1 player required at 1.29pm tomorrow Cavendish with 3 nice Bramall men
Maxitours at heavenly Hopwood Golf Club.
Manchester (Hopwood) has had two hugely prestigious events this week. The ladies English Open saw some of the best young professionals in Europe take on this challenging course. A Czech girl won with a superb -11 score for three rounds.
Today a slightly less talented but just as focused field all enjoyed this test. The general feedback was that most of my players feel that Hopwood is now firmly established the best course in Manchester.
‘The first hole is a beauty and it just gets better and better as the holes go by.’ Reported single figure Matt Garside.
Thanks to everyone at the Club who make us feel so welcome. Steven Proctor runs a tight ship in the Clubhouse, The pro shop is also up there with the best in the North West and golf club secretary Julie is superb. What a venue.
David Kelly is on his own special diet. In order to keep the weight off he orders a salad from the waitress, a glass of water, followed by a big portion of chips.
David Smith is a good player but wasn’t up to his usual best on the lovely Hopwood greens.
‘God knows how I’ll put tomorrow.’ He fretted.
The Cavendish greens are the toughest in the business so it should be interesting.
There is a prize for the best two day score and a team can only win one prize so a full list of todays prize winners will be in tomorrows report.
The weather should be perfect for golf tomorrow ‘up in the mountains’ at Buxton..
In todays event it was great to see Lewis Marland in the prizes with Phil Dickens, Neil Evans and on-form Dave Greenwood scoring 85 points.
Oxford educated Mick Mahon, Sheep farmer Richard Palmer, Andy Faulkner and Russ Keighly had a super 86 points early in the day to take 2nd .
Winning with a solid 87 points was Wychwoods Eddie Sterling, Tom Butler, Sam Williams and Sean O’Connor. They picked up three shots on the closing two holes when all around them teams were struggling on the back nine.
Well played chaps.
Excellent golf.
2’s sweep £220 4 pro v1s 5 TP 5 10 srixon AD333
Chris Jackson Chris Walley Keith White Paul Woods Peter Atherton Steve Booth Steve Austin Matt Garside John Hilton Dave Rhodes Ian Hogg Paul Unwin Simon Poucher Brendan Leighton Paul Browne
Nearest the pin 13th Steve Austin Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 16th Paul Woods Doz AD333
| Hopwood | 13th July | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Tom Butler, Eddie Sterling, Sam Williams, Sean O’Connor | 87 | 12 | |
| 2 | Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer, Russ Keighley, Andy Faulkner | 86 | 10 | |
| 3 | Lewis Marland, Phil Dickens, Dave Greenwood, Neil Evans | 85 | 8 | |
| 4 | Steve Dow, Gary Leyland, Nick Coleman, Chris Jackson | 85 | 6 | |
| 5 | Simon Poucher, Brendan Leighton, Mike Fox, John McAffrey | 84 | 4 | |
| 6 | Paul Woods, Keith White, Steve Swash, Ray Tennant | 83 | 2 | |
| 7= | Geoff Bickerton, Steve Booth, Mark Richardson, Gary Myerscough | 83 | ||
| 7= | Steve Heywood, Janet Heywood, Graham Davenport, Chris Lee | 83 | ||
| 9= | Andy Parrington, Rob Veitch, David Silvester, Andy Taylor | 82 | ||
| 9= | Jim Caldwell, Andrew Aherne, Nigel Read, Philip Riding | 82 | ||
| 9= | Sam Leach, Jonny Barton, Jim Hodges, Chris Walley | 82 | ||
| 9= | John Hilton, Andy Hamlett, Richard Blackwell, Steve Austin | 82 | ||
| 9= | Gary Leek, Malc Bates, Lee Fellows, Cliff Heyes | 82 | ||
| 14= | Nigel Ashton, Paul Burgess, Dave Cooper, Mike Lowe | 80 | ||
| 14= | Paul Woodbine, Mark Edwards, Lee Challinor, Rob Williams | 80 | ||
| 16 | Kev Hart, Mark Foley, Alan Vaughan, Paul Yearsley | 79 | ||
| 17= | Pete Atherton, Steve Hall, Nick Hargreaves , Steve Lomas | 78 | ||
| 17= | Ed Pysden, Simon Moorhouse, Lee Townley, Henry Petrie | 78 | ||
| 17= | Lee Tilley, Peter Norbury, Ian Hogg, Dave Rhodes | 78 | ||
| 20= | Colin Roberts, Steve Jones, Nigel Armitage, Graham Phillips | 77 | ||
| 20= | Mike Kirchin, David Smith, Glynn Isaac, Jez Allen | 77 | ||
| 22= | David Wilkinson, David Kelly, David Arthur, Kevin Pearce | 76 | ||
| 22= | Jonty Little, Peter Cropmton, Andy Barker, Justin Rice Jones | 76 | ||
| 24 | Rob Wilson, Richard Moss, Nigel Wells, Andrew Frazer | 75 | ||
| 25= | Russ Sollitt, Rick Shaw, Koos Alders, Marc Morris | 74 | ||
| 25= | Peter Maher, Jonny Reeves, Ben Jackson, Nigel Hall | 74 | ||
| 25= | Dave More O’Farrell, Andy Adshead, Mick Warren, Paul Calnan | 74 | ||
| 28 | John Webb, David Gill, Dave Madely, Bill Dixon | 72 | ||
| 29 | Paul Manning, Sean Askham, Ben Challinor, Bob Clarke | 71 | ||
| 30 | Paul Browne, Jonny Arcaini, David Carlile, Ted Barker | 70 | ||
| 31 | Jon Roland, Andy Frazer, Alan Eyre, Andrew Dixon | 69 |
Tim Maxwell
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