**** Full Maxitours Winter Schedule released tomorrow!****

In January I will be running my third trip to the fantastic Cornelia Diamond Golf Hotel and Resort. The three courses are ranked among the best in Europe and the hotel and hospitality is out of this world.
Please let me know asap if you are interested or have any questions.

The 3rd Maxitours trip to Turkey

7 nights fully inclusive accommodation at the incredible 5* Cornelia Diamond – really terrific hotel.

All superb food and drink included

5 rounds of tournament golf on the best courses in Europe .
Airport transfers
Golf Course Shuttle transfers
Range Balls on the Faldo Tournament Days
Tournament organiser
Great Prizes

Just £619 + Flights with http://www.flythomascook.com currently £180.
TCX2848 Tues 22nd Jan 9.40am departure
TCX2849 Tues 29th Jan 17.20pm departure

Provisional Itinerary

22nd Arrive
23rd Jan Faldo 9am-10am Pairs Betterball
24th Jan Carya 8am-9am Am-Am
25th Jan National 8.45am-9.45am Am-Am
26th Jan Free Day
27th Jan Faldo 9am-10am Pairs Betterball
28th Jan Faldo 9am-10am Singles
29th Jan Depart

The Shotsaver s430 Order of Merit with 3 events remaining.

Best ever Winter/Spring Tour Schedule to be released this week! (1st event Dunham Forest -4th Oct)

September events: Thursday 13th Worsley limited spaces
Thursday 20th Tytherington limited spaces
Thursday 27th Alistair Mackenzies Reddish Vale filling fast

Maxitours at Magnificent Hazel Grove

Another full field of talented Maxitours golfers enjoyed the latest Maxitours event in todays warm Mediterranean conditions.

Hazel Grove is another Dr Alistair masterpiece, the course which lies in the foothills of the Pennines was presented in immaculate condition and the wonderfully undulating Mackenzie greens were really enjoyed by all the players.

‘That is a great golf course’ said the well travelled Steve Parle on his first visit to ‘The Grove’. ‘Another magnificent course you’ve brought me to Tim’ said the well dressed John Wreag. ‘What a terrific venue’ said the badly dressed Andy Sandham.

Many thanks to the eight members of my home club Knutsford who kindly supported todays event. After completion of play Knutsford legend Bob Sutton can normally be found anxiously studying the various beers on offer in the clubhouse, today Bob was anxiously studying the scorecards after teaming up with the underrated Denis Bamford, Kevin Pearce and David ‘profiterole’ Kelly. They recorded a magnificent 80 points to appear high on the leaderboard. Well played chaps.

Ex policeman John Stubbs celebrated his 65th birthday with par at 1st hole today. He then happily retired for the next 17 holes.

Maxitour regulars Lewis Marland and Alf Shillitoe are two lovely blokes who never win a bean. Today they had an unusual air of confidence as they brought along two handy looking single figure players. The team played great golf to just finish in the prizes with 81 points.

Ex Man United legends Stuart ‘Poncho’ Pearson and Jeff Wealands teamed up with Mike Sleater and Pete ‘Mad as a Mongoose’ McManus and they also scored 81 points for a fourth place finish.

Consistent Gary Garner and his team had a great back nine to take third place on a card play off, also with 81 points.

Charismatic three handicapper Darren Wood from Swinton Park saw his team playing average golf for the first 16 holes however Simon Kusick birdied the 17th and Alan Jacobs looked emotional as he rolled in a twelve footer for another four point haul as the strong finish saw them in second place on 82 points.

Todays runaway leaders were big Mark Robinson, ex Rally driver Stuart Coupe, Mike Johnson and the golf mad John Hughes. These four recorded their first Maxitours win for nearly three years with a superb 87 points. Ten handicap Mark Robinson did most of the damage with a tremendous front nine. ‘I was the best player in our team by a long way’ said the modest Pleasington man. Congratulations on a great performance.

Congratulations to Keith Coxon (dozen AD333s) for winning Nearest the Pin.
Congratulations also Terry Davison (dozen AD333s) for unusually stringing two good shots together to win ‘Nearest the Pin in 2’ on the 18th.
2’s sweep £125 8 Titliest Pro V1s OR 16 ad333S each Mark Robinson Keith Griffith David ‘profiterole’ Kelly Malcolm Wells Alex Pritchard

http://www.maxitoursgolf.com
6th Sept Hazel Grove AM AM
13th Sept Old Worsley Pairs
20th Tytherington Pairs
27th Reddish Vale Pairs

Maxitours Taylor Made AM AM at Bramall Park.

