Results from High Quality Hesketh

Great Upcoming Maxitours Summer Events www.maxitoursgolf.com June Thurs 11th Tytherington Footjoy Am Am Thurs 18th Hazel Grove Catax Classic Am Am Thurs 25th Fixby Pairs July Thurs 2nd Worsley Am Am Thurs 9th Davenport Pairs Thurs 16th Pleasington Titleist Pairs Weds 22nd Vale Royal Am Am Thurs 30th Hopwood Am Am Results from High Quality Hesketh Hesketh is the oldest Golf Club in Southport and it was looking in great condition in the June sunshine as over 100 Maxitours competitors enjoyed this superb course. Bill Melia was one of the oldest golfers in Southport today and he also looked in great condition. Bill had a great day ‘when are we coming back?’ he desperately wanted to know. ‘That was terrific!’ Thanks to Paul Corker and his brilliant Hesketh team for their hospitality. Mick McCurdy and his partner played with two guys they had never met before, the likeable duo Ray Clowes and Les French. He was kindly helping them around the course as they had not played Hesketh before. On the seventeenth hole he informed them ‘You can hit your second shot over the trees onto the green- watch me! McCurdy then shanked his shot and it whistled between Rays legs. Top European tour players try and stay positive and strive to get into ‘the zone’. They try to purely focus their energy on hitting fairways and greens. I tried to give Trevor Webb a positive mental boost as he exited the clubhouse ‘Come on Trevor, you are due a good score today!’. ‘Have you seen that rough?’ Came the reply. Nigel Davenport and Peter Riley knew it was going to be a long day when they threw the balls up in the air on the first tee and their colleagues Neil Ritchie and Chris Grey started hugging each other in delight as their balls nestled next to each other. Sure enough Neil and Chris beat their playing partners by 8 shots. Dog loving Dave Stanhope turned down the chance of playing golf with me on Tuesday as he was ‘swimming with his dog’ which is having some canine physiotherapy. Today he was swimming with the ducks as he hit his ball into the large lake on the 5th, ha! In today’s event Sale Golf Clubs Paul Browne(9) and Dale Wallace(11) recorded their best ever finish. ‘Dale from Sale’ had three birdies and also picked up nearest the pin on the 16th. Well played. Carl Bolus(7) and Colin Oakley(8) from Marriot Worsley also had their best finish with 42 points and they picked up an impressive 23 points the tougher back nine to take 3rd place. Christine Kelsall(22) looked shocked when her husband looked into her eyes in the clubhouse before play and informed her that they had better split up. Luckily for attractive Christine her husband was talking about today’s pairings and Andrew Richardson(11) was the man who took advantage. He was delighted to finish in second after Christine had the round of her life. Giles Terry(14) plays badly in Maxitours most weeks with big Dave Antrobus, unfortunately Dave’s new puppy has taken priority over his golf so horse owning Alan Baxter(7) was his even bigger replacement. Intelligent Baxter was a member here 30 years ago and he hit some terrific little 7 iron chip and run shots under the wind to take his first ever Maxitours victory. Great golf chaps! Last years’ Knutsford Captain, Graham Pike, scored a superb hole in one on the beautiful par three second. ‘We were going like a train!’ said playing partner Nigel Eckersley after they scored 9 points on the first three holes. Unfortunately they ran out of steam, lost their tracks and came well and truly off the rails as the round progressed but they were ‘chuffed’ with 44th place. Next week Maxitours goes to Tytherington Golf and Country Club -home to lots of attractive female leisure club members. ChecK- in is in the conservatory which overlooks the gym. Mick Mahon’s team always arrive up really early for this event for some reason and they enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the seats which overlook the aerobics class. Thanks to everyone for your support once again, Yours in Golf, Tim. Nearest the Pin 2nd Graham Pike (Hole in 1) Dozen Soft Feel Nearest the Pin 16th Hole Dale Wallace Dozen Soft Feel 2’s £110 Dale Wallace Graham Pike x2 Chris Adams Greg Adams Mike Taylor Mark Davin Hesketh 05-Jun-2015 Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment 1 Giles Terry, Alan Baxter 45 12 Cleveland Wedge each 2 Christine Kelsall, Andrew Richardson 44 11 Galvin Green Shirt each 3 Carl Bolus, Colin Oakley 42 10 Sunice shirt each 4 Paul Browne, Dave Wallace 42 9 Sunice shirt each 5 Tony Rains, Tony Stiles 41 8 Maxitours Shirt each 6 Lee Tilley, Mike Norbury 40 7 Maxitours Shirt each 7 Vince Coombs, Bill Conway 40 6 Maxitours Shirt each 8 David Hillier, Mark Davin 40 5 Titleist Cap each 9 Rodney Barlow, Tom Costley 40 4 Titleist Cap each 10 Mick McCurdy, Jon Farrell 39 3 Titleist Cap each 11 Gary Garner, Mark Green 39 2 12 Bob Sanderson, Phil Harrison 39 1 13= Dave Marchant, Mike Sanders 39 13= Neil Ritchie, Chris Gray 39 13= Dan Huffman, Mark Simister 39 16= Tony Andrews, John Horsley 38 16= Colin Roberts, Frank Wallace 38 16= Richard Brown, Dale Wallace 38 16= Joe Shelley, Bernard McDonald 38 16= Roy Clowes, Les French 38 16= Chris Adams, Greg Adams 38 16= Mick Fenton, Tom Fenton 38 23= David Wainwright, Paul Gilbert 37 23= Mark Williams, Simon Conway 37 23= Archie Tahir, Fizz Ahmed 37 26= Gary Whittaker, Dave Givin 36 26= John Kelsall, Roger Dent 36 26= Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes 36 26= Ian Lilley, Cliff Greenhalgh 36 26= Ted Ellis, Derek Ellis 36 31= Dave Stanhope, Phil Wise 35 31= Richard Palmer, John Farnworth 35 31= Brian Greenbank, Colin Mattinson 35 31= Kevin Chisnell, Ross Sellors 35 31= Dean Jagger, Simon Maxwell 35 31= Graham Blood, John Gough 35 31= David Smith, Bill Melia 35 31= Ken Swarbrick, Gary Parle 35 31= Andy Moon, Tony Gee 35 40= Neil McKinlay, Trevor Webb 34 40= Andy Hamlett, Richard Blackwel 34 40= Neville Dennis, Frank Massey 34 40= Steward Cragg, Chris Ernill 34 44= Colin Baxendale, Tony Turnbull 33 44= Nigel Eckersley, Graham Pike 33 44= Barry Eddlestone, Kevin Fahy 33 47= Paul Smith, John Hilditch 32 47= Phil Chadwick, Rick Sym 32 47= Bill Parkinson, Tom Dobbins 32 47= Ian Buxton, Mike K-Smith 32 47= Bernard Wood, Terry Harper 32 52= Peter Riley, Nigel Davenport 31 52= Ray Jones, Chris Meikeham 31 54 Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle 29 55 Doug Edmonds, Dave Edmonds 24 Tytherington Footjoy Open team of 4 AM AM Thursday 11th June Start times 10.24 Jim Caldwell x4 10.33 10.42 Ian King x4 10.48 Brendon Leighton x4 10.52 Simon Conway x4 10.56 Dave Stanhope x4 11.06 11.15 Mick Mahon x4 11.24 Ian Ainsworth x4 11.33 11.42 Chris Adams x4 11.51 Anthony Grimley x4 12.00 Lewis Marland x4 12.09 Paul Browne x4 12.18 Brian Greenbank x4 12.27 12.36 Russell Humphries x2 Colin Roberts x2 12.45 Nigel Davenport x4 12.54 1.03 John Stubbs x4 1.12 Dave Parsons x4 1.21 Archie Tahiir x4 1.30 Matt Cheffins x4 1.39 Gary Neiles x4 1.48 1.57 Dave Crowther x4 2.06 Ben Harris x4 2.15 Richard Blackwell x2/4 2.24 Mick Fenton x4 2.33 Brian Hopkins x4 2.42 2.51 Visit Maxitoursgolf.com Copyright © 2015 Maxitours, All rights reserved. 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Spaces Available this Thursday at possibly Lancashires best inland course- ‘The ETIQUS Masters at Pleasington’

