Dear Maxitours player,

Unfortunately due to heavy local snowfall in Macclesfield and further heavy rain forecast this evening the event at Prestbury Golf Club has been cancelled.

Mark Crossley -Prestbury’s superb new green keeper- is great to deal with but he feels the course will now be closed until at least the weekend.

*I have managed to switched the event to nearby Mottram Hall at a cost of £20 per person*

Trolleys are permitted!

Please let me know today if you wish to play and what time you would like, of course I fully understand if you wish to cancel on this occasion.

Tee times will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Can players please check my website on Thursday morning which will be updated at 8.30am and will confirm if Mottram Hall is open or not!

http://www.maxitoursgolf.com

Yours in Golf, Tim

ps only 21 days until Spring and 37 days until the Masters…

Mottram Hall Pairs
2nd March 2017
Available Tee Times

09:48
10:08
10:18
10:48
10:58
11:18
11:28
11:38
11:58
12:08
12:18
13:28
13.38
13.48
13.58

Dear Maxitours player,

Due to the threat of a trolley ban I do now have room for pairs or groups of 4 at Prestbury this Thursday, please email me if you wish to play,
Yours in Golf,
Tim

Maxitours Invitational AM AM to Vilasol 2018!.

Deposits of just £25 a man due within the next two weeks to guarantee your spot!
Please ring Holidays4Golfers 0161 428 0963 to secure your place.

Likely trolley ban at Prestbury on Thursday

Dear Maxitours player,

I have just spoken to the Prestbury Golf Club Head Professional Nick Summerfield who kindly rang me this morning.

With the current forecast of heavy rain today and tomorrow he informs me that there is a VERY good chance of a trolley ban on Thursday. (Buggys are definitely not allowed)

The met office forecast is then pretty good with only minimal rain on Weds and Thursday so the Club are optimistic that the event will go ahead.

Any over 60’s who are struggling to carry a full set will have the option to play with 8 or less Clubs and will receive full handicap allowance instead of 9/10ths.

My website will be updated on Weds morning when a final decision is made regarding trolleys.

Many thanks,
Tim

Vilasol January 2018

£639includes:
3 Rounds tournament golf at the 5 * Vilasol complex, Vilamoura, Portugal.
Great Prizes
Tournament controller (me)
Monarch Flights from Manchester
Golf Club carriage
Range balls before play
4 nights accommodation and breakfast
Last night Gala dinner -free wine/beer
One hour free bar each evening
Airport transfers

Dear Maxitours player,

Many thanks to those who came on last years Maxitours trip to Portugal and made it such a success!

Next years trip has just been fully confirmed for the dates 11th -15th January. The tee times are excellent once again this year – between 9am-11am tee off each day.

The free bar will be 6.30pm-7.30pm each evening so you can have a drink and then head off to the various restaurants with your team.

The team format is exactly the same except due to popular demand we will play each nine twice over the three tournament days.

Holidays for golfers are now taking deposit payments for the trip. Of course I am guaranteeing places for the twelve teams who came last year. I already have 3 NEW teams signed up and I have room for just 20 teams!

There is a slight increase in pricing from £599 to £639 but this is purely to cover the exchange rate which moved from 1.38 to 1.05 which is about an £80 difference which we have tried to absorb.

Please ring Julie or Jo at Holidays4Golfers 0161 428 0963 to reserve your place.

Yours in Golf, Tim

Maxitours at windy and wonderful Wilmslow

Wilmslow was in tremendous condition for the latest Maxitours event. The greens were running fast and true and look set to be terrific for their membership this season. The teeing areas are also the best in Cheshire. Thanks to everyone at this class Golf Club for your hospitality.
‘They are the best greens I’ve played all Winter’ said the well travelled Richard Palmer.

John Farnsworth returned to Maxitours after his unsuccessful Northern Lights spotting trip to Sweden. His team mates were very sympathetic:
‘Do you like my new’ light’weight bag John’
‘Are you having a bacon butty this morning John or are you going for the ‘light’ option?’

Dave Moore looked chirpier than normal at check in this morning after he dropped his regular partners John Stubbs and his old friends for a much younger, more athletic looking team. Looks can be deceiving and experienced Stubbs birdied the 11th on his way to beating his old pal by a shot.

Neil Keelan won some Srixon balls last week. I told him he could have AD333s or soft feel. I explained that there was a choice to suit his game- the soft feels spin a little more and gives a higher flight and great control around the greens and the AD333s also gave great feel with a lower more penetrating flight.
‘Have you got any balls for a terrible golfer with absolutely no feel whatsoever?’ he enquired.

Likeable Bev Crute isn’t as daft as he looks and he was desperate to start his round on the back nine rather than off the first.
‘When we have a bad score we still have a chance to win nearest the pin on the 9th hole’ said the intelligent Knutsford man. Sure enough team mate Trevor Nicholson came up with the goods as he narrowly missed the nearest the pin but coolly rolled in his birdie putt to earn his team some golf balls.

Despite windy conditions, the smooth putting surfaces and shortened course led to some excellent scoring. The Bramall team led by the well prepared Rob Kenyon(14) took 4th place with 85 points. Simon Burgess(14), Ian Handy(12) and Steve Merricks (6)completed the big drinking quartet.

There were three teams tied for first place and all of them scored better on the easier back nine.

Chorley’s Eddie Jordan(14), Brian Carroll (13) David Carroll (5)and Darren McDowell(6) were kicking themselves after collecting just two points on the short seventeenth cost them a win. The lovely Lancastrians had to settle for 3rd.