The amazing British Summer of Sport continued at the superb Bramall Park today. The course is an immaculate green oasis, surrounded by million pound houses and has plenty of million pound members. The Club has a new energetic and highly respected professional Craig Daggitt. Many people feel he has really nurtured a nice, friendly atmosphere at this magnificent traditional links and I was made to feel very welcome indeed.

John Aikenhead enjoyed the stunning Bramall scenery when he teed off late in the day just ahead of a mixed club match. John is always incredibly observant and alert on the golf course ‘That’s a terrific course and I’ll tell you what, these are the best looking female members I’ve seen at any club-ever.’

Neville Dennis regularly enjoys slating his playing partners and commenting on their bad golf. Today he was at it even before they had teed off. ‘Frank Massey’s on our team. He were bloody hopeless on the last few holes again last week, I don’t know why I play with ‘im, we’ve started calling ‘im ‘front nine Frank!’

Ray Twist from Wigan is thinking of taking a degree in stating the obvious. When handing his card in after play I asked him if he enjoyed the course. ‘Yes, it’s a lovely course and like my course its got trees on either side of the fairway.’ He replied before heading to the bar.

In todays Taylor Made Am Am event the team of attractive Sale ladies led by the eye catching Hils Tarleton finished in 3rd place with 85 points. Cheshire scratch player Cath Rawthore recorded 3 birdies in her first six holes to give the team a great start. Talented student daughter Kate and crazy Julie Matthews were the other team members.

Second place went to the consistent Hindley Hall team of Geoff Cogswell, Ray Ward, Ray Twist and Shotsaver Order of Merit leader Gary Garner with an excellent 87 points.

Malcolm Wells from Didsbury knows how to pick a team. The six handicapper was joined by Alex ‘6 birdies’ Pritchard and Matt Robinson who have a combined handicap of plus 1. The fourth member of the team was 84 year old Bramall legend Pat Williams (14) and he became the oldest ever Maxitours winner as the team scored a wonderful 89 points.

Many thanks to Stuart Hubbard from Taylor Made for his sponsorship of todays event. Thanks to all players, I hope you really enjoyed your day.

Nearest the Pin 4th Andy Stubbens Dozen Burner Balls
Nearest the Pin 15th Matt Robinson Dozen Burner Balls

2’s £120 3 pro V1s or 6 Srixon AD333s each Ian Fyfe Tony Wilson Steve Appleby Dave Ryan Dave Murphy Phil Murphy Cam Massey Chris Meekham Simon Maxwell Alex Pritchard Cath Rawthore Kate Rawthore Steve Tyrrell Keith Thompson

Terrific upcoming Maxitours events all with limited spaces all just £20:
Bramhall Park Tuesday 28th Aug AM AM £20
Alistair Mackenzies Hazel Grove Thurs 6th Sept AM AM £20
Old Worsley Thurs 13th Sept Pairs £20
Tytherington Thurs 20th Sept Pairs £20
Reddish Vale Thurs 20th Sept Pairs £20

The Shotsaver Open at terrific Vale Royal

‘Those are the best greens I have played on all year’ said golf mad Neville Dennis who plays on at least four different courses each week. Nearly every fourball commented on the green keepers superb presentation of this lovely Cheshire course.

Maxitours regular Dave Antrobus is a member at Vale Royal and today he was delighted to set a new club record when he consumed 3 large bowls of chips on completion of his round. Dave doesn’t even need to place an order as whenever he entered the clubhouse the barmaids wink at him and ask ‘the usual large bowl, Dave?’.

Warren Newton is known as the Prince Harry of Bramall Golf Club due to his boyish looks and the large number of tricky situations he finds himself in on the course. Today he stayed on the straight and narrow, teaming up with Alex Elliott he scored a terrific 44 points.

Andy Stubbens plays with an x-stiff tour shaft in his driver, he hits his regular shaft better but found he needed something with a little more torque as regular shafts are too easy to snap over his knee after a bad shot. The big hitting ex marine teamed up with Steve Rhodes to score an excellent 44 points and they took the early lead.

