned into a slight gale to dry me off.’ That’s the spirit Pete you could start writing the report for me.
Paul Simpson is another positive man who is good to be around when the going gets tough.
‘I loved it out there. What a great design by Alastair Mackenzie – he really knew what he was doing. I enjoyed every minute and couldn’t stop smiling all day.’
Cavendish has a young professional called George Bloor and he has just qualified to play in the Open at Portrush. Half of Cavendish Golf Club is currently over in Ireland supporting him.
What an achievement – his Dad is at the Club a lot and must be a very proud man! Everyone speaks highly of George. Incredibly he is playing a practice round with Scottie Scheffler today. We’ve all been in golf’s gutters at times but stories like this keep our dreams alive. Good luck George.
Bob Kelsall plays most weeks and I thought I knew him well. He looks like quite an ordinary bloke to me but today I discovered that he used to be a professional cricketer for Notts. He once scored 132 and took 8 wickets in a day. He played alongside the great Gary Sobers and was good mates with him. Very impressive Bob!
Peter Maher loves his golf and he was a decent ballroom dancer in his younger days. He has had a great golfing season this year and puts it down to his new mindset after reading a few psychology books.
‘I didn’t worry about my feet when I was dancing, I just listened to the music.’ He educated me.
‘Now I don’t think about my swing I just do a little dance and let the ball fly to the target.’
Love it Pete!
Paul Woods told me that if I wanted any ammunition for my report his playing partner Barry Bateman was in the ‘Railway Children’ when he was a lot younger. I spent half an hour researching Jenny Agutter etc. When I interviewed Barry after his round for more information he wasn’t even born when The Railway children was filmed. He was in the pop group called ‘The Railway Children’ -their biggest song peaked at 26 in the pop charts.
In todays event Andie Frazer(14) Colin Roberts(20), Steve Jones(11) and Andy Williamson played their front nine this morning in the dry and posted a stunning 84 points. The team had an outward 44 points and were hanging in there over the closing holes. This was always going to be tough to beat and so it proved.
Steve Austin, Richard Blackwell, John Hilton and Gary Smith played in the worst of the mid-afternoon weather and had an incredible 82 points to take a much-deserved 2nd place.
Third place went to Wychwood good guys Paul Price, Matt Cheffins, Ian Snape and Pete Keena who battled their way to 78 points.
Paul Browns vastly improving Sale team took 4th with 77 points.
Thanks to everyone for showing your class and turning up. What a group we have. Only 2 cancellations despite the dodgy forecast. Brilliant.
Tim
Nearest the pin 4th Nigel Eckersley Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 17th Darren Whittaker Doz AD333
2’s sweep £242.50 4 pro v1s 5 taylor made tp5 10 srixon AD333
Peter Maher Roger Souter Matt Cheffins x2 Pete Keena Lee Charnley Jim Caldwell Tim Beasant Pete Atherton Henty Petrie Andy Parrington x2 Peter Leaver Keith Berry Paul Manning Mick Jones
| Cavendish | 15th July | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Colin Roberts, Andie Frazer, Steve Jones, Andy Williamson | 84 | Oscar Jacobsen wind top each | |
| 2 | Steve Austin, Richard Blackwell, Gaz Smith, John Hilton | 82 | FJ Shirt each | |
| 3 | Paul Price , Pete Keena, Ian Snape, Matt Cheffins | 78 | Callaway shirt each | |
| 4= | Paul Browne, Dave Carlile, Dale Wallace, John McCaffrey | 77 | Callaway shirt each | |
| 4= | Jim Caldwell, Simon Maxwell, Lee Charnley, James Cash | 77 | Maxitours cap each | |
| 6 | Rob Platt, Tom Broadhead, Tim Barstow, Steve Barber | 76 | Maxitours cap each | |
| 7 | Howard Kelley, Malc Kendrick, Steve Dow, Dave McGuiness | 75 | ||
| 8= | Les Penson, Chris Stretch, Chris Chidley, Tim Beasant | 74 | ||
| 8= | Chris Adams, Pete Atherton, Andy Youngman, Terry Heywood | 74 | ||
| 8= | Lewis Marland, Phil Dickens, Paul Robinson, Neil Evans | 74 | ||
| 8= | Don Phillips, Drew Hutchinson, Ian Pessle, Toby Swinney | 74 | ||
| 12= | Paul Fell , Nigel Ashton, Colin Bryan, Mike lowe | 73 | ||
| 12= | Ed Pysden, Frederick Bridge, Simon Moorhouse, Henry Petrie | 73 | ||
| 14= | Russ Sollitt, Rick Shaw, Richard Cooper, Tim Spencer | 71 | ||
| 14= | Andy Parrington, Andy Strickley, Peter Leaver, Alan Symms | 71 | ||
| 14= | Geoff Bickerton, Austin McBride, Mark Richardson, Dave Griffin | 71 | ||
| 17= | Lee Tilley, Peter Norbury, Dave Sarsfield, Ian Hogg | 70 | ||
| 17= | Sean Askham, Jonty Little, Andy Barker, Neil Davies | 70 | ||
| 17= | Mick Jones, Rick Booth, Peter Johnson, Mike Wood | 70 | ||
| 20 | Jon Hudson, Mike Hill, Rob Blain, Andy Corner | 68 | ||
| 21= | George Kerr, Paul Salt, Sean Haskins, TonyLeigh | 67 | ||
| 21= | Jeremy Wilkinson, Roy Parker, Pete Newey, Mike Dempsey | 67 | ||
| 21= | Dave Griffiths, Mick Holmes, Dave Colville, Chris Bracchi | 67 | ||
| 21= | Jon Rolands, Alan Eyre, Darren Whittaker, Mike Seale | 67 | ||
| 25= | Malcolm Sibson, Justin Rice-Jones, David Harrison, Paul Manning | 66 | ||
| 25= | John Winstanley, Neil Bromley, Andy Robinson, Lee Wojtkin | 66 | ||
| 25= | Richard Harper, Tony Lowe, Dave Wilson , Alan McNeill | 66 | ||
| 25= | Paul Woods, Steve Swash, Brian Bateman, Keith White | 66 | ||
| 29 | Steve Aspinall, Alan Simpson, Keith Berry, Pete Oversby | 63 |
Tim Maxwell
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