My car sponsor and all round nice guy Eddie Ellis(15) is improving rapidly and he teamed up with High Legh’s Darren Jones(17), Ben Davies(7) and Graham Aspinall(24) to win his first ever Maxitours prize after several very poor attempts over previous years. They were delighted to finish in 2nd place.

Taking the honours were United legends Stuart Pearson(7), Frank Stapleton(13), Kevin Hawkins(8) and Dave Wilson(7). After a quiet start to their round they burst into life over their closing twelve holes -picking up thirteen shots in a real team effort to record their first victory of the winter season. Well played chaps great golf.

Nearest the pin 9th Richard Palmer doz AD333s
Nearest the pin17th Pete Tinkler doz AD333s

2’s £140 4pro v1s or 10 AD333s each Richard Palmer Rob Williams Trevor Nicholson Kevin Hamilton Paul Dalby Mike Westbrook Kevan Hawkins Pete Tinkler Martin France Jim Hodges Eddie Ellis John Royle

Prestbury start sheet
Thursday 2nd March 11am shotgun
1a Brian Hopkins x4
1b John Stubbs x4
2a Richard Blackwell x2 Eddie Jordan x2
2b Graham Bates x2 Rob Little x2
3
4 Frank Stapleton x4
5 Brian Greenbank x4
5b Pete Norbury x4
6a Jim Caldwell x2 Dave Thomas x2
6b David Kelly x4
7 Dave Blood x4
8a Les Russon x4
8b Lewis Marland x2 John Hilditch x2
9a Colin Roberts x4
10 Mick Mahon x4
11 Martin Bramwell x4
11b Ged Elton x4
12 Alan Vaughan x2 Neil Drummond x2
13 Nick Hercules x2 Dave Lomax x2
13b Dan Huffman x4
14Phil Vokes x4
14b Simon Ashton x4
15 Paul Evans x4
15 Andy Strickley x2 Chris Webster x2
16 Mike George x4
17 George Buchan x4
18a Trevor Foster x4
18b Dale Beaghan x4

Maxitours at Vilasol 2018!
Filling fast!! £25 deposit required per player -10 teams already booked -room for just 10 more £639 11-15th Jan
Please let me know if you would like to come to avoid disapointment!
Free range balls before play
1 Hour free drinks 6.30-7.30
Last night Gala dinner
Excellent prizes
4 nights accommodation and breakfast at Vilasol
Flights and Golf Club Carriage
3 rounds tournament golf on Vilasol
Airport transfers

Maxitours at awesome Ormskirk

Ormskirk is the newest venue on the Maxitours rota and looks set to be a firm favourite. Everyone at this great Club was extremely friendly. Deputy stewardess Sarah and her team were really terrific this morning and old pro Jack Hammond is a great character who is very well liked in the golfing world. Many thanks guys.

The picturesque Golf Course is in the middle of nowhere and a few of our players arrived with muddy cars after various Sat Navs took them down a nearby pot holed single track road. I think Henry Clarke’s golf GPS watch was also playing up as his golf ball was trying to make it’s way down the same single track road after his vicious hook off the 1st tee.

Kev Hart is a top lad but his knowledge of the game leaves a little to be desired. He surveyed the golf course from the Clubhouse window and asked ‘Are these McDougall greens?’
I was busy checking players in before play and asked him ‘What the heck are you talking about now?’
His more intelligent pal Ian Fensom explained that Kev is easily confused with the Scottish surnames Mackenzie and McDougall.

John Farnsworth has played in every event for the past few months and he even came to Portugal with me in January. I actually see more of him than I do my own wife. He was absent today however as he had gone away with his own Mrs on the trip of a lifetime to Sweden to see the Northern lights. He is back home tomorrow but apparently his lovely wife is devastated as there is no sign of any lights. His golf mates told me that he John isn’t too bothered as has been avidly watching the attractive Scandinavian girls instead.

It was enjoyable to watch my players hitting approach shots into the 18th green through the big Clubhouse window and I saw some lovely golf. I don’t know if it was the high quality turf on the fairways but there seemed to be fewer bad shots than usual. Even John Hilditch hit a decent pitch shot into the green. Jim Cox’s approach had a little hint of back spin- nice!

In the pairs event I think young Will Cockayne(7) had been on the drugs as he finished in 49th place alongside Tom Ashmore(7).

The back nine was scoring much easier than the front and a strong finish saw Birchwood’s Alan Simpson(13) and Alan Drew (6) take 5th place with 41 points. On form Tony Stiles(13) and Mick Fenton(6) were even better and they took 4th with 23 points on the back nine.

Retired Koos Alders(14) and Martin Cox (25)worked hard to take 3rd place with 43 points.

Lovely man and Cambridge Zoology graduate Mick Mahon(25) has been playing like a chimp for the last few weeks. He found his rhythm today and teaming up with the enigmatic Richard Palmer(11) they were delighted to score 43 points to finish in 2nd place after winning the card play off .

Leigh golf club’s John Wallis(18) is on fire at the moment. His team won their local domino league on Tuesday and if that wasn’t enough he took first place in today’s Maxitours event. He was knocking the spots off his golf ball on his way to 44 points. The retired air conditioning engineer enjoyed the breezy conditions to earn his first ever Maxitours victory. Joiner Dave Tongue(10) chipped in when he could.

Well played chaps great golf. Thanks to everyone for your terrific support. Only eight weeks until the Masters begins!
Tim

Nearest the pin 12th Trevor Foster Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 17th Pete Birtwistle Dozen AD333s

2’s sweep £172.50 5 pro v1s or dozen AD333s per 2 Dave Tongue Tony Stiles Vic Neilson Martin France Andy Oakes Steve Mericks Graham Kay Pete Birtwistle Gary Vokes Trevor Foster John Atkin Lee Jevons