‘The next event is the ETIQUS MASTERS at the wonderful Pleasington. The winners of the event will each receive a voucher worth £179 with which they can purchase an ETIQUS Classic Tour Timepiece with a leather strap or put towards any other watch in the ETIQUS range. With Father’s Day just a month away an ETIQUS timepiece makes an excellent golfing gift to put on your wishlist and you can see these wonderful watches that are rapidly becoming a favourite choice as a unique gift for the golfer on www.ETIQUS.co.uk. Gary Butler, the owner and Maxitours player, is also offering an ‘on the day’ promotion at the Pleasington event where any order placed ‘on the day’ will result in your entry fee to the event being refunded.’

This Thursdays ‘ETIQUS MASTERS’ Start sheet

9.30 Colin Roberts x4

9.38 Nigel Compsty x2 Simon Conway x2

9.46 Ian King x4

9.55 Ray Jones x4

10.04 Colin Lynch x4

10.13 Dave Stanhope x4

10.22 Mick Mahon x4

10.31 Ian Ainsworth x4

10.39 Archie Tahir x2 Anthony Grimley x2

10.47 Neville Dennis x4

10.56 Lewis Marland x2 Richard Blackwell x2

11.05 Roger Percival x4

11.14 David Kelly x4

11.23 Chris Adams x4

11.32 Matt Cheffins x4

11.41

11.50

12.00 Sam Leach x4

12.08 Tim Spencer x4

12.16 Andy Morgan x4

12.24 Roy Ainsworth x4

1.38 Phil Chadwick x2 Paul Garrity x2

1.47 Steve Parle x4

1.56

2.05 Ian Buxton x2 John Hilditch x2

2.14

2.23 Richard Williamson x4

2.32

2.41 Jon Farrell x4

2.50

3.00 Brian Hopkins x4

3.10 Gav Sutclife x4

Great upcoming Maxitour events- nearly full.

Pleasington Etiqus Masters next Thurs-spaces
Hopwood ‘2UNDR Open’ 21st May-spaces
Ringway Taylor Made Classic 28th May-spaces

The Belding Masters at Prestbury

The first event of the exciting Maxitours Summer series was held at the lovely Prestbury Golf Course today. When the early morning clouds finally dispersed there was some very pleasant warm sunshine to be enjoyed by all the players and it felt like summer had finally arrived.

The Prestbury Golf course starts to play its best in the month of May and all players were very complimentary about the condition of this great golf course. Many thanks to all the excellent staff and management for their help to make the event a success.

Today is election day and many Maxitours players were caught in two minds whether to go to work or play golf. Golf got the vote for any right minded individual and everyone who played thought they had made the correct decision.

In the 1950’s an American tour pro called Ky Laffoon who had struggled badly all season with his flat stick had yet another poor putting round which culminated in a horse shoe on the 18th green. He quietly went back to his car and pulled out a revolver. He then shot his putter three times in the first recorded case of ‘clubicide’. Today the fast Prestbury greens got the better of Mick Mahon and his putter was living dangerously as it missed three short putts on the final three holes of his round.

In today’s event the scoring was tough on the well watered fairways after several days rain.
David Wilkinson(6) and Geraint Allen(14) from Warrington Golf club recorded their highest ever Maxitours finish with 41 points to take 4th place. Deep chested Geraint is known as Grunty because no-one can pronounce his name correctly and he used to do plenty of grunting when he was playing high level rugby. Today he was grunting again as he hit several big drives but his partner wasn’t groaning as a several solid pars saw them move through the field.

Dave Randles(10) and Mike Gow(9) from Eaton Golf Club combined well to record just their second podium finish as they took third will 42 points. They had a superb 24 points on the front nine but failed to better par on the slightly more testing closing nine.

Frodsham’s Mike Gibbons(5) and Steve Roberts(3) were out early and they thought they were going to record their first ever victory after they scored 46 points in the worst of the weather. Six birdies and an eagle from the low handicap pair was just not good enough as they were narrowly pipped on the back nine card play off and finished 2nd.

John Hilditch is famous for running a hugely successful Estate Agency in Hale. Today he played with his new employee Jordan Sheppard. Jordan’s career prospects looked bad when he failed to listen to his cautious boss and hit a driver on the dog leg 11th which nearly went in the hazard. The future looked a little rosier for Jordan when he played the last three holes in 1 under par to take first place. ‘He started to take my advice,’ said wealthy John in the clubhouse after play. Great golf chaps well played.
Thanks to all players for your support once again today, Tim

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Nearest the pin 7th hole John Bent Sponsored by Matt Turnock -2 tickets for Dr Karl Morris golf psychology seminar at Mottram Hall next Thursday 7-9pm contact Matt 07774 132382 if you wish to attend this interesting talk.(tickets £25 each or 2 for £45)
Nearest the pin 17th Hole Geoff Underhill Belding Leather Headcovers

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Start times fot the ‘ETIQUS Classic’ Pairs event at Pleasington Golf Club
Thursday 14th May
9.30 Colin Roberts x4
9.38 Nigel Compsty x2 Simon Conway x2
9.46 Ian King x4
9.55
10.04
10.13 Dave Stanhope x4
10.22 Mick Mahon x4
10.31 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.39 Archie Tahir x2 Anthony Grimley x2
10.47 Neville Dennis x4
10.56 Lewis Marland x2 John Hilditch x2
11.05
11.14 David Kelly x4
11.23 Chris Adams x4
11.32
11.41 Roger Percival x4
11.50
12.00 Sam Leach x4
12.08 Tim Spencer x4
12.16 Andy Morgan x4
12.24 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.38 Phil Chadwick x2 Paul Garrity x2
1.47 Steve Parle x2/4 Ian Buxton x2?
1.56 Matt Cheffins x4
2.05
2.14 Ray Jones x4
2.23 Richard Williamson x4
2.32 Richard Blackwell x2 Archie Tahir x2
2.41 Jon Farrell x4
2.50 Ben Harris x4
3.00 Brian Hopkins x4
3.10 Gav Sutclife x4