Bill Ross and Pete Tinkler, Mike Kulik and Jeff Chapman, Keith Massey and Martin Worthington also scored 44 points as the top of the star studded leader board started to look a little crowded.

Sean Mills and Tom Cartwright, two talented Vale Royal members, were drafted in off the practice putting green at the last minute due to a late cancellation. The 4 and 5 handicap players made the most of their local knowledge as they played tremendous golf to take first place with an impressive 47 points and a three shot victory, well played lads.

It was great to see Dave Madeley my old sponsor playing today. Dave is a really terrific bloke who I will always be in debt to as he was a massive help earlier in my career, but he can occasionally have a short fuse on the golf course. Dave’s Ping Zing putter has had the pleasure of being thrown at some of the best courses in the world.

Neil Ritchie won the straightest drive award on the 15th hole, he was close to tears as he watched his best drive of the day hit the marker post in the middle of the fairway and come hurtling back towards him.

Many thanks to Ian and his terrific team at Vale Royal for their help in making the day such a great success. A big thank you also to our sponsors Steven and Jason Ballard from Shotsaver for their superb continued support.

Thanks for playing today, I really hope you enjoyed your day.

Nearest the Pin on 6th Frank Garvey Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin on 10th Steve Rhodes Dozen AD333s

2’s £117.50 9 pro V1s or 18 AD333s each Andy Stubbens Neil Ritchie x2 Jack Holmes

Next events -nearly full
The terrific Vale Royal – SHOTSAVER Pairs next Friday 24th August £25 inc bacon bap+coffee*SPACES*
28th Aug Bramall Park Taylor Made AM AM £20*SPACES
6th Sept Alistair Mackenzies Hazel Grove ‘The Blue river wealth management Am Am £20*SPACES*

Maxitours ‘pro-amtour.com’ Classic at Manchester Hopwood Golf Club.

A full field of 100 competitors really enjoyed Maxitours first ever visit to the impressive Hopwood Golf Club today. The course is perhaps the best in Manchester and has hosted many fine events. I played here in the European Tour School in 1992. Lee Westwood got some lucky bounces that week and he was delighted to narrowly pip me by 15 shots on his way to securing his Tour card.

Brian Connor is the highly respected Professional at Hopwood Golf Club and he runs a fantastic shop, he always has plenty of special bargains on his golf equipment and clothing. As usual David Kelly from Knutsford was more interested in the special offers in the kitchen and the profiteroles and cream at £2.50 was too good an offer for him to miss.

Todays sponsors were John and Alison Hooper who run terrific golf holidays to America (which I can very highly recommend www.americangolfholiday.com ). Despite being Southerners they are very nice people indeed. The language barrier proved something of a problem however as they attempted to interact with the more Northerly based members of the tour.
‘Ray Ward from Blackburn is going to speak to us after he’s had ‘summer teat’- what the hell is he talking about?’ They asked me looking confused. ‘He will speak to you after he has had something to eat’ I interpreted with a smile on my face.

In todays competition there was some ‘serious trunk slammin’ in the car park from Dave Wilson, Pete McManus and ex United players Stuart Pearson and Jeff Wealands. After an amazing front nine played in twelve better they hit the panic button and could not improve on the back nine and had to settle for 5th position.

Maxitours favourite Colin Roberts plays nearly every week, his last success came in 2009, today he was majestic in the wind and playing alongside Ian Tinling, Tony Adams and Jeff Andrews they set the clubhouse lead with a terrific 87 points which would be good enough for 2nd place.

Late in the day Gavin Sutcliffe played alongside his less talented father together with Paul Wrigley and Ian Fairbrother. The single figure team enjoyed the testing conditions and a birdie from 4 handicap Fairbrother on the last secured victory by a solitary shot, well played chaps.

Many thanks to all players for your support today, many thanks to Sponsors Alison and John Hooper and thanks to Hopwood for their wonderful hospitality, it looks set to become a regular and superb Maxitours venue.

The flag was perched on the front of the 13th green and I thought it would take a really talented golfer of great skill to get the ball close and win nearest the pin. Neville Dennis proved this was not to be the case as he drilled a thin four iron into the bank, the ball then popped up, struck the flag at great speed and left a 9 inch tap in for a birdie.

Nearest the Pin 13th Neville Dennis Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 4th Gav Sutcliffe Dozen AD333s